Waterfall Contract Job Trends in Belfast

Waterfall Model
County Antrim > Belfast

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Belfast requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 27 28 22
Rank change year-on-year +1 -6 +6
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 3 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in Belfast 1.48% 1.33% 5.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.72% 1.55% 6.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile £319 - -
25th Percentile £337 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 - £536
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.07%
75th Percentile £399 - -
90th Percentile £415 - £552
County Antrim median daily rate £370 - £536
% change year-on-year - - +2.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £48.82 -
County Antrim median hourly rate - £48.82 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Belfast

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 Belfast.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 174 129 113
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast 85.71% 86.00% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 55 73
10th Percentile £308 £146 £210
25th Percentile £362 £175 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -2.78% -2.70%
75th Percentile £517 £538 £536
90th Percentile £638 £611 £625
County Antrim median daily rate £463 £438 £450
% change year-on-year +5.71% -2.78% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 17 8
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.58 - £11.96
Median hourly rate £16.00 £24.18 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -33.83% +79.68% -5.13%
75th Percentile £17.30 £52.31 £14.27
90th Percentile £21.15 £78.47 £16.60
County Antrim median hourly rate £17.30 £26.59 £13.46
% change year-on-year -34.94% +97.55% -5.11%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Waterfall relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Belfast

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in Belfast

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Waterfall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Belfast citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Maximo
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Derivative
2 1 (33.33%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree