The first table below looks at the demand for Waterfall skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Waterfall over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Waterfall Model
Rank 165 171 233
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +62
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 524 585 433
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 1.260% 1.097% 0.771%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.764% 1.603% 1.134%
Number of daily rates quoted 328 378 214
Average daily rate £425 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £300 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 8 4
Average hourly rate £32.50 £41.25 £28.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.21% +47.32%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £31.25 £24.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.25 £92.00 £32.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £38.75 £28.00
% change year-on-year
-16.12% +38.39%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
29704 36492 38199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 71.44% 68.42% 67.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 18148 21397 22087
Average daily rate £420 £413 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.81% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £588 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 918 1197 1399
Average hourly rate £32.00 £25.00 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.00% -12.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.55 £13.21 £13.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £45.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £25.00 £29.50
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -15.25%
Waterfall
UK

Waterfall
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Waterfall across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England Waterfall Jobs Demand Trend

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Waterfall across the England region.

England Waterfall Daily Rate Trend

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Waterfall across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England Waterfall Daily Rate Histogram

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Waterfall across the England region.

England Waterfall Hourly Rate Trend

Waterfall
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +30 303 £450 -
South East -29 75 £389 +11.07%
East of England +16 42 £400 +6.66%
North West +5 25 £375 +2.73%
Yorkshire +3 23 £320 -10.17%
South West +7 20 £350 +7.69%
East Midlands +7 15 £375 +46.34%
West Midlands -15 12 £475 +38.18%
North East +16 4 £388 -24.01%
South Coast - 4 - -
Waterfall
UK

Waterfall
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Waterfall also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Waterfall.

1 343 (34.93%) Finance
2 280 (28.51%) Project Management
3 217 (22.10%) SQL
4 202 (20.57%) PRINCE2
5 193 (19.65%) Agile Software Development
6 189 (19.25%) Banking
7 161 (16.40%) Stakeholder Management
8 157 (15.99%) Oracle
9 148 (15.07%) Scrum
10 141 (14.36%) Java
11 122 (12.42%) Business Analysis
12 120 (12.22%) C#
13 119 (12.12%) Retail
14 117 (11.91%) .NET
15 103 (10.49%) Microsoft
16 101 (10.29%) ISEB
17 99 (10.08%) UML
18 95 (9.674%) E-Commerce
19 87 (8.859%) SQL Server
20 86 (8.758%) Degree
21 82 (8.350%) XML
21 82 (8.350%) OO
22 79 (8.045%) PMI Certification
23 76 (7.739%) Windows
24 73 (7.434%) JavaScript
25 72 (7.332%) J2EE
26 66 (6.721%) Change Management
27 64 (6.517%) HTML
27 64 (6.517%) QA
28 61 (6.212%) User Acceptance Testing

