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 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 17 21
Rank change year-on-year -1 +4 -2
Contract jobs citing DNS 3 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 4.05% 3.39% 1.08%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.00% 8.00% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 1
10th Percentile - £423 -
25th Percentile £525 £439 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £483 £425
Median % change year-on-year +13.99% +13.53% -22.73%
75th Percentile £588 £529 £438
90th Percentile £595 £548 -
South Wales median daily rate £550 £450 £425
% change year-on-year +22.22% +5.88% -19.05%

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 15 25 8
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 20.27% 42.37% 8.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 5
10th Percentile £513 £146 £154
25th Percentile £525 £160 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £285 £365
Median % change year-on-year +92.98% -21.92% -30.48%
75th Percentile £594 £373 £438
90th Percentile £600 £436 £460
South Wales median daily rate £425 £300 £356
% change year-on-year +41.67% -15.79% -28.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile £83.25 £30.00 -
25th Percentile £84.38 £33.75 -
Median hourly rate £87.50 £37.50 £14.36
Median % change year-on-year +133.33% +161.14% -
75th Percentile £89.38 £44.06 -
90th Percentile £89.75 £51.25 -
South Wales median hourly rate £12.82 £37.50 £14.36
% change year-on-year -65.81% +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

DNS
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Exchange Server 2010
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) DHCP
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (33.33%) Firewall
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) Network Security
2 1 (33.33%) VLAN
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
General
1 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 2 (66.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Network Engineer
3 1 (33.33%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2016
2 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 1 (33.33%) Disaster Recovery
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) CCNA
1 1 (33.33%) CCNP
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (33.33%) CompTIA Security+
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
1 2 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (33.33%) Hyper-V
2 1 (33.33%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
1 1 (33.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (33.33%) Cisco
2 1 (33.33%) Fortinet
2 1 (33.33%) Palo Alto
2 1 (33.33%) Veeam