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 28 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 61 58 29
Rank change year-on-year -3 -29 +15
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Waterfall 6 9 57
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Leeds 1.00% 1.21% 5.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.12% 1.43% 5.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 7 47
10th Percentile £310 £521 £463
25th Percentile £350 £544 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £590 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.02% -1.67% +20.00%
75th Percentile £569 £625 £625
90th Percentile £588 - £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £563 £600
% change year-on-year -11.11% -6.25% +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.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 538 629 999
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 89.82% 84.43% 90.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 353 414 702
10th Percentile £305 £350 £350
25th Percentile £400 £425 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £490 £500 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -9.09% +7.84%
75th Percentile £569 £575 £638
90th Percentile £650 £655 £719
West Yorkshire median daily rate £495 £500 £540
% change year-on-year -1.00% -7.32% +7.90%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 25 13
10th Percentile £25.15 - £12.00
25th Percentile £25.38 £12.15 £15.75
Median hourly rate £29.56 £13.87 £19.00
Median % change year-on-year +113.09% -27.00% -10.59%
75th Percentile £50.48 £28.75 £21.31
90th Percentile £79.33 £38.75 £23.26
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £25.50 £15.00 £18.00
% change year-on-year +70.00% -16.67% -10.00%

Waterfall
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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Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Leeds over the 6 months to 28 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in Leeds

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Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing Waterfall

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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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) JIRA
General
1 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (50.00%) Finance
3 2 (33.33%) Retail
4 1 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Billing
4 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Analyst
1 3 (50.00%) Business Analyst
2 2 (33.33%) IT Manager
2 2 (33.33%) IT Project Manager
2 2 (33.33%) Project Manager
3 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (16.67%) HR Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) HR Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Mortgage Business Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Payments Analyst
3 1 (16.67%) Payments Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (16.67%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 2 (33.33%) Business Analysis
2 2 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
2 2 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (33.33%) SDLC
2 2 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
3 1 (16.67%) Escalation Management
3 1 (16.67%) Expense Management
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Microservices
3 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (16.67%) Process Improvement
3 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Project Governance
3 1 (16.67%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder and Relationship Management
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (16.67%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) ACCA
2 1 (16.67%) IIBA
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Progress