Waterfall Contract Job Trends in East London

Waterfall Model
London > East London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in East London requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 18 25 27
Rank change year-on-year +7 +2 +6
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 6 3 12
As % of all contract jobs in East London 5.50% 2.22% 4.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.94% 2.34% 4.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 3 12
10th Percentile £542 £369 £507
25th Percentile - £385 £533
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £585 £425 £585
Median % change year-on-year +37.65% -27.29% -8.67%
75th Percentile £630 £438 £686
90th Percentile - - £720
London median daily rate £550 £573 £566
% change year-on-year -3.93% +1.10% +1.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £107.14 - -
London median hourly rate £67.50 £35.00 £47.50
% change year-on-year +92.86% -26.32% -7.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East 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 East London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 101 128 251
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in East London 92.66% 94.81% 91.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 79 109 220
10th Percentile £190 £300 £260
25th Percentile £319 £400 £495
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £475 £557
Median % change year-on-year +10.53% -14.72% +11.40%
75th Percentile £627 £585 £650
90th Percentile £930 £640 £750
London median daily rate £540 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 1 5
10th Percentile £23.33 - -
25th Percentile £24.70 - £14.18
Median hourly rate £33.25 £21.09 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +57.65% +25.16% -77.97%
75th Percentile £56.88 - £18.93
90th Percentile £75.89 - -
London median hourly rate £31.49 £37.79 £39.63
% change year-on-year -16.66% -4.64% +3.27%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in East London

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in East London

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in East London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Waterfall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend in East London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Waterfall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in East London citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in East London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the East London region over the 6 months to 28 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
Tower Hamlets - 5 £585 - 1
Lewisham - 1 - -
Waterfall
London

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East 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 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 2 (33.33%) Firewall
1 2 (33.33%) LAN
1 2 (33.33%) SD-WAN
1 2 (33.33%) Unified Communications
1 2 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
3 1 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Local Government
3 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Delivery Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Delivery Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Network Delivery Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Network Infrastructure Manager
1 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Implementation Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Programme Manager
2 1 (16.67%) MiFID Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Planner
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) Change Management
2 2 (33.33%) Communications Security
2 2 (33.33%) Data Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Impact Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Project Governance
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Regulatory Change
2 2 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Virtual Team Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Business Case
3 1 (16.67%) Culture Change
3 1 (16.67%) Line Management
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Project Planning
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (33.33%) EMIR
1 2 (33.33%) MiFID
2 1 (16.67%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft