Waterfall Contracts in England

Waterfall Model
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Waterfall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Waterfall over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 140 103 83
Rank change year-on-year -37 -20 +54
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 612 1,172 2,110
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 1.65% 2.33% 2.97%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.59% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 456 836 1,478
10th Percentile £400 £406 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £625
90th Percentile £775 £738 £720
UK median daily rate £575 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 7 12
10th Percentile £48.83 £43.82 £23.08
25th Percentile £52.70 £43.86 £49.08
Median hourly rate £58.91 £52.97 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year +11.20% -9.06% +5.91%
75th Percentile £64.44 £87.25 £69.05
90th Percentile £67.10 £98.80 -
UK median hourly rate £58.91 £66.49 £53.25
% change year-on-year -11.40% +24.85% -3.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Waterfall is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 32,110 45,282 64,556
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.56% 90.21% 90.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 21,055 31,791 45,856
10th Percentile £300 £325 £331
25th Percentile £413 £444 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +8.59%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £528
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.17% +8.31%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,255 1,587 1,766
10th Percentile £12.95 £10.94 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.25 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.00 £37.34 £24.30
Median % change year-on-year -3.59% +53.69% +1.23%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.25
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £63.68
UK median hourly rate £35.58 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year -1.18% +44.00% -

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in England

Waterfall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in England

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in England

Waterfall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in England

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Waterfall in England over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Waterfall in England

