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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 57 34
Rank change year-on-year -7 -23 +31
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 17 18 32
As % of all contract jobs in the East Midlands 1.22% 2.12% 4.20%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.63% 2.45% 4.99%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 16 21
10th Percentile £402 £323 £319
25th Percentile - - £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £358 £398
Median % change year-on-year +39.66% -9.94% -24.29%
75th Percentile £567 £360 £438
90th Percentile £631 £538 £445
England median daily rate £525 £512 £550
% change year-on-year +2.64% -7.00% -

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 1,040 735 641
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East Midlands 74.82% 86.67% 84.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 422 509 393
10th Percentile £230 £220 £267
25th Percentile £387 £350 £356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £415 £445
Median % change year-on-year +14.46% -6.74% -9.18%
75th Percentile £575 £519 £550
90th Percentile £675 £625 £618
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 214 69 28
10th Percentile £12.76 £16.17 £14.90
25th Percentile £13.46 £17.87 £17.00
Median hourly rate £17.87 £18.87 £23.25
Median % change year-on-year -5.30% -18.84% +3.33%
75th Percentile £25.75 £25.15 £50.00
90th Percentile £32.45 - £51.50
England median hourly rate £38.13 £25.15 £42.50
% change year-on-year +51.59% -40.82% -5.56%

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

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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
Daily Rate Histogram in the East Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in the East Midlands over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in the East Midlands

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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 16 October 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
Derbyshire -5 6 £638 -
Northamptonshire +5 5 £402 +12.29% 4
Lincolnshire - 4 £500 -
Nottinghamshire -10 1 £538 +26.47% 3
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 2 (11.76%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.88%) Siemens NX
Business Applications
1 2 (11.76%) BASE24
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (5.88%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (5.88%) Teamcenter
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) NonStop SQL
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) JIRA
General
1 6 (35.29%) Social Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Finance
2 5 (29.41%) Organisational Skills
2 5 (29.41%) Retail
3 4 (23.53%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (11.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 1 (5.88%) Aerospace
5 1 (5.88%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.88%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.88%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 9 (52.94%) Project Manager
2 6 (35.29%) Analyst
2 6 (35.29%) Business Analyst
3 5 (29.41%) Senior
4 4 (23.53%) Retail Business Analyst
4 4 (23.53%) Senior Analyst
4 4 (23.53%) Senior Business Analyst
5 2 (11.76%) IT Manager
5 2 (11.76%) IT Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Finance Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Finance Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Oracle Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Finance Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Senior Project Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Technical Manager
6 1 (5.88%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 5 (29.41%) FMCG
2 2 (11.76%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (11.76%) Product Ownership
2 2 (11.76%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (5.88%) Data Protection Act
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (94.12%) Agile
2 12 (70.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (52.94%) Project Delivery
4 7 (41.18%) Project Management
4 7 (41.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (35.29%) Business Analysis
5 6 (35.29%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (29.41%) Budget Management
7 4 (23.53%) Inventory Management
7 4 (23.53%) Project Governance
7 4 (23.53%) Requirements Gathering
7 4 (23.53%) Risk Management
7 4 (23.53%) Supply Chain Management
8 3 (17.65%) Change Control
8 3 (17.65%) Continuous Improvement
8 3 (17.65%) Decision-Making
8 3 (17.65%) Project Planning
8 3 (17.65%) Workshop Facilitation
9 2 (11.76%) Critical Thinking
9 2 (11.76%) IT Strategy
Qualifications
1 1 (5.88%) ACCA
1 1 (5.88%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (5.88%) CIMA
1 1 (5.88%) CIPFA
1 1 (5.88%) PMI Certification
1 1 (5.88%) PMP
1 1 (5.88%) SC Cleared
1 1 (5.88%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) Accessibility
1 2 (11.76%) PCI DSS
1 2 (11.76%) PMO
1 2 (11.76%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (5.88%) Oracle
1 1 (5.88%) SAP
1 1 (5.88%) Siemens
1 1 (5.88%) Workday