Infrastructure Engineering Contract Job Trends in Newport

Infrastructure Engineering
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Infrastructure Engineering skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 18 16
Rank change year-on-year +7 -2 -9
Contract jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering 6 2 2
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 9.52% 2.86% 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 13.04% 3.13% 2.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 2 2
10th Percentile £428 - £606
25th Percentile £525 £358 £616
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £365 £638
Median % change year-on-year +50.68% -42.75% +13.84%
75th Percentile £575 £373 £666
90th Percentile £590 - £679
South Wales median daily rate £550 £450 £650
% change year-on-year +22.22% -30.77% +16.07%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newport

Infrastructure Engineering 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 46 64 70
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 73.02% 91.43% 86.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 24 40
10th Percentile £363 £161 £133
25th Percentile £406 £189 £200
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £365 £460
Median % change year-on-year +23.29% -20.65% -12.38%
75th Percentile £594 £603 £625
90th Percentile £690 £634 £643
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 24 18
10th Percentile - £15.20 £13.11
25th Percentile - £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £50.00 £23.59 £37.58
Median % change year-on-year +111.95% -37.23% +92.83%
75th Percentile £85.00 £31.88 £55.25
90th Percentile £88.00 £43.88 £86.54
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £22.50 £27.17
% change year-on-year -8.89% -17.17% +39.38%

Infrastructure Engineering
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Infrastructure Engineering job vacancy trend in Newport

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering
Daily Rate Histogram in Newport

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Infrastructure Engineering in Newport over the 6 months to 13 February 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Infrastructure Engineering in Newport

Infrastructure Engineering
Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Infrastructure Engineering.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Infrastructure Engineering

Infrastructure Engineering
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 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
2 1 (16.67%) Exchange Server 2010
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (33.33%) DHCP
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (16.67%) Firewall
3 1 (16.67%) LAN
3 1 (16.67%) Network Security
3 1 (16.67%) VLAN
3 1 (16.67%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (16.67%) Aerospace
1 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 4 (66.67%) Senior
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Engineer
3 1 (16.67%) Network Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 2 (33.33%) Windows Server
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2012
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
3 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
1 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Automation
1 1 (16.67%) ITIL
1 1 (16.67%) ITSM
1 1 (16.67%) Workflow
1 1 (16.67%) Workflow Development
1 1 (16.67%) Zero Trust
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) CCNA
2 1 (16.67%) CCNP
2 1 (16.67%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (16.67%) CompTIA Security+
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 3 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (16.67%) Hyper-V
2 1 (16.67%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
1 1 (16.67%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) BMC
3 1 (16.67%) Cisco
3 1 (16.67%) Fortinet
3 1 (16.67%) Palo Alto
3 1 (16.67%) Remedy
3 1 (16.67%) Veeam