Waterfall
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Waterfall also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Waterfall. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 117 (11.91%) .NET
2 82 (8.350%) XML
3 72 (7.332%) J2EE
4 64 (6.517%) HTML
5 59 (6.008%) Web Services
6 56 (5.703%) CSS
7 38 (3.870%) ASP.NET
8 37 (3.768%) WebSphere
9 26 (2.648%) Ajax
10 25 (2.546%) jQuery
11 24 (2.444%) WCF
12 23 (2.342%) .NET Framework
12 23 (2.342%) XSLT
13 21 (2.138%) Middleware
14 20 (2.037%) SOAP
15 19 (1.935%) WPF
16 16 (1.629%) Spring
17 15 (1.527%) HTML5
17 15 (1.527%) JSP
18 14 (1.426%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 33 (3.360%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.953%) CMS
3 22 (2.240%) WebLogic
4 18 (1.833%) Apache
5 13 (1.324%) Tomcat
6 9 (0.916%) SAS
7 8 (0.815%) IIS
7 8 (0.815%) Escenic
7 8 (0.815%) SharePoint 2010
7 8 (0.815%) ESB
8 7 (0.713%) Drupal
9 6 (0.611%) BizTalk Server
10 5 (0.509%) Windows Azure
10 5 (0.509%) Confluence
11 4 (0.407%) WebSphere MQ
12 3 (0.305%) TIBCO EMS
12 3 (0.305%) WordPress
12 3 (0.305%) SharePoint 2013
12 3 (0.305%) Oracle Service Bus
12 3 (0.305%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 61 (6.212%) MS Project
2 50 (5.092%) MS Office
3 48 (4.888%) MS Excel
4 47 (4.786%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.713%) MS PowerPoint
6 6 (0.611%) Photoshop
6 6 (0.611%) Office 365
7 5 (0.509%) Adobe Illustrator
8 3 (0.305%) Fireworks
9 2 (0.204%) OmniGraffle
9 2 (0.204%) Open Workbench
10 1 (0.102%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (1.324%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.305%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (0.305%) Oracle CRM
2 3 (0.305%) SAP FI
3 2 (0.204%) WebTrends
3 2 (0.204%) Oracle Financials
3 2 (0.204%) Oracle ERP
3 2 (0.204%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.204%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.204%) Google Analytics
3 2 (0.204%) CA Clarity
4 1 (0.102%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.102%) Dynamics GP
4 1 (0.102%) Dynamics SL
4 1 (0.102%) Temenos T24
4 1 (0.102%) Loanet
4 1 (0.102%) Taleo
4 1 (0.102%) Global One
4 1 (0.102%) Maximo
4 1 (0.102%) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.426%) Intranet
2 12 (1.222%) Internet
3 7 (0.713%) HTTP
4 4 (0.407%) ATM
5 3 (0.305%) VoIP
5 3 (0.305%) WAN
5 3 (0.305%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.305%) SAN
5 3 (0.305%) CTI
6 2 (0.204%) VPN
7 1 (0.102%) LLU
7 1 (0.102%) ZigBee
7 1 (0.102%) Broadband
7 1 (0.102%) SMS
7 1 (0.102%) HTTPS
7 1 (0.102%) 802.15
Database & Business Intelligence
1 87 (8.859%) SQL Server
2 31 (3.157%) TOAD
3 30 (3.055%) SQL Server 2008
4 26 (2.648%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 25 (2.546%) QlikView
6 24 (2.444%) SQLPlus
6 24 (2.444%) OLAP
6 24 (2.444%) Oracle OLAP
7 23 (2.342%) Data Warehouse
8 21 (2.138%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 20 (2.037%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 14 (1.426%) DB2
10 14 (1.426%) Oracle BI EE
11 13 (1.324%) Oracle 8/8i
11 13 (1.324%) Oracle 10g
12 12 (1.222%) Data Mining
13 10 (1.018%) Oracle 11g
14 9 (0.916%) DTS
15 8 (0.815%) Oracle Reports
15 8 (0.815%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 27 (2.749%) ERwin
2 25 (2.546%) JIRA
3 21 (2.138%) Subversion
3 21 (2.138%) Visual Studio
4 18 (1.833%) Selenium
5 15 (1.527%) Team Foundation Server
6 13 (1.324%) QuickTest Pro
7 12 (1.222%) Git (software)
8 11 (1.120%) JUnit
9 10 (1.018%) TestDirector
9 10 (1.018%) ClearCase
10 7 (0.713%) Cucumber
10 7 (0.713%) WebDriver
10 7 (0.713%) NUnit
10 7 (0.713%) Ant
10 7 (0.713%) Rational Rose
10 7 (0.713%) Eclipse
11 6 (0.611%) Maven
11 6 (0.611%) CruiseControl
12 5 (0.509%) PHPUnit
General
1 343 (34.93%) Finance
2 189 (19.25%) Banking
3 119 (12.12%) Retail
4 55 (5.601%) Investment Banking
5 48 (4.888%) Back Office
6 26 (2.648%) Retail Banking
7 24 (2.444%) Legal
7 24 (2.444%) Marketing
8 19 (1.935%) Publishing
9 15 (1.527%) Games
10 14 (1.426%) Financial Institution
