Machine Learning Contract Job Trends in Newport

Machine Learning (ML)
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Machine Learning skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 25 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 19 -
Rank change year-on-year +8 - -
Contract jobs citing Machine Learning 4 3 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 9.76% 4.11% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 11.76% 4.29% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
10th Percentile £645 £213 -
25th Percentile £656 £218 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 £233 -
Median % change year-on-year +201.08% - -
75th Percentile £731 £243 -
90th Percentile £735 £246 -
South Wales median daily rate £725 £245 £525
% change year-on-year +195.92% -53.33% -2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £25.36 -
South Wales median hourly rate £30.00 £25.36 -
% change year-on-year +18.30% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Newport

Machine Learning 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 34 70 90
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 82.93% 95.89% 86.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 29 64
10th Percentile £265 £175 £200
25th Percentile £405 £190 £433
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £451 £400 £563
Median % change year-on-year +12.81% -28.89% -1.32%
75th Percentile £580 - £639
90th Percentile £713 £594 £684
South Wales median daily rate £408 £406 £450
% change year-on-year +0.31% -9.72% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 32 12
10th Percentile £78.25 £15.69 £14.13
25th Percentile £79.38 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £82.50 £25.27 £32.33
Median % change year-on-year +226.47% -21.84% +59.75%
75th Percentile £84.38 £41.88 £55.25
90th Percentile £84.75 £49.88 -
South Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £25.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -27.28% -3.85% +30.59%

Machine Learning
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Machine Learning job vacancy trend in Newport

Machine Learning
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Machine Learning.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Machine Learning.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Machine Learning

Machine Learning
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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
1 4 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) GitHub
2 3 (75.00%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (75.00%) Power Platform
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JMeter
1 4 (100.00%) MSTest
1 4 (100.00%) Selenium
1 4 (100.00%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Automation Tester
1 4 (100.00%) Tester
2 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Automation Tester
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) AI
1 4 (100.00%) Architectural Design
1 4 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 4 (100.00%) Design Patterns
1 4 (100.00%) DevOps
1 4 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 4 (100.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (75.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (75.00%) Unit Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Build Automation
3 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
3 1 (25.00%) Code Quality
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Scalability Testing
3 1 (25.00%) Test Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C#
1 4 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 4 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (75.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) Degree
2 3 (75.00%) ISTQB
2 3 (75.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 3 (75.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 4 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft