Waterfall Contract Job Trends in the East of England

Waterfall Model
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 85 78 96
Rank change year-on-year -7 +18 +8
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 22 9 20
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England 1.46% 0.70% 1.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.67% 0.87% 1.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 7 15
10th Percentile £453 £259 £405
25th Percentile £463 £306 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £650 £313 £525
Median % change year-on-year +108.00% -40.48% +20.00%
75th Percentile £800 £319 £581
90th Percentile £825 £336 £715
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +2.80%

All Process and Methodology Skills
East of England

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 of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,316 1,033 1,632
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 87.27% 80.70% 88.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 558 415 888
10th Percentile £193 £231 £225
25th Percentile £367 £318 £380
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £586 £561 £600
90th Percentile £688 £650 £725
England median daily rate £507 £525 £546
% change year-on-year -3.43% -3.85% -0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 376 220 370
10th Percentile £14.25 £15.00 £14.16
25th Percentile £16.05 £15.62 £14.25
Median hourly rate £21.14 £26.25 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year -19.47% +31.25% -4.76%
75th Percentile £64.25 £65.00 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.75 £70.00 £73.88
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.03% -16.85% +27.14%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in the East of England

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in the East of England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in the East of England over the 6 months to 15 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in the East of England

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

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

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

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in the East of England

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 of England region over the 6 months to 15 November 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
Hertfordshire -11 11 £688 +120.00% 9
Cambridgeshire +3 8 £450 - 5
Bedfordshire -12 2 £650 +234.81% 3
Suffolk - 1 £550 - 9
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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 (4.55%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
1 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.64%) Azure
2 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.55%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 2 (9.09%) Firewall
1 2 (9.09%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (9.09%) Network Security
1 2 (9.09%) TCP/IP
1 2 (9.09%) VLAN
1 2 (9.09%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.09%) SQL Server
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (4.55%) Aerospace
3 1 (4.55%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Legal
3 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (4.55%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (72.73%) Project Manager
2 6 (27.27%) Infrastructure Manager
2 6 (27.27%) Infrastructure Project Manager
3 5 (22.73%) IT Manager
3 5 (22.73%) IT Project Manager
4 4 (18.18%) IAM Project Manager
4 4 (18.18%) Senior
5 3 (13.64%) Architect
5 3 (13.64%) Identity Management Manager
5 3 (13.64%) Senior Manager
5 3 (13.64%) Senior Project Manager
5 3 (13.64%) Solutions Architect
6 2 (9.09%) Finance Project Manager
6 2 (9.09%) IT Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) IT Infrastructure Manager
6 2 (9.09%) IT Infrastructure Project Manager
6 2 (9.09%) IT Security Engineer
6 2 (9.09%) Oracle Project Manager
6 2 (9.09%) SC Cleared Project Manager
6 2 (9.09%) Security Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (18.18%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Onboarding
2 2 (9.09%) Analytical Mindset
2 2 (9.09%) CCTV
3 1 (4.55%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.55%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.09%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Agile
2 12 (54.55%) Project Management
3 10 (45.45%) Project Delivery
4 6 (27.27%) Problem-Solving
5 5 (22.73%) Change Management
5 5 (22.73%) Time Management
6 4 (18.18%) Decision-Making
6 4 (18.18%) Identity Access Management
6 4 (18.18%) RBAC
6 4 (18.18%) SDLC
7 3 (13.64%) Continuous Improvement
7 3 (13.64%) Cybersecurity
7 3 (13.64%) Enterprise Architecture
7 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
7 3 (13.64%) Scrum
7 3 (13.64%) Stakeholder Management
7 3 (13.64%) TOGAF
7 3 (13.64%) Zachman Framework
8 2 (9.09%) Programme Management
8 2 (9.09%) Stakeholder Engagement
Qualifications
1 6 (27.27%) Degree
2 4 (18.18%) SC Cleared
2 4 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 3 (13.64%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (13.64%) PMI Certification
3 3 (13.64%) PMP
4 1 (4.55%) ACCA
4 1 (4.55%) CIMA
4 1 (4.55%) CIPFA
4 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.09%) PMO
2 1 (4.55%) QA
System Software
1 3 (13.64%) Active Directory
2 2 (9.09%) Hyper-V
2 2 (9.09%) Virtual Machines
2 2 (9.09%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (18.18%) Single Sign-On
2 3 (13.64%) PingFederate
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) Microsoft
2 6 (27.27%) Oracle
3 3 (13.64%) Salesforce
4 2 (9.09%) VMware
5 1 (4.55%) SAP