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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 38 43 46
Rank change year-on-year +5 +3 +8
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 7 3 7
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 1.97% 0.69% 1.34%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.24% 0.85% 1.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 2
10th Percentile £416 - £391
25th Percentile £422 £356 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £438 £363 £513
Median % change year-on-year +20.69% -29.27% +20.59%
75th Percentile £447 £369 £584
90th Percentile £449 - £624
East of England median daily rate £600 £313 £525
% change year-on-year +92.00% -40.48% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £47.50 -
East of England median hourly rate - £47.50 -

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 313 353 477
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 88.17% 81.15% 91.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 118 192
10th Percentile £250 £225 £225
25th Percentile £405 £340 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £520 £463 £450
Median % change year-on-year +12.43% +2.78% -5.26%
75th Percentile £625 £559 £550
90th Percentile £700 £638 £600
East of England median daily rate £500 £446 £500
% change year-on-year +12.11% -10.80% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 96 137 193
10th Percentile £14.03 £14.16 £13.41
25th Percentile £14.84 £15.00 £14.25
Median hourly rate £16.00 £16.23 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -1.42% +11.93% -
75th Percentile £20.38 £16.85 £20.56
90th Percentile £43.75 £41.70 £27.40
East of England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £19.81
% change year-on-year -37.13% +101.92% -3.37%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall 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 19 September 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% 6
Waterfall
East of England

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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:

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