Presales Contract Job Trends in Newport

Presales
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Newport requiring Presales skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 14 - 23
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Presales 4 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 5.13% - 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.06% - 1.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £486 - -
25th Percentile £503 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 - -
75th Percentile £541 - -
90th Percentile £546 - -
South Wales median daily rate £525 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newport

Presales 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 66 31 83
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 84.62% 88.57% 90.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 12 34
10th Percentile £368 £267 £133
25th Percentile £375 £285 £185
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £444 £400
Median % change year-on-year -4.23% +10.94% -27.27%
75th Percentile £550 £509 £523
90th Percentile £600 £594 £625
South Wales median daily rate £475 £405 £450
% change year-on-year +17.28% -10.00% -10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 15 5 24
10th Percentile £34.81 £22.50 £14.61
25th Percentile £45.27 £33.75 £20.12
Median hourly rate £50.00 £45.00 £25.27
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% +78.08% +39.31%
75th Percentile £55.00 - £58.75
90th Percentile - - £87.26
South Wales median hourly rate £21.50 £16.00 £20.24
% change year-on-year +34.38% -20.93% +3.82%

Presales
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Presales job vacancy trend in Newport

Presales
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Presales

Presales
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 2 (50.00%) Exchange Server 2010
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Communications & Networking
1 3 (75.00%) SAN
2 2 (50.00%) DNS
General
1 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
2 3 (75.00%) Senior
2 3 (75.00%) Senior Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (50.00%) Backup Engineer
3 2 (50.00%) Backup Infrastructure Engineer
3 2 (50.00%) Storage and Backup Engineer
3 2 (50.00%) Storage Engineer
4 1 (25.00%) Senior Backup Engineer
4 1 (25.00%) Senior Storage Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) Enterprise Storage
1 2 (50.00%) Fat Client
1 2 (50.00%) PKI
1 2 (50.00%) Thin Client
2 1 (25.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (25.00%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
2 1 (25.00%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Data Management
3 2 (50.00%) Identity Access Management
3 2 (50.00%) Infrastructure Management
3 2 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (25.00%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (25.00%) Identity Management
4 1 (25.00%) Integration Testing
4 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Tuning
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Storage Management
4 1 (25.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 2 (50.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (75.00%) MCSE
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Active Directory
1 2 (50.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) NetApp
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft
3 2 (50.00%) VMware