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 4 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 90 94 77
Rank change year-on-year +4 -17 -15
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 41 36 53
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.72% 1.92% 2.57%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 2.04% 2.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 24 30
10th Percentile £478 £371 £503
25th Percentile £513 £431 £550
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £675 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +22.73% -8.33% -8.40%
75th Percentile £750 £647 £725
90th Percentile £876 £715 £829
Central London median daily rate £675 £550 £590
% change year-on-year +22.73% -6.78% -9.92%
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 2,080 1,763 1,888
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 87.28% 94.13% 91.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,414 1,157 1,281
10th Percentile £377 £331 £375
25th Percentile £456 £425 £463
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 £768 £792
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £575
% change year-on-year - -4.35% -4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 21 17
10th Percentile £17.60 £17.08 £15.20
25th Percentile £18.46 £24.66 £20.22
Median hourly rate £19.50 £28.50 £27.00
Median % change year-on-year -31.58% +5.56% -13.60%
75th Percentile £41.69 £56.75 £78.75
90th Percentile £61.31 £63.75 £137.50
Central London median hourly rate £23.08 £30.04 £27.00
% change year-on-year -23.16% +11.24% -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 4 August 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 (9.76%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.88%) Confluence
3 1 (2.44%) CMS
3 1 (2.44%) Palantir Foundry
Applications
1 6 (14.63%) Microsoft Excel
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 3 (7.32%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (4.88%) MS Visio
4 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (12.20%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.88%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (2.44%) Loan IQ
3 1 (2.44%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (2.44%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (14.63%) Azure
2 5 (12.20%) Power Platform
3 4 (9.76%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (4.88%) AWS
4 2 (4.88%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Copilot
5 1 (2.44%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (2.44%) Azure Data Factory
5 1 (2.44%) GCP
5 1 (2.44%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.44%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.44%) Salesforce Service Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) SAP Commerce Cloud
5 1 (2.44%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (12.20%) Power BI
2 1 (2.44%) Data Lake
2 1 (2.44%) Metadata
2 1 (2.44%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (2.44%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (14.63%) JIRA
2 1 (2.44%) Git
General
1 20 (48.78%) Finance
2 14 (34.15%) Social Skills
3 8 (19.51%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (14.63%) Banking
5 4 (9.76%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (9.76%) Public Sector
6 3 (7.32%) Financial Institution
6 3 (7.32%) Presentation Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (4.88%) Investment Banking
7 2 (4.88%) Law
8 1 (2.44%) General Ledger
8 1 (2.44%) International Banking
8 1 (2.44%) Legal
8 1 (2.44%) Marketing
8 1 (2.44%) Retail
Job Titles
1 17 (41.46%) Project Manager
2 7 (17.07%) Analyst
3 6 (14.63%) Senior
4 5 (12.20%) Infrastructure Manager
4 5 (12.20%) Senior Manager
4 5 (12.20%) Senior Project Manager
5 4 (9.76%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 4 (9.76%) Programme Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Architect
6 3 (7.32%) Lead
6 3 (7.32%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
6 3 (7.32%) Transformation Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Change and Release Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Change Manager
7 2 (4.88%) CRM Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Delivery Manager
7 2 (4.88%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (4.88%) Release Manager
7 2 (4.88%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.44%) ADO
1 1 (2.44%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (2.44%) Middleware
1 1 (2.44%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.20%) Data Centre
2 4 (9.76%) Onboarding
2 4 (9.76%) PMI
3 2 (4.88%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.44%) Derivative
4 1 (2.44%) FMCG
4 1 (2.44%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.44%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (2.44%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.44%) NHS
4 1 (2.44%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.44%) Security Posture
4 1 (2.44%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (90.24%) Agile
2 16 (39.02%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (36.59%) Project Management
4 10 (24.39%) Migration
4 10 (24.39%) PRINCE2
4 10 (24.39%) Problem-Solving
4 10 (24.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 7 (17.07%) Continuous Improvement
5 7 (17.07%) CRM
5 7 (17.07%) Scrum
6 6 (14.63%) Change Management
6 6 (14.63%) Data Modelling
6 6 (14.63%) Decision-Making
6 6 (14.63%) Project Delivery
7 5 (12.20%) Project Governance
7 5 (12.20%) Risk Management
8 4 (9.76%) Analytics
8 4 (9.76%) Business Case
8 4 (9.76%) Investment Management
8 4 (9.76%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (9.76%) SQL
2 3 (7.32%) Korn
3 1 (2.44%) Apex Code
3 1 (2.44%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (19.51%) PMI Certification
2 5 (12.20%) PMP
3 3 (7.32%) Degree
3 3 (7.32%) SC Cleared
3 3 (7.32%) Security Cleared
4 2 (4.88%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (2.44%) CBAP
5 1 (2.44%) CISM
5 1 (2.44%) CISSP
5 1 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (2.44%) DV Cleared
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (26.83%) PMO
2 3 (7.32%) Data Quality
2 3 (7.32%) QA
3 2 (4.88%) GDPR
4 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.44%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.44%) GRC
4 1 (2.44%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.44%) RSA Archer
1 1 (2.44%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
2 4 (9.76%) ServiceNow
3 3 (7.32%) SAP
4 2 (4.88%) BMC
4 2 (4.88%) Databricks
4 2 (4.88%) Oracle
4 2 (4.88%) Remedy
4 2 (4.88%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.44%) Adobe
5 1 (2.44%) Bloomberg
5 1 (2.44%) Cisco
5 1 (2.44%) Foundry
5 1 (2.44%) Intapp
5 1 (2.44%) MuleSoft
5 1 (2.44%) Murex
5 1 (2.44%) Palantir
5 1 (2.44%) Planview
5 1 (2.44%) Vermilion