Senior Contract Job Trends in Newport

Senior
South Wales > Newport

The median Senior daily rate in Newport is £675, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 5 13 15
Rank change year-on-year +8 +2 +5
Contract jobs requiring a Senior 10 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in Newport 30.30% 10.61% 7.69%
As % of the Job Titles category 30.30% 10.94% 8.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 6
10th Percentile £528 £337 £488
25th Percentile £569 £478 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £725 £525
Median % change year-on-year -6.90% +38.10% -4.55%
75th Percentile £725 £738 £634
90th Percentile £733 - £669
South Wales median daily rate £438 £500 £563
% change year-on-year -12.50% -11.11% +2.27%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 0
Median hourly rate - £40.00 -
South Wales median hourly rate - £40.00 -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
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 33 64 111
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 100.00% 96.97% 94.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 26 90
10th Percentile £265 £181 £198
25th Percentile £400 £218 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £400 £550
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -27.27% -1.79%
75th Percentile £594 - £638
90th Percentile £713 £603 £650
South Wales median daily rate £400 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -5.88% - -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 28 9
10th Percentile £78.25 £18.64 £13.18
25th Percentile £79.38 £20.12 £27.08
Median hourly rate £82.50 £26.50 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +211.32% -47.00% +122.67%
75th Percentile £84.38 £48.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £84.75 £51.13 £55.50
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £25.60 £26.00
% change year-on-year -19.92% -1.54% +37.17%

Senior
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

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

Senior job vacancy trend in Newport

Senior
Daily Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Newport.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Newport

Senior
Daily Rate Histogram in Newport

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Senior in Newport over the 6 months to 3 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Senior in Newport

Senior
Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Newport.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Senior job vacancies in Newport

Senior Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, Senior 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 Senior in the job title.

1 8 (80.00%) Agile
1 8 (80.00%) Azure
1 8 (80.00%) Azure DevOps
1 8 (80.00%) DevOps
2 7 (70.00%) C#
2 7 (70.00%) Dynamics 365
2 7 (70.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 7 (70.00%) JavaScript
2 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
3 6 (60.00%) Power Platform
3 6 (60.00%) Test Automation
3 6 (60.00%) Unit Testing
3 6 (60.00%) Web Services
4 5 (50.00%) Architectural Design
4 5 (50.00%) Degree
4 5 (50.00%) Design Patterns
4 5 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 5 (50.00%) JMeter
4 5 (50.00%) MSTest
4 5 (50.00%) Python
4 5 (50.00%) Selenium
4 5 (50.00%) SQL
4 5 (50.00%) Test Strategy
4 5 (50.00%) Visual Studio
5 4 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
5 4 (40.00%) Data Modelling
5 4 (40.00%) Docker
5 4 (40.00%) GitHub
5 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
5 4 (40.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification

Senior 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:

Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (10.00%) UserZoom
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 8 (80.00%) Azure
1 8 (80.00%) Azure DevOps
2 7 (70.00%) Dynamics 365
3 6 (60.00%) Power Platform
4 4 (40.00%) GitHub
5 2 (20.00%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (20.00%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (20.00%) Power Automate
5 2 (20.00%) PowerApps
6 1 (10.00%) Azure App Service
6 1 (10.00%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (10.00%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Firewall
1 1 (10.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 1 (10.00%) Network Security
1 1 (10.00%) NGFW
1 1 (10.00%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 5 (50.00%) JMeter
1 5 (50.00%) MSTest
1 5 (50.00%) Selenium
1 5 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 3 (30.00%) Git
3 1 (10.00%) SpecFlow
General
1 3 (30.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (20.00%) Military
3 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (60.00%) Web Services
2 2 (20.00%) HTML5 Canvas
2 2 (20.00%) RESTful
3 1 (10.00%) .NET
3 1 (10.00%) Node.js
3 1 (10.00%) React
3 1 (10.00%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Agile
1 8 (80.00%) DevOps
2 6 (60.00%) Test Automation
2 6 (60.00%) Unit Testing
3 5 (50.00%) Architectural Design
3 5 (50.00%) Design Patterns
3 5 (50.00%) Test Strategy
4 4 (40.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 4 (40.00%) Data Modelling
4 4 (40.00%) Non-Functional Testing
5 3 (30.00%) AI
5 3 (30.00%) Machine Learning
6 2 (20.00%) CI/CD
6 2 (20.00%) CRM
6 2 (20.00%) Microservices
6 2 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
6 2 (20.00%) Scrum
6 2 (20.00%) SOA
7 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
7 1 (10.00%) Service Design
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C#
1 7 (70.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (50.00%) Python
2 5 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (20.00%) TypeScript
4 1 (10.00%) Bash
4 1 (10.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (70.00%) Security Cleared
2 5 (50.00%) Degree
3 4 (40.00%) ISTQB
3 4 (40.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) CISSP
4 1 (10.00%) GCIH
4 1 (10.00%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (70.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 5 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
System Software
1 4 (40.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (10.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Fortinet
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Palo Alto
1 1 (10.00%) Zscaler