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in 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 England region over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. 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
London -16 307 £600 +7.05% 61
North of England 0 104 £500 -9.09% 35
South East -40 83 £550 +3.77% 43
Midlands -12 59 £500 -7.41% 40
Yorkshire +1 56 £506 -15.63% 10
South West -14 52 £590 +7.27% 22
North West -7 40 £455 -14.35% 24
West Midlands -12 33 £550 - 23
East Midlands -2 25 £406 -14.47% 17
North East +25 10 £600 +29.73% 1
East of England -17 7 £428 -16.42% 10
Waterfall
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Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 35 (5.72%) Confluence
2 18 (2.94%) SharePoint
3 6 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.65%) CMS
5 3 (0.49%) Appian
5 3 (0.49%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.33%) nginx
6 2 (0.33%) Oracle SOA Suite
6 2 (0.33%) Skype for Business
7 1 (0.16%) Apache
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.16%) CICS
Applications
1 33 (5.39%) Microsoft Project
2 28 (4.58%) Microsoft Office
3 23 (3.76%) Microsoft Excel
4 19 (3.10%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 18 (2.94%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.16%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (2.94%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.45%) Loan IQ
3 14 (2.29%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (1.14%) Remedy ITSM
5 6 (0.98%) SAP PM
6 5 (0.82%) SAP BPC
6 5 (0.82%) SAP Hybris
7 4 (0.65%) Aladdin
7 4 (0.65%) Oracle EBS
8 3 (0.49%) Primavera
9 2 (0.33%) NetSuite
9 2 (0.33%) SAP CRM
9 2 (0.33%) SAP ERP
9 2 (0.33%) SAP IS-U
10 1 (0.16%) Magento
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle Applications
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle ERP
10 1 (0.16%) Oracle HRMS
10 1 (0.16%) SAP Travel Management
10 1 (0.16%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 109 (17.81%) Azure
2 41 (6.70%) Azure DevOps
3 39 (6.37%) SaaS
4 28 (4.58%) AWS
5 22 (3.59%) Power Platform
6 19 (3.10%) PaaS
7 16 (2.61%) IaaS
8 15 (2.45%) Dynamics 365
8 15 (2.45%) Microsoft 365
9 12 (1.96%) PowerApps
10 8 (1.31%) GCP
10 8 (1.31%) GitHub
11 5 (0.82%) OCI
11 5 (0.82%) Power Automate
11 5 (0.82%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 5 (0.82%) SuccessFactors
12 4 (0.65%) Azure Data Factory
12 4 (0.65%) OneDrive
12 4 (0.65%) Smartsheet
12 4 (0.65%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 11 (1.80%) LAN
2 10 (1.63%) WAN
3 7 (1.14%) 3G
3 7 (1.14%) 4G
4 6 (0.98%) VSAN
5 5 (0.82%) DNS
5 5 (0.82%) SNA
6 4 (0.65%) ATM
6 4 (0.65%) DHCP
6 4 (0.65%) Internet
7 3 (0.49%) 5G
7 3 (0.49%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.49%) TCP/IP
7 3 (0.49%) VPN
8 2 (0.33%) Junos
8 2 (0.33%) Network Security
8 2 (0.33%) SAN
8 2 (0.33%) Skype
8 2 (0.33%) Unified Communications
8 2 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (4.25%) SQL Server
2 15 (2.45%) Power BI
3 7 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.14%) DB2
4 5 (0.82%) Geospatial Data
4 5 (0.82%) GIS
5 4 (0.65%) Azure SQL Database
5 4 (0.65%) Data Lake
5 4 (0.65%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.33%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.33%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.16%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.16%) Big Data
7 1 (0.16%) DynamoDB
7 1 (0.16%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.16%) Redis
7 1 (0.16%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.16%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 80 (13.07%) JIRA
2 12 (1.96%) Git
3 11 (1.80%) Postman
3 11 (1.80%) Visual Studio
4 9 (1.47%) Jenkins
5 7 (1.14%) NUnit
6 6 (0.98%) Selenium
7 5 (0.82%) JMeter
7 5 (0.82%) LoadRunner
7 5 (0.82%) Subversion
8 4 (0.65%) Bitbucket
8 4 (0.65%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.65%) Oracle APEX
8 4 (0.65%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.49%) Appium
9 3 (0.49%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.49%) GitLab
10 2 (0.33%) Artifactory
10 2 (0.33%) SonarQube
10 2 (0.33%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 233 (38.07%) Social Skills
2 223 (36.44%) Finance
3 82 (13.40%) Analytical Skills
4 64 (10.46%) Banking
5 61 (9.97%) Public Sector
6 30 (4.90%) Telecoms
7 28 (4.58%) Influencing Skills
8 27 (4.41%) Manufacturing
9 22 (3.59%) Marketing
10 20 (3.27%) Military
11 18 (2.94%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (2.78%) Financial Institution
13 16 (2.61%) Legal
14 15 (2.45%) Back Office
14 15 (2.45%) Electronics
14 15 (2.45%) Organisational Skills
15 9 (1.47%) Investment Banking
15 9 (1.47%) Retail
16 7 (1.14%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 7 (1.14%) Law
Job Titles
1 150 (24.51%) Project Manager
2 121 (19.77%) Analyst
3 77 (12.58%) Business Analyst
4 70 (11.44%) Senior
5 57 (9.31%) Architect
6 48 (7.84%) Developer
7 44 (7.19%) Lead
8 35 (5.72%) Delivery Manager
9 32 (5.23%) Senior Manager
10 29 (4.74%) IT Manager
10 29 (4.74%) Solutions Architect
11 26 (4.25%) Programme Manager
12 22 (3.59%) Senior Project Manager
13 20 (3.27%) Test Manager
14 18 (2.94%) Senior Analyst
