Waterfall Contract Job Trends in Liverpool

Waterfall Model
Merseyside > Liverpool

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Liverpool requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 33 21 -
Rank change year-on-year -12 - -
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 6 8 0
As % of all contract jobs in Liverpool 2.53% 4.85% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.96% 6.02% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
10th Percentile - £621 -
25th Percentile £863 £629 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £875 £649 -
Median % change year-on-year +34.83% - -
75th Percentile £888 £661 -
90th Percentile - £663 -
Merseyside median daily rate £875 £649 -
% change year-on-year +34.83% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Liverpool

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 Liverpool.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 203 133 165
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Liverpool 85.65% 80.61% 83.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 101 76 74
10th Percentile £133 £143 £143
25th Percentile £163 £199 £270
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £330 £425 £400
Median % change year-on-year -22.35% +6.25% -15.79%
75th Percentile £500 £545 £563
90th Percentile £634 £638 £668
Merseyside median daily rate £300 £400 £400
% change year-on-year -25.00% - -15.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 4 26
10th Percentile - £12.22 £12.07
25th Percentile £15.18 £13.17 £15.50
Median hourly rate £33.10 £17.85 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year +85.43% +2.00% -
75th Percentile £51.02 £25.78 £34.21
90th Percentile - £30.78 £37.18
Merseyside median hourly rate £41.86 £20.19 £17.50
% change year-on-year +107.31% +15.37% -0.17%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Liverpool

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Liverpool

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in Liverpool

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Liverpool citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Liverpool 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:

General
1 6 (100.00%) Finance
2 5 (83.33%) Banking
2 5 (83.33%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Architect
1 5 (83.33%) Payments Architect
1 5 (83.33%) Payments Solutions Architect
1 5 (83.33%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Integration Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Manager
2 1 (16.67%) IT Programme Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) Architectural Design
2 5 (83.33%) Backlog Prioritisation
2 5 (83.33%) Continuous Improvement
2 5 (83.33%) SDLC
3 1 (16.67%) API Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Fintech
3 1 (16.67%) Presales
3 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Delivery
3 1 (16.67%) Programme Management
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) PMI Certification
1 1 (16.67%) PMP
1 1 (16.67%) PRINCE2 Certification