Business Strategy Contracts in South Wales

Business Strategy
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in South Wales requiring Business Strategy skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Business Strategy over the 6 months leading up to 23 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 29 - 49
Rank change year-on-year - - +4
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Business Strategy 6 0 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in South Wales 2.38% - 0.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.65% - 0.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £516
25th Percentile £406 - £522
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 - £538
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.38%
75th Percentile £419 - £547
90th Percentile - - £549
Wales median daily rate £413 £247 £538
% change year-on-year +66.79% -53.99% +2.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South Wales

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 South Wales.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 226 263 360
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 89.68% 79.70% 88.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 160 145 270
10th Percentile £190 £143 £190
25th Percentile £266 £200 £308
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £400 £494
Median % change year-on-year - -18.99% -4.13%
75th Percentile £484 £544 £600
90th Percentile £625 £611 £650
Wales median daily rate £400 £412 £475
% change year-on-year -2.91% -13.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 41 22
10th Percentile £13.08 £15.48 -
25th Percentile £13.65 £20.12 £16.98
Median hourly rate £15.00 £25.36 £23.92
Median % change year-on-year -40.85% +6.04% +20.12%
75th Percentile £20.75 £47.50 £41.56
90th Percentile - £53.75 £51.30
Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £24.33 £23.92
% change year-on-year -15.74% +1.74% +32.86%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings citing Business Strategy as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for Business Strategy in South Wales

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Business Strategy.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
DemandTrendContract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 23 August 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff - 5 £413 - 8
Glamorgan - 1 - - 10
Business Strategy
Wales

Business Strategy
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) RTP
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) Postman
2 1 (16.67%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Zephyr
General
1 5 (83.33%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Business Test Analyst
1 5 (83.33%) Test Analyst
2 3 (50.00%) Payments Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) JSON
1 5 (83.33%) REST
1 5 (83.33%) SOAP
1 5 (83.33%) XML
2 1 (16.67%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Data Protection Act
1 5 (83.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (33.33%) Product Ownership
3 1 (16.67%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Computer Science
1 5 (83.33%) Data Protection
1 5 (83.33%) Scenario Testing
1 5 (83.33%) Software Testing
1 5 (83.33%) Test Automation
1 5 (83.33%) Test Strategy
1 5 (83.33%) Translating Business Requirements
1 5 (83.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) API Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Client Onboarding
3 1 (16.67%) Data Architecture
3 1 (16.67%) Defect Management
3 1 (16.67%) Emotional Intelligence
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Swim Lanes
3 1 (16.67%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Verification and Validation
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Korn
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (83.33%) Degree
1 5 (83.33%) ISEB
1 5 (83.33%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (83.33%) SEPA