Waterfall Contracts in the UK excluding London

Waterfall Model
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 131 84 70
Rank change year-on-year -47 -14 +20
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 359 668 1,045
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.75% 2.85% 3.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.08% 3.18% 3.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 269 495 762
10th Percentile £373 £406 £383
25th Percentile £445 £463 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £619 £625 £575
90th Percentile £750 £676 £650
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 12
10th Percentile £48.83 £71.25 £23.08
25th Percentile £52.70 £76.88 £49.08
Median hourly rate £58.91 £83.00 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +42.49% -4.02%
75th Percentile £64.44 £97.19 £69.05
90th Percentile £67.10 £102.03 -
UK median hourly rate £58.91 £66.49 £53.25
% change year-on-year -11.40% +24.85% -3.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,297 21,007 27,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.55% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,312 14,549 18,866
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,290 1,325
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £46.17
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in the UK excluding London

Waterfall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in the UK excluding London

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in the UK excluding London

Waterfall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in the UK excluding London

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Waterfall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Waterfall in the UK excluding London

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the UK excluding London 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
North of England -1 104 £500 -9.09% 40
South East -40 84 £530 -3.64% 36
Scotland +3 61 £500 - 11
Yorkshire +2 55 £500 -16.67% 13
Midlands -10 55 £500 -8.26% 44
South West -24 53 £590 +7.27% 20
North West -8 41 £455 -14.35% 25
West Midlands -10 31 £538 -2.27% 23
East Midlands +8 24 £425 -10.53% 21
North East +19 10 £600 +29.73% 2
East of England -22 7 £428 -16.42% 10
Wales +19 2 £600 +29.73% 4
Northern Ireland +6 2 - - 1
Waterfall
UK