10 14 (1.426%) Telecoms
10 14 (1.426%) Corporate Banking
11 13 (1.324%) Front Office
11 13 (1.324%) Advertising
12 8 (0.815%) Automotive
13 7 (0.713%) International Banking
14 6 (0.611%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.305%) Wholesale Banking
15 3 (0.305%) Billing
Job Titles
1 267 (27.19%) Analyst
2 263 (26.78%) Project Manager
3 183 (18.64%) Business Analyst
4 177 (18.02%) Developer
5 52 (5.295%) Architect
6 49 (4.990%) Test Analyst
7 36 (3.666%) Technical Manager
8 34 (3.462%) Consultant
9 29 (2.953%) Agile Project Manager
10 27 (2.749%) .NET Developer
11 26 (2.648%) Technical Project Manager
12 25 (2.546%) Senior Analyst
12 25 (2.546%) Test Manager
12 25 (2.546%) Programme Manager
13 23 (2.342%) Banking Business Analyst
13 23 (2.342%) Systems Analyst
14 22 (2.240%) Solutions Architect
15 20 (2.037%) Software Engineer
16 19 (1.935%) Test Leader
16 19 (1.935%) Agile Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 58 (5.906%) PMI
2 50 (5.092%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 49 (4.990%) Derivative
4 22 (2.240%) Credit Derivative
5 21 (2.138%) Management Information System
6 18 (1.833%) Equities
6 18 (1.833%) Mathematics
7 15 (1.527%) Market Risk
7 15 (1.527%) Mobile App
8 14 (1.426%) Mainframe
8 14 (1.426%) Data Integration
9 13 (1.324%) Credit Risk
9 13 (1.324%) iPhone
10 12 (1.222%) Digital Media
11 11 (1.120%) iPad
11 11 (1.120%) Fixed Income
12 9 (0.916%) Reference Data
12 9 (0.916%) SWIFT
13 8 (0.815%) EPoS
14 7 (0.713%) Physics
Operating Systems
1 76 (7.739%) Windows
2 45 (4.582%) UNIX
3 31 (3.157%) Linux
4 23 (2.342%) Android
5 22 (2.240%) Apple iOS
6 9 (0.916%) Windows 8
7 7 (0.713%) Windows 7
8 6 (0.611%) Windows Phone
8 6 (0.611%) Oracle Linux
9 4 (0.407%) Solaris
10 3 (0.305%) Windows Phone 7
10 3 (0.305%) Windows Server 2003
11 1 (0.102%) Windows Vista
11 1 (0.102%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 1 (0.102%) Windows 2000 Server
11 1 (0.102%) Windows Server 2008
11 1 (0.102%) Windows 2000
11 1 (0.102%) AIX
11 1 (0.102%) Windows XP
11 1 (0.102%) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 280 (28.51%) Project Management
2 202 (20.57%) PRINCE2
3 193 (19.65%) Agile Software Development
4 161 (16.40%) Stakeholder Management
5 148 (15.07%) Scrum
6 122 (12.42%) Business Analysis
7 99 (10.08%) UML
8 95 (9.674%) E-Commerce
9 82 (8.350%) OO
10 66 (6.721%) Change Management
11 61 (6.212%) User Acceptance Testing
12 59 (6.008%) Risk Management
13 55 (5.601%) ITIL
14 54 (5.499%) TDD
14 54 (5.499%) PRINCE
15 53 (5.397%) ETL
16 51 (5.193%) Use Case
17 49 (4.990%) Data Modelling
18 47 (4.786%) Data Analysis
18 47 (4.786%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 217 (22.10%) SQL
2 141 (14.36%) Java
3 120 (12.22%) C#
4 73 (7.434%) JavaScript
5 32 (3.259%) PL/SQL
6 31 (3.157%) C
7 29 (2.953%) C++
8 22 (2.240%) PHP
8 22 (2.240%) XPath
9 16 (1.629%) T-SQL
10 14 (1.426%) Shell Script
11 13 (1.324%) VB
12 12 (1.222%) XQuery
12 12 (1.222%) VB.NET
13 11 (1.120%) Perl
13 11 (1.120%) Python
14 9 (0.916%) MATLAB
15 8 (0.815%) VBA
16 7 (0.713%) Ruby
16 7 (0.713%) Uniface
Qualifications
1 101 (10.29%) ISEB
2 86 (8.758%) Degree
3 79 (8.045%) PMI Certification
4 30 (3.055%) ISTQB
5 28 (2.851%) Security Cleared
6 23 (2.342%) PMP
7 21 (2.138%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 20 (2.037%) SC Cleared
9 15 (1.527%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 14 (1.426%) Microsoft Certification
11 13 (1.324%) CISSP
12 12 (1.222%) MCSD
13 11 (1.120%) APMP
13 11 (1.120%) ISEB Practitioner
14 8 (0.815%) MCAD
15 6 (0.611%) MCP
15 6 (0.611%) MCTS
16 4 (0.407%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (0.407%) CISM
17 2 (0.204%) ACCA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 64 (6.517%) QA
2 27 (2.749%) Data Quality
3 16 (1.629%) PCI DSS
4 10 (1.018%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 6 (0.611%) ISO 9001
5 6 (0.611%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 5 (0.509%) ISO 9000
7 4 (0.407%) SLA
7 4 (0.407%) TickIT
8 3 (0.305%) COBIT
9 1 (0.102%) Solvency II
9 1 (0.102%) Basel III
