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 17 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 35 34 54
Rank change year-on-year -1 +20 -7
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 3 11 2
As % of all contract jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.79% 3.99% 0.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.95% 4.53% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 1
10th Percentile - £391 -
25th Percentile £425 £437 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £540 £363
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +48.97% -29.27%
75th Percentile £475 £550 £369
90th Percentile - £625 -
East of England median daily rate £575 £530 £428
% change year-on-year +8.49% +23.98% -15.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £46.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £47.50
75th Percentile - - £48.75
90th Percentile - - -
East of England median hourly rate £57.50 - £47.50

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 317 243 414
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 83.42% 88.04% 81.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 171 134 147
10th Percentile £168 £264 £200
25th Percentile £265 £406 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -10.53% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £529 £550 £563
90th Percentile £625 £650 £700
East of England median daily rate £495 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 61 50 197
10th Percentile £13.33 £14.84 -
25th Percentile £14.22 £14.99 £14.16
Median hourly rate £17.39 £16.23 £15.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.12% +8.20% +3.45%
75th Percentile £32.00 £18.85 £21.37
90th Percentile £39.50 £27.30 £48.30
East of England median hourly rate £23.83 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year -40.44% - +81.82%

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
Hourly Rate Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

Contractor hourly 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 17 May 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 -10 2 - - 1
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:

Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Oracle ERP
1 1 (33.33%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Electronics
3 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Lead
2 1 (33.33%) Project Leader
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) ERP
2 2 (66.67%) PRINCE2
2 2 (66.67%) Project Governance
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) Configuration Management
3 1 (33.33%) Cutover Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
3 1 (33.33%) Embedded Software Development
3 1 (33.33%) Migration
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Product Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Project Planning
3 1 (33.33%) Risk Management
3 1 (33.33%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (33.33%) Test Strategy
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (33.33%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) EMC
2 1 (33.33%) IFS
2 1 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (33.33%) SAP