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 10 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
10 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 549 662 746
Rank change year-on-year +113 +84 -97
Contract jobs citing Traceability Matrix 33 41 93
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.077% 0.071% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.089% 0.079% 0.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 25 54
10th Percentile £323 £339 £360
25th Percentile £350 £363 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £405 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -14.84% - +2.70%
75th Percentile £500 £588 £550
90th Percentile £588 £594 £684
UK excluding London median daily rate £403 £388 £419
% change year-on-year +3.87% -7.52% -4.43%

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 37,090 51,996 79,100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.26% 89.82% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,884 36,030 55,497
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £427
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
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% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,438 1,721 1,893
10th Percentile £12.75 £11.00 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.06 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.74% +75.00% -6.98%

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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 10 May 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 10 May 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 +89 32 £409 -13.89% 14
London +95 24 £409 -22.10% 5
Work from Home +112 11 £413 +3.13% 4
UK excluding London +50 8 £403 +3.87% 8
South East +21 4 £500 +55.64% 5
Midlands +23 2 £353 -17.06% 2
East Midlands - 2 £353 - 1
North of England +30 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 5 (15.15%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 1 (3.03%) SAP EWM
1 1 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 12 (36.36%) Azure
2 10 (30.30%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.06%) Power Platform
3 2 (6.06%) PowerApps
4 1 (3.03%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (12.12%) Oracle Database
1 4 (12.12%) Oracle Database 11g
2 2 (6.06%) Oracle Database 12c
Development Applications
1 5 (15.15%) JIRA
2 2 (6.06%) SpecFlow
General
1 6 (18.18%) Finance
2 4 (12.12%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (12.12%) Social Skills
3 2 (6.06%) Banking
4 1 (3.03%) Back Office
4 1 (3.03%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (3.03%) Fire and Rescue
4 1 (3.03%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.03%) Police
4 1 (3.03%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 14 (42.42%) Business Analyst
2 13 (39.39%) Analyst
3 9 (27.27%) Project Manager
4 7 (21.21%) Senior
5 6 (18.18%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
6 5 (15.15%) Senior Analyst
6 5 (15.15%) Senior Business Analyst
6 5 (15.15%) Tester
7 4 (12.12%) Lead
7 4 (12.12%) Migration Manager
7 4 (12.12%) Migration Project Manager
7 4 (12.12%) Oracle Project Manager
8 3 (9.09%) Database Manager
8 3 (9.09%) Manual Tester
9 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Manager
9 2 (6.06%) Infrastructure Project Manager
9 2 (6.06%) Security Manager
9 2 (6.06%) Security Project Manager
9 2 (6.06%) Senior Project Manager
9 2 (6.06%) Technical Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (12.12%) ADO
1 4 (12.12%) Oracle GoldenGate
2 2 (6.06%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.12%) Replication
2 1 (3.03%) Onboarding
2 1 (3.03%) PMI
2 1 (3.03%) Reinsurance
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (39.39%) Agile
2 11 (33.33%) DevOps
2 11 (33.33%) Project Management
3 10 (30.30%) Business Analysis
3 10 (30.30%) Migration
4 8 (24.24%) Test Automation
4 8 (24.24%) User Stories
5 7 (21.21%) Epics
5 7 (21.21%) Stakeholder Management
6 6 (18.18%) Data Analysis
7 5 (15.15%) Acceptance Criteria
7 5 (15.15%) ITIL
7 5 (15.15%) Lean Six Sigma
7 5 (15.15%) Manual Testing
7 5 (15.15%) Performance Testing
7 5 (15.15%) Regression Testing
7 5 (15.15%) Scrum
7 5 (15.15%) Six Sigma
7 5 (15.15%) Waterfall
8 4 (12.12%) Problem Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.06%) SQL
2 1 (3.03%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (21.21%) SC Cleared
1 7 (21.21%) Security Cleared
2 5 (15.15%) Degree
3 1 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (3.03%) CBAP
3 1 (3.03%) CSPO
3 1 (3.03%) IIBA
3 1 (3.03%) ISEB
3 1 (3.03%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (3.03%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (15.15%) Oracle
2 4 (12.12%) ServiceNow
3 3 (9.09%) SAP
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.03%) Ariba
5 1 (3.03%) Fujitsu
5 1 (3.03%) IBM
5 1 (3.03%) Salesforce