Traceability Matrix Contract Job Trends in Wales

Traceability Matrices
UK > Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wales 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 44 - 47
Rank change year-on-year - - +16
Contract jobs citing Traceability Matrix 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wales 0.42% - 0.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.54% - 0.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £316 - -
25th Percentile £322 - £186
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £338 - £188
Median % change year-on-year - - -66.29%
75th Percentile £347 - £189
90th Percentile £349 - -
UK median daily rate £464 £525 £453
% change year-on-year -11.67% +15.89% -7.08%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Wales

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 Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 371 321 350
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wales 78.77% 86.52% 82.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 231 202 266
10th Percentile £195 £167 £169
25th Percentile £290 £234 £228
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £413 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year -2.94% - -10.53%
75th Percentile £513 £550 £551
90th Percentile £638 £650 £667
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 60 32 27
10th Percentile £13.33 £15.69 £13.03
25th Percentile £16.09 £20.12 £21.30
Median hourly rate £19.10 £23.84 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.90% -26.65% +66.75%
75th Percentile £25.77 £31.82 £55.25
90th Percentile £50.00 £44.63 £86.72
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -22.62% -7.14% +9.38%

Traceability Matrix
Job Vacancy Trend in Wales

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

Traceability Matrix job vacancy trend in Wales

Traceability Matrix
Daily Rate Trend in Wales

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

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

Traceability Matrix
Contract Job Locations in Wales

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 Wales region over the 6 months to 5 February 2026. 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
South Wales - 2 £338 -
Traceability Matrix
UK

Traceability Matrix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wales 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