Business Strategy Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Business Strategy
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 28 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 5 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 2.35% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.72% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £406 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - -
75th Percentile £419 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South Wales median daily rate £413 - £538
% change year-on-year - - +2.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 184 168 215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 86.38% 73.36% 91.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 111 168
10th Percentile £228 £140 £172
25th Percentile £296 £209 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £502 £550 £538
90th Percentile £675 £644 £625
South Wales median daily rate £410 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +2.50% -11.11% -12.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 10 5
10th Percentile - - £18.70
25th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 £21.25
Median hourly rate £14.54 £20.08 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -27.59% -22.77% +44.44%
75th Percentile £18.36 £25.60 £26.50
90th Percentile £22.82 £25.79 £36.10
South Wales median hourly rate £17.65 £25.18 £29.83
% change year-on-year -29.91% -15.60% +49.16%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Business Strategy relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Business Strategy.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) RTP
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) Postman
2 1 (20.00%) JIRA
2 1 (20.00%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Business Test Analyst
1 5 (100.00%) Test Analyst
2 3 (60.00%) Payments Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) JSON
1 5 (100.00%) REST
1 5 (100.00%) SOAP
1 5 (100.00%) XML
2 1 (20.00%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (100.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 1 (20.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (20.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 5 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 5 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 5 (100.00%) Test Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 5 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 5 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (40.00%) API Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (20.00%) Defect Management
3 1 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (100.00%) Degree
1 5 (100.00%) ISEB
1 5 (100.00%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (100.00%) SEPA