Waterfall Contracts in Aberdeen

Waterfall Model
Scotland > Aberdeen

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Aberdeen 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 2 8 8
Rank change year-on-year +6 0 -
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 5 2 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Aberdeen 29.41% 7.69% 8.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 33.33% 8.33% 12.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 1 3
10th Percentile £328 - £469
25th Percentile £350 £313 £479
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £325 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.38% -35.00% -
75th Percentile £388 £338 £519
90th Percentile £605 - £531
Scotland median daily rate £450 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Aberdeen

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 Aberdeen.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15 24 25
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen 88.24% 92.31% 71.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 16 14
10th Percentile £211 £256 £132
25th Percentile £313 £322 £182
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £481 £463
Median % change year-on-year -22.08% +4.05% +20.92%
75th Percentile £497 £591 £538
90th Percentile £728 £634 £611
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
10th Percentile - - £17.26
25th Percentile - - £17.34
Median hourly rate - £17.00 £17.47
Median % change year-on-year - -2.66% -1.44%
75th Percentile - - £17.59
90th Percentile - - £17.67
Scotland median hourly rate £20.46 £19.50 £16.50
% change year-on-year +4.90% +18.18% -58.74%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Aberdeen

Job postings citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Aberdeen.

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in Aberdeen

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Aberdeen

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in Aberdeen.

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in Aberdeen

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Daily Rate Histogram in Aberdeen

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Aberdeen over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in Aberdeen

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Aberdeen 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 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Primavera
Cloud Services
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (80.00%) Yammer
2 1 (20.00%) Azure
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
General
1 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Business Change Analyst
1 4 (80.00%) Change Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Architect
2 1 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (80.00%) Project Management
3 3 (60.00%) Change Management
3 3 (60.00%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (60.00%) Infographics
4 1 (20.00%) ArchiMate
4 1 (20.00%) TOGAF
Vendors
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Autodesk
2 1 (20.00%) Oracle