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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 123 102
Rank change year-on-year -36 -21 +6
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 238 333 554
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.77% 2.04% 2.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.29% 2.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 165 221 426
10th Percentile £331 £400 £378
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £570 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -1.79%
75th Percentile £675 £625 £688
90th Percentile £750 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 4
10th Percentile £31.53 - £43.78
25th Percentile £40.19 - £43.83
Median hourly rate £67.50 £35.00 £50.24
Median % change year-on-year +92.86% -30.33% -2.41%
75th Percentile £98.04 - £62.23
90th Percentile £103.50 - £78.89
England median hourly rate £55.00 £35.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +57.14% -46.15% +17.68%

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 12,460 14,546 19,811
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.52% 89.21% 90.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,243 9,682 14,351
10th Percentile £327 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -0.86%
75th Percentile £675 £675 £694
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 252 179 228
10th Percentile £17.01 £17.25 £18.11
25th Percentile £25.00 £23.80 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.75 £35.00 £37.75
Median % change year-on-year -9.29% -7.28% +4.86%
75th Percentile £49.56 £55.00 £63.75
90th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £76.63
England median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +53.66%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -29 40 £531 -9.96% 43
West London -10 5 £320 -48.80% 12
East London +9 4 £585 +37.65% 12
North London -2 3 £550 - 3
South London -4 3 £750 +53.77% 10
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 19 (7.98%) Confluence
2 8 (3.36%) SharePoint
3 5 (2.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.42%) CMS
5 1 (0.42%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
Applications
1 19 (7.98%) Microsoft Excel
1 19 (7.98%) Microsoft Project
2 14 (5.88%) Microsoft Office
3 11 (4.62%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (4.62%) MS Visio
4 4 (1.68%) Trello
5 3 (1.26%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.42%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (5.88%) SAP S/4HANA
2 12 (5.04%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.26%) Shopify
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.84%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.84%) Workfront
5 1 (0.42%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.42%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.42%) Epicor iScala
5 1 (0.42%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.42%) Primavera
5 1 (0.42%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.42%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 45 (18.91%) Azure
2 19 (7.98%) AWS
3 16 (6.72%) Power Platform
3 16 (6.72%) SaaS
4 13 (5.46%) Azure DevOps
5 11 (4.62%) Microsoft 365
5 11 (4.62%) PaaS
6 10 (4.20%) GCP
7 7 (2.94%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.94%) IaaS
8 6 (2.52%) GitHub
9 4 (1.68%) Entra ID
9 4 (1.68%) Smartsheet
10 3 (1.26%) Asana
10 3 (1.26%) BigCommerce
10 3 (1.26%) Collibra
10 3 (1.26%) OCI
10 3 (1.26%) OneDrive
10 3 (1.26%) SAP Fieldglass
10 3 (1.26%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 10 (4.20%) Firewall
2 6 (2.52%) WAN
3 5 (2.10%) LAN
4 3 (1.26%) DNS
4 3 (1.26%) Network Security
4 3 (1.26%) VPN
5 2 (0.84%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.84%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.84%) VLAN
6 1 (0.42%) SAN
6 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (5.46%) Power BI
2 8 (3.36%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.10%) Big Data
3 5 (2.10%) Data Lake
3 5 (2.10%) HPCC
4 3 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
4 3 (1.26%) Metadata
4 3 (1.26%) Tableau
5 2 (0.84%) Power Query
5 2 (0.84%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.42%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.42%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.42%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.42%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.42%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 46 (19.33%) JIRA
2 6 (2.52%) Git
3 5 (2.10%) GitLab
4 4 (1.68%) Selenium
4 4 (1.68%) Zephyr
5 3 (1.26%) Gradle
5 3 (1.26%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.26%) Maven
6 2 (0.84%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.84%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.84%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.84%) Postman
6 2 (0.84%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.84%) sqlmap
6 2 (0.84%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.42%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.42%) Subversion
7 1 (0.42%) Visual Studio
General
1 105 (44.12%) Finance
2 103 (43.28%) Social Skills
3 45 (18.91%) Analytical Skills
4 30 (12.61%) Banking
5 19 (7.98%) Retail
6 18 (7.56%) Public Sector
7 10 (4.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (3.78%) Influencing Skills
8 9 (3.78%) Legal
9 8 (3.36%) Organisational Skills
9 8 (3.36%) Presentation Skills
10 6 (2.52%) Local Government
10 6 (2.52%) Marketing
11 5 (2.10%) Financial Institution
11 5 (2.10%) General Ledger
11 5 (2.10%) Investment Banking
11 5 (2.10%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.10%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.68%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.26%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 68 (28.57%) Analyst
2 59 (24.79%) Project Manager
3 57 (23.95%) Business Analyst
4 24 (10.08%) Senior
5 19 (7.98%) Architect
6 16 (6.72%) Solutions Architect
7 15 (6.30%) Lead
8 12 (5.04%) Programme Manager
8 12 (5.04%) Senior Manager
9 11 (4.62%) Senior Project Manager
10 10 (4.20%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (3.36%) IT Manager
11 8 (3.36%) SAP Manager
12 7 (2.94%) IT Project Manager
13 6 (2.52%) Senior Analyst
13 6 (2.52%) Tester
13 6 (2.52%) Transformation Manager
14 5 (2.10%) Azure Engineer
14 5 (2.10%) PMO Lead
14 5 (2.10%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (4.20%) XML
2 9 (3.78%) Oracle Fusion
3 8 (3.36%) JSON
4 7 (2.94%) HTML
4 7 (2.94%) Middleware
5 4 (1.68%) SOAP
6 3 (1.26%) ADO
6 3 (1.26%) DCOM
6 3 (1.26%) Kafka
6 3 (1.26%) RESTful
6 3 (1.26%) Spring
6 3 (1.26%) VML
6 3 (1.26%) Web Services
7 2 (0.84%) .NET
7 2 (0.84%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.84%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.84%) SailPoint
7 2 (0.84%) Swagger
7 2 (0.84%) WebdriverIO
7 2 (0.84%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.88%) Product Ownership
2 13 (5.46%) Virtual Team
3 11 (4.62%) Onboarding
4 8 (3.36%) PMI
5 7 (2.94%) Enterprise Software
5 7 (2.94%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (2.94%) Reinsurance
6 6 (2.52%) Management Information System
7 5 (2.10%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 3 (1.26%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.26%) Derivative
8 3 (1.26%) Greenfield Project
8 3 (1.26%) Public Cloud
9 2 (0.84%) Data Centre
9 2 (0.84%) Equities
9 2 (0.84%) FMCG
9 2 (0.84%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 2 (0.84%) Hedge funds
9 2 (0.84%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 17 (7.14%) Windows
2 7 (2.94%) Linux
3 6 (2.52%) Unix
4 4 (1.68%) VMS
5 2 (0.84%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.42%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 228 (95.80%) Agile
2 97 (40.76%) Stakeholder Management
3 73 (30.67%) Project Management
4 65 (27.31%) Problem-Solving
5 53 (22.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 48 (20.17%) Project Delivery
7 43 (18.07%) PRINCE2
8 39 (16.39%) Change Management
9 36 (15.13%) Requirements Gathering
10 35 (14.71%) Migration
11 32 (13.45%) DevOps
11 32 (13.45%) User Acceptance Testing
11 32 (13.45%) Workshop Facilitation
12 30 (12.61%) SDLC
13 29 (12.18%) Scrum
14 25 (10.50%) Risk Management
15 23 (9.66%) ERP
15 23 (9.66%) User Stories
16 21 (8.82%) Analytics
16 21 (8.82%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 28 (11.76%) SQL
2 14 (5.88%) Python
3 10 (4.20%) Java
4 6 (2.52%) C#
5 5 (2.10%) C
6 3 (1.26%) C++
6 3 (1.26%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.84%) Bash
7 2 (0.84%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.84%) Ruby
7 2 (0.84%) VB
8 1 (0.42%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 47 (19.75%) Degree
2 40 (16.81%) PMI Certification
3 33 (13.87%) PMP
4 18 (7.56%) Security Cleared
5 15 (6.30%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.94%) CBAP
7 6 (2.52%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (2.10%) Master's Degree
8 5 (2.10%) TOGAF Certification
9 4 (1.68%) ISTQB
10 3 (1.26%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.26%) Azure Certification
10 3 (1.26%) IIBA
10 3 (1.26%) Microsoft Certification
10 3 (1.26%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.84%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.84%) CRISC
11 2 (0.84%) GXPN
11 2 (0.84%) ISEB
11 2 (0.84%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (12.61%) PMO
2 25 (10.50%) QA
3 6 (2.52%) GDPR
3 6 (2.52%) SLA
4 5 (2.10%) Solvency II
5 4 (1.68%) Accessibility
5 4 (1.68%) Data Quality
6 3 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials
6 3 (1.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 3 (1.26%) PSD2
6 3 (1.26%) SEPA
7 2 (0.84%) GAAP
7 2 (0.84%) ISO 20022
7 2 (0.84%) WCAG
8 1 (0.42%) Basel III
8 1 (0.42%) EMIR
8 1 (0.42%) GMP
8 1 (0.42%) GxP
8 1 (0.42%) MiFID
8 1 (0.42%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 4 (1.68%) Active Directory
2 3 (1.26%) Docker
3 1 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
3 1 (0.42%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.26%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.84%) Control-M
2 2 (0.84%) Nessus
2 2 (0.84%) Nmap
3 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Intune
3 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
3 1 (0.42%) Terraform
Vendors
1 48 (20.17%) Microsoft
2 28 (11.76%) SAP
3 22 (9.24%) Oracle
4 12 (5.04%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.78%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.94%) Guidewire
6 7 (2.94%) Workday
7 6 (2.52%) Duck Creek
7 6 (2.52%) PeopleSoft
8 5 (2.10%) Adobe
8 5 (2.10%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.68%) Anaplan
9 4 (1.68%) Databricks
9 4 (1.68%) Hyperion
10 3 (1.26%) Blue Prism
10 3 (1.26%) Citrix
10 3 (1.26%) IBM
10 3 (1.26%) Informatica
10 3 (1.26%) Planview
10 3 (1.26%) Sitecore