Public Sector Contract Job Trends in Newport

Public Sector
South Wales > Newport

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Public Sector in contract job vacancies in Newport. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Public Sector over the 6 months leading up to 2 March 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 17 10
Rank change year-on-year +6 -7 +2
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 7 5 13
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 10.94% 7.81% 14.13%
As % of the General category 25.00% 10.87% 21.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 10
10th Percentile - £417 £158
25th Percentile - £433 £168
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £469 £491
Median % change year-on-year - -4.58% -18.13%
75th Percentile - £508 £675
90th Percentile - £526 £788
South Wales median daily rate £331 £210 £470
% change year-on-year +57.38% -55.32% +10.59%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 3
10th Percentile - £20.80 £12.73
25th Percentile - £21.25 £12.96
Median hourly rate - £22.00 £13.33
Median % change year-on-year - +65.04% -41.07%
75th Percentile - £24.25 £18.54
90th Percentile - £25.60 £21.67
South Wales median hourly rate - £24.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year - -12.73% +35.87%

All General Skills
Newport

Public Sector falls under the General Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring general skills in Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for general skills 28 46 60
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 43.75% 71.88% 65.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 29
10th Percentile £400 £154 £137
25th Percentile £406 £205 £190
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £328 £513
Median % change year-on-year +29.77% -36.10% +1.18%
75th Percentile £575 £425 £625
90th Percentile £594 £638 £648
South Wales median daily rate £405 £370 £423
% change year-on-year +9.46% -12.43% -11.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 17 16
10th Percentile £44.00 £18.15 £11.79
25th Percentile £50.00 £20.12 £14.10
Median hourly rate £65.00 £26.50 £23.93
Median % change year-on-year +145.28% +10.74% +18.23%
75th Percentile £85.63 £41.25 £55.25
90th Percentile £88.25 £45.00 £72.15
South Wales median hourly rate £18.69 £24.68 £25.18
% change year-on-year -24.29% -1.99% +51.37%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Public Sector job vacancy trend in Newport

Public Sector
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Public Sector.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Public Sector

Public Sector
Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Public Sector.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing Public Sector

Public Sector
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:

Business Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 6 (85.71%) Azure
2 4 (57.14%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (57.14%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (42.86%) Azure Logic Apps
3 3 (42.86%) Azure Service Bus
3 3 (42.86%) Power Automate
3 3 (42.86%) Power Platform
3 3 (42.86%) PowerApps
4 1 (14.29%) Azure App Service
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Functions
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Monitor
4 1 (14.29%) Azure Sentinel
4 1 (14.29%) Entra ID
4 1 (14.29%) IBM Cloud
4 1 (14.29%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (14.29%) DB2
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (57.14%) Git
2 1 (14.29%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 5 (71.43%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (71.43%) Senior
2 3 (42.86%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Dynamics 365 Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Power Platform Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Developer
2 3 (42.86%) Senior Dynamics 365 Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Administrator
3 1 (14.29%) Build Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) DBA
3 1 (14.29%) DevOps Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior DevOps
3 1 (14.29%) Senior DevOps Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Test Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Automation Engineer
3 1 (14.29%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) HTML5 Canvas
1 3 (42.86%) RESTful
1 3 (42.86%) Web Services
2 1 (14.29%) .NET
2 1 (14.29%) Node.js
2 1 (14.29%) React
2 1 (14.29%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
2 1 (14.29%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Acceptance Criteria
1 4 (57.14%) Agile
1 4 (57.14%) DevOps
2 3 (42.86%) CRM
2 3 (42.86%) Microservices
2 3 (42.86%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) SOA
2 3 (42.86%) Unit Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Continuous Deployment
3 2 (28.57%) Statistics
3 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
4 1 (14.29%) CI/CD
4 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (14.29%) Database Migration
4 1 (14.29%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (14.29%) Log Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (14.29%) Product Planning
4 1 (14.29%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) TypeScript
3 2 (28.57%) PowerShell
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
4 1 (14.29%) Bash
4 1 (14.29%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (14.29%) HMG Security Policy Framework
2 1 (14.29%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (28.57%) SCCM
2 1 (14.29%) Ansible
2 1 (14.29%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Apple
2 1 (14.29%) IBM
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) ServiceNow
2 1 (14.29%) Splunk