Business Strategy Job Trends in Wales

Business Strategy
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Wales requiring Business Strategy skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 106 61 76
Rank change year-on-year -45 +15 -4
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 18 8 16
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 0.68% 1.00% 0.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.03% 1.20% 1.47%
Number of salaries quoted 16 7 7
10th Percentile £45,000 £49,855 £36,720
25th Percentile £59,058 £62,500 £42,350
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,486 £75,000 £46,350
Median % change year-on-year -10.02% +61.81% +7.62%
75th Percentile £80,000 £87,500 £65,475
90th Percentile - - £68,750
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +7.14% +7.69% -3.70%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,742 667 1,086
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 65.51% 83.69% 65.98%
Number of salaries quoted 1,254 502 829
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £27,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £30,978 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% +11.11% -1.52%
75th Percentile £69,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% - -8.84%

Business Strategy
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Business Strategy job vacancy trend in Wales

Business Strategy
Salary Trend in Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Business Strategy.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Wales citing Business Strategy

Business Strategy
Salary Histogram in Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing Business Strategy in Wales over the 6 months to 12 August 2026.

Salary histogram for Business Strategy in Wales

Business Strategy
Job Locations in Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Business Strategy within the Wales region over the 6 months to 12 August 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
West Wales - 9 £80,000 - 1
South Wales -40 5 £50,000 -33.33% 10
North Wales - 4 £65,000 -
Business Strategy
UK

Business 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (11.11%) AWS
1 2 (11.11%) Azure
2 1 (5.56%) GCP
2 1 (5.56%) Google Sheets
2 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Looker
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
1 1 (5.56%) Tableau
General
1 3 (16.67%) Automotive
1 3 (16.67%) Games
1 3 (16.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
1 3 (16.67%) Marketing
2 2 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Finance
2 2 (11.11%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (11.11%) Manufacturing
2 2 (11.11%) Public Sector
2 2 (11.11%) Retail
2 2 (11.11%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Banking
3 1 (5.56%) Law
3 1 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (44.44%) Architect
2 7 (38.89%) Enterprise Architect
2 7 (38.89%) Lead
3 6 (33.33%) Lead Architect
3 6 (33.33%) Lead Enterprise Architect
4 4 (22.22%) Consultant
5 1 (5.56%) Chief Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (5.56%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (5.56%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (22.22%) Customer Service
1 4 (22.22%) Data Management
1 4 (22.22%) Decision-Making
1 4 (22.22%) Informatics
2 3 (16.67%) AI
2 3 (16.67%) Business Development
2 3 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (16.67%) Enterprise Architecture
2 3 (16.67%) Lead Generation
2 3 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 3 (16.67%) Telesales
3 2 (11.11%) Agile
3 2 (11.11%) ArchiMate
3 2 (11.11%) Architecture Governance
3 2 (11.11%) Data Governance
3 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
3 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (11.11%) Technology Strategy
3 2 (11.11%) TOGAF
3 2 (11.11%) Zachman Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Google Apps Script
1 1 (5.56%) Python
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.56%) ACCA
1 1 (5.56%) AWS Certification
1 1 (5.56%) Azure Certification
1 1 (5.56%) CIMA
1 1 (5.56%) Degree
1 1 (5.56%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Data Quality
1 1 (5.56%) GDPR
1 1 (5.56%) ISO 9001
1 1 (5.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 2 (11.11%) Google