Locust Contract Job Trends in Newport

Locust
South Wales > Newport

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

	6 months to 6 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	16	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Contract jobs citing Locust	2	0	0
As % of all contract jobs in Newport	2.47%	-	-
As % of the Development Applications category	28.57%	-	-
Number of daily rates quoted	0	0	0
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	-	-	-
South Wales median daily rate	-	-	-

All Development Application Skills
Newport

Locust falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies citing development application skills in Newport.

	6 months to 6 Nov 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing development application skills	7	9	9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newport	8.64%	26.47%	13.64%
Number of daily rates quoted	0	3	1
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	-	£638	£606
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	-	£675	£613
Median % change year-on-year	-	+10.20%	+2.08%
75^th Percentile	-	£725	£619
90^th Percentile	-	£733	-
South Wales median daily rate	£450	£375	£489
% change year-on-year	+20.00%	-23.27%	-6.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted	2	0	6
10^th Percentile	£74.10	-	£15.20
25^th Percentile	£74.25	-	£16.43
Median hourly rate	£74.50	-	£20.24
75^th Percentile	£74.75	-	£20.35
90^th Percentile	£74.90	-	£23.43
South Wales median hourly rate	£74.00	-	£20.24
% change year-on-year	-	-	-22.17%

Locust Top 15 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 6 November 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Locust also mentioned 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 citing Locust.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Acceptance Criteria	100.0%	2
1	Capacity Planning	100.0%	2
1	JMeter	100.0%	2
1	Kubernetes	100.0%	2
1	Performance Monitoring	100.0%	2
1	Performance Testing	100.0%	2
1	PostgreSQL	100.0%	2
1	Python	100.0%	2
1	SC Cleared	100.0%	2
1	Security Cleared	100.0%	2
1	SQL	100.0%	2
1	Test Automation	100.0%	2
13	Migration	50.0%	1
13	Statistics	50.0%	1
13	Test Planning	50.0%	1

Locust Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Development Applications

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	JMeter	100.0%	2