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 26 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 122 91
Rank change year-on-year -36 -31 +38
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 248 322 533
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.85% 2.05% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 2.29% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 219 405
10th Percentile £325 £395 £384
25th Percentile £413 £453 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -1.79%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £684
90th Percentile £747 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £31.53 - £43.77
25th Percentile £40.19 - £43.81
Median hourly rate £67.50 £35.00 £47.50
Median % change year-on-year +92.86% -26.32% -7.73%
75th Percentile £98.04 - £70.63
90th Percentile £103.50 - £82.25
England median hourly rate £77.50 £35.00 £56.25
% change year-on-year +121.43% -37.78% +6.19%

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 12,395 14,043 18,551
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.44% 89.25% 89.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,145 9,054 13,391
10th Percentile £331 £350 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% -4.35% -2.13%
75th Percentile £663 £675 £688
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 247 170 232
10th Percentile £18.14 £17.48 £18.18
25th Percentile £25.02 £24.63 £21.25
Median hourly rate £31.49 £38.29 £38.38
Median % change year-on-year -17.75% -0.23% -1.44%
75th Percentile £47.50 £57.50 £63.75
90th Percentile £64.85 £78.88 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £40.33 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.63% -9.38% +27.14%

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 26 October 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 26 October 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 26 October 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 -33 39 £540 -8.47% 56
East London +8 6 £585 +37.65% 13
West London -3 5 £320 -43.66% 12
North London +2 3 £550 - 4
South London -5 3 £750 +53.77% 13
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 26 (10.48%) Confluence
2 8 (3.23%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.81%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.40%) CMS
5 1 (0.40%) Oracle Workflow
5 1 (0.40%) WebSphere
Applications
1 24 (9.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (9.27%) Microsoft Project
3 18 (7.26%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (6.05%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 13 (5.24%) MS Visio
6 6 (2.42%) Trello
7 3 (1.21%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.40%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (4.44%) SAP S/4HANA
2 9 (3.63%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 2 (0.81%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
3 2 (0.81%) Shopify
3 2 (0.81%) Workfront
4 1 (0.40%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.40%) Epicor iScala
4 1 (0.40%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.40%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.40%) Primavera
4 1 (0.40%) SAP ERP
Cloud Services
1 46 (18.55%) Azure
2 16 (6.45%) AWS
2 16 (6.45%) Power Platform
3 15 (6.05%) SaaS
4 13 (5.24%) Azure DevOps
5 12 (4.84%) GCP
6 10 (4.03%) PaaS
7 9 (3.63%) Microsoft 365
8 6 (2.42%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.42%) GitHub
8 6 (2.42%) IaaS
9 4 (1.61%) Smartsheet
10 3 (1.21%) Asana
10 3 (1.21%) Entra ID
10 3 (1.21%) Figma
10 3 (1.21%) OCI
10 3 (1.21%) Slack
11 2 (0.81%) BigCommerce
11 2 (0.81%) Collibra
11 2 (0.81%) SAP Fieldglass
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.23%) Firewall
1 8 (3.23%) WAN
2 6 (2.42%) LAN
3 3 (1.21%) DNS
3 3 (1.21%) Network Security
3 3 (1.21%) SD-WAN
3 3 (1.21%) VPN
4 2 (0.81%) Unified Communications
4 2 (0.81%) VLAN
5 1 (0.40%) BGP
5 1 (0.40%) DHCP
5 1 (0.40%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.40%) Internet
5 1 (0.40%) IPsec
5 1 (0.40%) OSPF
5 1 (0.40%) SAN
5 1 (0.40%) SSL
5 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.40%) VRRP
5 1 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.84%) Power BI
2 8 (3.23%) SQL Server
3 5 (2.02%) Big Data
3 5 (2.02%) HPCC
4 4 (1.61%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.61%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.61%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.81%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (0.81%) Metadata
5 2 (0.81%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (0.81%) Tableau
6 1 (0.40%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.40%) Data Hub
6 1 (0.40%) Power Query
6 1 (0.40%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 51 (20.56%) JIRA
2 6 (2.42%) Git
3 5 (2.02%) GitLab
4 4 (1.61%) Selenium
5 3 (1.21%) Gradle
5 3 (1.21%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.21%) Maven
5 3 (1.21%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.81%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.81%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.81%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.81%) Postman
6 2 (0.81%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.81%) sqlmap
6 2 (0.81%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.40%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.40%) Subversion
7 1 (0.40%) Visual Studio
General
1 119 (47.98%) Finance
2 111 (44.76%) Social Skills
3 47 (18.95%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (15.73%) Banking
5 17 (6.85%) Public Sector
5 17 (6.85%) Retail
6 11 (4.44%) Documentation Skills
