AI Contract Job Trends in Newport

AI
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring AI skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 20 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs citing AI 4 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 9.09% 4.00% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.11% 4.17% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
10th Percentile £645 £139 -
25th Percentile £656 £166 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £220 -
Median % change year-on-year +218.18% - -
75th Percentile £731 £239 -
90th Percentile £735 £244 -
South Wales median daily rate £425 £233 £525
% change year-on-year +82.80% -55.71% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newport

AI falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36 72 81
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 81.82% 96.00% 87.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 31 57
10th Percentile £265 £163 £192
25th Percentile £403 £200 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £575
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -30.43% +0.88%
75th Percentile £584 £409 £644
90th Percentile £713 £619 £688
South Wales median daily rate £408 £419 £450
% change year-on-year -2.69% -6.94% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 32 12
10th Percentile £79.00 £15.69 £14.13
25th Percentile £81.25 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £85.00 £23.59 £32.33
Median % change year-on-year +260.32% -27.04% +59.75%
75th Percentile £87.50 £40.00 £55.25
90th Percentile £89.00 £48.75 -
South Wales median hourly rate £18.69 £25.18 £26.00
% change year-on-year -25.79% -3.15% +30.59%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing AI relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport.

AI job vacancy trend in Newport

AI
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing AI.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing AI

AI
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub
2 3 (75.00%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JMeter
1 4 (100.00%) MSTest
1 4 (100.00%) Selenium
1 4 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Automation Tester
1 4 (100.00%) Tester
2 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Automation Tester
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 4 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (75.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Build Automation
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Scalability Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (75.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft