Support Engineer Contracts in Newport

Support Engineer
South Wales > Newport

The median Support Engineer daily rate in Newport is £413, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 2 May 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 17 18 25
Rank change year-on-year +1 +7 +17
Contract jobs requiring a Support Engineer 1 7 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Newport 1.85% 7.61% 3.08%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.13% 9.46% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 7 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £394 £133 £374
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £135 £398
Median % change year-on-year +205.56% -66.04% -27.73%
75th Percentile £431 £148 £421
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £200 £145 £178
% change year-on-year +37.93% -18.31% +1.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £46.63
25th Percentile - - £47.19
Median hourly rate - - £48.75
75th Percentile - - £49.69
90th Percentile - - £49.88
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £12.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year +80.00% -64.29% +125.81%

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 47 74 126
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 87.04% 80.43% 96.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 42 83
10th Percentile £147 £138 £273
25th Percentile £185 £206 £453
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £419 £548
Median % change year-on-year -7.16% -23.52% +3.79%
75th Percentile £554 £625 £634
90th Percentile £624 £636 £698
South Wales median daily rate £395 £470 £460
% change year-on-year -15.96% +2.17% -3.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 16
10th Percentile £20.12 £14.78 -
25th Percentile £24.13 £19.31 £16.98
Median hourly rate £37.50 £23.93 £18.14
Median % change year-on-year +56.71% +31.92% -30.23%
75th Percentile £45.00 £85.25 £19.98
90th Percentile - £87.80 £49.38
South Wales median hourly rate £22.50 £22.68 £18.14
% change year-on-year -0.79% +25.03% -8.89%

Support Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Job postings that featured Support Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Newport.

Job vacancy trend for Support Engineer in Newport

Support Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Newport

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in Newport.

Daily rate trend for Support Engineer in Newport

Support Engineer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Newport

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Support Engineer in Newport.

Hourly rate trend for Support Engineer in Newport

Support Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Newport

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Support Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Newport region featuring Support Engineer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service

Support Engineer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Exchange
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Entra ID
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Firewall
1 1 (100.00%) Remote Desktop
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Customer Service
1 1 (100.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
1 1 (100.00%) ITSM
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Device Management
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) A+ Certification
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Network+ Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) Jamf Pro
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Cisco
1 1 (100.00%) ServiceNow