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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 86 90 74
Rank change year-on-year +4 -16 -8
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 45 31 53
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 1.93% 1.82% 2.46%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.27% 1.94% 2.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 14 29
10th Percentile £424 £423 £453
25th Percentile £509 £484 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -4.17% -7.69%
75th Percentile £731 £634 £725
90th Percentile £846 £675 £805
Central London median daily rate £625 £600 £600
% change year-on-year +4.17% - -7.69%

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 1,985 1,594 1,954
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 85.23% 93.60% 90.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,357 1,012 1,367
10th Percentile £356 £355 £350
25th Percentile £450 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year - -2.22% -6.25%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £688
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 14 12
10th Percentile £17.38 £18.15 £19.95
25th Percentile £18.75 £23.98 £20.22
Median hourly rate £25.77 £28.33 £26.63
Median % change year-on-year -9.02% +6.38% -23.93%
75th Percentile £52.16 £41.48 £40.46
90th Percentile £62.89 £59.25 £49.41
Central London median hourly rate £26.11 £28.33 £27.81
% change year-on-year -7.82% +1.85% -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 1 June 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 5 (11.11%) Confluence
1 5 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.44%) CMS
3 1 (2.22%) Adobe Experience Manager
3 1 (2.22%) Apache
3 1 (2.22%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (2.22%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 5 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
2 4 (8.89%) Microsoft Project
2 4 (8.89%) MS Visio
3 3 (6.67%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (6.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 4 (8.89%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (4.44%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (2.22%) Loan IQ
3 1 (2.22%) Oracle FAH
3 1 (2.22%) Oracle Financials
3 1 (2.22%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (2.22%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
Cloud Services
1 5 (11.11%) Azure
2 3 (6.67%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (6.67%) Power Platform
3 1 (2.22%) AWS
3 1 (2.22%) Azure Data Factory
3 1 (2.22%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.22%) Microsoft Copilot
3 1 (2.22%) Nutanix
3 1 (2.22%) OCI
3 1 (2.22%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 1 (2.22%) SAP Commerce Cloud
3 1 (2.22%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.22%) DNS
1 1 (2.22%) LAN
1 1 (2.22%) Network Security
1 1 (2.22%) SD-WAN
1 1 (2.22%) WAN
1 1 (2.22%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.67%) Power BI
2 1 (2.22%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (2.22%) Metadata
2 1 (2.22%) Metadata Repository
2 1 (2.22%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 13 (28.89%) JIRA
2 1 (2.22%) Git
General
1 24 (53.33%) Finance
2 17 (37.78%) Social Skills
3 10 (22.22%) Banking
4 9 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (8.89%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (6.67%) Public Sector
8 2 (4.44%) Financial Institution
8 2 (4.44%) Marketing
8 2 (4.44%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.22%) Aerospace
9 1 (2.22%) Front Office
9 1 (2.22%) General Ledger
9 1 (2.22%) International Banking
9 1 (2.22%) Investment Banking
9 1 (2.22%) Retail
9 1 (2.22%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 15 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 8 (17.78%) Analyst
3 5 (11.11%) Banking Analyst
3 5 (11.11%) Business Analyst
3 5 (11.11%) Delivery Manager
3 5 (11.11%) Lead
3 5 (11.11%) Senior
4 4 (8.89%) Banking Business Analyst
4 4 (8.89%) Change Manager
4 4 (8.89%) CRM Manager
4 4 (8.89%) Programme Manager
4 4 (8.89%) Transformation Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Architect
5 3 (6.67%) Infrastructure Manager
5 3 (6.67%) IT Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Senior Manager
5 3 (6.67%) Transformation Project Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Business Change Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Business Manager
6 2 (4.44%) Business Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (2.22%) ADO
1 1 (2.22%) Lightning Web Components
1 1 (2.22%) OpenJDK
1 1 (2.22%) Oracle Fusion
1 1 (2.22%) STL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (13.33%) PMI
2 5 (11.11%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.44%) Data Centre
3 2 (4.44%) Product Ownership
3 2 (4.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 1 (2.22%) FMCG
4 1 (2.22%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 1 (2.22%) Freedom of Information Act
4 1 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (2.22%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.22%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (84.44%) Agile
2 21 (46.67%) Project Management
3 20 (44.44%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (26.67%) PRINCE2
4 12 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 11 (24.44%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (24.44%) Project Delivery
6 10 (22.22%) Migration
6 10 (22.22%) Scrum
7 9 (20.00%) Continuous Improvement
8 7 (15.56%) Change Management
8 7 (15.56%) Decision-Making
9 6 (13.33%) Requirements Gathering
10 5 (11.11%) Business Case
10 5 (11.11%) Kanban
10 5 (11.11%) Workshop Facilitation
11 4 (8.89%) Data Migration
11 4 (8.89%) Investment Management
11 4 (8.89%) Line Management
11 4 (8.89%) Portfolio Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (8.89%) SQL
2 1 (2.22%) Apex Code
2 1 (2.22%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (22.22%) PMI Certification
2 6 (13.33%) Degree
2 6 (13.33%) PMP
3 4 (8.89%) SC Cleared
3 4 (8.89%) Security Cleared
4 3 (6.67%) CBAP
5 2 (4.44%) ITIL Certification
5 2 (4.44%) Master's Degree
6 1 (2.22%) CISM
6 1 (2.22%) CISSP
6 1 (2.22%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (2.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (28.89%) PMO
2 4 (8.89%) QA
3 2 (4.44%) GDPR
3 2 (4.44%) ISO 20022
3 2 (4.44%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (2.22%) Basel III
4 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials
4 1 (2.22%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
4 1 (2.22%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.22%) GAAP
4 1 (2.22%) GRC
4 1 (2.22%) IFRS
4 1 (2.22%) IFRS 9
4 1 (2.22%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.22%) NIST
4 1 (2.22%) PCI DSS
Systems Management
1 1 (2.22%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 8 (17.78%) Microsoft
2 3 (6.67%) Oracle
2 3 (6.67%) ServiceNow
3 2 (4.44%) BMC
3 2 (4.44%) Planview
3 2 (4.44%) Remedy
3 2 (4.44%) Salesforce
4 1 (2.22%) Adobe
4 1 (2.22%) Cisco
4 1 (2.22%) Databricks
4 1 (2.22%) Informatica
4 1 (2.22%) MuleSoft
4 1 (2.22%) Progress
4 1 (2.22%) SAP
4 1 (2.22%) Sitecore
4 1 (2.22%) Vermilion
4 1 (2.22%) VMware
4 1 (2.22%) Workday