System Software
1 6 (0.611%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.204%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.102%) Varnish
3 1 (0.102%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 44 (4.481%) HP Quality Center
2 3 (0.305%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 2 (0.204%) Splunk
4 1 (0.102%) Oracle Identity Management
Vendors
1 157 (15.99%) Oracle
2 103 (10.49%) Microsoft
3 54 (5.499%) IBM
4 36 (3.666%) Informatica
5 30 (3.055%) Business Objects
6 24 (2.444%) HP
7 18 (1.833%) Ab Initio
8 17 (1.731%) SAP
8 17 (1.731%) Sybase
9 16 (1.629%) DataFlux
10 15 (1.527%) Siebel
11 12 (1.222%) Adobe
12 11 (1.120%) Google
12 11 (1.120%) Pega
13 10 (1.018%) webMethods
14 9 (0.916%) AccuRev
14 9 (0.916%) Cadis
14 9 (0.916%) CheckPoint
14 9 (0.916%) StatPro
15 8 (0.815%) TIBCO
Crawley, West Sussex
Project Manager / Prince2 / MSP / Airline / Agile / Waterfall / Stakeholder Management / Offshore / Onshore / Crawley - £300 - £325 per day required to run projects with stakeholders and teams based in multiple locations.
Reflex Computer Recruitment
Rate: £300 - £325 per day + Potential to extend
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
Key Accountabilities Reporting to the Head of PMO & Project Management , the candidate will be an experienced and professionally qualified Project Manager with a record of successful project delivery.....
WorldPay
Posted: 25 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Our respected international client is currently seeking a Business Analyst with some technical exposure to Active Directory for a significant internal project. Your background should clearly evidence a...
Reed Professional Services
Rate: £325 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
Digital and/or eCommerce experience. Able to adjust analysis techniques to fit both Waterfall and Agile (particularly Scrum) development methodologies... Ability to analyse UAT test scenarios to ensure...
Experis IT
Rate: £375 - £400 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013
City of London
Skills and Experience required:- - Product Control - SDLC -Investment banking - Prince 2 qualified - Agile - Scrum - Sprint - Waterfall This role is for an experienced IT PROJECT MANAGER within investment banking.
Huxley Associates
Rate: £550 - £600 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
The role will involve delivering: - -Development and delivery of a number of systems by 3rd party suppliers; - Experience of managing multiple concurrent projects - -Experience of managing 3rd party...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 10 May 2013
West Yorkshire
SCRUM certification is essential for this role, as is knowledge of one or more Agile project management frameworks, excellent verbal and written communication skills and previous experience of...
Hudson
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
London
A good working knowledge and experience of both agile and waterfall delivery methodologies. - Experience of working within Central Government and an understanding of Government IT and procurement policies,...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 10 May 2013
City of London
My client, a leading Investment bank, is looking for a business analyst to support the Project Managers and Business Analysis team managers in project planning, initiation, tracking and...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
PMI/Prince 2 project management qualification Educated to degree level or equivalent Previous experience of a large scale programme in the Cards Acquiring industry is preferable but not...
WorldPay
Posted: 25 May 2013
London
The BA will have a strong background in either digital banking or e-commerce projects. Proven experience of Agile or Waterfall environments is essential and experience of UML...
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Key responsibilities: Expert experience in business analysis & process change/optimisation, ideally within a sales and marketing environment for Manufacturing, Retail sectors or with a consultancy practice... Good understanding...
