Traceability Matrix Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Traceability Matrices
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Traceability Matrix skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 - 196
Rank change year-on-year - - +52
Contract jobs citing Traceability Matrix 13 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.33% - 0.020%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% - 0.022%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 0 0
10th Percentile £368 - -
25th Percentile £385 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - -
75th Percentile £488 - -
90th Percentile £525 - -
England median daily rate £408 £533 £515
% change year-on-year -23.47% +3.40% +3.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,555 3,470 4,450
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 89.05% 83.84% 88.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,305 2,009 2,944
10th Percentile £268 £300 £285
25th Percentile £375 £400 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -7.00% -0.08% +0.08%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £652 £675 £688
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 204 180 205
10th Percentile £13.58 £12.55 £15.73
25th Percentile £17.36 £16.44 £18.00
Median hourly rate £22.45 £35.00 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -35.87% +27.27% +36.61%
75th Percentile £36.19 £51.88 £46.18
90th Percentile £70.11 £70.00 £63.45
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.90
% change year-on-year -41.51% -2.05% +51.38%

Traceability Matrix
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Traceability Matrix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Traceability Matrix in the North of England

Traceability Matrix
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Traceability Matrix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Traceability Matrix

Traceability Matrix
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Traceability Matrix in the North of England over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Traceability Matrix in the North of England

Traceability Matrix
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

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 North of England region over the 6 months to 18 September 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
North West - 10 £398 - 5
Yorkshire - 3 £525 -
Traceability Matrix
England

Traceability Matrix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 1 (7.69%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (7.69%) Azure
2 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 5 (38.46%) JIRA
General
1 6 (46.15%) Banking
2 5 (38.46%) Analytical Skills
2 5 (38.46%) Finance
3 4 (30.77%) Social Skills
4 2 (15.38%) Public Sector
5 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
5 1 (7.69%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (7.69%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Analyst
1 8 (61.54%) Business Analyst
2 5 (38.46%) Test Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Banking Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Banking Business Analyst
3 2 (15.38%) Migration Manager
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Manager
3 2 (15.38%) SAP Test Manager
3 2 (15.38%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Finance Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Financial Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Financial Services Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Product Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Product Business Analyst
4 1 (7.69%) Product Owner
4 1 (7.69%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (7.69%) Kafka
1 1 (7.69%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Data Structures
1 2 (15.38%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (7.69%) Cloud Native
2 1 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.69%) Product Ownership
2 1 (7.69%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (69.23%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 7 (53.85%) Business Analysis
2 7 (53.85%) Business Case
2 7 (53.85%) User Acceptance Testing
3 6 (46.15%) Change Management
3 6 (46.15%) Decision-Making
3 6 (46.15%) Feasibility Study
4 5 (38.46%) End-to-End Testing
4 5 (38.46%) Test Management
4 5 (38.46%) Test Strategy
5 4 (30.77%) Agile
5 4 (30.77%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (30.77%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (30.77%) User Stories
6 3 (23.08%) Analytics
6 3 (23.08%) Data Governance
6 3 (23.08%) Epics
6 3 (23.08%) Knowledge Management
6 3 (23.08%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (23.08%) Threat Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 1 (7.69%) Python
1 1 (7.69%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (15.38%) CBAP
2 2 (15.38%) ISTQB
3 1 (7.69%) Azure Certification
3 1 (7.69%) BC Cleared
3 1 (7.69%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (7.69%) CSPO
3 1 (7.69%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (30.77%) QA
2 1 (7.69%) GDPR
2 1 (7.69%) ISO 20022
2 1 (7.69%) PCI DSS
2 1 (7.69%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 2 (15.38%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 4 (30.77%) Microsoft
2 2 (15.38%) HP
2 2 (15.38%) SAP
3 1 (7.69%) Databricks
3 1 (7.69%) IBM
3 1 (7.69%) IBM Sterling
3 1 (7.69%) OpenAI
3 1 (7.69%) Salesforce