Waterfall Contract Job Trends in the East Midlands

Waterfall Model
England > East Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East Midlands requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 69 47 34
Rank change year-on-year -22 -13 +25
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 17 19 30
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.42% 2.49% 3.99%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 2.90% 4.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 18 22
10th Percentile £402 £241 £309
25th Percentile £450 £339 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £358 £390
Median % change year-on-year +39.66% -8.09% -8.35%
75th Percentile £541 £360 £438
90th Percentile £563 £516 £445
England median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Midlands

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 East Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 896 655 604
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 74.60% 85.85% 80.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 448 449 412
10th Percentile £232 £225 £263
25th Percentile £400 £334 £360
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £405 £450
Median % change year-on-year +20.37% -10.00% -5.26%
75th Percentile £575 £500 £575
90th Percentile £656 £625 £623
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 134 58 35
10th Percentile £13.25 £15.11 £12.75
25th Percentile £14.56 £17.87 £14.64
Median hourly rate £17.97 £18.94 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.10% -5.33% -40.11%
75th Percentile £27.73 £25.15 £27.45
90th Percentile £36.99 £25.56 £50.00
England median hourly rate £43.96 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +74.79% -41.51% +2.87%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in the East Midlands

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in the East Midlands

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend in the East Midlands

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East Midlands citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in the East Midlands

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 Midlands region over the 6 months to 14 August 2026. 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
Northamptonshire +9 6 £414 +15.50% 4
Lincolnshire - 4 £500 - 1
Derbyshire - 3 - - 2
Nottinghamshire -14 1 £538 +616.67% 3
Leicestershire - 1 £525 -
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East Midlands 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 2 (11.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) BASE24
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle ERP
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.88%) Azure
1 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (5.88%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (5.88%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
2 1 (5.88%) Hudson
General
1 6 (35.29%) Finance
1 6 (35.29%) Retail
2 4 (23.53%) Influencing Skills
2 4 (23.53%) Social Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (11.76%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.88%) Local Government
4 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 8 (47.06%) Project Manager
2 5 (29.41%) Senior
3 4 (23.53%) Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Business Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Retail Business Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Senior Analyst
3 4 (23.53%) Senior Business Analyst
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Cloud Developer
4 1 (5.88%) ERP Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Finance Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) IT Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Oracle Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Oracle Developer
4 1 (5.88%) Oracle Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Oracle Technical Consultant
4 1 (5.88%) Programme Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Finance Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (5.88%) Technical Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) FMCG
2 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (88.24%) Agile
2 10 (58.82%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (41.18%) Project Management
3 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 6 (35.29%) Project Delivery
5 5 (29.41%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (29.41%) Risk Management
6 4 (23.53%) Budget Management
6 4 (23.53%) Business Analysis
6 4 (23.53%) DevOps
6 4 (23.53%) Inventory Management
6 4 (23.53%) Requirements Gathering
6 4 (23.53%) Supply Chain Management
7 3 (17.65%) Change Control
7 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (17.65%) ERP
7 3 (17.65%) IT Strategy
7 3 (17.65%) Project Governance
7 3 (17.65%) Project Planning
8 2 (11.76%) GAP Analysis
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.88%) PL/SQL
1 1 (5.88%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (11.76%) Degree
2 1 (5.88%) ACCA
2 1 (5.88%) CIMA
2 1 (5.88%) CIPFA
2 1 (5.88%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
1 2 (11.76%) QA
2 1 (5.88%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Oracle
2 1 (5.88%) IFS
2 1 (5.88%) Microsoft