Hybrid/Remote Traceability Matrix Contract Job Trends

Traceability Matrices
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Traceability Matrix skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 313 417
Rank change year-on-year +5 +104 +139
Contract jobs citing Traceability Matrix 9 17 7
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.093% 0.14% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.10% 0.15% 0.039%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 3
10th Percentile £325 £490 £351
25th Percentile £350 £513 £353
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £470 £525 £363
Median % change year-on-year -10.48% +44.83% -27.50%
75th Percentile £556 £588 £384
90th Percentile £561 £650 £394
UK median daily rate £450 £525 £491
% change year-on-year -14.29% +7.03% +9.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 8,893 11,028 18,148
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 92.21% 87.93% 89.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 5,911 7,042 12,793
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -3.33% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 273 285 435
10th Percentile £12.62 £18.50 £17.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £30.44 £25.98
Median hourly rate £36.00 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% -18.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.50 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £82.10
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £42.69 £43.00
% change year-on-year -41.09% -0.72% +48.79%

Traceability Matrix
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Traceability Matrix as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Traceability Matrix trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Traceability Matrix
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Traceability Matrix.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Traceability Matrix

Traceability Matrix
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Traceability Matrix over the 6 months to 22 September 2025.

Traceability Matrix daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Traceability Matrix
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (11.11%) SAP MM
Cloud Services
1 1 (11.11%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Atlassian Bamboo
1 1 (11.11%) Jenkins
1 1 (11.11%) REST Assured
1 1 (11.11%) Selenium
General
1 2 (22.22%) Banking
2 1 (11.11%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Police
2 1 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
2 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Analyst
2 4 (44.44%) Business Analyst
3 3 (33.33%) Consultant
3 3 (33.33%) Functional Consultant
3 3 (33.33%) Logistics Consultant
3 3 (33.33%) SAP Consultant
3 3 (33.33%) SAP Functional Consultant
3 3 (33.33%) SAP Logistics Consultant
4 2 (22.22%) Banking Analyst
4 2 (22.22%) Banking Business Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) IT Support
5 1 (11.11%) SAP MM Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) SAP MM Functional Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) SAP WM Consultant
5 1 (11.11%) Senior
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Test Analyst
5 1 (11.11%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (11.11%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Change Management
2 3 (33.33%) Business Case
2 3 (33.33%) Feasibility Study
2 3 (33.33%) Logistics
2 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
2 3 (33.33%) Translating Business Requirements
3 2 (22.22%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Business Agility
4 1 (11.11%) Business Process Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Business Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
4 1 (11.11%) Customer Service
4 1 (11.11%) Data Migration
4 1 (11.11%) Impact Assessments
4 1 (11.11%) Line Management
4 1 (11.11%) Process Improvement
4 1 (11.11%) Scenario Testing
4 1 (11.11%) Test Automation
4 1 (11.11%) Test Strategy
4 1 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
2 4 (44.44%) SC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) BC Cleared
3 2 (22.22%) BPSS Clearance
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) SAP