Traceability Matrix Contracts

Traceability Matrices
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for Traceability Matrix skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Traceability Matrix over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 563 668 757
Rank change year-on-year +105 +89 -115
Contract jobs citing Traceability Matrix 31 48 98
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.072% 0.080% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.083% 0.089% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 26 55
10th Percentile £324 £341 £362
25th Percentile £350 £372 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £465 £475
Median % change year-on-year -12.92% -2.21% +5.56%
75th Percentile £500 £584 £550
90th Percentile £623 £594 £652
UK excluding London median daily rate £403 £388 £419
% change year-on-year +3.87% -7.56% -8.21%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Traceability Matrix is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 37,383 53,667 80,409
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.31% 89.90% 90.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 24,097 37,244 56,431
10th Percentile £300 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £438 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,426 1,746 1,925
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -
75th Percentile £59.44 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.75
UK excluding London median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +0.13% +80.00% -8.51%

Traceability Matrix
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Traceability Matrix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Traceability Matrix in the UK

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Traceability Matrix.

Daily rate trend for Traceability Matrix in the UK

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Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Traceability Matrix over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Traceability Matrix in the UK

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Traceability Matrix.

Hourly rate trend for Traceability Matrix in the UK

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Top 10 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Traceability Matrix within the UK over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. 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
England +100 30 £409 -11.95% 8
London +99 21 £409 -20.97% 4
UK excluding London +58 9 £403 +3.87% 5
Work from Home +112 8 £413 +3.13% 3
South East +19 4 £650 +102.33% 2
Midlands +25 3 £350 -17.65% 1
East Midlands - 3 £350 - 1
North of England +28 1 £450 +20.00% 1
North West +19 1 £450 +20.00% 1
South West - 1 - -

Traceability Matrix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 4 (12.90%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) SAP EWM
1 1 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 11 (35.48%) Azure
2 9 (29.03%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.45%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.45%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.23%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (9.68%) Firewall
2 2 (6.45%) BGP
2 2 (6.45%) CATAPAN
2 2 (6.45%) DAB
2 2 (6.45%) IPv4
2 2 (6.45%) IPv6
2 2 (6.45%) OSPF
2 2 (6.45%) VLAN
2 2 (6.45%) VPN
3 1 (3.23%) Internet
3 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
3 1 (3.23%) WAN
3 1 (3.23%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 4 (12.90%) JIRA
2 2 (6.45%) SpecFlow
General
1 5 (16.13%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (16.13%) Finance
2 4 (12.90%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.45%) Banking
4 1 (3.23%) Back Office
4 1 (3.23%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.23%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (3.23%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.23%) Police
4 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (45.16%) Business Analyst
2 13 (41.94%) Analyst
3 6 (19.35%) Lead
3 6 (19.35%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
4 5 (16.13%) Tester
5 4 (12.90%) Senior
5 4 (12.90%) Senior Analyst
5 4 (12.90%) Senior Business Analyst
6 3 (9.68%) Manual Tester
6 3 (9.68%) Project Manager
7 2 (6.45%) Architect
7 2 (6.45%) Lead Architect
7 2 (6.45%) Network Architect
7 2 (6.45%) Security Manager
7 2 (6.45%) Security Project Manager
7 2 (6.45%) Technical Tester
7 2 (6.45%) Test Engineer
7 2 (6.45%) Test Leader
8 1 (3.23%) Financial Business Analyst
8 1 (3.23%) Oracle Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.90%) ADO
2 2 (6.45%) REST
3 1 (3.23%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.23%) Onboarding
1 1 (3.23%) PMI
1 1 (3.23%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (38.71%) Agile
2 10 (32.26%) Business Analysis
2 10 (32.26%) DevOps
3 9 (29.03%) Test Automation
4 7 (22.58%) Migration
4 7 (22.58%) User Stories
5 6 (19.35%) Data Analysis
5 6 (19.35%) Epics
6 5 (16.13%) Acceptance Criteria
6 5 (16.13%) Manual Testing
6 5 (16.13%) Project Management
6 5 (16.13%) Regression Testing
6 5 (16.13%) Scenario Testing
6 5 (16.13%) Scrum
6 5 (16.13%) Stakeholder Management
7 4 (12.90%) Lean Six Sigma
7 4 (12.90%) Six Sigma
7 4 (12.90%) Test Strategy
7 4 (12.90%) User Acceptance Testing
7 4 (12.90%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.45%) SQL
2 1 (3.23%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (32.26%) Security Cleared
2 8 (25.81%) SC Cleared
3 6 (19.35%) Degree
4 2 (6.45%) CCDP
4 2 (6.45%) CCNP
4 2 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
4 2 (6.45%) ISEB
4 2 (6.45%) JNCIS
5 1 (3.23%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (3.23%) CBAP
5 1 (3.23%) CSPO
5 1 (3.23%) IIBA
5 1 (3.23%) ISTQB
5 1 (3.23%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
5 1 (3.23%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (19.35%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) SAP
1 3 (9.68%) ServiceNow
2 2 (6.45%) Cisco
2 2 (6.45%) Fortinet
2 2 (6.45%) Juniper
2 2 (6.45%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Oracle
3 1 (3.23%) Ariba
3 1 (3.23%) IBM
3 1 (3.23%) Salesforce