Waterfall Contracts in the North West

Waterfall Model
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West requiring Waterfall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Waterfall over the 6 months leading up to 13 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 81 86 114
Rank change year-on-year +5 +28 +1
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 54 68 68
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.93% 2.26% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.31% 2.51% 1.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 59 52
10th Percentile £356 £316 £376
25th Percentile £400 £469 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.45% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £623 £627 £570
90th Percentile £738 £655 £637
England median daily rate £565 £550 £548
% change year-on-year +2.73% +0.32% +15.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - £58.96
25th Percentile £62.96 - £60.48
Median hourly rate £65.92 - £63.00
75th Percentile £68.88 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £58.91 £52.97 £53.97
% change year-on-year +11.20% -1.85% -1.88%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

Waterfall falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the North West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,341 2,704 3,569
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 83.85% 89.77% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,432 1,900 2,591
10th Percentile £310 £313 £241
25th Percentile £401 £413 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +9.20%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £575
90th Percentile £675 £675 £660
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 269 142 155
10th Percentile £11.00 £16.02 £10.63
25th Percentile £14.13 £20.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £28.00 £30.54 £23.70
Median % change year-on-year -8.32% +28.86% +30.83%
75th Percentile £46.18 £43.75 £52.63
90th Percentile £66.61 £59.08 £75.00
England median hourly rate £37.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +4.17% +40.19% +14.13%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in the North West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North West

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

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in the North West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the North West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in the North West over the 6 months to 13 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in the North West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North West

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

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in the North West

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Contract Job Locations in the North West

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 West region over the 6 months to 13 June 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
Manchester -4 29 £500 -13.04% 14
Cheshire +3 12 £445 +7.88% 8
Lancashire +6 10 £400 -36.00%
Merseyside +6 1 £420 -23.64%
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 1 (1.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.85%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 13 (24.07%) Azure
2 7 (12.96%) SaaS
3 6 (11.11%) Boomi
4 5 (9.26%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (7.41%) Azure DevOps
5 4 (7.41%) OCI
5 4 (7.41%) Power Platform
6 3 (5.56%) AWS
6 3 (5.56%) IaaS
6 3 (5.56%) PaaS
7 1 (1.85%) Azure Data Factory
7 1 (1.85%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.70%) Internet
2 1 (1.85%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.41%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.56%) DB2
Development Applications
1 7 (12.96%) JIRA
General
1 22 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 21 (38.89%) Finance
3 8 (14.81%) Influencing Skills
4 6 (11.11%) Banking
5 5 (9.26%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (7.41%) Public Sector
7 3 (5.56%) Law
7 3 (5.56%) Legal
7 3 (5.56%) Manufacturing
8 2 (3.70%) Marketing
9 1 (1.85%) Financial Institution
9 1 (1.85%) German Language
9 1 (1.85%) Investment Banking
9 1 (1.85%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.85%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (1.85%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (25.93%) Architect
1 14 (25.93%) Solutions Architect
2 11 (20.37%) Project Manager
3 10 (18.52%) Analyst
4 8 (14.81%) Business Analyst
5 6 (11.11%) Agile Coach
5 6 (11.11%) Integration Architect
6 5 (9.26%) Delivery Manager
6 5 (9.26%) Programme Manager
7 4 (7.41%) Developer
7 4 (7.41%) Systems Developer
8 2 (3.70%) IT Manager
8 2 (3.70%) Lead
8 2 (3.70%) Power Platform Developer
9 1 (1.85%) Coordinator
9 1 (1.85%) E-Commerce Manager
9 1 (1.85%) E-Commerce Project Manager
9 1 (1.85%) Implementation Project Manager
9 1 (1.85%) IT Programme Manager
9 1 (1.85%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (12.96%) .NET
2 6 (11.11%) RAML
2 6 (11.11%) REST
2 6 (11.11%) SOAP
3 5 (9.26%) Middleware
4 3 (5.56%) React
5 1 (1.85%) HTML
5 1 (1.85%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.41%) Management Information System
2 3 (5.56%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (5.56%) Mainframe
2 3 (5.56%) Public Cloud
3 1 (1.85%) IoT
3 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
3 1 (1.85%) PMI
3 1 (1.85%) Product Ownership
3 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.56%) Android
1 3 (5.56%) Apple iOS
1 3 (5.56%) Linux
1 3 (5.56%) Unix
1 3 (5.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (90.74%) Agile
2 19 (35.19%) Project Management
3 17 (31.48%) Continuous Improvement
4 10 (18.52%) Stakeholder Management
5 9 (16.67%) DevOps
6 8 (14.81%) Coaching
6 8 (14.81%) CRM
6 8 (14.81%) PRINCE2
6 8 (14.81%) Roadmaps
6 8 (14.81%) SDLC
7 7 (12.96%) Business Strategy
7 7 (12.96%) Enterprise Architecture
7 7 (12.96%) Problem-Solving
7 7 (12.96%) Project Delivery
7 7 (12.96%) Scrum
8 6 (11.11%) Agile Coaching
8 6 (11.11%) API Management
8 6 (11.11%) Culture Change
8 6 (11.11%) Integration Patterns
8 6 (11.11%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 4 (7.41%) C#
1 4 (7.41%) Java
2 3 (5.56%) C
3 1 (1.85%) Python
3 1 (1.85%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (11.11%) Degree
2 1 (1.85%) CBAP
2 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
2 1 (1.85%) PMP
2 1 (1.85%) SC Cleared
2 1 (1.85%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.26%) Accessibility
2 4 (7.41%) QA
3 3 (5.56%) GDPR
3 3 (5.56%) PMO
4 1 (1.85%) GRC
4 1 (1.85%) GxP
Vendors
1 7 (12.96%) Oracle
2 5 (9.26%) Microsoft
3 4 (7.41%) Cadence
4 1 (1.85%) Blue Prism
4 1 (1.85%) Cognizant
4 1 (1.85%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.85%) SAP