IT Strategy Contract Job Trends in Wales

IT/Technology Strategy
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales requiring IT Strategy skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 49 45
Rank change year-on-year +6 -4 +15
Contract jobs citing IT Strategy 1 1 6
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.22% 0.22% 1.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.27% 0.28% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 6
10th Percentile - - £316
25th Percentile - - £347
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £400 £425
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% -5.88% -22.73%
75th Percentile - - £597
90th Percentile - - £650
UK median daily rate £621 £630 £650
% change year-on-year -1.39% -3.08% +4.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 375 356 417
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 83.71% 77.90% 88.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 203 318
10th Percentile £185 £141 £174
25th Percentile £266 £211 £221
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% - -15.00%
75th Percentile £491 £550 £575
90th Percentile £639 £650 £639
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £535
% change year-on-year -4.76% -1.87% -2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 72 47 22
10th Percentile £14.23 £15.48 £15.07
25th Percentile £16.89 £20.12 £21.25
Median hourly rate £20.50 £25.18 £26.58
Median % change year-on-year -18.59% -5.28% +47.68%
75th Percentile £25.15 £40.00 £50.00
90th Percentile - £49.25 £55.25
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £35.03 £43.90
% change year-on-year -28.20% -20.21% +25.43%

IT Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

IT Strategy job vacancy trend in Wales

IT Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

IT Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

IT Strategy
Contract Job Locations in 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 Wales region over the 6 months to 7 November 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales +1 1 £550 +37.50% 10
IT Strategy
UK

IT Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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