Waterfall Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

Waterfall Model
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 57 45 46
Rank change year-on-year -12 +1 +3
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 25 21 27
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 3.34% 3.08% 3.38%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.68% 3.47% 3.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 18 23
10th Percentile £275 £363 £413
25th Percentile £400 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +2.56%
75th Percentile £525 £597 £516
90th Percentile £537 £619 £658
Scotland median daily rate £463 £500 £488
% change year-on-year -7.50% +2.56% -2.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 679 605 730
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 90.65% 88.71% 91.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 416 423 492
10th Percentile £300 £268 £344
25th Percentile £384 £356 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £454 £440 £500
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% -12.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £538 £550 £588
90th Percentile £613 £650 £700
Scotland median daily rate £470 £450 £475
% change year-on-year +4.44% -5.26% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 13 21
10th Percentile £14.40 £15.56 £12.00
25th Percentile £16.84 £18.50 £12.13
Median hourly rate £17.72 £19.59 £14.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.53% +35.10% -61.26%
75th Percentile £25.95 £25.17 £17.72
90th Percentile £54.37 £40.90 £62.50
Scotland median hourly rate £19.97 £19.59 £18.93
% change year-on-year +1.94% +3.49% -2.30%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Glasgow

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Waterfall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in Glasgow

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Glasgow over the 6 months to 3 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in Glasgow

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Waterfall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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 6 (24.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (8.00%) Confluence
3 1 (4.00%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (8.00%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (4.00%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (4.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 6 (24.00%) Microsoft 365
1 6 (24.00%) Viva Engage
2 2 (8.00%) AWS
2 2 (8.00%) Azure
2 2 (8.00%) GCP
3 1 (4.00%) Asana
3 1 (4.00%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.00%) Software-Defined Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (24.00%) Relational Database
2 1 (4.00%) DB2
2 1 (4.00%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (16.00%) JIRA
General
1 16 (64.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (56.00%) Finance
3 7 (28.00%) Banking
4 6 (24.00%) Investment Banking
5 4 (16.00%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (12.00%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (12.00%) Public Sector
7 2 (8.00%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (4.00%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (56.00%) Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Change Analyst
2 6 (24.00%) Data Analyst
3 5 (20.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (8.00%) Architect
4 2 (8.00%) IT Analyst
4 2 (8.00%) Lead
4 2 (8.00%) Senior
4 2 (8.00%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.00%) Asset Management Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Database Developer
5 1 (4.00%) Finance Business Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) IT Project Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Java Developer
5 1 (4.00%) Project Manager - Cybersecurity
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Manager
5 1 (4.00%) Senior PMO
5 1 (4.00%) Senior PMO Analyst
5 1 (4.00%) Senior Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (4.00%) ADO
1 1 (4.00%) J2EE
1 1 (4.00%) Kafka
1 1 (4.00%) REST
1 1 (4.00%) SOAP
1 1 (4.00%) Spring
1 1 (4.00%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (24.00%) CMDB
1 6 (24.00%) Self-Motivation
1 6 (24.00%) Virtual Team
2 2 (8.00%) Data Centre
3 1 (4.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (4.00%) Data Structures
3 1 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (4.00%) Onboarding
3 1 (4.00%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (12.00%) Linux
2 1 (4.00%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (100.00%) Agile
2 11 (44.00%) Project Management
3 9 (36.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 8 (32.00%) Problem-Solving
5 7 (28.00%) Business Analysis
5 7 (28.00%) Programme Management
6 6 (24.00%) Analytics
6 6 (24.00%) Change Control
6 6 (24.00%) Configuration Management
6 6 (24.00%) Data Architecture
6 6 (24.00%) Data Lineage
6 6 (24.00%) Data Management
6 6 (24.00%) Data Modelling
6 6 (24.00%) Data Visualisation
6 6 (24.00%) ITIL
6 6 (24.00%) ITSM
6 6 (24.00%) Service Management
6 6 (24.00%) Time Management
6 6 (24.00%) Visualisation
7 5 (20.00%) Project Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (28.00%) SQL
2 1 (4.00%) Java
2 1 (4.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (4.00%) Python
2 1 (4.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 6 (24.00%) ITIL Certification
2 2 (8.00%) Degree
2 2 (8.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (8.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (4.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (4.00%) Master's Degree
3 1 (4.00%) PMI Certification
3 1 (4.00%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (12.00%) QA
2 2 (8.00%) PMO
3 1 (4.00%) Data Quality
3 1 (4.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (4.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 13 (52.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (28.00%) ServiceNow
3 2 (8.00%) Oracle
4 1 (4.00%) DocuSign
4 1 (4.00%) Poppulo
4 1 (4.00%) Teradata