Waterfall Contract Job Trends in Kent

Waterfall Model
South East > Kent

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Kent requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - +9
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 7 0 1
As % of all contract jobs in Kent 5.11% - 0.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.14% - 0.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 0 1
10th Percentile £508 - -
25th Percentile £513 - £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £613 - £375
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.57%
75th Percentile £638 - £388
90th Percentile - - -
South East median daily rate £560 £540 £550
% change year-on-year +3.70% -1.82% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Kent

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 Kent.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 114 130 174
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Kent 83.21% 85.53% 81.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 56 132
10th Percentile £178 £154 £205
25th Percentile £323 £219 £357
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £439 £509 £500
Median % change year-on-year -13.76% +1.75% +17.65%
75th Percentile £579 £623 £565
90th Percentile £638 £688 £649
South East median daily rate £500 £513 £523
% change year-on-year -2.44% -1.91% +1.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 12 11
10th Percentile £16.36 - £19.50
25th Percentile £18.41 £15.00 £30.75
Median hourly rate £20.40 £49.89 £55.00
Median % change year-on-year -59.11% -9.29% +48.13%
75th Percentile £28.61 £55.16 £59.38
90th Percentile £39.00 £66.07 £79.00
South East median hourly rate £22.00 £55.00 £52.50
% change year-on-year -60.00% +4.76% +23.01%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Kent

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in Kent

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Kent citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Kent region over the 6 months to 13 December 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
West Malling - 4 £625 - 2
Maidstone - 1 £500 - 2
Waterfall
South East

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Kent 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:

Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Salesforce CRM
2 1 (14.29%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Azure
1 1 (14.29%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (14.29%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 3 (42.86%) Broadband
General
1 6 (85.71%) Retail
2 5 (71.43%) Telecoms
3 4 (57.14%) Social Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (28.57%) Documentation Skills
5 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Change and Release Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Change Manager
1 3 (42.86%) Release Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Analyst
2 2 (28.57%) Project Manager
2 2 (28.57%) Salesforce Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Business Systems Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Salesforce Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Salesforce Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Senior Salesforce Business Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Project Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) Agile
2 6 (85.71%) CRM
3 5 (71.43%) Process Improvement
4 4 (57.14%) Stakeholder Management
5 3 (42.86%) Change Management
5 3 (42.86%) Defect Management
5 3 (42.86%) ITIL
5 3 (42.86%) Project Delivery
5 3 (42.86%) Release Management
5 3 (42.86%) Software Delivery
5 3 (42.86%) Test Automation
5 3 (42.86%) Test Management
5 3 (42.86%) Test Planning
6 2 (28.57%) Client Onboarding
6 2 (28.57%) Problem-Solving
6 2 (28.57%) Use Case
6 2 (28.57%) Workshop Facilitation
7 1 (14.29%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
7 1 (14.29%) Resource Allocation
7 1 (14.29%) Supply Chain Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Salesforce
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft