Waterfall Contracts in Cheshire

Waterfall Model
North West > Cheshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire requiring Waterfall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Waterfall over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 43 49 58
Rank change year-on-year +6 +9 -18
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 15 9 5
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire 3.34% 1.79% 0.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.44% 2.12% 1.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 6 4
10th Percentile £356 - £324
25th Percentile £405 £445 £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £410 £450 £450
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% - -5.26%
75th Percentile £572 £466 £463
90th Percentile £725 £603 -
North West median daily rate £450 £455 £531
% change year-on-year -1.10% -14.35% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.75 - -
Median hourly rate £83.50 - -
75th Percentile £85.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median hourly rate £83.50 £65.92 -
% change year-on-year +26.67% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cheshire

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 Cheshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 436 425 483
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire 97.10% 84.33% 91.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 294 285 328
10th Percentile £317 £276 £275
25th Percentile £358 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £455 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% +5.26% +5.56%
75th Percentile £550 £580 £575
90th Percentile £638 £635 £660
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 30 23
10th Percentile £19.00 £13.70 £19.06
25th Percentile £25.94 £16.61 £23.15
Median hourly rate £35.20 £26.66 £30.54
Median % change year-on-year +32.03% -12.70% +29.96%
75th Percentile £85.44 £42.31 £35.00
90th Percentile £86.00 £44.13 £39.20
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in Cheshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in Cheshire.

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in Cheshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Cheshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Cheshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in Cheshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in Cheshire.

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in Cheshire

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Contract Job Locations in Cheshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Cheshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Crewe - 6 £410 - 2
Knutsford -3 4 £424 -4.72% 1
Chester -6 2 £713 -1.72% 4
Macclesfield - 2 - - 1
Waterfall
North West

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cheshire 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:

Application Platforms
1 5 (33.33%) Confluence
2 1 (6.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (6.67%) MS Visio
Development Applications
1 6 (40.00%) JIRA
2 1 (6.67%) Zephyr
General
1 9 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
2 7 (46.67%) Finance
3 4 (26.67%) Automotive
3 4 (26.67%) Influencing Skills
4 3 (20.00%) Banking
4 3 (20.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (6.67%) Investment Banking
5 1 (6.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Analyst
1 5 (33.33%) Business Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Project Manager
2 3 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Banking Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Developer
3 1 (6.67%) IT Manager
3 1 (6.67%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Payments Architect
3 1 (6.67%) Payments Project Manager
3 1 (6.67%) Payments Solutions Architect
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow Business Analyst
3 1 (6.67%) ServiceNow Developer
3 1 (6.67%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (13.33%) Middleware
2 1 (6.67%) JSON
2 1 (6.67%) RAML
2 1 (6.67%) REST
2 1 (6.67%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Client/Server
1 1 (6.67%) CMDB
1 1 (6.67%) Product Ownership
1 1 (6.67%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Android
1 1 (6.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (86.67%) Agile
2 5 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 5 (33.33%) Change Management
3 4 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 4 (26.67%) Creative Thinking
3 4 (26.67%) Feasibility Study
3 4 (26.67%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (26.67%) Risk Management
3 4 (26.67%) Six Sigma
3 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (20.00%) Analytical Thinking
4 3 (20.00%) Business Strategy
4 3 (20.00%) Decision-Making
4 3 (20.00%) Scrum
4 3 (20.00%) SDLC
5 2 (13.33%) Computer Science
5 2 (13.33%) Enterprise Architecture
5 2 (13.33%) Resource Allocation
5 2 (13.33%) Resource Management
5 2 (13.33%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.67%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) IIBA
1 4 (26.67%) ISEB
2 2 (13.33%) Degree
3 1 (6.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (6.67%) ISTQB
3 1 (6.67%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (6.67%) GRC
1 1 (6.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) ServiceNow
2 1 (6.67%) HP