Public Sector Contracts 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 1 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 11 15 25
Rank change year-on-year +4 +10 -21
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 2 9 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newport 5.71% 9.78% 3.82%
As % of the General category 6.90% 13.85% 10.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 6
10th Percentile - £147 £493
25th Percentile £513 £160 £552
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £190 £613
Median % change year-on-year +176.32% -68.98% +11.36%
75th Percentile £538 £518 £638
90th Percentile - £560 £641
South Wales median daily rate £446 £175 £363
% change year-on-year +154.86% -51.79% -29.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Median hourly rate £23.00 £22.50 -
Median % change year-on-year +2.22% - -
South Wales median hourly rate £25.11 £22.50 £17.03
% change year-on-year +11.60% +32.12% -24.71%

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 common skills in Newport.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for common skills 29 65 58
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 82.86% 70.65% 36.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 24 44
10th Percentile £160 £134 £305
25th Percentile £275 £216 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £415 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -27.27% -
75th Percentile £461 £625 £638
90th Percentile £500 - £668
South Wales median daily rate £400 £400 £500
% change year-on-year - -20.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 18 1
10th Percentile £19.80 £13.35 -
25th Percentile £28.38 £20.12 £44.82
Median hourly rate £45.00 £35.18 £48.13
Median % change year-on-year +27.91% -26.91% +112.78%
75th Percentile - £68.75 £51.45
90th Percentile £50.00 £87.80 -
South Wales median hourly rate £15.50 £45.00 £12.60
% change year-on-year -65.56% +257.14% -44.00%

Public Sector
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Job postings citing Public Sector as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newport.

Job vacancy trend for Public Sector in Newport

Public Sector
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newport

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Newport.

Daily rate trend for Public Sector in Newport

Public Sector
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Public Sector in Newport.

Hourly rate trend for Public Sector in Newport

Public Sector
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Relational Database
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) .NET
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Agile
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Concurrent Programming
1 1 (50.00%) Containerisation
1 1 (50.00%) Multithreading
1 1 (50.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (50.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) R
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (50.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Google