15 16 (2.61%) IT Project Manager
16 15 (2.45%) Technical Architect
16 15 (2.45%) Technical Manager
17 13 (2.12%) Security Manager
18 12 (1.96%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (4.58%) Middleware
2 26 (4.25%) .NET
3 12 (1.96%) AngularJS
4 11 (1.80%) GraphQL
5 8 (1.31%) Apache Camel
5 8 (1.31%) Spring
5 8 (1.31%) Spring Boot
6 7 (1.14%) REST
7 6 (0.98%) Playwright
7 6 (0.98%) React
8 5 (0.82%) .NET Core
8 5 (0.82%) .NET Framework
8 5 (0.82%) Flash
8 5 (0.82%) Kafka
8 5 (0.82%) RESTful
8 5 (0.82%) SOAP
8 5 (0.82%) Web Services
8 5 (0.82%) XML
9 4 (0.65%) ADO
9 4 (0.65%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 27 (4.41%) Product Ownership
2 18 (2.94%) Management Information System
3 14 (2.29%) Data Centre
3 14 (2.29%) Public Cloud
4 11 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
5 10 (1.63%) Derivative
6 9 (1.47%) PMI
7 8 (1.31%) Enterprise Software
8 7 (1.14%) Mobile App
9 6 (0.98%) Fixed Income
9 6 (0.98%) Legacy Systems
9 6 (0.98%) Mainframe
9 6 (0.98%) Operational Technology
10 5 (0.82%) Clustering
10 5 (0.82%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (0.82%) Onboarding
10 5 (0.82%) Self-Motivation
11 4 (0.65%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (0.65%) Renewable Energy
11 4 (0.65%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 30 (4.90%) Windows
2 28 (4.58%) Linux
3 10 (1.63%) Android
4 8 (1.31%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.98%) Unix
6 5 (0.82%) Windows 10
7 3 (0.49%) VMS
7 3 (0.49%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.33%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.33%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.16%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 563 (91.99%) Agile
2 200 (32.68%) Project Management
3 146 (23.86%) Stakeholder Management
4 136 (22.22%) Project Delivery
5 100 (16.34%) Problem-Solving
6 95 (15.52%) Scrum
7 83 (13.56%) PRINCE2
8 82 (13.40%) DevOps
9 70 (11.44%) Migration
10 67 (10.95%) Continuous Improvement
11 52 (8.50%) Decision-Making
12 50 (8.17%) Programme Management
13 49 (8.01%) SDLC
14 47 (7.68%) Business Analysis
15 45 (7.35%) Service Management
16 44 (7.19%) Business Case
16 44 (7.19%) ITIL
16 44 (7.19%) Roadmaps
17 40 (6.54%) Change Management
18 39 (6.37%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (10.95%) SQL
2 33 (5.39%) Java
3 21 (3.43%) Python
4 16 (2.61%) C#
5 11 (1.80%) TypeScript
6 8 (1.31%) C
7 7 (1.14%) JavaScript
7 7 (1.14%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.98%) C++
8 6 (0.98%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.82%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.65%) Go
11 3 (0.49%) ABAP
11 3 (0.49%) R
12 2 (0.33%) Kotlin
13 1 (0.16%) COBOL
13 1 (0.16%) Shell Script
13 1 (0.16%) Swift
13 1 (0.16%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.16%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 96 (15.69%) Security Cleared
2 85 (13.89%) Degree
3 79 (12.91%) SC Cleared
4 41 (6.70%) PMI Certification
5 37 (6.05%) PMP
6 36 (5.88%) DV Cleared
7 14 (2.29%) ISTQB
8 13 (2.12%) Computer Science Degree
9 10 (1.63%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.47%) APMP
10 9 (1.47%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.31%) Chartered Engineer
12 7 (1.14%) CCNA
13 6 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.98%) CBAP
13 6 (0.98%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.82%) ISEB
14 5 (0.82%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (0.65%) CITP
15 4 (0.65%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 56 (9.15%) PMO
2 41 (6.70%) QA
3 8 (1.31%) Accessibility
4 5 (0.82%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.82%) SLA
5 4 (0.65%) EMIR
5 4 (0.65%) GDPR
5 4 (0.65%) NIST
6 3 (0.49%) GRC
6 3 (0.49%) IFRS
6 3 (0.49%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (0.49%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.33%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.33%) Def Stans
7 2 (0.33%) Dodd-Frank
7 2 (0.33%) HL7
7 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.33%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.33%) MiFID
System Software
1 14 (2.29%) Docker
2 12 (1.96%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.14%) VMware NSX
4 6 (0.98%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.65%) Virtual Servers
6 3 (0.49%) Active Directory
7 2 (0.33%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Systems Management
1 6 (0.98%) Ansible
1 6 (0.98%) vCenter Server
2 5 (0.82%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.65%) MOM
4 3 (0.49%) Terraform
5 2 (0.33%) Progress Chef
5 2 (0.33%) Puppet
5 2 (0.33%) WSUS
6 1 (0.16%) Grafana
6 1 (0.16%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.16%) OPNET
6 1 (0.16%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.16%) SCCM
6 1 (0.16%) SCOM
Vendors
1 75 (12.25%) Microsoft
2 60 (9.80%) SAP
3 33 (5.39%) Oracle
4 22 (3.59%) ServiceNow
5 16 (2.61%) Atlassian
5 16 (2.61%) Cisco
5 16 (2.61%) Salesforce
6 12 (1.96%) VMware
7 11 (1.80%) IBM
8 8 (1.31%) Google
9 7 (1.14%) BMC
9 7 (1.14%) Cadence
9 7 (1.14%) Databricks
9 7 (1.14%) Remedy
10 5 (0.82%) Adobe
11 4 (0.65%) CA Agile Central
11 4 (0.65%) Guidewire
11 4 (0.65%) Juniper
11 4 (0.65%) Workday
12 3 (0.49%) Splunk