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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 159 132 93
Rank change year-on-year -27 -39 +46
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 260 305 510
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.84% 1.94% 2.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 2.17% 2.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 182 206 389
10th Percentile £316 £400 £388
25th Percentile £400 £452 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £567 £568
Median % change year-on-year -7.33% -0.18% +3.18%
75th Percentile £632 £638 £675
90th Percentile £738 £731 £750
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
10th Percentile £31.53 - £48.47
25th Percentile £40.19 - £55.40
Median hourly rate £67.50 £35.00 £66.93
Median % change year-on-year +92.86% -47.71% +26.35%
75th Percentile £98.04 - £78.47
90th Percentile £103.50 - £85.39
England median hourly rate £82.50 £35.00 £54.43
% change year-on-year +135.71% -35.70% -10.77%

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 13,053 14,033 17,744
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.33% 89.24% 89.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,585 9,054 12,730
10th Percentile £335 £350 £353
25th Percentile £425 £450 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £537 £550 £568
Median % change year-on-year -2.36% -3.21% -3.69%
75th Percentile £653 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 166 246
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.68
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.98 £21.56
Median hourly rate £28.13 £37.50 £36.33
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% +3.21% -6.54%
75th Percentile £47.00 £55.56 £61.75
90th Percentile £67.50 £80.38 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year -32.03% -17.78% +26.90%

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 November 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 20 November 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 20 November 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 -23 38 £525 -11.02% 57
East London +10 6 £585 +37.65% 17
West London -14 5 £320 -44.54% 18
North London +2 3 £550 - 4
South London -8 3 £750 +57.89% 14
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 (12.69%) Confluence
2 8 (3.08%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.77%) CMS
5 1 (0.38%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.38%) WebSphere
Applications
1 26 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 24 (9.23%) Microsoft Project
3 18 (6.92%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (6.54%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 15 (5.77%) MS Visio
6 7 (2.69%) Trello
7 3 (1.15%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.38%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (5.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.31%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.77%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.77%) Workday HCM
3 2 (0.77%) Workfront
4 1 (0.38%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.38%) Epicor iScala
4 1 (0.38%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.38%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (0.38%) Loan IQ
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.38%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.38%) Primavera
4 1 (0.38%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.38%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.38%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.38%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 51 (19.62%) Azure
2 17 (6.54%) AWS
2 17 (6.54%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (5.77%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.38%) GCP
4 14 (5.38%) SaaS
5 9 (3.46%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.08%) PaaS
7 6 (2.31%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.31%) GitHub
8 4 (1.54%) IaaS
8 4 (1.54%) Smartsheet
9 3 (1.15%) Asana
9 3 (1.15%) Figma
9 3 (1.15%) Miro
9 3 (1.15%) OCI
9 3 (1.15%) Slack
10 2 (0.77%) Entra ID
10 2 (0.77%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.77%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.08%) Firewall
2 7 (2.69%) WAN
3 5 (1.92%) LAN
4 3 (1.15%) DNS
4 3 (1.15%) Network Security
4 3 (1.15%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.15%) VPN
5 2 (0.77%) FTP
5 2 (0.77%) NAS
5 2 (0.77%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.77%) VLAN
6 1 (0.38%) BGP
6 1 (0.38%) DHCP
6 1 (0.38%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.38%) Internet
6 1 (0.38%) OSPF
6 1 (0.38%) SAN
6 1 (0.38%) SSL
6 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.38%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.23%) Power BI
2 8 (3.08%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.31%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.92%) Big Data
4 5 (1.92%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.92%) HPCC
5 4 (1.54%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.15%) Tableau
7 2 (0.77%) Metadata
8 1 (0.38%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.38%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.38%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.38%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.38%) Power Query
8 1 (0.38%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.38%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 60 (23.08%) JIRA
2 6 (2.31%) Git
2 6 (2.31%) Selenium
3 5 (1.92%) GitLab
4 4 (1.54%) Zephyr
5 3 (1.15%) Gradle
5 3 (1.15%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.15%) Maven
6 2 (0.77%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.77%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.77%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.77%) Postman
6 2 (0.77%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.77%) sqlmap
6 2 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.38%) Subversion
7 1 (0.38%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.38%) TestRail
7 1 (0.38%) Visual Studio
General
1 127 (48.85%) Finance