6 11 (4.44%) Legal
7 10 (4.03%) Influencing Skills
7 10 (4.03%) Organisational Skills
7 10 (4.03%) Presentation Skills
8 9 (3.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 8 (3.23%) Front Office
9 8 (3.23%) Investment Banking
10 6 (2.42%) Local Government
10 6 (2.42%) Manufacturing
11 5 (2.02%) General Ledger
11 5 (2.02%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.61%) Financial Institution
12 4 (1.61%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 74 (29.84%) Analyst
2 63 (25.40%) Business Analyst
3 61 (24.60%) Project Manager
4 24 (9.68%) Senior
5 18 (7.26%) Lead
6 17 (6.85%) Architect
7 13 (5.24%) Solutions Architect
8 12 (4.84%) Programme Manager
9 11 (4.44%) Senior Manager
9 11 (4.44%) Senior Project Manager
10 9 (3.63%) Senior Analyst
11 8 (3.23%) Delivery Manager
11 8 (3.23%) IT Manager
11 8 (3.23%) SAP Manager
12 7 (2.82%) IT Project Manager
12 7 (2.82%) PMO Lead
12 7 (2.82%) Technical Analyst
13 6 (2.42%) Senior Business Analyst
13 6 (2.42%) Tester
13 6 (2.42%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.44%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (4.03%) XML
3 8 (3.23%) JSON
4 7 (2.82%) HTML
4 7 (2.82%) Middleware
5 5 (2.02%) RESTful
5 5 (2.02%) SOAP
5 5 (2.02%) Web Services
6 4 (1.61%) ADO
7 3 (1.21%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (1.21%) DCOM
7 3 (1.21%) Spring
8 2 (0.81%) .NET
8 2 (0.81%) Kafka
8 2 (0.81%) OpenAPI
8 2 (0.81%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.81%) Swagger
8 2 (0.81%) VML
8 2 (0.81%) WebdriverIO
8 2 (0.81%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.65%) PMI
2 13 (5.24%) Product Ownership
3 11 (4.44%) Onboarding
3 11 (4.44%) Virtual Team
4 8 (3.23%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (3.23%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (3.23%) Reinsurance
5 7 (2.82%) Management Information System
5 7 (2.82%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 6 (2.42%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.61%) Data Centre
7 4 (1.61%) Derivative
8 3 (1.21%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.21%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.21%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.81%) DTCC
9 2 (0.81%) FMCG
9 2 (0.81%) Market Risk
9 2 (0.81%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.81%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.47%) Windows
2 8 (3.23%) Linux
3 7 (2.82%) Unix
4 4 (1.61%) VMS
5 2 (0.81%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.40%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 238 (95.97%) Agile
2 106 (42.74%) Stakeholder Management
3 83 (33.47%) Project Management
4 71 (28.63%) Problem-Solving
5 59 (23.79%) Project Delivery
6 54 (21.77%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 46 (18.55%) PRINCE2
8 43 (17.34%) Change Management
9 42 (16.94%) Requirements Gathering
10 39 (15.73%) User Acceptance Testing
11 38 (15.32%) Migration
12 37 (14.92%) Scrum
12 37 (14.92%) SDLC
12 37 (14.92%) Workshop Facilitation
13 32 (12.90%) DevOps
14 28 (11.29%) Risk Management
15 26 (10.48%) Business Analysis
16 25 (10.08%) User Stories
17 22 (8.87%) Project Governance
18 21 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 28 (11.29%) SQL
2 15 (6.05%) Python
3 9 (3.63%) Java
4 6 (2.42%) C#
5 5 (2.02%) C
6 3 (1.21%) Bash
6 3 (1.21%) C++
6 3 (1.21%) Groovy
6 3 (1.21%) Shell Script
7 2 (0.81%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.81%) Korn
7 2 (0.81%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.81%) Ruby
7 2 (0.81%) VB
8 1 (0.40%) Bicep
8 1 (0.40%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.40%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 49 (19.76%) Degree
2 45 (18.15%) PMI Certification
3 33 (13.31%) PMP
4 14 (5.65%) Security Cleared
5 13 (5.24%) SC Cleared
6 8 (3.23%) CBAP
7 5 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
7 5 (2.02%) IIBA
7 5 (2.02%) Master's Degree
8 4 (1.61%) TOGAF Certification
9 3 (1.21%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.21%) Azure Certification
9 3 (1.21%) ISEB
9 3 (1.21%) ISTQB
9 3 (1.21%) Microsoft Certification
10 2 (0.81%) CISM
10 2 (0.81%) CISSP
10 2 (0.81%) CRISC
10 2 (0.81%) GPEN
10 2 (0.81%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (14.92%) PMO
2 23 (9.27%) QA
3 11 (4.44%) GDPR
4 7 (2.82%) MiFID
5 6 (2.42%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.42%) EMIR
5 6 (2.42%) Solvency II
6 5 (2.02%) Data Quality
6 5 (2.02%) SLA
7 4 (1.61%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.21%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.21%) ISO 20022
8 3 (1.21%) PSD2
8 3 (1.21%) SEPA
9 2 (0.81%) GAAP
9 2 (0.81%) WCAG
10 1 (0.40%) Basel III
10 1 (0.40%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (1.61%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.61%) Docker
2 2 (0.81%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.40%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.40%) IAG
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 4 (1.61%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.81%) Control-M
2 2 (0.81%) Nessus
2 2 (0.81%) Nmap
2 2 (0.81%) Terraform
3 1 (0.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (18.55%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.87%) Oracle
2 22 (8.87%) SAP
3 9 (3.63%) Salesforce
3 9 (3.63%) ServiceNow
4 7 (2.82%) Guidewire
4 7 (2.82%) Workday
5 6 (2.42%) Duck Creek
5 6 (2.42%) PeopleSoft
5 6 (2.42%) Planview
6 5 (2.02%) Databricks
6 5 (2.02%) MuleSoft
7 4 (1.61%) Adobe
7 4 (1.61%) Anaplan
7 4 (1.61%) Hyperion
8 3 (1.21%) IBM
8 3 (1.21%) VMware
9 2 (0.81%) Informatica
9 2 (0.81%) Murex
9 2 (0.81%) NetCracker