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 29 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 40 45
Rank change year-on-year +2 +5 +14
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 7 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 1.94% 0.52% 0.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.15% 0.63% 1.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £416 - £384
25th Percentile £422 £356 £416
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £363 £488
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% -25.64% +14.71%
75th Percentile £447 £369 £566
90th Percentile £449 - £601
East of England median daily rate £650 £313 £525
% change year-on-year +108.00% -40.48% +20.00%

All Process and 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 326 319 455
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 90.56% 83.07% 90.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 120 112 174
10th Percentile £259 £275 £221
25th Percentile £400 £340 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +1.05% -
75th Percentile £625 £570 £562
90th Percentile £700 £636 £634
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 94 194
10th Percentile £13.80 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.38 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +11.93% -6.45%
75th Percentile £22.63 £17.71 £19.78
90th Percentile £43.75 £51.38 £21.84
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £25.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year -16.00% +25.00% -4.76%

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 29 October 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
Cambridge +1 6 £450 +24.14% 3
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 5 (71.43%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Manager
2 5 (71.43%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 2 (28.57%) IT Manager
3 2 (28.57%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Manager
4 1 (14.29%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
1 7 (100.00%) Project Management
2 5 (71.43%) Project Delivery
3 4 (57.14%) Change Management
3 4 (57.14%) Time Management