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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 68 55
Rank change year-on-year -18 -13 +27
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 36 60 110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 2.05% 2.90% 3.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.17% 3.15% 4.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 32 80
10th Percentile £339 £490 £495
25th Percentile £398 £525 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £594 £650
Median % change year-on-year -9.05% -8.65% +10.17%
75th Percentile £638 £725 £738
90th Percentile £716 £818 £800
Central London median daily rate £538 £590 £650
% change year-on-year -8.90% -9.23% +18.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £25.75 - -
Median hourly rate £26.50 - -
75th Percentile £27.25 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median hourly rate £26.50 £35.00 -
% change year-on-year -24.29% - -

All Process and 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 1,657 1,905 2,747
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.20% 92.07% 90.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,207 1,901
10th Percentile £325 £375 £363
25th Percentile £415 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £706
90th Percentile £763 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £600
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 17 16
10th Percentile £17.35 £15.20 £14.25
25th Percentile £23.98 £20.22 £16.02
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% +8.00% -41.86%
75th Percentile £53.50 £78.75 £44.87
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £31.25 £35.00 £26.00
% change year-on-year -10.71% +34.62% -38.82%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall 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 16 September 2025.

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 and Capabilities in the City of London 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 7 (19.44%) Confluence
2 4 (11.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (13.89%) Microsoft Project
3 4 (11.11%) MS Visio
4 3 (8.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (2.78%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 4 (11.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (5.56%) Workfront
3 1 (2.78%) Aladdin
3 1 (2.78%) Exchequer
3 1 (2.78%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 11 (30.56%) Azure
2 5 (13.89%) AWS
3 4 (11.11%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (8.33%) Power Platform
5 2 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (5.56%) GCP
6 1 (2.78%) Apigee
6 1 (2.78%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (2.78%) Collibra
6 1 (2.78%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.78%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.33%) Firewall
2 2 (5.56%) DNS
3 1 (2.78%) LAN
3 1 (2.78%) Network Security
3 1 (2.78%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.78%) VPN
3 1 (2.78%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.33%) Power BI
2 1 (2.78%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.78%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.78%) Metadata
2 1 (2.78%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (2.78%) Zephyr
General
1 20 (55.56%) Finance
2 15 (41.67%) Social Skills
3 6 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (16.67%) Banking
4 3 (8.33%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (5.56%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (5.56%) Marketing
5 2 (5.56%) Presentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.78%) Front Office
6 1 (2.78%) Investment Banking
6 1 (2.78%) Legal
6 1 (2.78%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (41.67%) Analyst
2 10 (27.78%) Business Analyst
3 9 (25.00%) Project Manager
4 5 (13.89%) Architect
5 4 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (8.33%) Insurance Business Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) AWS Architect
7 2 (5.56%) Data Business Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) IT Manager
7 2 (5.56%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (5.56%) Lead
7 2 (5.56%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Process Analyst
7 2 (5.56%) Senior
7 2 (5.56%) Technical Architect
8 1 (2.78%) Credit Risk Project Manager
8 1 (2.78%) PMO Manager
8 1 (2.78%) SAP Analyst
8 1 (2.78%) SAP Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.78%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.33%) ADO
2 2 (5.56%) JSON
2 2 (5.56%) Kafka
2 2 (5.56%) XML
3 1 (2.78%) DCOM
3 1 (2.78%) Middleware
3 1 (2.78%) OAuth
3 1 (2.78%) OAuth2
3 1 (2.78%) OpenAPI
3 1 (2.78%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (2.78%) RESTful
3 1 (2.78%) SailPoint
3 1 (2.78%) SAP Basis
3 1 (2.78%) Swagger
3 1 (2.78%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 3 (8.33%) Onboarding
2 2 (5.56%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (5.56%) Product Ownership
2 2 (5.56%) Public Cloud
2 2 (5.56%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 1 (2.78%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.78%) Derivative
3 1 (2.78%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (2.78%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.78%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.78%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.78%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.78%) Market Risk
3 1 (2.78%) PMI
3 1 (2.78%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.78%) Reinsurance
3 1 (2.78%) Taxonomies
3 1 (2.78%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.78%) Linux
1 1 (2.78%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (94.44%) Agile
2 14 (38.89%) Stakeholder Management
3 13 (36.11%) Project Management
4 9 (25.00%) Requirements Gathering
5 8 (22.22%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 7 (19.44%) PRINCE2
6 7 (19.44%) Problem-Solving
6 7 (19.44%) Project Delivery
7 5 (13.89%) Analytics
7 5 (13.89%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (13.89%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (13.89%) DevOps
7 5 (13.89%) Mentoring
7 5 (13.89%) Scrum
7 5 (13.89%) UML
7 5 (13.89%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (13.89%) Workshop Facilitation
8 4 (11.11%) Data Mapping
8 4 (11.11%) Migration
8 4 (11.11%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 5 (13.89%) SQL
2 2 (5.56%) Java
2 2 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (19.44%) Degree
1 7 (19.44%) PMI Certification
2 6 (16.67%) PMP
3 3 (8.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 2 (5.56%) CBAP
4 2 (5.56%) SC Cleared
4 2 (5.56%) Security Cleared
5 1 (2.78%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.78%) IIBA
5 1 (2.78%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.89%) PMO
1 5 (13.89%) QA
2 2 (5.56%) Data Quality
2 2 (5.56%) SLA
3 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials
3 1 (2.78%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
3 1 (2.78%) GDPR
3 1 (2.78%) ISO 20022
3 1 (2.78%) PSD2
3 1 (2.78%) SEPA
Vendors
1 9 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (13.89%) SAP
3 2 (5.56%) Adobe
3 2 (5.56%) Blue Prism
3 2 (5.56%) Citrix
3 2 (5.56%) Duck Creek
3 2 (5.56%) Guidewire
3 2 (5.56%) Progress
3 2 (5.56%) Salesforce
3 2 (5.56%) UiPath
4 1 (2.78%) Concur
4 1 (2.78%) Databricks
4 1 (2.78%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.78%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (2.78%) Workday
4 1 (2.78%) Xceptor