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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 145 146
Rank change year-on-year +4 +1 -16
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 313 237 303
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.79% 1.86% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 2.02% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 215 151 228
10th Percentile £350 £356 £425
25th Percentile £413 £413 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £520 £605
Median % change year-on-year +5.77% -14.05% +10.00%
75th Percentile £659 £650 £712
90th Percentile £750 £738 £791
England median daily rate £530 £525 £585
% change year-on-year +0.95% -10.26% +6.36%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate £74.50 £41.50 £58.91
% change year-on-year +79.52% -29.55% -17.04%

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 15,550 11,711 15,802
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 91.99% 88.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,406 7,955 11,321
10th Percentile £355 £350 £338
25th Percentile £430 £438 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £685 £675
90th Percentile £756 £806 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 168 333
10th Percentile £18.66 £16.48 £15.96
25th Percentile £25.15 £23.57 £19.92
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -23.08%
75th Percentile £57.50 £50.75 £47.75
90th Percentile £73.15 £63.75 £66.70
England median hourly rate £42.50 £31.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +37.10% -11.43% -6.67%

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 23 April 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 23 April 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 -1 45 £625 +6.38% 8
West London -20 7 £329 -45.17% 2
South London -13 2 £513 +34.87% 1
East London - 2 - - 7
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 33 (10.54%) Confluence
2 15 (4.79%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.96%) CMS
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.32%) Apache
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.32%) Appian
4 1 (0.32%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.32%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.32%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 44 (14.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (11.50%) Microsoft Project
3 35 (11.18%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 21 (6.71%) MS Visio
5 20 (6.39%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (1.28%) Trello
7 3 (0.96%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.83%) Loan IQ
2 8 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.60%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.60%) SAP S/4HANA
4 3 (0.96%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.96%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.64%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.64%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.64%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.64%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.64%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.64%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.64%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.64%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.64%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
6 1 (0.32%) Quorum
6 1 (0.32%) R3 Corda
6 1 (0.32%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 64 (20.45%) Azure
2 28 (8.95%) Azure DevOps
3 24 (7.67%) AWS
4 21 (6.71%) Power Platform
5 15 (4.79%) GCP
6 11 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (3.51%) SaaS
7 10 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 5 (1.60%) Entra ID
9 5 (1.60%) Smartsheet
10 4 (1.28%) Asana
10 4 (1.28%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 3 (0.96%) OCI
11 3 (0.96%) OpenShift
12 2 (0.64%) GitHub
12 2 (0.64%) Intacct
12 2 (0.64%) iPaaS
12 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.64%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.92%) DNS
2 5 (1.60%) HTTP
2 5 (1.60%) Network Security
2 5 (1.60%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.28%) FTP
4 2 (0.64%) Firewall
4 2 (0.64%) NAS
4 2 (0.64%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.64%) VPN
4 2 (0.64%) WAN
5 1 (0.32%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.32%) Intranet
5 1 (0.32%) LAN
5 1 (0.32%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.32%) VLAN
5 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.15%) Power BI
2 9 (2.88%) Data Warehouse
3 5 (1.60%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.28%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.28%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.96%) Metadata
6 2 (0.64%) Big Data
7 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.32%) DataStage
7 1 (0.32%) DB2
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.32%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.32%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.32%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 87 (27.80%) JIRA
2 6 (1.92%) Selenium
3 5 (1.60%) Browser DevTools
3 5 (1.60%) Zephyr
4 3 (0.96%) TestRail
5 2 (0.64%) Git
6 1 (0.32%) Appium
6 1 (0.32%) HP UFT
6 1 (0.32%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.32%) LSMW
6 1 (0.32%) NUnit
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.32%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.32%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 163 (52.08%) Finance
2 152 (48.56%) Social Skills
3 63 (20.13%) Analytical Skills
4 51 (16.29%) Banking
5 26 (8.31%) Public Sector
6 25 (7.99%) Presentation Skills
7 20 (6.39%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (4.47%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (4.15%) Financial Institution
10 11 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (2.88%) Retail
12 7 (2.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.24%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.92%) Telecoms
14 4 (1.28%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.28%) Police
15 3 (0.96%) General Ledger
16 2 (0.64%) Aerospace
16 2 (0.64%) Billing
16 2 (0.64%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 93 (29.71%) Analyst
2 68 (21.73%) Project Manager
3 65 (20.77%) Business Analyst
4 43 (13.74%) Senior
5 28 (8.95%) Lead
6 26 (8.31%) Senior Analyst
7 20 (6.39%) Delivery Manager
8 16 (5.11%) Programme Manager
8 16 (5.11%) Senior Business Analyst
9 15 (4.79%) Change Manager
9 15 (4.79%) IT Manager
9 15 (4.79%) Migration Analyst
10 14 (4.47%) Senior Manager
10 14 (4.47%) Test Manager
11 13 (4.15%) Transformation Analyst
12 12 (3.83%) Banking Analyst
12 12 (3.83%) Test Analyst
13 10 (3.19%) Banking Business Analyst
13 10 (3.19%) Senior Project Manager
13 10 (3.19%) Systems Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.43%) Middleware
2 10 (3.19%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.60%) ADO
3 5 (1.60%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.28%) OAuth
4 4 (1.28%) SailPoint
4 4 (1.28%) SAML
5 3 (0.96%) Web Services
6 2 (0.64%) .NET
6 2 (0.64%) Kafka
6 2 (0.64%) SAP Fiori
6 2 (0.64%) XML
7 1 (0.32%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.32%) ebXML
7 1 (0.32%) PyTorch
7 1 (0.32%) React
7 1 (0.32%) SAPUI5
7 1 (0.32%) scikit-learn
7 1 (0.32%) STL
7 1 (0.32%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.39%) Onboarding
2 13 (4.15%) Management Information System
2 13 (4.15%) PMI
3 11 (3.51%) Product Ownership
4 9 (2.88%) Data Centre
5 7 (2.24%) Cloud Native
5 7 (2.24%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.24%) Tandem
6 6 (1.92%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.60%) Data Protection Act
8 4 (1.28%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.28%) CMDB
8 4 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.28%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
9 3 (0.96%) Derivative
9 3 (0.96%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.96%) Life Science
9 3 (0.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
10 2 (0.64%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.92%) Windows
2 3 (0.96%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.32%) Linux
3 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (90.42%) Agile
2 151 (48.24%) Stakeholder Management
3 124 (39.62%) Project Management
4 102 (32.59%) Problem-Solving
5 74 (23.64%) Project Delivery
6 73 (23.32%) Migration
7 69 (22.04%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 68 (21.73%) DevOps
9 60 (19.17%) Continuous Improvement
10 56 (17.89%) Workshop Facilitation
11 51 (16.29%) Business Analysis
11 51 (16.29%) User Acceptance Testing
12 46 (14.70%) Scrum
13 43 (13.74%) PRINCE2
14 41 (13.10%) Change Management
14 41 (13.10%) Decision-Making
14 41 (13.10%) User Stories
15 39 (12.46%) Requirements Gathering
16 38 (12.14%) Data Migration
17 35 (11.18%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.22%) SQL
2 10 (3.19%) Python
3 5 (1.60%) Apex Code
3 5 (1.60%) Bash
3 5 (1.60%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.28%) Groovy
5 3 (0.96%) C#
5 3 (0.96%) Java
5 3 (0.96%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.64%) Korn
6 2 (0.64%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.32%) ABAP
7 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 47 (15.02%) Degree
2 42 (13.42%) Security Cleared
3 36 (11.50%) SC Cleared
4 30 (9.58%) PMI Certification
5 22 (7.03%) PMP
6 21 (6.71%) CBAP
7 13 (4.15%) IIBA
7 13 (4.15%) ISTQB
8 9 (2.88%) BPSS Clearance
9 7 (2.24%) APMG
10 6 (1.92%) Azure Certification
10 6 (1.92%) ISEB
11 5 (1.60%) CISSP
11 5 (1.60%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.96%) CISM
12 3 (0.96%) DV Cleared
12 3 (0.96%) Master's Degree
13 2 (0.64%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.64%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (14.38%) PMO
1 45 (14.38%) QA
2 19 (6.07%) Data Quality
3 10 (3.19%) GDPR
4 7 (2.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 4 (1.28%) ISO 20022
6 3 (0.96%) Basel III
6 3 (0.96%) GRC
6 3 (0.96%) NIST
7 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
7 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 2 (0.64%) IFRS
7 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 2 (0.64%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.64%) PSD2
8 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
8 1 (0.32%) IFRS 9
8 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
8 1 (0.32%) SEPA
8 1 (0.32%) TARGET2
System Software
1 4 (1.28%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.96%) IAG
3 2 (0.64%) Docker
4 1 (0.32%) RACF
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (2.24%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.60%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
3 2 (0.64%) Ansible
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.64%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (20.77%) Microsoft
2 30 (9.58%) Oracle
3 25 (7.99%) SAP
4 16 (5.11%) Salesforce
5 13 (4.15%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.88%) Workday
7 7 (2.24%) HP
7 7 (2.24%) Planview
8 5 (1.60%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.28%) Okta
9 4 (1.28%) Zscaler
10 3 (0.96%) Adobe
10 3 (0.96%) Ariba
10 3 (0.96%) Cisco
10 3 (0.96%) Citrix
10 3 (0.96%) Computacenter
10 3 (0.96%) Jitterbit
10 3 (0.96%) Netskope
10 3 (0.96%) Verint
10 3 (0.96%) VMware