Cloud Solutions Architect Contract Job Trends in Newport

Cloud Solution Architect
South Wales > Newport

The median Cloud Solution Architect daily rate in Newport is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 19 -
Rank change year-on-year +7 - -
Contract jobs requiring a Cloud Solutions Architect 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 3.33% 1.52% -
As % of the Job Titles category 3.33% 1.56% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £413 - £565
% change year-on-year - - +7.62%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Newport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newport. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Newport with a recognized job title 30 64 116
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 96.97% 94.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 23 93
10th Percentile £265 £186 £273
25th Percentile £405 £226 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -27.27% -3.51%
75th Percentile £594 - £638
90th Percentile £713 £502 £650
South Wales median daily rate £403 £419 £450
% change year-on-year -3.88% -6.94% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 28 9
10th Percentile £78.25 £18.64 £13.18
25th Percentile £79.38 £20.12 £27.08
Median hourly rate £82.50 £26.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +211.32% -47.00% +122.67%
75th Percentile £84.38 £48.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £84.75 £51.13 £55.50
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.48 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.54% -2.00% +30.59%

Cloud Solutions Architect
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Cloud Solutions Architect' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport.

Cloud Solutions Architect job vacancy trend in Newport

Cloud Solutions Architect
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Solutions Architect job vacancies in Newport.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Cloud Solutions Architect job vacancies in Newport

Cloud Solutions Architect Skill Set
Top 13 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, Cloud Solutions Architect contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Newport region featuring Cloud Solutions Architect in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Database Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
1 1 (100.00%) Rubrik
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
1 1 (100.00%) VMware
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure

Cloud Solutions Architect Skill Set
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 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) IaaS
1 1 (100.00%) Rubrik
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle Database
General
1 1 (100.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Architectural Patterns
1 1 (100.00%) Database Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Network Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Runbook
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) VMware