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 30 July 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 6 15
Rank change year-on-year -5 +9 +13
Contract jobs citing Public Sector 9 2 9
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 10.23% 8.70% 10.59%
As % of the General category 24.32% 11.11% 15.25%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £147
25th Percentile £463 £513 £160
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £190
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +176.32% -68.33%
75th Percentile £488 £538 £518
90th Percentile - - £560
South Wales median daily rate £475 £451 £162
% change year-on-year +5.44% +177.32% -41.98%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £21.25
Median hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +2.22% -
75th Percentile - - £23.75
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median hourly rate £22.00 £25.11 £22.50
% change year-on-year -12.39% +11.60% +40.63%

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 37 18 59
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport 42.05% 78.26% 69.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 21
10th Percentile £265 £157 £190
25th Percentile £409 £265 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £438 £400
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +9.38% -27.27%
75th Percentile £544 £473 £588
90th Percentile £658 £508 £625
South Wales median daily rate £475 £388 £400
% change year-on-year +22.58% -3.13% -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 2 17
10th Percentile £28.30 £15.80 -
25th Percentile £45.25 £17.00 £20.12
Median hourly rate £50.00 £19.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +163.16% -57.78% -6.50%
75th Percentile £54.06 £21.00 £53.75
90th Percentile £59.05 £22.20 £78.25
South Wales median hourly rate £21.25 £14.61 £45.00
% change year-on-year +45.45% -67.53% +268.85%

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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (11.11%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Adobe XD
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (11.11%) UserZoom
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) GCP
1 5 (55.56%) Google Kubernetes Engine
2 4 (44.44%) Cloud Run
2 4 (44.44%) GitHub
2 4 (44.44%) GitHub Actions
3 1 (11.11%) Azure
3 1 (11.11%) Entra ID
3 1 (11.11%) Figma
3 1 (11.11%) Miro
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (11.11%) Cloud Spanner
2 1 (11.11%) Relational Database
General
1 5 (55.56%) Military
2 1 (11.11%) Billing
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Java Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Java Software Engineer
1 4 (44.44%) Software Engineer
2 3 (33.33%) GCP Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Designer
3 2 (22.22%) GCP Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Senior
3 2 (22.22%) Senior Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Build Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Digital User Researcher
4 1 (11.11%) Interaction Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Python Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Python Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Interaction Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Senior Service Designer
4 1 (11.11%) Service Designer
4 1 (11.11%) User Researcher
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (44.44%) Flask
1 4 (44.44%) Jinja
1 4 (44.44%) RESTful
1 4 (44.44%) Spring
1 4 (44.44%) Spring Boot
1 4 (44.44%) Web Services
2 2 (22.22%) CSS
2 2 (22.22%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Cloud Native
2 1 (11.11%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Containerisation
1 5 (55.56%) Microservices
1 5 (55.56%) Migration
1 5 (55.56%) Performance Tuning
1 5 (55.56%) Statistics
2 4 (44.44%) CI/CD
2 4 (44.44%) Database Migration
2 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
3 3 (33.33%) Agile
3 3 (33.33%) Service Design
3 3 (33.33%) User Research
3 3 (33.33%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
4 2 (22.22%) Coaching
4 2 (22.22%) Community of Practice
4 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
4 2 (22.22%) Prototyping
4 2 (22.22%) Usability Testing
4 2 (22.22%) User Experience
4 2 (22.22%) UX Design
5 1 (11.11%) Digital Transformation Programme
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 4 (44.44%) Java
2 4 (44.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (55.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (44.44%) Docker
2 1 (11.11%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 5 (55.56%) Kubernetes
2 1 (11.11%) Jamf Pro
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (11.11%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Adobe
2 1 (11.11%) Apple
2 1 (11.11%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft