Traceability Matrix Contract Job Trends in the North West

Traceability Matrices
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North West 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 123 - 141
Rank change year-on-year - - +46
Contract jobs citing Traceability Matrix 10 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 0.46% - 0.036%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% - 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 0 0
10th Percentile £364 - -
25th Percentile £382 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £398 - -
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile £479 - -
England median daily rate £408 £533 £515
% change year-on-year -23.47% +3.40% +3.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,940 1,992 2,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 88.83% 83.31% 87.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,287 1,157 1,649
10th Percentile £299 £294 £275
25th Percentile £375 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £493 £500
Median % change year-on-year -8.72% -1.40% -
75th Percentile £575 £588 £595
90th Percentile £678 £675 £675
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 108 162
10th Percentile £13.54 £16.43 £15.78
25th Percentile £17.36 £27.94 £18.13
Median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.83% +21.43% +55.56%
75th Percentile £51.19 £57.63 £46.18
90th Percentile £71.32 £70.90 £66.80
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 West

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

Job vacancy trend for Traceability Matrix in the North West

Traceability Matrix
Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

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

Traceability Matrix
Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West 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
Manchester - 5 £450 - 2
Cheshire - 5 £390 - 3
Traceability Matrix
England

Traceability Matrix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (20.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (20.00%) SuccessFactors
2 1 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (10.00%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
General
1 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Social Skills
3 3 (30.00%) Banking
4 2 (20.00%) Public Sector
5 1 (10.00%) Financial Institution
5 1 (10.00%) Presentation Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Analyst
1 8 (80.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Banking Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Banking Business Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) SAP Manager
2 2 (20.00%) SAP Test Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Test Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Threat Intelligence Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Finance Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Financial Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Financial Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Financial Services Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Product Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Product Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Product Owner
3 1 (10.00%) Service Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (10.00%) Kafka
1 1 (10.00%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Data Structures
1 2 (20.00%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (10.00%) Cloud Native
2 1 (10.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (10.00%) Product Ownership
2 1 (10.00%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (70.00%) Business Analysis
1 7 (70.00%) Business Case
2 6 (60.00%) Change Management
2 6 (60.00%) Decision-Making
2 6 (60.00%) Feasibility Study
2 6 (60.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (40.00%) Agile
3 4 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (40.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 3 (30.00%) Analytics
4 3 (30.00%) Data Governance
4 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (30.00%) Threat Intelligence
5 2 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
5 2 (20.00%) Defect Management
5 2 (20.00%) End-to-End Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Project Delivery
5 2 (20.00%) System Integration Testing
5 2 (20.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (10.00%) Python
1 1 (10.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
2 2 (20.00%) CBAP
2 2 (20.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (10.00%) Azure Certification
3 1 (10.00%) BC Cleared
3 1 (10.00%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (10.00%) CSPO
3 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) GDPR
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 20022
1 1 (10.00%) PCI DSS
1 1 (10.00%) QA
1 1 (10.00%) SEPA
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) HP
2 2 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (10.00%) Databricks
3 1 (10.00%) IBM
3 1 (10.00%) IBM Sterling
3 1 (10.00%) OpenAI
3 1 (10.00%) Salesforce