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 4 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 9 9 -
Rank change year-on-year 0 - -
Contract jobs citing AI 8 11 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 13.79% 15.94% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 19.51% 17.19% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £645 £131 -
25th Percentile £656 £144 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £182 -
Median % change year-on-year +285.14% - -
75th Percentile £731 £214 -
90th Percentile £735 £224 -
South Wales median daily rate £488 £575 -
% change year-on-year -15.22% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 3 0
Median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% - -
South Wales median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 -
% change year-on-year +11.11% - -

All Process & 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 41 64 74
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 70.69% 92.75% 86.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 25 43
10th Percentile £387 £162 £133
25th Percentile £411 £190 £269
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £365 £525
Median % change year-on-year +50.68% -30.48% -0.94%
75th Percentile £595 £600 £625
90th Percentile £713 £633 £685
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 24 18
10th Percentile - £15.20 £13.11
25th Percentile £50.00 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £65.00 £23.59 £42.75
Median % change year-on-year +175.54% -44.82% +113.75%
75th Percentile £85.63 £31.88 £55.25
90th Percentile £88.25 £43.88 £86.54
South Wales median hourly rate £20.25 £22.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -10.00% -30.77% +66.75%

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 (50.00%) Azure
1 4 (50.00%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (50.00%) GitHub
2 3 (37.50%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (37.50%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 4 (50.00%) JMeter
1 4 (50.00%) MSTest
1 4 (50.00%) Selenium
1 4 (50.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 1 (12.50%) Aerospace
1 1 (12.50%) Marketing
1 1 (12.50%) Presentation Skills
1 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Senior
2 4 (50.00%) Automation Tester
2 4 (50.00%) Tester
3 3 (37.50%) Research Scientist
3 3 (37.50%) Senior Automation Tester
3 3 (37.50%) Senior Tester
4 1 (12.50%) Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Artificial Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Research Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
4 1 (12.50%) Senior Research Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Algorithms
2 1 (12.50%) Cyber Threat
2 1 (12.50%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Machine Learning
2 4 (50.00%) Agile
2 4 (50.00%) Architectural Design
2 4 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 4 (50.00%) Data Modelling
2 4 (50.00%) Design Patterns
2 4 (50.00%) DevOps
2 4 (50.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 4 (50.00%) Test Automation
2 4 (50.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (37.50%) Acceptance Criteria
3 3 (37.50%) Knowledge Transfer
3 3 (37.50%) Unit Testing
4 2 (25.00%) Data Science
4 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
5 1 (12.50%) Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) CI/CD
5 1 (12.50%) Code Quality
5 1 (12.50%) Data Analytics
5 1 (12.50%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) Python
2 4 (50.00%) C#
2 4 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) Degree
2 4 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 3 (37.50%) ISTQB
3 3 (37.50%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 3 (37.50%) SC Cleared
4 2 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 2 (25.00%) Master's Degree
4 2 (25.00%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 4 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (37.50%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft