Waterfall Contract Job Trends in Devon

Waterfall Model
South West > Devon

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Devon requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 20 32 19
Rank change year-on-year +12 -13 +11
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 6 2 16
As % of all contract jobs in Devon 3.66% 0.92% 8.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.20% 1.15% 9.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 0 12
10th Percentile £350 - £350
25th Percentile £397 - £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 - £465
Median % change year-on-year - - -7.00%
75th Percentile £475 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £450 £569 £531
% change year-on-year -20.88% +7.06% +1.19%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Devon

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 Devon.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 143 174 176
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Devon 87.20% 79.82% 88.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 94 144
10th Percentile £145 £150 £316
25th Percentile £250 £356 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £500 £575
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -13.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £538 £601 £674
90th Percentile £588 £685 £711
South West median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 32 15 5
10th Percentile £18.48 £40.25 £20.08
25th Percentile - £53.75 £31.05
Median hourly rate £25.15 £65.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -61.31% +73.33% -10.71%
75th Percentile - £72.50 £40.00
90th Percentile £28.43 - £64.00
South West median hourly rate £25.15 £67.50 £62.50
% change year-on-year -62.74% +8.00% +4.17%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Devon

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Devon

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Waterfall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in Devon

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Devon over the 6 months to 1 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in Devon

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend in Devon

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Waterfall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Devon citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in Devon

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Devon region over the 6 months to 1 October 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
Exeter +9 6 £450 - 2
Waterfall
South West

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Devon 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Project Manager
2 4 (66.67%) IT Manager
2 4 (66.67%) IT Project Manager
3 3 (50.00%) Systems Manager
4 1 (16.67%) Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Smart Meter
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (16.67%) Actionable Insight
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
2 1 (16.67%) Data Modelling
2 1 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
2 1 (16.67%) SDLC
2 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) SQL