AI Job Trends in Newport

AI
South Wales > Newport

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Newport requiring AI skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 13 10 18
Rank change year-on-year -3 +8 +23
Permanent jobs citing AI 16 8 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Newport 10.26% 13.11% 1.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 12.90% 18.60% 1.69%
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 1
10th Percentile - £44,625 -
25th Percentile £35,000 £46,813 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £55,750 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -28.25% +23.89% -28.57%
75th Percentile £45,000 £68,625 £47,500
90th Percentile - £73,875 -
South Wales median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £53,750
% change year-on-year -12.00% +16.28% -17.31%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Newport

AI falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Newport.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 124 43 59
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Newport 79.49% 70.49% 83.10%
Number of salaries quoted 73 32 50
10th Percentile £28,000 £36,275 £37,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £42,000 £43,036
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,518 £50,552
Median % change year-on-year +3.06% -4.02% +0.58%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,625 £60,000
90th Percentile £99,500 £91,125 £67,500
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.50% -0.50% +0.22%

AI
Job Vacancy Trend in Newport

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing AI relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Newport.

AI job vacancy trend in Newport

AI
Salary Trend in Newport

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing AI.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Newport citing AI

AI
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 7 (43.75%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (18.75%) Chatbot
Cloud Services
1 5 (31.25%) Azure
1 5 (31.25%) Azure AI
1 5 (31.25%) Power Platform
2 4 (25.00%) Google Workspace
2 4 (25.00%) SurveyMonkey
Communications & Networking
1 4 (25.00%) Bluetooth
1 4 (25.00%) Firewall
1 4 (25.00%) Intrusion Detection
1 4 (25.00%) Modbus
1 4 (25.00%) Network Security
1 4 (25.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (25.00%) VLAN
1 4 (25.00%) Wireshark
1 4 (25.00%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (43.75%) Tableau
2 5 (31.25%) Power BI
3 2 (12.50%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) Burp Suite
1 4 (25.00%) Metasploit
2 2 (12.50%) Selenium
2 2 (12.50%) SpecFlow
2 2 (12.50%) WebDriver
General
1 5 (31.25%) Social Skills
2 4 (25.00%) Aerospace
2 4 (25.00%) Law
2 4 (25.00%) Manufacturing
3 2 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (12.50%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (31.25%) Analyst
1 5 (31.25%) Data Analyst
1 5 (31.25%) Junior
1 5 (31.25%) Junior Analyst
1 5 (31.25%) Junior Data Analyst
2 3 (18.75%) Customer Support Specialist
2 3 (18.75%) Support Specialist
2 3 (18.75%) Trainer
3 2 (12.50%) Automation Tester
3 2 (12.50%) Tester
3 2 (12.50%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (12.50%) REST
1 2 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) CAN bus
1 4 (25.00%) Cyber Threat
1 4 (25.00%) IoT
1 4 (25.00%) Operational Technology
1 4 (25.00%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 4 (25.00%) Android
1 4 (25.00%) Kali Linux
1 4 (25.00%) Linux
1 4 (25.00%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 6 (37.50%) Data Science
2 6 (37.50%) User Experience
3 5 (31.25%) Business Intelligence
4 4 (25.00%) Cloud Security
4 4 (25.00%) Cognitive Science
4 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
4 4 (25.00%) Cryptography
4 4 (25.00%) Cybersecurity
4 4 (25.00%) Decision-Making
4 4 (25.00%) Ergonomics
4 4 (25.00%) Human Factors
4 4 (25.00%) Innovative Thinking
4 4 (25.00%) Psychology
4 4 (25.00%) Risk Management
4 4 (25.00%) Security Architecture
4 4 (25.00%) Security Monitoring
4 4 (25.00%) Smart Manufacturing
4 4 (25.00%) Statistics
4 4 (25.00%) Vulnerability Scanning
Programming Languages
1 11 (68.75%) Python
2 9 (56.25%) SQL
3 4 (25.00%) C++
3 4 (25.00%) Java
3 4 (25.00%) R
3 4 (25.00%) Rust
Qualifications
1 7 (43.75%) Degree
2 6 (37.50%) SC Cleared
2 6 (37.50%) Security Cleared
3 5 (31.25%) Azure Certification
4 4 (25.00%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (25.00%) Computer Science Degree
Systems Management
1 4 (25.00%) Nessus
1 4 (25.00%) Nmap
Vendors
1 9 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Cisco
2 4 (25.00%) Google
2 4 (25.00%) Qualtrics
2 4 (25.00%) Red Hat
2 4 (25.00%) Splunk
3 3 (18.75%) PayPal