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 16 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 86 64 58
Rank change year-on-year -22 -6 +33
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 37 58 98
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 2.15% 2.74% 3.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 2.98% 3.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 33 67
10th Percentile £363 £478 £480
25th Percentile £416 £525 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £650
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% -7.69% +13.04%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £731
90th Percentile £725 £810 £800
Central London median daily rate £539 £590 £650
% change year-on-year -8.69% -9.23% +16.07%
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 1,625 1,948 2,567
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 94.42% 91.93% 89.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,114 1,208 1,779
10th Percentile £328 £363 £371
25th Percentile £424 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £700
90th Percentile £770 £788 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £588
% change year-on-year -4.35% -2.13% +2.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 17 16
10th Percentile £16.90 £16.70 £14.25
25th Percentile £20.63 £23.13 £16.31
Median hourly rate £27.04 £42.50 £31.25
Median % change year-on-year -36.39% +36.00% -27.73%
75th Percentile £35.88 £112.00 £48.19
90th Percentile £63.75 £137.50 £60.88
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £27.50
% change year-on-year -21.43% +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 16 October 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 7 (18.92%) Confluence
2 3 (8.11%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (21.62%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (16.22%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (13.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (10.81%) MS Visio
5 1 (2.70%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 3 (8.11%) SAP S/4HANA
2 2 (5.41%) Workfront
3 1 (2.70%) Aladdin
3 1 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (2.70%) Exchequer
Cloud Services
1 9 (24.32%) Azure
2 4 (10.81%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (8.11%) AWS
3 3 (8.11%) Power Platform
4 2 (5.41%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (5.41%) GCP
5 1 (2.70%) Apigee
5 1 (2.70%) Azure Logic Apps
5 1 (2.70%) Collibra
5 1 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) DNS
1 2 (5.41%) Firewall
2 1 (2.70%) LAN
2 1 (2.70%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.70%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.11%) Power BI
2 1 (2.70%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.70%) Metadata
2 1 (2.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (24.32%) JIRA
General
1 22 (59.46%) Finance
2 13 (35.14%) Social Skills
3 7 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
3 7 (18.92%) Banking
4 4 (10.81%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (8.11%) Front Office
5 3 (8.11%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (5.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (5.41%) Investment Banking
6 2 (5.41%) Legal
6 2 (5.41%) Marketing
7 1 (2.70%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (2.70%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.70%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 15 (40.54%) Analyst
2 10 (27.03%) Business Analyst
3 9 (24.32%) Project Manager
4 5 (13.51%) Architect
5 4 (10.81%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (8.11%) Lead
6 3 (8.11%) PMO Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) AWS Architect
7 2 (5.41%) Insurance Business Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) IT Manager
7 2 (5.41%) IT Project Manager
7 2 (5.41%) PMO Lead
7 2 (5.41%) Process Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Technical Analyst
7 2 (5.41%) Technical Architect
8 1 (2.70%) Delivery Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Infrastructure Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Network Manager
8 1 (2.70%) Security Architect
8 1 (2.70%) Technical Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (8.11%) ADO
2 2 (5.41%) JSON
2 2 (5.41%) Kafka
2 2 (5.41%) XML
3 1 (2.70%) DCOM
3 1 (2.70%) Middleware
3 1 (2.70%) OAuth
3 1 (2.70%) OAuth2
3 1 (2.70%) OpenAPI
3 1 (2.70%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (2.70%) RESTful
3 1 (2.70%) SailPoint
3 1 (2.70%) SAP Basis
3 1 (2.70%) Swagger
3 1 (2.70%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 4 (10.81%) Onboarding
2 3 (8.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
3 2 (5.41%) Marketing Technology
3 2 (5.41%) PMI
3 2 (5.41%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.70%) ASIC
4 1 (2.70%) Credit Risk
4 1 (2.70%) Derivative
4 1 (2.70%) Distributed Architecture
4 1 (2.70%) Distributed Systems
4 1 (2.70%) Educational Technology
4 1 (2.70%) e-Learning
4 1 (2.70%) Hybrid Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.70%) Market Risk
4 1 (2.70%) Operational Technology
4 1 (2.70%) Private Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Public Cloud
4 1 (2.70%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Linux
1 1 (2.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (94.59%) Agile
2 15 (40.54%) Stakeholder Management
3 14 (37.84%) Project Management
4 9 (24.32%) Problem-Solving
4 9 (24.32%) Requirements Gathering
4 9 (24.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 8 (21.62%) PRINCE2
6 7 (18.92%) Scrum
7 6 (16.22%) Migration
7 6 (16.22%) Project Delivery
7 6 (16.22%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (13.51%) Data Mapping
8 5 (13.51%) DevOps
8 5 (13.51%) Mentoring
8 5 (13.51%) Workshop Facilitation
9 4 (10.81%) Change Management
9 4 (10.81%) Continuous Improvement
9 4 (10.81%) Data Analysis
9 4 (10.81%) Logistics
9 4 (10.81%) SDLC
Programming Languages
1 4 (10.81%) SQL
2 2 (5.41%) Java
2 2 (5.41%) Python
3 1 (2.70%) Korn
Qualifications
1 9 (24.32%) Degree
1 9 (24.32%) PMI Certification
2 7 (18.92%) PMP
3 2 (5.41%) CBAP
3 2 (5.41%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.70%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (2.70%) IIBA
4 1 (2.70%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (18.92%) PMO
2 4 (10.81%) QA
3 2 (5.41%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.70%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.70%) EMIR
4 1 (2.70%) GDPR
4 1 (2.70%) ISO 20022
4 1 (2.70%) MiFID
4 1 (2.70%) PSD2
4 1 (2.70%) SEPA
4 1 (2.70%) SLA
Vendors
1 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 4 (10.81%) SAP
3 2 (5.41%) Adobe
3 2 (5.41%) Blue Prism
3 2 (5.41%) Duck Creek
3 2 (5.41%) Guidewire
3 2 (5.41%) UiPath
4 1 (2.70%) Atlassian
4 1 (2.70%) Calypso
4 1 (2.70%) Citrix
4 1 (2.70%) Databricks
4 1 (2.70%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.70%) Murex
4 1 (2.70%) PeopleSoft
4 1 (2.70%) Planview
4 1 (2.70%) Progress
4 1 (2.70%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.70%) Workday
4 1 (2.70%) Xceptor