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 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 165 146 142
Rank change year-on-year -19 -4 -19
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 328 244 311
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.70% 1.90% 1.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 2.06% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 167 222
10th Percentile £363 £332 £400
25th Percentile £453 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +5.26%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £700
90th Percentile £750 £739 £799
England median daily rate £535 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +7.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £26.50 -
England median hourly rate £69.75 £49.50 £58.91
% change year-on-year +40.91% -15.97% +17.26%

All Process & 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 17,127 11,843 15,478
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.91% 92.34% 88.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,395 7,916 11,030
10th Percentile £360 £336 £343
25th Percentile £438 £425 £447
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.64% - -5.98%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £687
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 264 223 303
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £15.59
25th Percentile £25.18 £24.66 £20.01
Median hourly rate £37.50 £32.89 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +14.02% +9.63% -25.93%
75th Percentile £59.18 £49.88 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.20 £68.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.23 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.32% -33.83% +1.65%

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 30 June 2026.

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
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 30 June 2026. 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 -11 43 £625 +14.94% 5
West London -9 9 £329 -26.89% 8
South London -4 2 £513 - 2
East London -2 1 - - 5
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 25 (7.62%) Confluence
2 19 (5.79%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.52%) CMS
4 4 (1.22%) SAS
5 3 (0.91%) Kentico
6 2 (0.61%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.30%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.30%) Apache
7 1 (0.30%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.30%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.30%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.30%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 47 (14.33%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (10.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 32 (9.76%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (7.62%) Microsoft Office
5 14 (4.27%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.30%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.05%) Loan IQ
1 10 (3.05%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 9 (2.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.52%) Magento
4 3 (0.91%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (0.91%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.91%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (0.91%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.91%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.61%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.61%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.61%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.61%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.61%) Shopify
5 2 (0.61%) Summit
5 2 (0.61%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.30%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 1 (0.30%) SAP CO
Cloud Services
1 76 (23.17%) Azure
2 34 (10.37%) Azure DevOps
3 33 (10.06%) AWS
4 31 (9.45%) Power Platform
5 16 (4.88%) GCP
6 13 (3.96%) Microsoft 365
7 12 (3.66%) SaaS
8 10 (3.05%) Dynamics 365
9 6 (1.83%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 6 (1.83%) Smartsheet
10 5 (1.52%) Asana
10 5 (1.52%) GitHub
11 4 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
11 4 (1.22%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.22%) OCI
11 4 (1.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
12 3 (0.91%) Adobe Analytics
12 3 (0.91%) Azure Data Factory
12 3 (0.91%) Google Workspace
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.44%) Network Security
2 5 (1.52%) DNS
2 5 (1.52%) HTTP
2 5 (1.52%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.91%) Firewall
4 2 (0.61%) Internet
5 1 (0.30%) 4G
5 1 (0.30%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.30%) FTP
5 1 (0.30%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.30%) Intranet
5 1 (0.30%) LAN
5 1 (0.30%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.30%) VLAN
5 1 (0.30%) VPN
5 1 (0.30%) WAN
5 1 (0.30%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (8.23%) Power BI
2 10 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.44%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.52%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.22%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.91%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.91%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.61%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.61%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.61%) Couchbase
7 2 (0.61%) DataStage
7 2 (0.61%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.61%) Power Query
7 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.61%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.61%) Tableau
8 1 (0.30%) Big Data
8 1 (0.30%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.30%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.30%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 68 (20.73%) JIRA
2 9 (2.74%) Git
3 6 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 5 (1.52%) Browser DevTools
4 5 (1.52%) Selenium
4 5 (1.52%) Subversion
5 3 (0.91%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.61%) TestRail
6 2 (0.61%) Visual Studio
7 1 (0.30%) Appium
7 1 (0.30%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.30%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.30%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.30%) Postman