2 123 (47.31%) Social Skills
3 49 (18.85%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (15.00%) Banking
5 21 (8.08%) Public Sector
6 16 (6.15%) Retail
7 15 (5.77%) Documentation Skills
8 12 (4.62%) Presentation Skills
9 11 (4.23%) Organisational Skills
10 10 (3.85%) Legal
11 9 (3.46%) Influencing Skills
11 9 (3.46%) Investment Banking
12 8 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 7 (2.69%) Front Office
13 7 (2.69%) Local Government
14 6 (2.31%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.54%) General Ledger
15 4 (1.54%) Telecoms
16 3 (1.15%) Financial Institution
16 3 (1.15%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 80 (30.77%) Analyst
2 68 (26.15%) Business Analyst
3 58 (22.31%) Project Manager
4 22 (8.46%) Lead
5 18 (6.92%) Senior
6 16 (6.15%) Architect
7 13 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (4.23%) Programme Manager
9 9 (3.46%) IT Manager
9 9 (3.46%) SAP Manager
9 9 (3.46%) Senior Analyst
9 9 (3.46%) Technical Analyst
10 8 (3.08%) Delivery Manager
10 8 (3.08%) IT Project Manager
10 8 (3.08%) Test Analyst
11 7 (2.69%) PMO Lead
11 7 (2.69%) Senior Manager
11 7 (2.69%) Senior Project Manager
11 7 (2.69%) Technical Business Analyst
12 6 (2.31%) SAP Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.23%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (3.85%) XML
3 8 (3.08%) JSON
4 7 (2.69%) HTML
4 7 (2.69%) Middleware
5 6 (2.31%) Web Services
6 5 (1.92%) ADO
6 5 (1.92%) RESTful
6 5 (1.92%) SOAP
7 3 (1.15%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (1.15%) DCOM
7 3 (1.15%) Kafka
7 3 (1.15%) Spring
8 2 (0.77%) .NET
8 2 (0.77%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.77%) OpenAPI
8 2 (0.77%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.77%) Swagger
8 2 (0.77%) WebdriverIO
9 1 (0.38%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.15%) Onboarding
1 16 (6.15%) PMI
2 15 (5.77%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.85%) Virtual Team
4 9 (3.46%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.08%) Management Information System
5 8 (3.08%) Reinsurance
6 6 (2.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.31%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.31%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (1.54%) Derivative
8 4 (1.54%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.15%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.15%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (1.15%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (0.77%) FMCG
10 2 (0.77%) Market Risk
10 2 (0.77%) Marketing Technology
10 2 (0.77%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.69%) Windows
2 7 (2.69%) Linux
2 7 (2.69%) Unix
3 1 (0.38%) VMS
3 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (95.00%) Agile
2 107 (41.15%) Stakeholder Management
3 83 (31.92%) Project Management
4 76 (29.23%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (23.46%) Project Delivery
6 56 (21.54%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 50 (19.23%) PRINCE2
8 46 (17.69%) Change Management
9 42 (16.15%) Migration
9 42 (16.15%) Scrum
9 42 (16.15%) User Acceptance Testing
9 42 (16.15%) Workshop Facilitation
10 41 (15.77%) Requirements Gathering
11 38 (14.62%) DevOps
12 37 (14.23%) SDLC
13 32 (12.31%) Business Analysis
14 29 (11.15%) User Stories
15 27 (10.38%) Risk Management
16 24 (9.23%) Continuous Improvement
16 24 (9.23%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 28 (10.77%) SQL
2 15 (5.77%) Python
3 10 (3.85%) Java
4 6 (2.31%) C#
5 5 (1.92%) C
5 5 (1.92%) Groovy
6 4 (1.54%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.15%) Bash
7 3 (1.15%) C++
7 3 (1.15%) Korn
8 2 (0.77%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.77%) Ruby
8 2 (0.77%) VB
9 1 (0.38%) Bicep
9 1 (0.38%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.38%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.38%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 46 (17.69%) Degree
2 44 (16.92%) PMI Certification
3 30 (11.54%) PMP
4 20 (7.69%) Security Cleared
5 18 (6.92%) SC Cleared
6 7 (2.69%) CBAP
6 7 (2.69%) ISTQB
7 6 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.92%) IIBA
9 4 (1.54%) Azure Certification
9 4 (1.54%) ISEB
10 3 (1.15%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.15%) CISSP
10 3 (1.15%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 3 (1.15%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.77%) CISM
11 2 (0.77%) CRISC
11 2 (0.77%) GPEN
11 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Certification
11 2 (0.77%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (15.38%) PMO
2 23 (8.85%) QA
3 12 (4.62%) GDPR
4 7 (2.69%) MiFID
5 6 (2.31%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.31%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.31%) EMIR
5 6 (2.31%) Solvency II
6 5 (1.92%) SLA
7 4 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.15%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.15%) ISO 20022
8 3 (1.15%) PSD2
8 3 (1.15%) SEPA
9 2 (0.77%) WCAG
10 1 (0.38%) Basel III
10 1 (0.38%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.38%) P3O
System Software
1 4 (1.54%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.54%) Docker
2 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.38%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.38%) IAG
3 1 (0.38%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (1.92%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.15%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.77%) Nessus
3 2 (0.77%) Nmap
3 2 (0.77%) Terraform
4 1 (0.38%) Control-M
4 1 (0.38%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 46 (17.69%) Microsoft
2 23 (8.85%) Oracle
2 23 (8.85%) SAP
3 9 (3.46%) Workday
4 7 (2.69%) ServiceNow
5 6 (2.31%) Planview
6 5 (1.92%) MuleSoft
6 5 (1.92%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.54%) Anaplan
7 4 (1.54%) Databricks
7 4 (1.54%) Guidewire
7 4 (1.54%) HP
7 4 (1.54%) Hyperion
7 4 (1.54%) PeopleSoft
8 3 (1.15%) Adobe
8 3 (1.15%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.15%) Duck Creek
8 3 (1.15%) VMware
9 2 (0.77%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.77%) Xceptor