Waterfall Contracts in Dorset

Waterfall Model
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Dorset 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 24 31
Rank change year-on-year +6 +7 -3
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 6 4 4
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Dorset 6.12% 2.42% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.67% 2.84% 2.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 4 3
10th Percentile £403 - £508
25th Percentile £525 £756 £547
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £763 £625
Median % change year-on-year -27.87% +22.00% -
75th Percentile £575 £769 £638
90th Percentile £663 - -
South West median daily rate £550 £595 £550
% change year-on-year -7.56% +8.18% +15.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Dorset

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 Dorset.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 90 141 179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Dorset 91.84% 85.45% 82.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 91 103
10th Percentile £203 £175 £160
25th Percentile £363 £175 £243
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £425 £488
Median % change year-on-year +11.76% -12.82% +2.63%
75th Percentile £563 £630 £610
90th Percentile £675 £825 £638
South West median daily rate £520 £525 £549
% change year-on-year -0.95% -4.37% +9.80%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 35 36
10th Percentile £14.47 £11.87 £17.50
25th Percentile £14.99 £13.69 £48.86
Median hourly rate £21.63 £15.31 £56.29
Median % change year-on-year +41.25% -72.80% +5.28%
75th Percentile £67.50 £56.49 £62.72
90th Percentile - £61.25 £70.77
South West median hourly rate £63.00 £50.00 £61.50
% change year-on-year +26.00% -18.70% +26.16%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Job postings citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in Dorset

Waterfall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in Dorset.

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in Dorset

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in Dorset

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

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in Dorset

Waterfall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Dorset

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in Dorset.

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in Dorset

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Contract Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Blandford Forum - 4 £550 -
Bournemouth - 1 £280 - 4
Poole - 1 £700 -
Waterfall
South West

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Dorset 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 5 (83.33%) Confluence
2 1 (16.67%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) LAN
1 1 (16.67%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 5 (83.33%) JIRA
2 1 (16.67%) Git
2 1 (16.67%) GitLab
General
1 6 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (66.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Virtualisation Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Azure Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Cloud Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Junior
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Junior Oracle Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (66.67%) Flash
2 1 (16.67%) Kafka
2 1 (16.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Clustering
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (16.67%) Public Cloud
2 1 (16.67%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 4 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 4 (66.67%) Critical Thinking
2 4 (66.67%) High Availability
2 4 (66.67%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (66.67%) Network Virtualisation
2 4 (66.67%) NsoIT
2 4 (66.67%) Power Management
2 4 (66.67%) Service Management
2 4 (66.67%) System Testing
2 4 (66.67%) Validation
3 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) CI/CD
3 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (16.67%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (16.67%) Operational Acceptance Testing
3 1 (16.67%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) Python
1 1 (16.67%) Shell Script
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) CCNA
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco Certification
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
1 4 (66.67%) Master's Degree
1 4 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) Security Cleared
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) ISO 20022
1 1 (16.67%) QA
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) VMware ESXi
1 4 (66.67%) VMware Infrastructure
1 4 (66.67%) VMware NSX
Systems Management
1 4 (66.67%) vCenter Server
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Atlassian
1 4 (66.67%) Cisco
1 4 (66.67%) VMware
2 1 (16.67%) Databricks
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle