Waterfall Contracts in Hampshire

Waterfall Model
South East > Hampshire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Hampshire requiring Waterfall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Waterfall over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 56 75 57
Rank change year-on-year +19 -18 -4
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 13 20 43
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Hampshire 1.74% 1.24% 3.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 1.48% 3.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 26
10th Percentile £400 £348 £413
25th Percentile £405 £423 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £595 £500
Median % change year-on-year -15.92% +18.93% +7.64%
75th Percentile - £641 £538
90th Percentile £538 £750 £673
South East median daily rate £500 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +3.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hampshire

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 Hampshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 671 1,348 1,247
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hampshire 89.95% 83.73% 88.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 484 715 797
10th Percentile £325 £388 £240
25th Percentile £450 £456 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £581 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.25% +10.57% +5.00%
75th Percentile £618 £675 £625
90th Percentile £675 £738 £696
South East median daily rate £500 £500 £508
% change year-on-year - -1.53% +1.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 162 104
10th Percentile £20.10 £13.05 £18.25
25th Percentile £29.38 £25.52 £22.85
Median hourly rate £57.63 £57.35 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +8.21% +113.80%
75th Percentile £71.88 £62.50 £67.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £76.86 £74.63
South East median hourly rate £28.00 £47.50 £50.00
% change year-on-year -41.05% -5.00% +122.22%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Hampshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in Hampshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in Hampshire

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in Hampshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Hampshire over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in Hampshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Hampshire

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

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in Hampshire

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Contract Job Locations in Hampshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Hampshire region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Basingstoke +29 5 £400 - 9
Havant -1 3 £500 -18.70%
Winchester - 3 £500 - 1
Portsmouth +13 1 £535 -19.85% 8
Waterfall
South East

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Hampshire 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (7.69%) Azure
1 1 (7.69%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (7.69%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) JIRA
2 5 (38.46%) Jenkins
2 5 (38.46%) SoapUI
General
1 3 (23.08%) Public Sector
1 3 (23.08%) Social Skills
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
3 1 (7.69%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 3 (23.08%) Analyst
1 3 (23.08%) Senior
1 3 (23.08%) Tester
2 2 (15.38%) Business Change Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Business Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Change Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Project Manager
2 2 (15.38%) Senior Tester
2 2 (15.38%) Test Analyst
2 2 (15.38%) Test Engineer
3 1 (7.69%) Business Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Development Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Development Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Senior Test Analyst
3 1 (7.69%) Software Development Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Software Development Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Software Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Software Project Manager
3 1 (7.69%) Systems Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (38.46%) SOAP
1 5 (38.46%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (92.31%) Agile
2 7 (53.85%) Test Scripting
3 6 (46.15%) Software Testing
3 6 (46.15%) Test Automation
4 5 (38.46%) Defect Management
4 5 (38.46%) V-Model
5 4 (30.77%) Manual Testing
6 3 (23.08%) Mentoring
7 2 (15.38%) Active Listening
7 2 (15.38%) BDD
7 2 (15.38%) Cash Management
7 2 (15.38%) Collaborative Working
7 2 (15.38%) Continuous Delivery
7 2 (15.38%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (15.38%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (15.38%) Infrastructure Engineering
7 2 (15.38%) Programme Delivery
7 2 (15.38%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (15.38%) TDD
7 2 (15.38%) Test Strategy
Qualifications
1 7 (53.85%) Security Cleared
2 4 (30.77%) DV Cleared
3 2 (15.38%) Degree
3 2 (15.38%) ISTQB
4 1 (7.69%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (7.69%) GDPR
Vendors
1 1 (7.69%) Blue Prism
1 1 (7.69%) UiPath