Waterfall Contract Job Trends in London

Waterfall Model
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in London requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 148 131 96
Rank change year-on-year -17 -35 +49
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 268 304 486
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.87% 1.95% 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 2.17% 2.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 186 199 364
10th Percentile £318 £400 £390
25th Percentile £400 £456 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% -1.74% +2.68%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £684
90th Percentile £744 £725 £750
England median daily rate £516 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -6.23% - +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 2
10th Percentile £31.53 - £48.47
25th Percentile £40.19 - £55.40
Median hourly rate £67.50 £35.00 £66.93
Median % change year-on-year +92.86% -47.71% +26.35%
75th Percentile £98.04 - £78.47
90th Percentile £103.50 - £85.39
England median hourly rate £82.50 £35.00 £54.43
% change year-on-year +135.71% -35.70% -5.34%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,110 14,014 17,485
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.71% 89.83% 89.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,647 9,052 12,526
10th Percentile £338 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -3.08% -3.81%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £766 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 244 165 236
10th Percentile £18.25 £17.25 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.75
Median hourly rate £29.25 £37.50 £35.32
Median % change year-on-year -22.00% +6.19% -11.16%
75th Percentile £47.56 £53.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.50 £80.75 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +18.67%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in London

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in London over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in London

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Histogram in London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Waterfall in London over the 6 months to 7 December 2025.

Hourly rate histogram for Waterfall in London

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the London region over the 6 months to 7 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
Central London -22 37 £525 -11.02% 14
West London -11 5 £320 -45.39% 14
East London +6 4 £630 +48.24% 15
North London +4 3 £550 - 4
South London -6 3 £750 +57.89% 12
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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:

