Waterfall Contracts in Leeds

Waterfall Model
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Leeds 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 57 35 42
Rank change year-on-year -22 +7 0
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 3 28 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 0.65% 3.50% 4.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 4.05% 4.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 18 40
10th Percentile £568 £430 £463
25th Percentile £584 £513 £509
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £625 £556 £600
Median % change year-on-year +12.36% -7.29% +21.52%
75th Percentile £638 £621 £650
90th Percentile - £625 -
West Yorkshire median daily rate £625 £525 £600
% change year-on-year +19.05% -12.50% +20.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 428 692 1,211
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 92.04% 86.61% 91.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 282 421 872
10th Percentile £263 £300 £388
25th Percentile £350 £413 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £469 £500 £540
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -7.41% +8.00%
75th Percentile £550 £586 £620
90th Percentile £638 £669 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 24 12
10th Percentile £17.08 £11.75 £12.38
25th Percentile £31.54 £12.15 £16.87
Median hourly rate £41.00 £12.30 £58.25
Median % change year-on-year +233.33% -78.88% +158.37%
75th Percentile £98.08 £12.53 £70.00
90th Percentile £102.00 £14.82 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £27.50 £12.53 £25.25
% change year-on-year +119.47% -50.38% +40.28%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in Leeds

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in Leeds

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in Leeds

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leeds 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:

General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Associate Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Business Change Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Business Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Change Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Business Change Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Business Consultant
1 2 (66.67%) Senior Consultant
2 1 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 1 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Change Management
1 3 (100.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Behavioural Change
2 2 (66.67%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (66.67%) Programme Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Project Planning
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Escalation Management
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) Process Management
3 1 (33.33%) Project Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management