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 3 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 84 73 65
Rank change year-on-year -11 -8 +15
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 35 54 86
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.07% 2.58% 3.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.20% 2.81% 3.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 30 57
10th Percentile £363 £512 £520
25th Percentile £420 £531 £575
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £638 £675 £725
90th Percentile £724 £758 £794
Central London median daily rate £525 £590 £650
% change year-on-year -11.02% -9.23% +13.04%
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 1,589 1,919 2,506
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.08% 91.60% 89.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,102 1,174 1,756
10th Percentile £328 £372 £363
25th Percentile £419 £469 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £581
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -0.95% +0.96%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £695
90th Percentile £750 £783 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £575
% change year-on-year -4.35% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 17
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.07 £23.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £27.75 £42.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year -34.71% +54.55% -36.40%
75th Percentile £44.63 £112.00 £52.50
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £70.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -20.71% +27.27% -36.05%

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 3 November 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 & 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 8 (22.86%) Confluence
2 3 (8.57%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (20.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (17.14%) MS Visio
3 5 (14.29%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (11.43%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (11.43%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (2.86%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 2 (5.71%) Workfront
2 1 (2.86%) Aladdin
2 1 (2.86%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.86%) Exchequer
2 1 (2.86%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (2.86%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 6 (17.14%) Azure
2 2 (5.71%) AWS
2 2 (5.71%) Azure DevOps
2 2 (5.71%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.86%) Apigee
3 1 (2.86%) Azure Logic Apps
3 1 (2.86%) Collibra
3 1 (2.86%) Dynamics 365
3 1 (2.86%) GCP
3 1 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (2.86%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.86%) DNS
1 1 (2.86%) Firewall
1 1 (2.86%) LAN
1 1 (2.86%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.71%) Power BI
2 1 (2.86%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.86%) Metadata
2 1 (2.86%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 11 (31.43%) JIRA
2 1 (2.86%) Selenium
2 1 (2.86%) TestRail
General
1 21 (60.00%) Finance
2 11 (31.43%) Social Skills
3 9 (25.71%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (22.86%) Banking
5 3 (8.57%) Front Office
5 3 (8.57%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (8.57%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (5.71%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.71%) Investment Banking
6 2 (5.71%) Legal
6 2 (5.71%) Marketing
6 2 (5.71%) Public Sector
7 1 (2.86%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.86%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (45.71%) Analyst
2 12 (34.29%) Business Analyst
3 7 (20.00%) Project Manager
4 3 (8.57%) Architect
4 3 (8.57%) Lead
5 2 (5.71%) Banking Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Banking Business Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Insurance Business Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) IT Manager
5 2 (5.71%) IT Project Manager
5 2 (5.71%) Payments Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Payments Business Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) PMO Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) PMO Lead
5 2 (5.71%) Process Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (5.71%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (5.71%) Test Engineer
6 1 (2.86%) IT Analyst
6 1 (2.86%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (5.71%) ADO
1 2 (5.71%) JSON
1 2 (5.71%) XML
2 1 (2.86%) DCOM
2 1 (2.86%) Kafka
2 1 (2.86%) Middleware
2 1 (2.86%) OAuth
2 1 (2.86%) OAuth2
2 1 (2.86%) OpenAPI
2 1 (2.86%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (2.86%) RESTful
2 1 (2.86%) SailPoint
2 1 (2.86%) Swagger
2 1 (2.86%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 4 (11.43%) Onboarding
1 4 (11.43%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 2 (5.71%) Marketing Technology
2 2 (5.71%) PMI
2 2 (5.71%) Product Ownership
3 1 (2.86%) ASIC
3 1 (2.86%) Credit Risk
3 1 (2.86%) Derivative
3 1 (2.86%) Distributed Architecture
3 1 (2.86%) Distributed Systems
3 1 (2.86%) e-Learning
3 1 (2.86%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (2.86%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (2.86%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (2.86%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.86%) Market Risk
3 1 (2.86%) Operational Technology
3 1 (2.86%) Private Cloud
3 1 (2.86%) Public Cloud
3 1 (2.86%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.86%) Linux
1 1 (2.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (97.14%) Agile
2 15 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 12 (34.29%) Project Management
4 11 (31.43%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 10 (28.57%) Requirements Gathering
6 9 (25.71%) Problem-Solving
7 8 (22.86%) User Acceptance Testing
8 7 (20.00%) PRINCE2
8 7 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
9 6 (17.14%) Project Delivery
9 6 (17.14%) Scrum
10 5 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (14.29%) Data Mapping
10 5 (14.29%) Mentoring
10 5 (14.29%) Migration
11 4 (11.43%) Risk Management
11 4 (11.43%) Scenario Testing
11 4 (11.43%) SDLC
11 4 (11.43%) Translating Business Requirements
11 4 (11.43%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 4 (11.43%) SQL
2 2 (5.71%) Python
3 1 (2.86%) Java
3 1 (2.86%) Korn
Qualifications
1 8 (22.86%) Degree
1 8 (22.86%) PMI Certification
2 6 (17.14%) PMP
3 4 (11.43%) SC Cleared
3 4 (11.43%) Security Cleared
4 2 (5.71%) CBAP
5 1 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (2.86%) IIBA
5 1 (2.86%) ISTQB
5 1 (2.86%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (17.14%) PMO
2 4 (11.43%) QA
3 2 (5.71%) Data Quality
3 2 (5.71%) ISO 20022
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.86%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.86%) EMIR
4 1 (2.86%) GDPR
4 1 (2.86%) MiFID
4 1 (2.86%) PSD2
4 1 (2.86%) SEPA
4 1 (2.86%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (2.86%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 2 (5.71%) Adobe
2 2 (5.71%) Blue Prism
2 2 (5.71%) Duck Creek
2 2 (5.71%) Guidewire
2 2 (5.71%) SAP
2 2 (5.71%) UiPath
2 2 (5.71%) Workday
3 1 (2.86%) Atlassian
3 1 (2.86%) Calypso
3 1 (2.86%) Citrix
3 1 (2.86%) Databricks
3 1 (2.86%) HP
3 1 (2.86%) MuleSoft
3 1 (2.86%) Murex
3 1 (2.86%) PeopleSoft
3 1 (2.86%) Planview
3 1 (2.86%) Progress
3 1 (2.86%) Salesforce
3 1 (2.86%) Xceptor