QA Tester Contract Job Trends in Newport

Quality Assurance Tester
South Wales > Newport

As of 28 September 2026, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Quality Assurance Tester daily rate in Newport.

6 months to
28 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring a QA Tester 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 1.18% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - -
South Wales median daily rate - - -

All Contract IT Job Roles
Newport

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Newport. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Newport with a recognized job title 81 18 64
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 95.29% 90.00% 92.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 12 24
10th Percentile £366 £171 £185
25th Percentile £375 £265 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £419 £400
Median % change year-on-year +18.21% +4.69% -27.27%
75th Percentile £550 £479 -
90th Percentile £620 £584 £494
South Wales median daily rate £468 £375 £425
% change year-on-year +24.67% -11.76% -5.56%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 0 27
10th Percentile £12.71 - -
25th Percentile £22.00 - £20.12
Median hourly rate £52.50 - £40.00
Median % change year-on-year - - +47.25%
75th Percentile £55.00 - £48.75
90th Percentile - - £54.25
South Wales median hourly rate £19.50 £20.50 £25.60
% change year-on-year -4.88% -19.92% +7.05%

QA Tester
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'QA Tester' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Newport.

QA Tester job vacancy trend in Newport

QA Tester Skill Set
Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 28 September 2026, QA Tester contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Newport region featuring QA Tester in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing

QA Tester Skill Set
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:

Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Postman
General
1 1 (100.00%) Military
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Decision-Making
1 1 (100.00%) Incident Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Statistics
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA