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 20 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 153 141 144
Rank change year-on-year -12 +3 -22
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 356 271 315
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.80% 1.99% 1.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.02% 2.16% 2.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 189 230
10th Percentile £363 £332 £400
25th Percentile £463 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -4.36% +2.23%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £800
England median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.75 -
England median hourly rate £69.75 £48.00 £58.91
% change year-on-year +45.31% -18.51% +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 17,611 12,570 15,108
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.90% 92.12% 88.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,652 8,414 10,744
10th Percentile £363 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 274 239 254
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.25
25th Percentile £21.63 £24.66 £20.99
Median hourly rate £36.00 £31.00 £33.53
Median % change year-on-year +16.13% -7.53% -22.03%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.88 £51.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.35 £70.73
England median hourly rate £47.50 £25.15 £39.50
% change year-on-year +88.87% -36.33% -7.06%

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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -5 46 £675 +24.14% 13
West London -8 13 £329 -26.89% 5
South London -9 5 £550 - 5
East London -1 1 - - 3
North London -3 1 - - 2
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 27 (7.58%) Confluence
2 22 (6.18%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.40%) CMS
4 4 (1.12%) SAS
5 3 (0.84%) Kentico
6 2 (0.56%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.28%) Apache
7 1 (0.28%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.28%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 47 (13.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (9.83%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 32 (8.99%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (7.58%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (4.21%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.56%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (3.37%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 9 (2.53%) Loan IQ
4 8 (2.25%) Magento
5 4 (1.12%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (1.12%) Temenos T24
6 3 (0.84%) FLEXCUBE
6 3 (0.84%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.56%) Finacle
7 2 (0.56%) IntelliMatch
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle EBS R12
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.56%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.56%) Shopify
7 2 (0.56%) Summit
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 90 (25.28%) Azure
2 41 (11.52%) AWS
3 38 (10.67%) Azure DevOps
4 35 (9.83%) Power Platform
5 18 (5.06%) GCP
6 15 (4.21%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (3.93%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (3.93%) SaaS
8 8 (2.25%) Entra ID
9 7 (1.97%) Smartsheet
10 6 (1.69%) GitHub
10 6 (1.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 5 (1.40%) Asana
12 4 (1.12%) Adobe Analytics
12 4 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (1.12%) OCI
12 4 (1.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 3 (0.84%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.84%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.25%) Network Security
2 5 (1.40%) DNS
2 5 (1.40%) HTTP
2 5 (1.40%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.84%) Firewall
3 3 (0.84%) Intranet
4 2 (0.56%) FTP
4 2 (0.56%) Internet
4 2 (0.56%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.56%) WAN
4 2 (0.56%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.28%) 4G
5 1 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.28%) LAN
5 1 (0.28%) MPLS
5 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.28%) VLAN
5 1 (0.28%) VPN
5 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.43%) Power BI
2 11 (3.09%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.25%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.69%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.40%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.84%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.56%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.56%) Couchbase
7 2 (0.56%) DataStage
7 2 (0.56%) Metadata
7 2 (0.56%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.56%) Power Query
7 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.56%) Tableau
8 1 (0.28%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.28%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.28%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 73 (20.51%) JIRA
2 12 (3.37%) Git
3 9 (2.53%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.25%) Subversion
5 6 (1.69%) Selenium
6 5 (1.40%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (1.12%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.84%) TestRail
8 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.28%) Appium
9 1 (0.28%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.28%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.28%) Postman
9 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.28%) TestDirector
General
1 176 (49.44%) Finance
2 161 (45.22%) Social Skills
3 77 (21.63%) Analytical Skills
4 59 (16.57%) Banking
5 44 (12.36%) Public Sector
6 28 (7.87%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (6.46%) Retail
8 21 (5.90%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (3.37%) Marketing
10 10 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.81%) Financial Institution
11 8 (2.25%) Legal
12 7 (1.97%) Police
13 6 (1.69%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.69%) Law
13 6 (1.69%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.40%) Front Office
15 3 (0.84%) Corporate Banking
15 3 (0.84%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 102 (28.65%) Project Manager
2 80 (22.47%) Analyst
3 50 (14.04%) Business Analyst
4 40 (11.24%) Senior
5 31 (8.71%) Architect
6 27 (7.58%) Lead
7 26 (7.30%) Senior Manager
8 24 (6.74%) Senior Project Manager
9 20 (5.62%) Change Manager
10 17 (4.78%) Infrastructure Manager
10 17 (4.78%) Programme Manager
11 16 (4.49%) Infrastructure Project Manager
11 16 (4.49%) IT Manager
12 15 (4.21%) Test Manager
13 14 (3.93%) Business Manager
13 14 (3.93%) Delivery Manager
14 12 (3.37%) Banking Analyst
14 12 (3.37%) Technical Manager
14 12 (3.37%) Technical Project Manager
15 10 (2.81%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.21%) Middleware
2 9 (2.53%) VML
3 7 (1.97%) ADO
4 6 (1.69%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (1.40%) OAuth
5 5 (1.40%) SailPoint
5 5 (1.40%) SAML
6 4 (1.12%) .NET
6 4 (1.12%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (0.84%) Kafka
7 3 (0.84%) SOAP
8 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.56%) REST
8 2 (0.56%) RxJava
8 2 (0.56%) Vert.x
8 2 (0.56%) Web Services
8 2 (0.56%) XML
9 1 (0.28%) Pandas
9 1 (0.28%) pytest
9 1 (0.28%) React
Miscellaneous
1 25 (7.02%) Onboarding
2 18 (5.06%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.49%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.65%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.37%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (2.81%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.53%) CMDB
8 7 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.97%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.97%) PMI
9 6 (1.69%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.69%) Derivative
9 6 (1.69%) NHS
10 5 (1.40%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.40%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.40%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.40%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.12%) IoT
11 4 (1.12%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.12%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.40%) Windows
2 3 (0.84%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.28%) Android
3 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.28%) Linux
3 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 329 (92.42%) Agile
2 172 (48.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 121 (33.99%) Project Management
4 88 (24.72%) Problem-Solving
4 88 (24.72%) Project Delivery
5 85 (23.88%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 78 (21.91%) DevOps
7 77 (21.63%) Migration
8 59 (16.57%) Continuous Improvement
8 59 (16.57%) PRINCE2
8 59 (16.57%) User Acceptance Testing
9 53 (14.89%) Change Management
10 50 (14.04%) Scrum
11 46 (12.92%) Workshop Facilitation
12 44 (12.36%) Business Analysis
12 44 (12.36%) User Stories
13 40 (11.24%) Decision-Making
14 38 (10.67%) Requirements Gathering
14 38 (10.67%) SDLC
15 37 (10.39%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 34 (9.55%) SQL
2 14 (3.93%) Python
3 6 (1.69%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.40%) Bash
4 5 (1.40%) Java
4 5 (1.40%) Korn
5 4 (1.12%) Apex Code
5 4 (1.12%) C#
5 4 (1.12%) Groovy
6 3 (0.84%) VBA
7 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.56%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.28%) ABAP
8 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 56 (15.73%) Security Cleared
2 52 (14.61%) Degree
3 37 (10.39%) PMI Certification
4 36 (10.11%) SC Cleared
5 35 (9.83%) PMP
6 22 (6.18%) DV Cleared
7 13 (3.65%) ISTQB
8 9 (2.53%) CBAP
9 8 (2.25%) BPSS Clearance
9 8 (2.25%) IIBA
10 7 (1.97%) APMG
10 7 (1.97%) CISSP
10 7 (1.97%) ISEB
11 6 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
12 5 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 4 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.84%) CISM
14 3 (0.84%) CTC Cleared
14 3 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
15 2 (0.56%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (13.20%) PMO
2 46 (12.92%) QA
3 20 (5.62%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.25%) GDPR
5 7 (1.97%) ISO 20022
6 4 (1.12%) NIST
6 4 (1.12%) SEPA
7 3 (0.84%) NCSC
7 3 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.56%) GRC
8 2 (0.56%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.56%) P3O
8 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.56%) PSD2
9 1 (0.28%) EMIR
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.28%) PMBOK
System Software
1 8 (2.25%) IAG
2 5 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.84%) Docker
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.53%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.12%) HP ALM
3 4 (1.12%) Terraform
4 3 (0.84%) Ansible
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.56%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.28%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.28%) SCCM
6 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 70 (19.66%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.58%) ServiceNow
3 23 (6.46%) SAP
4 20 (5.62%) Salesforce
5 18 (5.06%) Oracle
6 10 (2.81%) Sparx
7 8 (2.25%) Adobe
8 6 (1.69%) Databricks
8 6 (1.69%) Planview
9 5 (1.40%) Bloomberg
9 5 (1.40%) Google
9 5 (1.40%) HP
9 5 (1.40%) Murex
10 4 (1.12%) Cisco
10 4 (1.12%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.12%) Okta
11 3 (0.84%) Netskope
11 3 (0.84%) Nexthink
11 3 (0.84%) Workday
11 3 (0.84%) Zscaler