Waterfall Contracts in Lancashire

Waterfall Model
North West > Lancashire

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Lancashire 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 8 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 20 32
Rank change year-on-year - +12 0
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 0 9 3
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Lancashire - 4.64% 1.25%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 5.84% 1.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 3
10th Percentile - - £550
25th Percentile - £313 £606
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £376 £700
Median % change year-on-year - -46.25% +75.00%
75th Percentile - £708 -
90th Percentile - £743 -
North West median daily rate £450 £455 £538
% change year-on-year -1.10% -15.35% +7.50%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Lancashire

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 Lancashire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 164 154 209
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Lancashire 90.61% 79.38% 87.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 84 73 115
10th Percentile £400 £313 £313
25th Percentile £463 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £535 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.05% -4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £600 £650 £625
90th Percentile £652 £720 £700
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 53 43
10th Percentile £15.34 - £24.32
25th Percentile £23.43 £16.06 £29.30
Median hourly rate £28.75 £25.60 £42.50
Median % change year-on-year +12.30% -39.76% +19.30%
75th Percentile £53.07 £45.88 £51.19
90th Percentile £63.36 £47.64 £55.79
North West median hourly rate £32.50 £23.48 £37.30
% change year-on-year +38.45% -37.06% +85.90%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in Lancashire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in Lancashire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

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

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in Lancashire