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Rate: Up to £365 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Job DescriptionCGI are experiencing unprecedented demand for Microsoft Dynamics to provide innovative business solutions for a wide range of global upper mid-market and enterprise scale clients. As...
Argyll Scott International
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Responsibilities: Responsible for the delivery of end to end projects BAU Engaging with Service Delivery Engaging with vendors and 3rd parties Budget Control This is an excellent opportunity...
Roc Search
Posted: 22 May 2013
Slough, Berkshire
Key Tags - Business Analysis - Analyst - Digital - Website - Web Based Roc Search are urgently looking for a Digital Web Business Analyst to work on a number of high profile...
Roc Search
Posted: 21 May 2013
City of London
Java/Oracle 11g/Spring/CMS/Server Side/Agile/Waterfall/FatwireJava Developer - A retail Bank I am working with is currently looking for 2 Java Developers to work on...
Salt
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 23 May 2013
EAST ANGLIA
The Systems Analyst will apply proven communication, analytical and problem-solving skills alongside their technical expertise to design and deliver high quality services on time and within budgetRESPONSIBILITIES...
Provisio Solutions
Rate: £300 - £350 per day
Posted: 10 May 2013
London
They are now looking for a strong Business Analyst to join their team who has cross asset knowledge including FX, Money markets, Bonds and derivatives.The successful applicant...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £400.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
City, London
Requirements: Experience working on large ecommerce sites or Online digital experience with recognised brands or consultancies... Experience of project management (Waterfall and agile) and its methodologies on large...
Experis IT
Rate: £430 - £480 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
London, Kent, Beckenham, South East
There will also be a significant data migration challenge as the new system will replace several existing solutions.You will be joining a team of 5 Business Analysts...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Rate: To £375 per day dependent on experience
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
There will also be a significant data migration challenge as the new system will replace several existing solutions... modelling activities, transaction flows, and use cases... Proven Business Process...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Rate: From £374 to £375 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Data Analysis & Database Design4... Ability to work on several development and support tasks at any one time Formal Qualifications Required ESSENTIAL Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008/2010-...
Capita Resourcing
Rate: £200.00 - £330 per day
Posted: 11 May 2013
London
Full end-to-end experience of delivery large Business Intelligence projects is mandatory, with waterfall development also key, as this is their chosen methodology. As well as the...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £410.00 - £440.00 per day
Posted: 1 May 2013
Beckenham, Kent
There will also be a significant data migration challenge as the new system will replace several existing solutions... Proven Business Process Re-Engineering (BPR) experience. Experience of MagicDraw,...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Rate: To £65k pro rata on an initial 6 month fixed term contract + benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Beckenham
Business Analysts, SDLC, UML, Software, London We urgently require an experienced Business Analysts to work on a large project extending beyond 2013... There will also be a significant...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Rate: Up to £65k Pro Rata on an inital 6 month contract
Posted: 20 May 2013