IT Strategy Contract Job Trends in South Wales

IT/Technology Strategy
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 38 38
Rank change year-on-year -1 0 +19
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 1 3 5
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.31% 0.97% 1.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.39% 1.11% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £445 -
25th Percentile - £513 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £625 £650
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% -3.85% +18.18%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
Wales median daily rate £550 £625 £425
% change year-on-year -12.00% +47.06% -22.73%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South Wales

IT 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.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 257 271 291
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 78.59% 87.99% 86.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 158 219
10th Percentile £206 £175 £165
25th Percentile £290 £230 £220
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £423
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +0.59% -13.33%
75th Percentile £513 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £696 £650
Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £413
% change year-on-year -2.94% +3.03% -13.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 32 22
10th Percentile £13.00 £15.69 £13.80
25th Percentile £15.16 £20.12 £21.34
Median hourly rate £18.69 £22.00 £29.83
Median % change year-on-year -15.07% -26.25% +49.50%
75th Percentile £25.13 £27.81 £53.44
90th Percentile £85.00 £41.25 £55.25
Wales median hourly rate £18.18 £22.25 £29.83
% change year-on-year -18.29% -25.42% +49.84%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in South Wales

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

IT Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

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

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

IT Strategy
Contract 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 IT Strategy within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 13 January 2026. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cardiff -4 1 £550 +7.32% 6
IT Strategy
Wales

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Architect
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Business Case
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) Data Protection
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Architecture
1 1 (100.00%) Knowledge Transfer
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Architecture
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (100.00%) GDPR