7 1 (0.30%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.30%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.30%) TestDirector
General
1 165 (50.30%) Finance
2 152 (46.34%) Social Skills
3 68 (20.73%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (16.46%) Banking
5 34 (10.37%) Public Sector
6 25 (7.62%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (7.01%) Presentation Skills
8 17 (5.18%) Retail
9 12 (3.66%) Financial Institution
10 11 (3.35%) Influencing Skills
11 8 (2.44%) Documentation Skills
11 8 (2.44%) Marketing
12 5 (1.52%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.52%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.52%) Police
12 5 (1.52%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.22%) Front Office
13 4 (1.22%) Legal
14 2 (0.61%) Back Office
14 2 (0.61%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 89 (27.13%) Project Manager
2 84 (25.61%) Analyst
3 51 (15.55%) Business Analyst
4 41 (12.50%) Senior
5 31 (9.45%) Architect
6 27 (8.23%) Lead
7 20 (6.10%) Change Manager
8 19 (5.79%) Senior Analyst
9 18 (5.49%) Senior Manager
10 17 (5.18%) Senior Project Manager
11 15 (4.57%) Infrastructure Manager
11 15 (4.57%) IT Manager
12 14 (4.27%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 13 (3.96%) Business Manager
13 13 (3.96%) Test Manager
14 12 (3.66%) Banking Analyst
14 12 (3.66%) Delivery Manager
15 11 (3.35%) Programme Manager
15 11 (3.35%) Senior Business Analyst
15 11 (3.35%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (4.88%) Middleware
2 7 (2.13%) ADO
3 6 (1.83%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.83%) VML
4 5 (1.52%) SailPoint
5 4 (1.22%) .NET
5 4 (1.22%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (1.22%) OAuth
5 4 (1.22%) SAML
6 3 (0.91%) Kafka
6 3 (0.91%) SOAP
7 2 (0.61%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.61%) RxJava
7 2 (0.61%) Vert.x
7 2 (0.61%) Web Services
7 2 (0.61%) XML
8 1 (0.30%) IDoc
8 1 (0.30%) React
8 1 (0.30%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.30%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.49%) Onboarding
2 13 (3.96%) Management Information System
3 12 (3.66%) Product Ownership
4 11 (3.35%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.35%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (2.74%) PMI
6 8 (2.44%) Analytical Mindset
6 8 (2.44%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.83%) CMDB
7 6 (1.83%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.52%) Derivative
8 5 (1.52%) NHS
8 5 (1.52%) Tandem
8 5 (1.52%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.22%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.22%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.22%) IoT
9 4 (1.22%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.91%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.52%) Windows
2 3 (0.91%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.30%) Android
3 1 (0.30%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.30%) Linux
3 1 (0.30%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 299 (91.16%) Agile
2 160 (48.78%) Stakeholder Management
3 113 (34.45%) Project Management
4 85 (25.91%) Problem-Solving
4 85 (25.91%) Project Delivery
5 78 (23.78%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 73 (22.26%) DevOps
7 64 (19.51%) Migration
8 55 (16.77%) Continuous Improvement
8 55 (16.77%) User Acceptance Testing
9 48 (14.63%) PRINCE2
10 47 (14.33%) Change Management
10 47 (14.33%) Workshop Facilitation
11 46 (14.02%) Business Analysis
12 42 (12.80%) Scrum
13 41 (12.50%) User Stories
14 38 (11.59%) Decision-Making
14 38 (11.59%) SDLC
15 37 (11.28%) Requirements Gathering
16 35 (10.67%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 34 (10.37%) SQL
2 13 (3.96%) Python
3 6 (1.83%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.52%) Bash
4 5 (1.52%) Java
5 4 (1.22%) Apex Code
5 4 (1.22%) C#
5 4 (1.22%) Groovy
6 3 (0.91%) Korn
6 3 (0.91%) VBA
7 2 (0.61%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.30%) ABAP
8 1 (0.30%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.30%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.30%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 57 (17.38%) Security Cleared
2 50 (15.24%) Degree
3 37 (11.28%) SC Cleared
4 33 (10.06%) PMI Certification
5 30 (9.15%) PMP
6 20 (6.10%) DV Cleared
7 14 (4.27%) CBAP
8 13 (3.96%) ISTQB
9 12 (3.66%) IIBA
10 7 (2.13%) APMG
10 7 (2.13%) CISSP
11 6 (1.83%) BPSS Clearance
11 6 (1.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.52%) ISEB
13 4 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 3 (0.91%) CISM
14 3 (0.91%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.91%) Master's Degree
15 2 (0.61%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 46 (14.02%) PMO
1 46 (14.02%) QA
2 20 (6.10%) Data Quality
3 8 (2.44%) GDPR
4 5 (1.52%) ISO 20022
5 4 (1.22%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 3 (0.91%) NIST
7 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.61%) GRC
7 2 (0.61%) ISO 15022
7 2 (0.61%) NCSC
7 2 (0.61%) P3O
7 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.61%) PSD2
8 1 (0.30%) Basel III
8 1 (0.30%) EMIR
8 1 (0.30%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 1 (0.30%) JSP 440
8 1 (0.30%) MiFID
System Software
1 5 (1.52%) Active Directory
1 5 (1.52%) IAG
2 3 (0.91%) Docker
3 1 (0.30%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.30%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 8 (2.44%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.22%) HP ALM
3 4 (1.22%) Terraform
4 2 (0.61%) Ansible
4 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.61%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.30%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.30%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.30%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.30%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.30%) SCCM
5 1 (0.30%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 63 (19.21%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.01%) ServiceNow
3 20 (6.10%) SAP
4 18 (5.49%) Oracle
4 18 (5.49%) Salesforce
5 10 (3.05%) Sparx
6 7 (2.13%) Adobe
7 6 (1.83%) Databricks
7 6 (1.83%) Planview
8 5 (1.52%) Bloomberg
8 5 (1.52%) HP
8 5 (1.52%) Murex
8 5 (1.52%) Workday
9 4 (1.22%) Google
9 4 (1.22%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.22%) Okta
10 3 (0.91%) Netskope
10 3 (0.91%) Sitecore
10 3 (0.91%) Verint
10 3 (0.91%) Zscaler