Waterfall Contract Job Trends in Berkshire

Waterfall Model
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 77 72
Rank change year-on-year +13 -5 -31
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 53 26 56
As % of all contract jobs in Berkshire 3.58% 1.71% 3.22%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.05% 1.90% 3.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 22 47
10th Percentile £416 £432 £404
25th Percentile £536 £503 £471
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £598 £560 £543
Median % change year-on-year +6.70% +3.23% +8.50%
75th Percentile £624 £750 £750
90th Percentile £670 £800 £775
South East median daily rate £561 £538 £543
% change year-on-year +4.42% -0.92% +3.33%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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 Berkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,309 1,372 1,597
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 88.45% 90.32% 91.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 876 760 964
10th Percentile £304 £300 £213
25th Percentile £413 £412 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -0.05%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £615
90th Percentile £650 £688 £688
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 39 68
10th Percentile £14.75 £24.68 £24.31
25th Percentile £18.87 £41.25 £48.40
Median hourly rate £40.44 £59.00 £61.45
Median % change year-on-year -31.47% -3.98% +29.36%
75th Percentile £80.00 £64.08 £67.75
90th Percentile £95.25 £68.57 £77.20
South East median hourly rate £22.50 £47.78 £53.50
% change year-on-year -52.91% -10.69% +42.67%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Berkshire over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in Berkshire

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Waterfall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. 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
Reading +33 41 £598 +4.82% 8
Bracknell 0 7 £575 +4.55% 1
Windsor -4 2 £663 -
Wokingham -23 1 £675 +12.50% 1
Slough - 1 £275 -
Waterfall
South East

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 10 (18.87%) SharePoint
2 5 (9.43%) Confluence
Business Applications
1 7 (13.21%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (3.77%) Dynamics AX
2 2 (3.77%) Oracle EBS
2 2 (3.77%) Primavera
2 2 (3.77%) Remedy AR System
2 2 (3.77%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (1.89%) Oracle EBS R12
Cloud Services
1 22 (41.51%) Azure
2 17 (32.08%) Power Platform
3 15 (28.30%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (18.87%) Microsoft 365
4 10 (18.87%) SaaS
5 6 (11.32%) Miro
6 2 (3.77%) Dynamics 365
6 2 (3.77%) Oracle CX
7 1 (1.89%) Rubrik
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.66%) Broadband
2 2 (3.77%) SD-WAN
3 1 (1.89%) 2G
3 1 (1.89%) 5G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (32.08%) Power BI
2 5 (9.43%) Oracle BI Publisher
3 3 (5.66%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (1.89%) DTS
4 1 (1.89%) Oracle BI EE
Development Applications
1 4 (7.55%) JIRA
General
1 22 (41.51%) Social Skills
2 12 (22.64%) Finance
3 8 (15.09%) Telecoms
4 6 (11.32%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (5.66%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (5.66%) Retail
6 2 (3.77%) Automotive
6 2 (3.77%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (3.77%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.89%) Analytical Skills
7 1 (1.89%) Electronics
7 1 (1.89%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (43.40%) Project Manager
2 10 (18.87%) Oracle Project Manager
3 9 (16.98%) Senior
4 8 (15.09%) Delivery Manager
5 6 (11.32%) Senior Manager
5 6 (11.32%) Test Manager
6 5 (9.43%) Analyst
6 5 (9.43%) Programme Manager
6 5 (9.43%) Senior Project Manager
7 4 (7.55%) Architect
7 4 (7.55%) Business Analyst
7 4 (7.55%) ERP Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Compliance Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Integration Manager
8 3 (5.66%) IT Project Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Oracle Programme Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Senior Analyst
8 3 (5.66%) Senior Business Analyst
8 3 (5.66%) Strategy Manager
8 3 (5.66%) Supplier Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.32%) ADO
1 6 (11.32%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (7.55%) JWT
2 4 (7.55%) OAuth
2 4 (7.55%) SAML
3 2 (3.77%) Web Services
4 1 (1.89%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.55%) Distributed Systems
1 4 (7.55%) Operational Technology
1 4 (7.55%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (5.66%) Virtual Team
3 2 (3.77%) CMDB
4 1 (1.89%) IoT
4 1 (1.89%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.89%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.77%) Windows
2 1 (1.89%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (90.57%) Agile
2 19 (35.85%) Project Delivery
3 17 (32.08%) Project Management
4 16 (30.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 15 (28.30%) DevOps
5 15 (28.30%) Matrix Organization
6 14 (26.42%) PRINCE2
7 13 (24.53%) Business Intelligence
8 10 (18.87%) Scrum
9 9 (16.98%) Problem-Solving
10 8 (15.09%) Change Management
10 8 (15.09%) Contingency Planning
10 8 (15.09%) E-business
10 8 (15.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 8 (15.09%) User Acceptance Testing
11 7 (13.21%) Cost Management
11 7 (13.21%) ERP
11 7 (13.21%) Penetration Testing
11 7 (13.21%) Project Governance
11 7 (13.21%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.89%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (7.55%) PMI Certification
1 4 (7.55%) PMP
2 2 (3.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.89%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.89%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (7.55%) QA
2 3 (5.66%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (7.55%) Virtual Machines
2 1 (1.89%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 28 (52.83%) Oracle
2 6 (11.32%) Remedy
3 3 (5.66%) SAP
4 2 (3.77%) BMC
4 2 (3.77%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.89%) ServiceNow