Waterfall Contract Job Trends in County Antrim

Waterfall Model
Northern Ireland > County Antrim

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in County Antrim requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 31 28 20
Rank change year-on-year -3 -8 +10
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 3 2 7
As % of all contract jobs in County Antrim 1.38% 1.30% 5.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.60% 1.54% 6.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 7
10th Percentile £319 - -
25th Percentile £337 - £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £370 - £536
Median % change year-on-year - - +2.07%
75th Percentile £399 - -
90th Percentile £415 - £552
Northern Ireland median daily rate £370 - £536
% change year-on-year - - +2.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £48.82 -
Northern Ireland median hourly rate - £48.82 -

All Process and Methodology Skills
County Antrim

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 County Antrim.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 188 130 115
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim 86.24% 84.42% 88.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 82 55 73
10th Percentile £308 £146 £210
25th Percentile £362 £175 £300
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £438 £450
Median % change year-on-year +5.71% -2.78% -2.70%
75th Percentile £517 £538 £536
90th Percentile £638 £611 £625
Northern Ireland median daily rate £450 £425 £450
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 18 9
10th Percentile £12.31 £22.50 £11.08
25th Percentile £13.60 £24.18 £12.25
Median hourly rate £17.30 £26.59 £13.46
Median % change year-on-year -34.94% +97.55% -5.11%
75th Percentile £25.15 £50.17 £16.00
90th Percentile - £78.47 £18.15
Northern Ireland median hourly rate £17.30 £26.59 £13.46
% change year-on-year -34.94% +97.55% -5.11%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in County Antrim

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Waterfall relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in County Antrim.

Waterfall job vacancy trend in County Antrim

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in County Antrim

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Waterfall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in County Antrim citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in County Antrim

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the County Antrim region over the 6 months to 20 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Belfast +1 3 £370 - 3
Waterfall
Northern Ireland

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in County Antrim 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 1 (33.33%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (33.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Maximo
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
2 2 (66.67%) Banking
2 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Derivative
2 1 (33.33%) Equities
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Project Delivery
1 3 (100.00%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) Contract Management
2 1 (33.33%) Critical Thinking
2 1 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (33.33%) Decision-Making
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Process Improvement
2 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Engagement
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Target Operating Model
2 1 (33.33%) Visualisation
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree