IT Engineer Contracts in Newport

IT Engineer
South Wales > Newport

The median IT Engineer daily rate in Newport is £365, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 12 21 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Contract jobs requiring an IT Engineer 5 4 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newport 8.93% 4.35% -
As % of the Job Titles category 10.20% 5.41% -
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 0
10th Percentile £152 - -
25th Percentile £160 £143 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £365 £145 -
Median % change year-on-year +151.72% - -
75th Percentile £373 £204 -
90th Percentile £408 £305 -
South Wales median daily rate £153 £145 £107
% change year-on-year +5.76% +35.51% -62.78%

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 49 74 128
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.50% 80.43% 96.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 42 85
10th Percentile £148 £138 £274
25th Percentile £185 £206 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £419 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.49% -20.24% -
75th Percentile £603 £625 £631
90th Percentile £708 £636 £695
South Wales median daily rate £400 £460 £460
% change year-on-year -13.04% - -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 16
10th Percentile £20.12 £14.78 -
25th Percentile £24.13 £19.31 £16.98
Median hourly rate £37.50 £23.93 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +56.71% +31.92% -30.23%
75th Percentile £45.00 £85.25 £19.98
90th Percentile - £87.80 £49.38
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -0.79% +25.03% -8.89%

IT Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Job postings that featured IT Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newport.

Job vacancy trend for IT Engineer in Newport

IT Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newport

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in Newport.

Daily rate trend for IT Engineer in Newport

IT Engineer
Daily Rate Histogram in Newport

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing IT Engineer in Newport over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for IT Engineer in Newport

IT Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing IT Engineer in Newport.

Hourly rate trend for IT Engineer in Newport

IT Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, IT Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Newport region featuring IT Engineer in the job title.

1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (40.00%) SAN
2 2 (40.00%) EPoS
2 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
2 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
3 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
3 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Retail
3 1 (20.00%) JIRA
3 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
3 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
3 1 (20.00%) ATM
3 1 (20.00%) Cisco
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management

IT Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Spreadsheet
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) Entra ID
2 1 (20.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (60.00%) Firewall
2 2 (40.00%) SAN
3 1 (20.00%) ATM
3 1 (20.00%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
1 2 (40.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (20.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) EPoS
2 1 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (20.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 3 (60.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2012
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2016
2 2 (40.00%) Windows Server 2019
3 1 (20.00%) Mac OS
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) ITIL
2 2 (40.00%) Customer Service
2 2 (40.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
3 1 (20.00%) Agile
3 1 (20.00%) Change Management
3 1 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (20.00%) ITSM
3 1 (20.00%) Mobile Device Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (20.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (20.00%) DBS Check
1 1 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (20.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) VMware
2 1 (20.00%) Cisco
2 1 (20.00%) ServiceNow