Waterfall Contracts in the North West

Waterfall Model
England > North West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 89 107
Rank change year-on-year -16 +18 +7
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 36 71 72
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North West 1.30% 2.21% 1.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 2.43% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 58 56
10th Percentile £313 £315 £325
25th Percentile £394 £470 £404
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.71% +5.00% +3.31%
75th Percentile £613 £622 £569
90th Percentile £718 £683 £622
England median daily rate £585 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +6.36% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £62.96 - -
Median hourly rate £65.92 - £63.00
75th Percentile £68.88 - £65.52
90th Percentile - - £67.02
England median hourly rate £58.91 £71.00 £63.00
% change year-on-year -17.04% +12.70% +14.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,400 2,922 3,524
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North West 86.42% 90.97% 88.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,555 2,080 2,592
10th Percentile £306 £313 £230
25th Percentile £406 £410 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £588 £588 £569
90th Percentile £688 £675 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +9.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 149 166
10th Percentile £10.95 £16.73 £10.64
25th Percentile £13.16 £20.22 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.00 £35.00 £21.00
Median % change year-on-year -40.00% +66.67% +15.21%
75th Percentile £45.00 £48.75 £43.75
90th Percentile £54.00 £65.15 £59.38
England median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -6.67% +56.25% -

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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 23 April 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 23 April 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 -8 19 £500 -8.05% 12
Lancashire +11 9 £376 -46.25% 5
Cheshire +5 6 £463 +2.78% 5
Merseyside +12 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:

Applications
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 3 (8.33%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (5.56%) Microsoft Office
2 2 (5.56%) MS Visio
3 1 (2.78%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (13.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.78%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 8 (22.22%) Azure
2 5 (13.89%) Dynamics 365
2 5 (13.89%) SaaS
3 4 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (11.11%) OCI
3 4 (11.11%) Power Platform
4 3 (8.33%) IaaS
4 3 (8.33%) PaaS
5 1 (2.78%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.78%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.78%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (11.11%) JIRA
General
1 18 (50.00%) Finance
2 13 (36.11%) Social Skills
3 7 (19.44%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (11.11%) Law
4 4 (11.11%) Legal
5 2 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.78%) Banking
6 1 (2.78%) German Language
6 1 (2.78%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Manufacturing
6 1 (2.78%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.78%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 9 (25.00%) Project Manager
2 7 (19.44%) Analyst
3 6 (16.67%) Business Analyst
4 5 (13.89%) Architect
4 5 (13.89%) Delivery Manager
4 5 (13.89%) Programme Manager
4 5 (13.89%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (11.11%) Developer
5 4 (11.11%) Systems Developer
6 3 (8.33%) IT Manager
7 2 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (5.56%) Lead
7 2 (5.56%) Power Platform Developer
8 1 (2.78%) .NET Developer
8 1 (2.78%) C# Developer
8 1 (2.78%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
8 1 (2.78%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
8 1 (2.78%) IT Programme Manager
8 1 (2.78%) Power Apps Developer
8 1 (2.78%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (13.89%) Middleware
2 4 (11.11%) .NET
3 1 (2.78%) HTML
3 1 (2.78%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.11%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.78%) IoT
2 1 (2.78%) PMI
2 1 (2.78%) Product Ownership
2 1 (2.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (8.33%) Linux
1 3 (8.33%) Unix
1 3 (8.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (83.33%) Agile
2 14 (38.89%) Project Management
3 12 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 9 (25.00%) Stakeholder Management
5 8 (22.22%) DevOps
5 8 (22.22%) PRINCE2
6 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (16.67%) CRM
7 6 (16.67%) Scrum
8 5 (13.89%) Customer Service
8 5 (13.89%) Cybersecurity
8 5 (13.89%) Programme Management
8 5 (13.89%) Project Delivery
8 5 (13.89%) Requirements Gathering
9 4 (11.11%) Architectural Patterns
9 4 (11.11%) Conflict Resolution
9 4 (11.11%) Design Patterns
9 4 (11.11%) People Management
9 4 (11.11%) Programme Governance
9 4 (11.11%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.11%) C#
2 1 (2.78%) Java
2 1 (2.78%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) Degree
2 1 (2.78%) CBAP
2 1 (2.78%) Computer Science Degree
2 1 (2.78%) ISEB
2 1 (2.78%) PMI Certification
2 1 (2.78%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (11.11%) GDPR
1 4 (11.11%) PMO
1 4 (11.11%) QA
2 1 (2.78%) GxP
Vendors
1 7 (19.44%) Oracle
2 6 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (11.11%) Cadence
4 1 (2.78%) Kronos
4 1 (2.78%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.78%) SAP