Waterfall Contract Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

Waterfall Model
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 39 34 42
Rank change year-on-year -5 +8 +14
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 2 4 3
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.54% 1.26% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 1.48% 0.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £435 -
25th Percentile £775 £480 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £800 £553 £600
Median % change year-on-year +44.67% -7.83% +41.18%
75th Percentile £825 £627 £625
90th Percentile - £671 -
East of England median daily rate £663 £313 £500
% change year-on-year +112.00% -37.50% -4.99%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 313 271 385
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 84.59% 85.49% 88.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 123 118 134
10th Percentile £213 £309 £204
25th Percentile £353 £400 £341
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £487 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% -2.70% +5.26%
75th Percentile £606 £559 £575
90th Percentile £675 £650 £696
East of England median daily rate £478 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +0.63% -5.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 99 62 172
10th Percentile £13.33 - £13.41
25th Percentile £14.38 £15.62 £14.16
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +8.20% -3.23%
75th Percentile £24.10 £21.46 £15.63
90th Percentile £40.32 £28.71 £21.46
East of England median hourly rate £20.35 £35.00 £21.46
% change year-on-year -41.86% +63.09% -3.55%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 3 January 2026. 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
Cambridge -6 2 £800 +44.67% 2
Waterfall
East of England

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Infrastructure Project Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Manager
2 1 (50.00%) IT Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (50.00%) Time Management