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 7 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 91 88 70
Rank change year-on-year -3 -18 -7
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 43 33 53
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.76% 1.81% 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.05% 1.93% 2.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 18 34
10th Percentile £475 £354 £466
25th Percentile £519 £466 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -8.33% -8.40%
75th Percentile £756 £634 £722
90th Percentile £877 £724 £825
Central London median daily rate £675 £550 £600
% change year-on-year +22.73% -8.33% -7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £26.50 -
Central London median hourly rate - £26.50 -

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 2,098 1,710 1,943
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.81% 93.85% 91.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,418 1,097 1,343
10th Percentile £364 £350 £363
25th Percentile £450 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% -2.17% -4.17%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £552 £555
% change year-on-year -0.36% -0.45% -7.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 21 16
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.08 £19.21
25th Percentile £18.46 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £20.25 £31.00 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -34.68% +16.43% -23.93%
75th Percentile £41.69 £56.75 £40.46
90th Percentile £59.72 £63.75 £64.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.16 £32.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year -28.74% +20.37% -22.86%

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 7 July 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 5 (11.63%) SharePoint
2 3 (6.98%) Confluence
3 2 (4.65%) CMS
4 1 (2.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (2.33%) Palantir Foundry
4 1 (2.33%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (2.33%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (6.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 3 (6.98%) MS Visio
4 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.65%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (2.33%) Loan IQ
3 1 (2.33%) Oracle Financials
Cloud Services
1 3 (6.98%) Azure
1 3 (6.98%) Dynamics 365
1 3 (6.98%) Power Platform
2 2 (4.65%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (2.33%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (2.33%) AWS
3 1 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (2.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (2.33%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) Power BI
2 1 (2.33%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.33%) Metadata
2 1 (2.33%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (2.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 8 (18.60%) JIRA
2 1 (2.33%) Git
General
1 22 (51.16%) Finance
2 18 (41.86%) Social Skills
3 8 (18.60%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (16.28%) Banking
5 3 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Presentation Skills
5 3 (6.98%) Public Sector
6 2 (4.65%) Financial Institution
6 2 (4.65%) Marketing
7 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
7 1 (2.33%) Front Office
7 1 (2.33%) International Banking
7 1 (2.33%) Investment Banking
7 1 (2.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 19 (44.19%) Project Manager
2 7 (16.28%) Analyst
3 4 (9.30%) Change Manager
3 4 (9.30%) Infrastructure Manager
3 4 (9.30%) Programme Manager
3 4 (9.30%) Transformation Manager
4 3 (6.98%) Architect
4 3 (6.98%) Banking Analyst
4 3 (6.98%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 3 (6.98%) IT Manager
4 3 (6.98%) Lead
4 3 (6.98%) Senior
4 3 (6.98%) Senior Manager
4 3 (6.98%) Senior Project Manager
4 3 (6.98%) Transformation Project Manager
5 2 (4.65%) Business Analyst
5 2 (4.65%) Business Change Manager
5 2 (4.65%) Business Manager
5 2 (4.65%) Technical Architect
5 2 (4.65%) Web Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.33%) ADO
1 1 (2.33%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (2.33%) Middleware
1 1 (2.33%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.30%) PMI
2 3 (6.98%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.98%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.65%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.33%) Derivative
4 1 (2.33%) FMCG
4 1 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.33%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.33%) NHS
4 1 (2.33%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.33%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.33%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 39 (90.70%) Agile
2 19 (44.19%) Stakeholder Management
3 17 (39.53%) Project Management
4 10 (23.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 9 (20.93%) PRINCE2
5 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (18.60%) Project Delivery
6 8 (18.60%) Scrum
7 7 (16.28%) Decision-Making
8 6 (13.95%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (13.95%) Migration
9 5 (11.63%) Change Management
9 5 (11.63%) Data Modelling
10 4 (9.30%) CRM
10 4 (9.30%) Investment Management
10 4 (9.30%) Kanban
10 4 (9.30%) Portfolio Management
10 4 (9.30%) Project Governance
10 4 (9.30%) Requirements Gathering
10 4 (9.30%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.30%) SQL
2 3 (6.98%) Korn
3 1 (2.33%) Apex Code
3 1 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (18.60%) PMI Certification
2 5 (11.63%) PMP
3 4 (9.30%) Degree
4 3 (6.98%) SC Cleared
4 3 (6.98%) Security Cleared
5 2 (4.65%) ITIL Certification
6 1 (2.33%) CBAP
6 1 (2.33%) CISM
6 1 (2.33%) CISSP
6 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (37.21%) PMO
2 2 (4.65%) Data Quality
2 2 (4.65%) GDPR
2 2 (4.65%) QA
3 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.33%) GRC
3 1 (2.33%) ISO 20022
3 1 (2.33%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) RSA Archer
1 1 (2.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.30%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.65%) Adobe
3 2 (4.65%) BMC
3 2 (4.65%) Databricks
3 2 (4.65%) Planview
3 2 (4.65%) Remedy
3 2 (4.65%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.33%) Bloomberg
4 1 (2.33%) Cisco
4 1 (2.33%) Foundry
4 1 (2.33%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.33%) Murex
4 1 (2.33%) Oracle
4 1 (2.33%) Palantir
4 1 (2.33%) Sitecore
4 1 (2.33%) Vermilion