DNS Contract Job Trends in Newport

Domain Name System (DNS)
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring DNS skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 15 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 -5
Contract jobs citing DNS 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 2.74% 4.88% 1.22%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 11.76% 9.52% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £423 -
25th Percentile - £439 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £483 £425
Median % change year-on-year +24.35% +13.53% -22.73%
75th Percentile - £529 £438
90th Percentile - £548 -
South Wales median daily rate £513 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +13.89% +5.88% -22.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £51.25 - -
Median hourly rate £52.50 - -
75th Percentile £53.75 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £52.50 - -

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Newport

DNS falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 17 21 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 23.29% 51.22% 9.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 5
10th Percentile £490 £148 £154
25th Percentile £496 £160 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £290 £190
Median % change year-on-year +89.66% +52.63% -63.81%
75th Percentile £600 £438 £373
90th Percentile - £512 £412
South Wales median daily rate £425 £313 £241
% change year-on-year +36.00% +29.53% -54.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile £54.38 £30.00 -
25th Percentile £59.06 £33.75 -
Median hourly rate £68.75 £37.50 £14.36
Median % change year-on-year +83.33% +161.14% -
75th Percentile £79.06 £44.06 -
90th Percentile £84.13 £51.25 -
South Wales median hourly rate £12.21 £37.50 £14.36
% change year-on-year -67.44% +161.14% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

DNS job vacancy trend in Newport

DNS
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing DNS

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Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing DNS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing DNS

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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:

Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) DHCP
2 1 (50.00%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (50.00%) LAN
2 1 (50.00%) Network Security
2 1 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 1 (50.00%) VLAN
2 1 (50.00%) VPN
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Aerospace
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
1 1 (50.00%) NOC Engineer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) ITSM
1 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) CCNA
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (50.00%) CCNP
2 1 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (50.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Cisco
2 1 (50.00%) Fortinet
2 1 (50.00%) Palo Alto
2 1 (50.00%) Remedy
2 1 (50.00%) ServiceNow