Waterfall Contracts in the City of London

Waterfall Model
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London requiring Waterfall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Waterfall over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 71 63 74
Rank change year-on-year -8 +11 +37
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 56 117 128
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 2.57% 3.42% 3.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.84% 3.73% 3.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 31 85 86
10th Percentile £463 £463 £477
25th Percentile £506 £540 £538
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £650 £625
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £725 £725 £713
90th Percentile £825 £800 £739
Central London median daily rate £600 £650 £605
% change year-on-year -7.69% +7.44% +15.24%

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 1,974 3,133 3,832
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.47% 91.45% 92.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,375 2,108 2,870
10th Percentile £356 £363 £384
25th Percentile £458 £481 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +5.99%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £688
90th Percentile £800 £820 £788
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +6.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 25 46
10th Percentile £19.98 £14.25 £18.50
25th Percentile £20.22 £15.50 £25.44
Median hourly rate £26.25 £35.00 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -14.63% +92.94%
75th Percentile £40.00 £53.75 £54.88
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.50
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.50
% change year-on-year -20.54% -15.66% +107.50%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in the City of London

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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 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (12.50%) Confluence
2 1 (1.79%) CMS
2 1 (1.79%) Headless CMS
2 1 (1.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (12.50%) Microsoft Excel
2 5 (8.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (7.14%) MS Visio
4 3 (5.36%) Microsoft Project
5 2 (3.57%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (3.57%) Primavera
2 1 (1.79%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.79%) Oracle HRMS
Cloud Services
1 7 (12.50%) Azure
2 2 (3.57%) Dynamics 365
2 2 (3.57%) Power Automate
2 2 (3.57%) Power Platform
2 2 (3.57%) PowerApps
3 1 (1.79%) AWS
3 1 (1.79%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (1.79%) Contentful
3 1 (1.79%) Contentstack
3 1 (1.79%) GCP
3 1 (1.79%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (1.79%) prismic.io
3 1 (1.79%) SaaS
3 1 (1.79%) Sauce Labs
3 1 (1.79%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.79%) Firewall
1 1 (1.79%) FTP
1 1 (1.79%) LAN
1 1 (1.79%) SAN
1 1 (1.79%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.79%) WAN
1 1 (1.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.57%) Azure SQL Database
1 2 (3.57%) Data Lake
1 2 (3.57%) Power BI
1 2 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.79%) BigQuery
2 1 (1.79%) BusinessObjects
2 1 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.79%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.79%) NoSQL
2 1 (1.79%) Sybase ASE
2 1 (1.79%) Sybase IQ
2 1 (1.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 9 (16.07%) JIRA
2 2 (3.57%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (3.57%) Selenium
3 1 (1.79%) Appium
3 1 (1.79%) Bitbucket
3 1 (1.79%) Cucumber
3 1 (1.79%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.79%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.79%) Zephyr
General
1 17 (30.36%) Social Skills
2 16 (28.57%) Finance
3 14 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.14%) Banking
5 3 (5.36%) Presentation Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Financial Institution
6 2 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (3.57%) Retail
6 2 (3.57%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.79%) Advertising
7 1 (1.79%) Back Office
7 1 (1.79%) Corporate Banking
7 1 (1.79%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (1.79%) Front Office
7 1 (1.79%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 18 (32.14%) Project Manager
2 15 (26.79%) Analyst
3 7 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 4 (7.14%) Applications Manager
4 4 (7.14%) Developer
4 4 (7.14%) Test Analyst
5 3 (5.36%) Business IT Analyst
5 3 (5.36%) Data Manager
5 3 (5.36%) IT Analyst
5 3 (5.36%) IT Business Analyst
5 3 (5.36%) Lead
5 3 (5.36%) Oracle Developer
5 3 (5.36%) Senior
5 3 (5.36%) Technical Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Insurance Systems Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365 Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Migration Manager
6 2 (3.57%) Regulatory Business Analyst
6 2 (3.57%) Regulatory Reporting Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.79%) .NET
1 1 (1.79%) ADO
1 1 (1.79%) ebXML
1 1 (1.79%) Middleware
1 1 (1.79%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (5.36%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.57%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (3.57%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.79%) Acoustics
3 1 (1.79%) Data Fabric
3 1 (1.79%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.79%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.79%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.79%) PDA
3 1 (1.79%) Reinsurance
3 1 (1.79%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.79%) Unix
1 1 (1.79%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (96.43%) Agile
2 18 (32.14%) Project Management
3 13 (23.21%) Stakeholder Management
4 11 (19.64%) Project Delivery
5 9 (16.07%) Problem-Solving
6 8 (14.29%) Migration
6 8 (14.29%) Programme Management
7 7 (12.50%) PRINCE2
7 7 (12.50%) Scrum
8 6 (10.71%) Change Management
8 6 (10.71%) Programme Delivery
8 6 (10.71%) Risk Management
9 5 (8.93%) Business Analysis
9 5 (8.93%) Data Analysis
9 5 (8.93%) Root Cause Analysis
9 5 (8.93%) SDLC
10 4 (7.14%) Continuous Improvement
10 4 (7.14%) Data Management
10 4 (7.14%) Service Management
10 4 (7.14%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.00%) SQL
2 3 (5.36%) Python
3 2 (3.57%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 2 (3.57%) Java
3 2 (3.57%) JavaScript
3 2 (3.57%) PL/SQL
3 2 (3.57%) R
Qualifications
1 6 (10.71%) Degree
2 3 (5.36%) PMI Certification
2 3 (5.36%) PMP
3 2 (3.57%) CIMA
4 1 (1.79%) APMP
4 1 (1.79%) CAPM
4 1 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 1 (1.79%) SC Cleared
4 1 (1.79%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (21.43%) PMO
2 4 (7.14%) Accessibility
3 3 (5.36%) QA
4 2 (3.57%) EMIR
5 1 (1.79%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (1.79%) P3O
5 1 (1.79%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 1 (1.79%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (1.79%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 9 (16.07%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.93%) Oracle
2 5 (8.93%) SAP
3 2 (3.57%) Cisco
3 2 (3.57%) Salesforce
4 1 (1.79%) Arista
4 1 (1.79%) CheckPoint
4 1 (1.79%) Fortinet
4 1 (1.79%) Perfecto Mobile
4 1 (1.79%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.79%) Splunk
4 1 (1.79%) Sybase
4 1 (1.79%) VMware