Waterfall Contracts in the North of England

Waterfall Model
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 84 97
Rank change year-on-year -1 +13 +14
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 104 147 172
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 2.22% 2.59% 2.43%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.60% 2.85% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 77 115 118
10th Percentile £375 £414 £356
25th Percentile £438 £474 £408
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £588 £632 £550
90th Percentile £625 £650 £638
England median daily rate £575 £550 £533
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.19% +12.21%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.96 - -
Median hourly rate £65.92 - £63.00
75th Percentile £68.88 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £58.91 £52.97 £58.25
% change year-on-year +11.20% -9.06% +5.91%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,003 5,154 6,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.61% 90.64% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,440 3,571 4,590
10th Percentile £300 £300 £250
25th Percentile £400 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £564
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 362 201 250
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.75 £12.84
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.00 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -38.90% +55.98% +2.00%
75th Percentile £45.00 £47.00 £31.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £52.57
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
% change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in the North of England

Waterfall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in the North of England

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in the North of England over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in the North of England

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
Yorkshire +2 55 £500 -16.67% 13
North West -8 41 £455 -14.35% 24
North East +19 10 £600 +29.73% 2
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.88%) ArcGIS
2 1 (0.96%) CMS
2 1 (0.96%) Confluence
2 1 (0.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (0.96%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (5.77%) Microsoft Project
2 5 (4.81%) MS Visio
3 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (3.85%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 9 (8.65%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (8.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (5.77%) SAP PM
3 2 (1.92%) SAP CRM
3 2 (1.92%) SAP IS-U
4 1 (0.96%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 22 (21.15%) Azure
2 17 (16.35%) SaaS
3 10 (9.62%) Dynamics 365
4 8 (7.69%) AWS
4 8 (7.69%) IaaS
4 8 (7.69%) PaaS
5 6 (5.77%) Power Platform
6 5 (4.81%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (3.85%) OCI
8 3 (2.88%) GCP
9 1 (0.96%) Azure Data Factory
9 1 (0.96%) GitHub
9 1 (0.96%) Intacct
9 1 (0.96%) Miro
9 1 (0.96%) PowerApps
9 1 (0.96%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.81%) Geospatial Data
2 5 (4.81%) GIS
3 3 (2.88%) DB2
4 2 (1.92%) Power BI
5 1 (0.96%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 12 (11.54%) JIRA
2 1 (0.96%) Git
2 1 (0.96%) GitLab
2 1 (0.96%) Jenkins
2 1 (0.96%) JMeter
2 1 (0.96%) LoadRunner
2 1 (0.96%) Subversion
General
1 45 (43.27%) Social Skills
2 33 (31.73%) Finance
3 16 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (7.69%) Banking
4 8 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 5 (4.81%) Law
5 5 (4.81%) Manufacturing
6 4 (3.85%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (3.85%) Legal
7 2 (1.92%) Investment Banking
7 2 (1.92%) Retail
8 1 (0.96%) German Language
8 1 (0.96%) Marketing
8 1 (0.96%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.96%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (0.96%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 36 (34.62%) Analyst
2 25 (24.04%) Business Analyst
2 25 (24.04%) Project Manager
3 14 (13.46%) Developer
4 10 (9.62%) Architect
5 9 (8.65%) Solutions Architect
6 8 (7.69%) Portfolio Manager
7 6 (5.77%) Governance Analyst
7 6 (5.77%) Governance Manager
7 6 (5.77%) Lead
8 5 (4.81%) Delivery Manager
8 5 (4.81%) IT Manager
8 5 (4.81%) PMO Analyst
8 5 (4.81%) Portfolio Analyst
8 5 (4.81%) Programme Manager
8 5 (4.81%) SAP Analyst
8 5 (4.81%) SAP Business Analyst
9 4 (3.85%) IT Project Manager
9 4 (3.85%) Java Developer
9 4 (3.85%) Systems Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (7.69%) Middleware
2 7 (6.73%) .NET
3 6 (5.77%) Spring
4 5 (4.81%) Spring Boot
5 4 (3.85%) React
6 3 (2.88%) Web Services
7 2 (1.92%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.96%) D3.js
8 1 (0.96%) GraphQL
8 1 (0.96%) HTML
8 1 (0.96%) JSON
8 1 (0.96%) REST
8 1 (0.96%) SOAP
8 1 (0.96%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (5.77%) Management Information System
2 4 (3.85%) Data Centre
3 3 (2.88%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (2.88%) Mainframe
3 3 (2.88%) Public Cloud
4 1 (0.96%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.96%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.96%) IoT
4 1 (0.96%) Low-Code
4 1 (0.96%) Mashup
4 1 (0.96%) PMI
4 1 (0.96%) Product Ownership
4 1 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.96%) Smart Meter
Operating Systems
1 6 (5.77%) Windows
2 4 (3.85%) Unix
3 3 (2.88%) Android
3 3 (2.88%) Apple iOS
3 3 (2.88%) Linux
3 3 (2.88%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.96%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (91.35%) Agile
2 40 (38.46%) Project Management
3 23 (22.12%) Stakeholder Management
4 21 (20.19%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (17.31%) Scrum
6 17 (16.35%) CRM
6 17 (16.35%) DevOps
6 17 (16.35%) Requirements Gathering
7 15 (14.42%) SDLC
8 14 (13.46%) Business Analysis
8 14 (13.46%) Continuous Improvement
9 12 (11.54%) PRINCE2
9 12 (11.54%) Project Delivery
10 11 (10.58%) ERP
11 10 (9.62%) Acceptance Criteria
11 10 (9.62%) User Stories
12 9 (8.65%) Quality Management
13 8 (7.69%) Data Modelling
13 8 (7.69%) Programme Management
13 8 (7.69%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 11 (10.58%) Java
2 4 (3.85%) C#
3 3 (2.88%) C
3 3 (2.88%) SQL
4 2 (1.92%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 13 (12.50%) Degree
2 4 (3.85%) CBAP
3 3 (2.88%) SC Cleared
3 3 (2.88%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.92%) PMI Certification
4 2 (1.92%) PMP
5 1 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.96%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.96%) ISEB
5 1 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (8.65%) PMO
2 7 (6.73%) QA
3 4 (3.85%) GDPR
4 2 (1.92%) Data Quality
4 2 (1.92%) GRC
5 1 (0.96%) GxP
Systems Management
1 1 (0.96%) Ansible
Vendors
1 17 (16.35%) Microsoft
2 12 (11.54%) SAP
3 8 (7.69%) Oracle
4 4 (3.85%) Cadence
5 3 (2.88%) ESRI
5 3 (2.88%) Google
5 3 (2.88%) ServiceNow
6 2 (1.92%) Salesforce
7 1 (0.96%) Adaptive Insights
7 1 (0.96%) Aruba
7 1 (0.96%) Cisco
7 1 (0.96%) Cognizant
7 1 (0.96%) Juniper
7 1 (0.96%) Kronos
7 1 (0.96%) Meraki
7 1 (0.96%) Sage
7 1 (0.96%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
7 1 (0.96%) Zscaler