Waterfall Contracts in Cheshire

Waterfall Model
North West > Cheshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for Waterfall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Waterfall over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 48 56 42
Rank change year-on-year +8 -14 +4
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 9 5 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 1.81% 0.94% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 1.03% 3.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 12
10th Percentile - £324 £362
25th Percentile £445 £397 £379
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £450 £464
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% +33.96%
75th Percentile £466 £463 £509
90th Percentile £603 - £571
North West median daily rate £455 £531 £500
% change year-on-year -14.35% +6.25% +3.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Median hourly rate - - £63.00
North West median hourly rate £65.92 - £63.00

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

Waterfall 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 advertised in Cheshire with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 419 485 458
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 84.14% 91.34% 86.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 279 328 260
10th Percentile £275 £275 £213
25th Percentile £400 £400 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £487 £475 £450
Median % change year-on-year +2.53% +5.56% +2.27%
75th Percentile £580 £575 £538
90th Percentile £638 £660 £631
North West median daily rate £500 £500 £475
% change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 23 28
10th Percentile £13.70 £19.06 £10.43
25th Percentile £16.61 £23.15 £16.02
Median hourly rate £26.66 £30.54 £23.75
Median % change year-on-year -12.70% +28.59% -21.96%
75th Percentile £42.31 £35.00 £33.05
90th Percentile £44.13 £39.20 £60.03
North West median hourly rate £21.56 £35.50 £20.75
% change year-on-year -39.28% +71.13% +12.14%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

Job postings citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in Cheshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in Cheshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Cheshire over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in Cheshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in Cheshire

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Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 2 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
Knutsford +15 3 £445 - 2
Chester - 2 £725 -
Waterfall
North West

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft Project
1 2 (22.22%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) SaaS
2 3 (33.33%) AWS
2 3 (33.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (33.33%) DB2
1 3 (33.33%) SQL Server
General
1 7 (77.78%) Finance
2 4 (44.44%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (44.44%) Banking
3 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Architect
1 5 (55.56%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (22.22%) IT Manager
2 2 (22.22%) IT Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) .NET
1 3 (33.33%) React
2 2 (22.22%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
1 3 (33.33%) Mainframe
1 3 (33.33%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (33.33%) Android
1 3 (33.33%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Agile
2 5 (55.56%) Architectural Design
2 5 (55.56%) SDLC
3 3 (33.33%) API Design
3 3 (33.33%) Containerisation
3 3 (33.33%) Domain-Driven Design
3 3 (33.33%) Microservices
3 3 (33.33%) Project Management
4 2 (22.22%) Analytical Thinking
4 2 (22.22%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 2 (22.22%) Business Strategy
4 2 (22.22%) Change Control
4 2 (22.22%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (22.22%) Innovative Thinking
4 2 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (22.22%) Programme Management
4 2 (22.22%) Project Planning
4 2 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
4 2 (22.22%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (33.33%) C
1 3 (33.33%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (11.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 1 (11.11%) Kronos