Playwright Contract Job Trends in Newport

Playwright
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Playwright skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 20 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Playwright 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 1.35% - -
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 5.26% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £750 - -
South Wales median daily rate £475 £550 £526
% change year-on-year -13.73% +4.66% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Newport

Playwright falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 19 10 15
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 25.68% 16.95% 16.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 4 9
10th Percentile £425 £353 £156
25th Percentile £463 £456 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £563 £350
Median % change year-on-year +20.00% +60.71% -36.36%
75th Percentile £731 £606 £438
90th Percentile £743 £618 £509
South Wales median daily rate £433 £450 £438
% change year-on-year -3.89% +2.86% -16.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 5 4
10th Percentile £78.50 £20.87 £15.38
25th Percentile £80.00 £22.00 £15.66
Median hourly rate £85.00 £25.18 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +237.57% +38.81% -
75th Percentile £86.25 £26.50 £21.29
90th Percentile £87.00 £45.10 £22.77
South Wales median hourly rate £82.50 £25.18 £18.14
% change year-on-year +227.64% +38.81% -

Playwright
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 1 (100.00%) Azure
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Automation Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Automation Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Tester
1 1 (100.00%) Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Acceptance Criteria
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Deployment
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 1 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 1 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 27001