Application Platforms
1 34 (12.69%) Confluence
2 5 (1.87%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.75%) CMS
4 1 (0.37%) WebSphere
Applications
1 29 (10.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 27 (10.07%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (7.09%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (6.72%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (6.34%) MS Visio
6 8 (2.99%) Trello
7 3 (1.12%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.37%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (4.85%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.12%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.75%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 2 (0.75%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.75%) Workfront
5 1 (0.37%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.37%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.37%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.37%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.37%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.37%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.37%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.37%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 49 (18.28%) Azure
2 16 (5.97%) AWS
2 16 (5.97%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (5.60%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.22%) GCP
5 13 (4.85%) SaaS
6 7 (2.61%) PaaS
7 6 (2.24%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.87%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.49%) Asana
9 4 (1.49%) Smartsheet
10 3 (1.12%) Figma
10 3 (1.12%) GitHub
10 3 (1.12%) IaaS
10 3 (1.12%) Miro
10 3 (1.12%) OCI
10 3 (1.12%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.12%) Slack
11 2 (0.75%) Lucidchart
11 2 (0.75%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.61%) Firewall
2 5 (1.87%) WAN
3 4 (1.49%) VPN
4 3 (1.12%) Network Security
5 2 (0.75%) DNS
5 2 (0.75%) FTP
5 2 (0.75%) LAN
5 2 (0.75%) NAS
5 2 (0.75%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.75%) VLAN
6 1 (0.37%) BGP
6 1 (0.37%) DHCP
6 1 (0.37%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.37%) InfiniBand
6 1 (0.37%) Internet
6 1 (0.37%) NGFW
6 1 (0.37%) OSPF
6 1 (0.37%) SSL
6 1 (0.37%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.37%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (3.73%) Power BI
2 7 (2.61%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (2.61%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.87%) BigQuery
3 5 (1.87%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.49%) Metadata
5 3 (1.12%) Big Data
5 3 (1.12%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.12%) Tableau
6 2 (0.75%) HPCC
7 1 (0.37%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.37%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.37%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.37%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.37%) Power Query
7 1 (0.37%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.37%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.37%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 69 (25.75%) JIRA
2 7 (2.61%) Selenium
3 4 (1.49%) Zephyr
4 3 (1.12%) Git
4 3 (1.12%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.12%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.75%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.75%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.75%) GitLab
5 2 (0.75%) Gradle
5 2 (0.75%) Maven
5 2 (0.75%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.75%) Postman
5 2 (0.75%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.75%) sqlmap
5 2 (0.75%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.37%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.37%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.37%) TestRail
6 1 (0.37%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 133 (49.63%) Finance
2 132 (49.25%) Social Skills
3 52 (19.40%) Analytical Skills
4 37 (13.81%) Banking
5 22 (8.21%) Public Sector
6 18 (6.72%) Documentation Skills
7 17 (6.34%) Retail
8 14 (5.22%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (4.48%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (4.10%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 10 (3.73%) Investment Banking
11 10 (3.73%) Legal
12 8 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
13 7 (2.61%) Front Office
13 7 (2.61%) Local Government
13 7 (2.61%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.49%) Financial Institution
14 4 (1.49%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.12%) General Ledger
15 3 (1.12%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 86 (32.09%) Analyst
2 71 (26.49%) Business Analyst
3 58 (21.64%) Project Manager
4 25 (9.33%) Senior
5 23 (8.58%) Lead
6 15 (5.60%) Architect
7 13 (4.85%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (4.48%) Senior Analyst
9 11 (4.10%) Programme Manager
9 11 (4.10%) Test Analyst
10 10 (3.73%) Senior Manager
11 9 (3.36%) IT Manager
11 9 (3.36%) SAP Manager
11 9 (3.36%) Technical Analyst
12 8 (2.99%) Consultant
12 8 (2.99%) IT Project Manager
12 8 (2.99%) Senior Project Manager
12 8 (2.99%) Tester
13 7 (2.61%) SAP Project Manager
13 7 (2.61%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.48%) Oracle Fusion
2 8 (2.99%) Middleware
3 6 (2.24%) ADO
3 6 (2.24%) XML
4 5 (1.87%) JSON
4 5 (1.87%) RESTful
4 5 (1.87%) SOAP
5 4 (1.49%) Web Services
6 3 (1.12%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (1.12%) DCOM
6 3 (1.12%) Kafka
7 2 (0.75%) .NET
7 2 (0.75%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.75%) HTML
7 2 (0.75%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (0.75%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.75%) Spring
7 2 (0.75%) Swagger
7 2 (0.75%) WebdriverIO
8 1 (0.37%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.72%) Onboarding
2 16 (5.97%) PMI
2 16 (5.97%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.73%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.36%) Virtual Team
5 8 (2.99%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (2.99%) Reinsurance
6 7 (2.61%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.61%) Data Centre
7 6 (2.24%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.87%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.49%) Derivative
9 4 (1.49%) Educational Technology
9 4 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (1.12%) Cloud Native
10 3 (1.12%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.12%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.75%) FMCG
11 2 (0.75%) Market Risk
11 2 (0.75%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 14 (5.22%) Windows
2 5 (1.87%) Linux
3 4 (1.49%) Unix
4 1 (0.37%) VMS
4 1 (0.37%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 249 (92.91%) Agile
2 111 (41.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 88 (32.84%) Problem-Solving
4 83 (30.97%) Project Management
5 63 (23.51%) Project Delivery
6 58 (21.64%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 47 (17.54%) Migration
8 46 (17.16%) User Acceptance Testing
8 46 (17.16%) Workshop Facilitation
9 45 (16.79%) Change Management
9 45 (16.79%) PRINCE2
9 45 (16.79%) Scrum
10 41 (15.30%) Requirements Gathering
11 39 (14.55%) SDLC
12 38 (14.18%) DevOps
13 35 (13.06%) Business Analysis
14 31 (11.57%) User Stories
15 29 (10.82%) Continuous Improvement
16 27 (10.07%) Data Migration
16 27 (10.07%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 31 (11.57%) SQL
2 12 (4.48%) Python
3 7 (2.61%) Groovy
3 7 (2.61%) Java
4 5 (1.87%) C#
5 4 (1.49%) Shell Script
6 3 (1.12%) Bash
6 3 (1.12%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.12%) Korn
7 2 (0.75%) C
7 2 (0.75%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.75%) Ruby
7 2 (0.75%) VB
8 1 (0.37%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.37%) Bicep
8 1 (0.37%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.37%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.37%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (18.66%) Degree
2 40 (14.93%) PMI Certification
3 26 (9.70%) PMP
4 20 (7.46%) Security Cleared
5 18 (6.72%) SC Cleared
6 8 (2.99%) CBAP
6 8 (2.99%) ISTQB
7 7 (2.61%) Azure Certification
8 6 (2.24%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.49%) IIBA
9 4 (1.49%) ISEB
10 3 (1.12%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.12%) CISSP
10 3 (1.12%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.75%) GPEN
11 2 (0.75%) GXPN
11 2 (0.75%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.75%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.75%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (14.55%) PMO
2 24 (8.96%) QA
3 12 (4.48%) GDPR
4 10 (3.73%) Data Quality
5 7 (2.61%) MiFID
6 6 (2.24%) Accessibility
6 6 (2.24%) EMIR
6 6 (2.24%) Solvency II
7 5 (1.87%) SLA
8 4 (1.49%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 3 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 3 (1.12%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 3 (1.12%) ISO 20022
9 3 (1.12%) PSD2
9 3 (1.12%) SEPA
10 2 (0.75%) WCAG
11 1 (0.37%) Basel III
11 1 (0.37%) Dodd-Frank
11 1 (0.37%) ISO/IEC 27001
11 1 (0.37%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (1.87%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.49%) Docker
3 2 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.37%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.37%) IAG
4 1 (0.37%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (1.87%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.49%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.75%) Nessus
3 2 (0.75%) Nmap
3 2 (0.75%) Terraform
4 1 (0.37%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (16.79%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.33%) Oracle
3 23 (8.58%) SAP
4 9 (3.36%) Workday
5 6 (2.24%) MuleSoft
5 6 (2.24%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.24%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.87%) HP
6 5 (1.87%) Planview
7 4 (1.49%) Anaplan
7 4 (1.49%) Guidewire
7 4 (1.49%) Hyperion
8 3 (1.12%) Adobe
8 3 (1.12%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.12%) Duck Creek
8 3 (1.12%) PeopleSoft
8 3 (1.12%) VMware
9 2 (0.75%) Cisco
9 2 (0.75%) Sage
9 2 (0.75%) Siebel