Traceability Matrix Contract Job Trends in Cardiff

Traceability Matrices
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Traceability Matrix skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
5 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 31 - 32
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Traceability Matrix 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Cardiff 0.85% - 0.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.04% - 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £316 - -
25th Percentile £322 - £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 - £188
75th Percentile £347 - £189
90th Percentile £349 - -
South Wales median daily rate £338 - £188
% change year-on-year - - -66.29%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cardiff

Traceability Matrix 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 Cardiff.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 192 153 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff 81.70% 85.47% 81.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 158 123 146
10th Percentile £213 £182 £181
25th Percentile £290 £255 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £421
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% +0.89% -6.39%
75th Percentile £507 £550 £540
90th Percentile £641 £650 £621
South Wales median daily rate £413 £425 £425
% change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 3 2
10th Percentile - £21.90 £21.33
25th Percentile £12.21 £22.88 £26.31
Median hourly rate £16.44 £26.00 £35.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.79% -26.24% +142.27%
75th Percentile £20.50 £40.63 £44.81
90th Percentile £20.65 £48.50 £50.18
South Wales median hourly rate £20.50 £22.50 £32.50
% change year-on-year -8.89% -30.77% +66.75%

Traceability Matrix
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Traceability Matrix relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Cardiff.

Traceability Matrix job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Traceability Matrix
Daily Rate Trend in Cardiff

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Traceability Matrix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Traceability Matrix

Traceability Matrix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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 (100.00%) Azure
1 2 (100.00%) GCP
General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Applications Tester
1 1 (50.00%) Test Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Data Centre
2 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Defect Management
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Integration Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) Regression Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (100.00%) Workflow
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft