Waterfall Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Waterfall Model
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 101 89 70
Rank change year-on-year -12 -19 -11
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 39 36 60
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.72% 2.03% 2.91%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 2.16% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 23 32
10th Percentile £418 £339 £490
25th Percentile £486 £398 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £540 £594
Median % change year-on-year +8.80% -9.05% -9.35%
75th Percentile £688 £638 £725
90th Percentile £833 £716 £818
Central London median daily rate £588 £538 £590
% change year-on-year +9.30% -8.90% -9.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £26.50 -
Central London median hourly rate - £26.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year - -24.29% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,008 1,668 1,895
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 88.38% 94.13% 91.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,384 1,098 1,235
10th Percentile £375 £324 £386
25th Percentile £460 £424 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 22 16
10th Percentile - £17.35 £15.00
25th Percentile £17.60 £23.98 £19.79
Median hourly rate £21.00 £28.33 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -25.86% +6.38% -3.18%
75th Percentile £32.05 £53.50 £82.19
90th Percentile £50.59 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £25.07 £29.07 £27.00
% change year-on-year -13.78% +7.67% -1.82%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in the City of London

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Waterfall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in the City of London over the 6 months to 8 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in the City of London

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Waterfall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:

Application Platforms
1 4 (10.26%) Confluence
1 4 (10.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (2.56%) Oracle SOA Suite
2 1 (2.56%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 8 (20.51%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (12.82%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (10.26%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (10.26%) MS Visio
4 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 4 (10.26%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (5.13%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (2.56%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (2.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.95%) Azure
2 5 (12.82%) Power Platform
3 4 (10.26%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (7.69%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (5.13%) Microsoft Copilot
6 1 (2.56%) Adobe Analytics
6 1 (2.56%) AWS
6 1 (2.56%) Azure Data Factory
6 1 (2.56%) GCP
6 1 (2.56%) Power Automate
6 1 (2.56%) PowerApps
6 1 (2.56%) SuccessFactors
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.82%) Power BI
2 1 (2.56%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.56%) Metadata
2 1 (2.56%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (2.56%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (15.38%) JIRA
2 1 (2.56%) eggPlant
2 1 (2.56%) HP UFT
2 1 (2.56%) Rational Functional Tester
2 1 (2.56%) Selenium
2 1 (2.56%) SilkTest
2 1 (2.56%) SOAtest
General
1 21 (53.85%) Finance
2 14 (35.90%) Social Skills
3 8 (20.51%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (17.95%) Banking
5 5 (12.82%) Organisational Skills
6 3 (7.69%) Public Sector
7 2 (5.13%) Law
7 2 (5.13%) Retail
8 1 (2.56%) Financial Institution
8 1 (2.56%) General Ledger
8 1 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (2.56%) International Banking
8 1 (2.56%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.56%) Legal
8 1 (2.56%) Marketing
8 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 15 (38.46%) Project Manager
2 12 (30.77%) Analyst
3 6 (15.38%) Business Analyst
3 6 (15.38%) Senior
4 5 (12.82%) Senior Manager
4 5 (12.82%) Senior Project Manager
5 4 (10.26%) PMO Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Insurance Business Analyst
6 3 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (7.69%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Change and Release Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Change Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Lead
7 2 (5.13%) Programme Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Release Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Technical Manager
7 2 (5.13%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (7.69%) ADO
2 1 (2.56%) .NET
2 1 (2.56%) HTML
2 1 (2.56%) Middleware
2 1 (2.56%) SOAP
2 1 (2.56%) Web Services
2 1 (2.56%) XBRL
2 1 (2.56%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.26%) PMI
2 3 (7.69%) Data Centre
3 2 (5.13%) Management Information System
3 2 (5.13%) Onboarding
4 1 (2.56%) Derivative
4 1 (2.56%) FMCG
4 1 (2.56%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.56%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.56%) NHS
4 1 (2.56%) PACS
4 1 (2.56%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.56%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Linux
1 1 (2.56%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (97.44%) Agile
2 20 (51.28%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (38.46%) Project Management
4 12 (30.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (25.64%) Migration
6 9 (23.08%) Continuous Improvement
6 9 (23.08%) PRINCE2
7 8 (20.51%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (20.51%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (17.95%) Project Governance
9 6 (15.38%) Business Case
9 6 (15.38%) Change Management
9 6 (15.38%) CRM
9 6 (15.38%) Requirements Gathering
9 6 (15.38%) Risk Management
9 6 (15.38%) User Stories
10 5 (12.82%) ITIL
10 5 (12.82%) Project Delivery
10 5 (12.82%) Requirements Workshops
10 5 (12.82%) Resource Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.26%) Korn
1 4 (10.26%) SQL
2 1 (2.56%) Java
2 1 (2.56%) Python
2 1 (2.56%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 9 (23.08%) PMI Certification
2 6 (15.38%) PMP
3 4 (10.26%) SC Cleared
3 4 (10.26%) Security Cleared
4 3 (7.69%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (5.13%) Degree
6 1 (2.56%) CBAP
6 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
6 1 (2.56%) ISEB
6 1 (2.56%) ISTQB
6 1 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (30.77%) PMO
2 3 (7.69%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.69%) QA
3 1 (2.56%) GRC
3 1 (2.56%) ISO 20022
3 1 (2.56%) SEPA
3 1 (2.56%) TARGET2
Systems Management
1 1 (2.56%) RSA Archer
1 1 (2.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 11 (28.21%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.26%) SAP
2 4 (10.26%) ServiceNow
3 3 (7.69%) Oracle
4 2 (5.13%) BMC
4 2 (5.13%) Databricks
4 2 (5.13%) Remedy
5 1 (2.56%) Adobe
5 1 (2.56%) Bloomberg
5 1 (2.56%) Foundry
5 1 (2.56%) Intapp
5 1 (2.56%) Murex
5 1 (2.56%) Palantir
5 1 (2.56%) Planview
5 1 (2.56%) Salesforce