Microsoft Contract Job Trends in Newport

Microsoft
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Newport requiring knowledge or experience of Microsoft products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Microsoft over the 6 months leading up to 28 September 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are not representative of contractor rates within the Microsoft Corporation.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 6 17
Rank change year-on-year -5 +11 -3
Contract jobs citing Microsoft 6 2 3
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 7.06% 10.00% 4.35%
As % of the Vendors category 16.22% 40.00% 15.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 2
10th Percentile £486 - £164
25th Percentile £503 - £166
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £160 £180
Median % change year-on-year +235.94% -11.11% -65.71%
75th Percentile £550 - £191
90th Percentile - - £192
South Wales median daily rate £413 £308 £227
% change year-on-year +34.15% +35.73% -49.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Median hourly rate £25.26 - £85.00
South Wales median hourly rate £19.00 £18.00 £25.60
% change year-on-year +5.56% -29.69% -71.56%

All Vendors
Newport

Microsoft falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services in Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 37 5 20
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 43.53% 25.00% 28.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 12
10th Percentile £359 £262 £178
25th Percentile £499 £415 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £544 £285
Median % change year-on-year +1.15% +90.79% -45.71%
75th Percentile £594 £594 £409
90th Percentile £688 - £510
South Wales median daily rate £461 £388 £375
% change year-on-year +19.03% +3.33% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 0 5
10th Percentile £40.85 - -
25th Percentile £53.13 - £50.00
Median hourly rate £55.00 - £52.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +93.26%
75th Percentile - - £55.00
90th Percentile £60.40 - £73.00
South Wales median hourly rate £19.50 £20.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -4.88% -59.00% +109.07%

Microsoft
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Microsoft job vacancy trend in Newport

Microsoft
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Microsoft.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Microsoft

Microsoft
Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Microsoft.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Microsoft

Microsoft
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 3 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) DNS
2 2 (33.33%) SAN
General
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Automotive
2 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (16.67%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineer
1 4 (66.67%) Senior
1 4 (66.67%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Backup Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Desktop Support
2 1 (16.67%) Electrical Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Backup Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Storage Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Storage and Backup Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Storage Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) PKI
2 2 (33.33%) Data Centre
3 1 (16.67%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (16.67%) Driving Licence
3 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Storage
3 1 (16.67%) Fat Client
3 1 (16.67%) Security Posture
3 1 (16.67%) Thin Client
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server
3 2 (33.33%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
2 3 (50.00%) Presales
3 2 (33.33%) Data Management
3 2 (33.33%) Technical Leadership
4 1 (16.67%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Data Protection
4 1 (16.67%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (16.67%) High Availability
4 1 (16.67%) Identity Management
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Management
4 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Monitoring
4 1 (16.67%) Integration Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
4 1 (16.67%) Migration
4 1 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (16.67%) Preventative Maintenance
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) MCSE
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 3 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (16.67%) Forefront Identity Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) NetApp
2 3 (50.00%) VMware