Business Strategy Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

Business Strategy
South West > Wiltshire

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

6 months to
22 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 55 57 65
Rank change year-on-year +2 +8 +1
Contract jobs citing Business Strategy 8 7 11
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 1.46% 1.20% 1.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.69% 1.38% 1.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 11
10th Percentile - £482 -
25th Percentile - £518 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £706 £631 £575
Median % change year-on-year +11.84% +9.78% -4.17%
75th Percentile - £697 £713
90th Percentile - £703 £744
South West median daily rate £637 £469 £675
% change year-on-year +35.79% -30.56% +12.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 474 508 693
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 86.50% 86.84% 87.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 314 342 516
10th Percentile £375 £350 £322
25th Percentile £513 £459 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 £553 £550
Median % change year-on-year +4.43% +0.55% -
75th Percentile £688 £668 £638
90th Percentile £738 £738 £721
South West median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 29 10 15
10th Percentile £12.50 - £14.36
25th Percentile £15.00 - £30.43
Median hourly rate £22.27 £12.79 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +74.08% -74.42% -25.14%
75th Percentile £24.50 - £66.00
90th Percentile £25.15 £60.00 £74.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £60.00
% change year-on-year -61.31% +8.33% -7.69%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

Business Strategy
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

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

Business Strategy
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 22 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
Corsham +5 4 - -
Salisbury - 2 £706 - 3
Chippenham - 2 - -
Business Strategy
South West

Business Strategy
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire 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 4 (50.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 2 (25.00%) AWS
General
1 2 (25.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (12.50%) Military
Job Titles
1 6 (75.00%) Architect
2 4 (50.00%) Service Management Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Designer
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architect
3 2 (25.00%) Technical Designer
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) Decision-Making
1 5 (62.50%) ITIL
2 4 (50.00%) Business Analysis
2 4 (50.00%) Change Management
2 4 (50.00%) ITSM
2 4 (50.00%) PRINCE2
2 4 (50.00%) Project Management
2 4 (50.00%) Requirements Gathering
2 4 (50.00%) Service Management
3 2 (25.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (25.00%) Risk Assessment
3 2 (25.00%) Roadmaps
3 2 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (12.50%) Coaching
4 1 (12.50%) Conflict Resolution
4 1 (12.50%) IT4IT
4 1 (12.50%) TOGAF
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 8 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 4 (50.00%) APMP
3 1 (12.50%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (12.50%) COBIT
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) Cisco
1 2 (25.00%) Juniper
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (25.00%) Palo Alto