Traceability Matrix Job Trends

Traceability Matrices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Traceability Matrix skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 642 682 702
Rank change year-on-year +40 +20 +201
Permanent jobs citing Traceability Matrix 11 17 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.018% 0.032% 0.034%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.023% 0.035% 0.038%
Number of salaries quoted 7 17 12
10th Percentile £50,250 £43,450 £44,125
25th Percentile £61,250 £60,000 £53,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £67,500 £70,000 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +1.82% +11.79%
75th Percentile £75,625 £77,500 £78,750
90th Percentile £77,500 - £79,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.17% +14.29% +23.53%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Traceability Matrix falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,596 48,532 50,084
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 81.00% 90.69% 89.94%
Number of salaries quoted 28,664 23,590 38,164
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £77,750
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%

Traceability Matrix
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Traceability Matrix job vacancy trend in the UK

Traceability Matrix
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Traceability Matrix.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Traceability Matrix

Traceability Matrix
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Traceability Matrix over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Traceability Matrix in the UK

Traceability Matrix
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Traceability Matrix within the UK over the 6 months to 14 January 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +56 11 £67,500 -3.57% 7
London +52 7 £70,000 -6.67% 3
UK excluding London +53 4 £57,500 -4.17% 5
Work from Home +69 3 £75,000 +70.45% 4
South East +37 2 £57,500 -17.86% 1
Midlands +19 1 - -
West Midlands +18 1 - -
North of England +7 1 - - 2
Yorkshire - 1 - - 2

Traceability Matrix
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (18.18%) CMS
1 2 (18.18%) Confluence
2 1 (9.09%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 3 (27.27%) SAP CX
2 1 (9.09%) Maximo
Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) Azure
1 3 (27.27%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (18.18%) Microsoft 365
2 2 (18.18%) Power Platform
2 2 (18.18%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 2 (18.18%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (18.18%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 6 (54.55%) JIRA
2 5 (45.45%) Postman
3 3 (27.27%) Cucumber
3 3 (27.27%) GitLab
3 3 (27.27%) Jenkins
3 3 (27.27%) JMeter
3 3 (27.27%) LoadRunner
3 3 (27.27%) Selenium
3 3 (27.27%) SoapUI
4 2 (18.18%) Charles Proxy
4 2 (18.18%) Fiddler
4 2 (18.18%) TestRail
5 1 (9.09%) Git
5 1 (9.09%) Zephyr
General
1 4 (36.36%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Finance
2 2 (18.18%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (18.18%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 5 (45.45%) Lead
2 4 (36.36%) Test Leader
3 2 (18.18%) Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Business Analyst
3 2 (18.18%) Consultant
3 2 (18.18%) SAP Consultant
4 1 (9.09%) Finance Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Financial Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Financial Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Financial Services Business Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) QA Engineer
4 1 (9.09%) Service Analyst
4 1 (9.09%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (27.27%) Middleware
1 3 (27.27%) REST
2 1 (9.09%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 2 (18.18%) Legacy Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Over-the-Top Content
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) Android
1 2 (18.18%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (54.55%) Test Automation
1 6 (54.55%) Test Management
2 5 (45.45%) Validation
3 4 (36.36%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 3 (27.27%) API Testing
4 3 (27.27%) BDD
4 3 (27.27%) CI/CD
4 3 (27.27%) Coaching
4 3 (27.27%) CRM
4 3 (27.27%) Data Privacy
4 3 (27.27%) Data Reconciliation
4 3 (27.27%) Data Validation
4 3 (27.27%) DevOps
4 3 (27.27%) ERP
4 3 (27.27%) ETL
4 3 (27.27%) Load Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Mentoring
4 3 (27.27%) Security Testing
4 3 (27.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (27.27%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 3 (27.27%) SQL
2 1 (9.09%) PHP
2 1 (9.09%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) ISTQB
1 1 (9.09%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (54.55%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (45.45%) SAP
2 2 (18.18%) Roku
3 1 (9.09%) IBM