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 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 61 65 56
Rank change year-on-year +4 -9 +28
Permanent jobs citing Business Strategy 11 11 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Wales 1.06% 1.26% 3.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.50% 3.93%
Number of salaries quoted 7 4 34
10th Percentile £45,982 £59,422 £23,750
25th Percentile £64,555 £63,811 £24,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £83,781 £67,500 £34,000
Median % change year-on-year +24.12% +98.53% -24.44%
75th Percentile £94,211 £74,688 -
90th Percentile £97,500 £85,375 £55,620
UK median annual salary £75,000 £67,500 £70,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.57% -3.45%

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 785 731 865
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Wales 75.63% 83.93% 89.82%
Number of salaries quoted 531 347 642
10th Percentile £25,087 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,122 £49,104 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% +3.38% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £61,000
90th Percentile £78,312 £75,000 £72,433
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 13 January 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 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South Wales +6 8 £74,969 +11.07% 23
West Wales +7 3 £83,781 +24.12% 1
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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (18.18%) Sage X3
Cloud Services
1 2 (18.18%) Azure
2 1 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (9.09%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.09%) Internet
1 1 (9.09%) VoIP
1 1 (9.09%) VPN
1 1 (9.09%) WAN
General
1 3 (27.27%) Influencing Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 2 (18.18%) Manufacturing
2 2 (18.18%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Police
3 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 3 (27.27%) Architect
1 3 (27.27%) Chief Architect
1 3 (27.27%) Lead
2 1 (9.09%) Account Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Head of Technology
2 1 (9.09%) Integration Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Product Owner
2 1 (9.09%) Sage Specialist
2 1 (9.09%) Sales Account Manager
2 1 (9.09%) Sales Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (27.27%) Cyber Kill Chain
1 3 (27.27%) Cyber Threat
1 3 (27.27%) Legacy Systems
1 3 (27.27%) Management Information System
1 3 (27.27%) Operational Technology
1 3 (27.27%) Security Operations Centre
2 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (36.36%) IT Strategy
1 4 (36.36%) ITIL
1 4 (36.36%) Mentoring
1 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
1 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (36.36%) Technology Strategy
2 3 (27.27%) Change Advisory Board
2 3 (27.27%) Coaching
2 3 (27.27%) Cyber Intelligence
2 3 (27.27%) Line Management
2 3 (27.27%) Migration
2 3 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (27.27%) Project Management
2 3 (27.27%) Risk Management
2 3 (27.27%) SABSA
2 3 (27.27%) Technical Leadership
2 3 (27.27%) Technology Roadmap
2 3 (27.27%) Threat and Vulnerability Management
2 3 (27.27%) Threat Intelligence
2 3 (27.27%) User Experience
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree
1 3 (27.27%) SC Cleared
1 3 (27.27%) Security Cleared
2 1 (9.09%) DBS Check
2 1 (9.09%) MCSE
2 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 27005
1 3 (27.27%) NIST
2 1 (9.09%) Accessibility
System Software
1 1 (9.09%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 2 (18.18%) Microsoft
1 2 (18.18%) Oracle
1 2 (18.18%) Sage
1 2 (18.18%) SAP
2 1 (9.09%) ESRI
2 1 (9.09%) ServiceNow