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

6 months to
11 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 92 86 77
Rank change year-on-year -6 -9 -5
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 43 31 54
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.87% 1.76% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.21% 1.89% 2.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 18 32
10th Percentile £424 £446 £464
25th Percentile £525 £514 £519
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £594 £600
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -1.04% -7.69%
75th Percentile £738 £666 £725
90th Percentile £851 £695 £836
Central London median daily rate £650 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +8.33% - -4.95%

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 1,947 1,642 1,973
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 84.73% 93.45% 90.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,320 1,039 1,394
10th Percentile £363 £350 £352
25th Percentile £450 £460 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £566
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +1.55% -5.63%
75th Percentile £675 £684 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £563 £550
% change year-on-year -2.22% +2.27% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 12 11
10th Percentile £17.99 £22.00 £19.92
25th Percentile £18.75 £24.00 £20.22
Median hourly rate £29.78 £29.58 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.70% +18.30% -28.57%
75th Percentile £49.78 £45.00 £40.00
90th Percentile £59.72 £62.25 £41.84
Central London median hourly rate £26.56 £29.07 £27.81
% change year-on-year -8.65% +4.53% -20.54%

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

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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 11 May 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in the City of London

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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

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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%) Confluence
2 4 (9.30%) SharePoint
3 2 (4.65%) CMS
4 1 (2.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (2.33%) Apache
4 1 (2.33%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (2.33%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (9.30%) Microsoft Project
1 4 (9.30%) MS Visio
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (6.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.33%) Loan IQ
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle FAH
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
2 1 (2.33%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
2 1 (2.33%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.63%) Azure
2 3 (6.98%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (6.98%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.33%) AWS
3 1 (2.33%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (2.33%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.33%) Nutanix
3 1 (2.33%) OCI
3 1 (2.33%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (2.33%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (2.33%) Smartsheet
3 1 (2.33%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.33%) DNS
1 1 (2.33%) LAN
1 1 (2.33%) Network Security
1 1 (2.33%) SD-WAN
1 1 (2.33%) WAN
1 1 (2.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.98%) Power BI
2 2 (4.65%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (2.33%) Metadata
3 1 (2.33%) Metadata Repository
3 1 (2.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (30.23%) JIRA
2 1 (2.33%) Git
General
1 24 (55.81%) Finance
2 14 (32.56%) Social Skills
3 11 (25.58%) Banking
4 9 (20.93%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (11.63%) Presentation Skills
6 3 (6.98%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Financial Institution
7 2 (4.65%) Marketing
7 2 (4.65%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.65%) Public Sector
8 1 (2.33%) Aerospace
8 1 (2.33%) Front Office
8 1 (2.33%) General Ledger
8 1 (2.33%) International Banking
8 1 (2.33%) Investment Banking
8 1 (2.33%) Retail
8 1 (2.33%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (34.88%) Project Manager
2 7 (16.28%) Analyst
3 6 (13.95%) Delivery Manager
3 6 (13.95%) Senior
4 5 (11.63%) Banking Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Business Analyst
4 5 (11.63%) Lead
5 4 (9.30%) Banking Business Analyst
5 4 (9.30%) CRM Manager
5 4 (9.30%) Programme Manager
5 4 (9.30%) Senior Manager
5 4 (9.30%) Transformation Manager
6 3 (6.98%) Architect
6 3 (6.98%) Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (6.98%) IT Manager
6 3 (6.98%) Transformation Project Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Infrastructure Project Manager
7 2 (4.65%) Senior Business Analyst
7 2 (4.65%) Technical Architect
7 2 (4.65%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.33%) ADO
1 1 (2.33%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (2.33%) OpenJDK
1 1 (2.33%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.33%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.95%) Onboarding
2 5 (11.63%) PMI
3 2 (4.65%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.65%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.65%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (2.33%) FMCG
4 1 (2.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.33%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (2.33%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (83.72%) Agile
2 21 (48.84%) Project Management
3 20 (46.51%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (27.91%) PRINCE2
5 11 (25.58%) Project Delivery
6 10 (23.26%) Migration
6 10 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (23.26%) Scrum
6 10 (23.26%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 8 (18.60%) Decision-Making
8 7 (16.28%) Change Management
8 7 (16.28%) Continuous Improvement
9 6 (13.95%) Requirements Gathering
10 5 (11.63%) Kanban
10 5 (11.63%) Workshop Facilitation
11 4 (9.30%) Analytics
11 4 (9.30%) Data Migration
11 4 (9.30%) Investment Management
11 4 (9.30%) Line Management
11 4 (9.30%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.30%) SQL
2 1 (2.33%) Apex Code
2 1 (2.33%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (23.26%) PMI Certification
2 7 (16.28%) PMP
3 6 (13.95%) Degree
4 5 (11.63%) SC Cleared
4 5 (11.63%) Security Cleared
5 3 (6.98%) CBAP
6 2 (4.65%) Master's Degree
7 1 (2.33%) CISM
7 1 (2.33%) CISSP
7 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (27.91%) PMO
2 4 (9.30%) QA
3 2 (4.65%) GDPR
3 2 (4.65%) ISO 20022
3 2 (4.65%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.33%) Basel III
4 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.33%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.33%) GAAP
4 1 (2.33%) IFRS
4 1 (2.33%) IFRS 9
4 1 (2.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.33%) NIST
4 1 (2.33%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.33%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 7 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.30%) Oracle
3 2 (4.65%) Planview
3 2 (4.65%) Salesforce
3 2 (4.65%) SAP
3 2 (4.65%) Workday
4 1 (2.33%) Adobe
4 1 (2.33%) Cisco
4 1 (2.33%) Databricks
4 1 (2.33%) Informatica
4 1 (2.33%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.33%) Progress
4 1 (2.33%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.33%) Sitecore
4 1 (2.33%) Vermilion
4 1 (2.33%) VMware