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 21 (5.85%) Confluence
2 15 (4.18%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.84%) Appian
3 3 (0.84%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.28%) CICS
5 1 (0.28%) CMS
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.28%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.28%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 17 (4.74%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (4.18%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (3.62%) Microsoft Office
3 13 (3.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 10 (2.79%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (3.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.79%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.95%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (1.67%) SAP PM
5 4 (1.11%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.56%) Oracle Applications
6 2 (0.56%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.56%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.56%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.28%) Magento
7 1 (0.28%) PeopleSoft HRMS
7 1 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.28%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.28%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 66 (18.38%) Azure
2 32 (8.91%) SaaS
3 22 (6.13%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (4.74%) Dynamics 365
5 16 (4.46%) AWS
5 16 (4.46%) PaaS
6 12 (3.34%) IaaS
7 10 (2.79%) Microsoft 365
8 8 (2.23%) Power Platform
8 8 (2.23%) Yammer
9 5 (1.39%) GCP
9 5 (1.39%) OCI
10 2 (0.56%) GitHub
10 2 (0.56%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.56%) SAP Commerce Cloud
10 2 (0.56%) Serverless
10 2 (0.56%) SuccessFactors
11 1 (0.28%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.28%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
11 1 (0.28%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 11 (3.06%) LAN
2 10 (2.79%) WAN
3 7 (1.95%) 3G
3 7 (1.95%) 4G
4 6 (1.67%) ATM
5 5 (1.39%) VSAN
6 4 (1.11%) VPN
7 2 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.56%) Internet
7 2 (0.56%) Junos
7 2 (0.56%) Network Security
7 2 (0.56%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.28%) DHCP
8 1 (0.28%) DNS
8 1 (0.28%) Firewall
8 1 (0.28%) Intranet
8 1 (0.28%) Intrusion Detection
8 1 (0.28%) SAN
8 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
8 1 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (4.18%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.67%) DB2
3 5 (1.39%) Geospatial Data
3 5 (1.39%) GIS
4 3 (0.84%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.56%) Power BI
6 1 (0.28%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.28%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.28%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 55 (15.32%) JIRA
2 13 (3.62%) Git
3 8 (2.23%) Visual Studio
4 7 (1.95%) Jenkins
4 7 (1.95%) Postman
5 6 (1.67%) NUnit
5 6 (1.67%) Subversion
6 4 (1.11%) Cypress.io
6 4 (1.11%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (0.84%) Selenium
7 3 (0.84%) WebDriver
8 2 (0.56%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.56%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.56%) GitLab
8 2 (0.56%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.28%) Android Studio
9 1 (0.28%) LabVIEW
9 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.28%) SpecFlow
9 1 (0.28%) Xcode
General
1 155 (43.18%) Social Skills
2 106 (29.53%) Finance
3 56 (15.60%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.64%) Public Sector
5 26 (7.24%) Banking
6 21 (5.85%) Manufacturing
7 19 (5.29%) Telecoms
8 15 (4.18%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (3.62%) Influencing Skills
10 11 (3.06%) Marketing
11 8 (2.23%) Electronics
11 8 (2.23%) Presentation Skills
12 7 (1.95%) Law
13 6 (1.67%) Legal
14 5 (1.39%) Military
14 5 (1.39%) Publishing
15 4 (1.11%) Automotive
16 3 (0.84%) Retail
17 2 (0.56%) Back Office
17 2 (0.56%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 93 (25.91%) Project Manager
2 78 (21.73%) Analyst
3 43 (11.98%) Business Analyst
4 42 (11.70%) Architect
5 31 (8.64%) Senior
6 30 (8.36%) IT Manager
7 26 (7.24%) Developer
8 20 (5.57%) Lead
9 19 (5.29%) Solutions Architect
10 15 (4.18%) Change Manager
10 15 (4.18%) Technical Architect
11 12 (3.34%) Senior Manager
11 12 (3.34%) Senior Project Manager
12 11 (3.06%) Delivery Manager
12 11 (3.06%) IT Project Manager
12 11 (3.06%) Test Manager
13 10 (2.79%) IT Change Manager
13 10 (2.79%) Technical Manager
14 9 (2.51%) Infrastructure Manager
14 9 (2.51%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (6.41%) Middleware
2 22 (6.13%) .NET
3 10 (2.79%) GraphQL
4 8 (2.23%) AngularJS
4 8 (2.23%) Spring
4 8 (2.23%) Web Services
5 7 (1.95%) Spring Boot
6 6 (1.67%) React
7 5 (1.39%) Flash
7 5 (1.39%) Playwright
7 5 (1.39%) REST
8 4 (1.11%) JSON
8 4 (1.11%) Oracle Fusion
9 3 (0.84%) .NET Core
9 3 (0.84%) .NET Framework
9 3 (0.84%) gRPC
9 3 (0.84%) HTML
9 3 (0.84%) Kafka
9 3 (0.84%) RabbitMQ
9 3 (0.84%) Razor View Engine
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.74%) Product Ownership
2 15 (4.18%) Management Information System
3 14 (3.90%) Public Cloud
4 10 (2.79%) Operational Technology
5 8 (2.23%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.23%) Mainframe
5 8 (2.23%) PMI
6 7 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.67%) Legacy Systems
8 5 (1.39%) Clustering
8 5 (1.39%) e-Learning
8 5 (1.39%) Life Science
8 5 (1.39%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (1.11%) Onboarding
10 3 (0.84%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (0.84%) Client/Server
10 3 (0.84%) IoT
10 3 (0.84%) NHS
10 3 (0.84%) Robotics
10 3 (0.84%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 15 (4.18%) Windows
2 13 (3.62%) Linux
3 6 (1.67%) Android
4 5 (1.39%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.11%) Unix
5 4 (1.11%) Windows 10
6 2 (0.56%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.28%) AIX
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
7 1 (0.28%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 338 (94.15%) Agile
2 128 (35.65%) Project Management
3 90 (25.07%) Stakeholder Management
4 65 (18.11%) Project Delivery
5 57 (15.88%) Scrum
6 52 (14.48%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (13.09%) PRINCE2
8 41 (11.42%) DevOps
9 40 (11.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 37 (10.31%) Change Management
11 33 (9.19%) Business Analysis
11 33 (9.19%) CRM
11 33 (9.19%) Migration
12 28 (7.80%) Collaborative Working
12 28 (7.80%) SDLC
13 27 (7.52%) Business Case
13 27 (7.52%) Requirements Gathering
14 26 (7.24%) Roadmaps
14 26 (7.24%) Test Automation
15 25 (6.96%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 24 (6.69%) SQL
2 19 (5.29%) Java
3 12 (3.34%) C#
4 10 (2.79%) Python
5 9 (2.51%) JavaScript
6 7 (1.95%) C++
6 7 (1.95%) TypeScript
7 6 (1.67%) C
7 6 (1.67%) PL/SQL
8 4 (1.11%) Perl
9 3 (0.84%) Go
9 3 (0.84%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.56%) COBOL
10 2 (0.56%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.56%) VBA
10 2 (0.56%) VBScript
11 1 (0.28%) ABAP
11 1 (0.28%) JCL
Qualifications
1 53 (14.76%) Degree
2 48 (13.37%) Security Cleared
3 39 (10.86%) SC Cleared
4 22 (6.13%) PMI Certification
5 18 (5.01%) DV Cleared
5 18 (5.01%) PMP
6 12 (3.34%) ISTQB
7 8 (2.23%) Cisco Certification
7 8 (2.23%) Master's Degree
8 7 (1.95%) CCNA
8 7 (1.95%) Computer Science Degree
9 6 (1.67%) CBAP
10 5 (1.39%) APMP
10 5 (1.39%) ISEB
10 5 (1.39%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
11 4 (1.11%) Chartered Engineer
11 4 (1.11%) HND
11 4 (1.11%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 3 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (6.96%) QA
2 22 (6.13%) PMO
3 6 (1.67%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.11%) GDPR
4 4 (1.11%) HL7
5 3 (0.84%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.56%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.56%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.56%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.56%) GRC
6 2 (0.56%) SLA
7 1 (0.28%) GxP
7 1 (0.28%) NIST
System Software
1 10 (2.79%) Docker
2 8 (2.23%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.95%) VMware NSX
4 5 (1.39%) VMware ESXi
5 1 (0.28%) Active Directory
5 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Virtual Server
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 5 (1.39%) vCenter Server
2 3 (0.84%) Ansible
2 3 (0.84%) MOM
3 2 (0.56%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.56%) OPNET
3 2 (0.56%) PowerCLI
3 2 (0.56%) Terraform
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.28%) SCCM
4 1 (0.28%) SCOM
4 1 (0.28%) WSUS
Vendors
1 48 (13.37%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.80%) SAP
3 21 (5.85%) Oracle
4 13 (3.62%) Atlassian
5 11 (3.06%) Cisco
6 9 (2.51%) Salesforce
7 8 (2.23%) ServiceNow
7 8 (2.23%) VMware
8 7 (1.95%) BMC
8 7 (1.95%) Remedy
9 6 (1.67%) Cadence
10 5 (1.39%) Google
11 4 (1.11%) CA Agile Central
11 4 (1.11%) Cognizant
11 4 (1.11%) Databricks
12 3 (0.84%) Alteryx
12 3 (0.84%) ESRI
12 3 (0.84%) Juniper
13 2 (0.56%) Adobe
13 2 (0.56%) Planview