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 3 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 162 155 127
Rank change year-on-year -7 -28 -29
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 363 248 334
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.78% 1.84% 2.06%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.01% 1.99% 2.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 174 224
10th Percentile £400 £325 £400
25th Percentile £463 £414 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £573
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -3.93% +4.09%
75th Percentile £658 £675 £628
90th Percentile £740 £750 £738
England median daily rate £525 £513 £550
% change year-on-year +2.34% -6.73% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 4
Median hourly rate - £67.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +92.86% -26.32%
England median hourly rate £55.00 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year - +57.14% -46.15%

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 18,082 12,492 14,475
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.85% 92.60% 89.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,829 8,233 9,474
10th Percentile £358 £331 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £540 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% -4.35%
75th Percentile £663 £668 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 336 246 181
10th Percentile £16.04 £17.98 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.03 £25.00 £24.18
Median hourly rate £32.50 £30.25 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +7.44% -17.12% -2.67%
75th Percentile £57.50 £47.50 £57.50
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £78.75
England median hourly rate £40.08 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +59.36% -41.51% -3.37%

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 3 October 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 3 October 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 -22 45 £575 +6.98% 29
West London -16 14 £510 +59.38% 5
South London -8 3 £575 -23.33% 6
East London +1 2 - - 2
North London -2 1 - - 1
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 37 (10.19%) Confluence
2 24 (6.61%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.93%) CMS
4 5 (1.38%) SAS
5 4 (1.10%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.10%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.83%) Kentico
6 3 (0.83%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.28%) Apache
8 1 (0.28%) Appian
Applications
1 40 (11.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (8.54%) Microsoft Office
3 28 (7.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (7.71%) Microsoft Project
4 14 (3.86%) MS Visio
5 4 (1.10%) Trello
6 1 (0.28%) Chatbot
6 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (3.03%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.75%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 8 (2.20%) Magento
4 3 (0.83%) FLEXCUBE
4 3 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.83%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.55%) Finacle
5 2 (0.55%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.55%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.55%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.55%) Summit
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.28%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.28%) Shopify
6 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 85 (23.42%) Azure
2 43 (11.85%) Azure DevOps
3 31 (8.54%) Power Platform
4 30 (8.26%) AWS
5 19 (5.23%) Microsoft 365
6 18 (4.96%) SaaS
7 13 (3.58%) GCP
8 11 (3.03%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (1.93%) Adobe Analytics
9 7 (1.93%) Asana
10 5 (1.38%) GitHub
10 5 (1.38%) Power Automate
11 4 (1.10%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.10%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.10%) Microsoft Copilot
11 4 (1.10%) Miro
11 4 (1.10%) Smartsheet
12 3 (0.83%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.83%) IaaS
12 3 (0.83%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.20%) Network Security
2 5 (1.38%) Firewall
3 4 (1.10%) DMZ
3 4 (1.10%) WAN
3 4 (1.10%) Wi-Fi
4 3 (0.83%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.83%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.83%) Wireless
5 2 (0.55%) 4G
5 2 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.55%) Internet
5 2 (0.55%) Intranet
5 2 (0.55%) LAN
5 2 (0.55%) MPLS
6 1 (0.28%) BGP
6 1 (0.28%) CTI
6 1 (0.28%) OSPF
6 1 (0.28%) PBX
6 1 (0.28%) Unified Communications
6 1 (0.28%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.16%) Power BI
2 10 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.93%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.65%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.10%) Metadata
5 4 (1.10%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.83%) Electronic Patient Records
7 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.55%) Couchbase
7 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.55%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.55%) Power Query
7 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.55%) Tableau
8 1 (0.28%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.28%) NonStop SQL
8 1 (0.28%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.28%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 69 (19.01%) JIRA
2 11 (3.03%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.75%) Git
4 9 (2.48%) Selenium
5 8 (2.20%) Subversion
6 5 (1.38%) eggPlant
7 4 (1.10%) HP UFT
7 4 (1.10%) SOAtest
8 3 (0.83%) SilkTest
8 3 (0.83%) TestRail
8 3 (0.83%) Visual Studio
9 2 (0.55%) Rational Functional Tester
10 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
10 1 (0.28%) GitLab
10 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
10 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
10 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
10 1 (0.28%) TestDirector
10 1 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 201 (55.37%) Finance
2 158 (43.53%) Social Skills
3 68 (18.73%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (17.91%) Banking
5 34 (9.37%) Public Sector
6 28 (7.71%) Organisational Skills
7 25 (6.89%) Retail
8 22 (6.06%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (4.96%) Marketing
10 10 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
10 10 (2.75%) Telecoms
11 9 (2.48%) Investment Banking
12 8 (2.20%) Legal
13 7 (1.93%) Financial Institution
13 7 (1.93%) Law
14 6 (1.65%) Documentation Skills
14 6 (1.65%) Front Office
14 6 (1.65%) Police
15 5 (1.38%) Aviation
15 5 (1.38%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 120 (33.06%) Project Manager
2 85 (23.42%) Analyst
3 61 (16.80%) Business Analyst
4 46 (12.67%) Senior
5 30 (8.26%) Architect
5 30 (8.26%) Senior Manager
6 27 (7.44%) Programme Manager
6 27 (7.44%) Senior Project Manager
7 23 (6.34%) Technical Manager
8 22 (6.06%) Lead
9 20 (5.51%) IT Manager
9 20 (5.51%) Technical Project Manager
10 19 (5.23%) Test Manager
11 18 (4.96%) IT Project Manager
12 14 (3.86%) Change Manager
13 13 (3.58%) Infrastructure Manager
13 13 (3.58%) Infrastructure Project Manager
14 10 (2.75%) Business Manager
14 10 (2.75%) Delivery Manager
14 10 (2.75%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (2.75%) Middleware
2 8 (2.20%) ADO
2 8 (2.20%) VML
3 7 (1.93%) Terraform
4 6 (1.65%) Web Services
5 5 (1.38%) .NET
5 5 (1.38%) SOAP
6 4 (1.10%) Kafka
6 4 (1.10%) XML
7 3 (0.83%) DAO
7 3 (0.83%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.55%) HTML
8 2 (0.55%) REST
8 2 (0.55%) RxJava
8 2 (0.55%) Vert.x
8 2 (0.55%) XBRL
9 1 (0.28%) Apache Beam
9 1 (0.28%) LangChain
9 1 (0.28%) LlamaIndex
Miscellaneous
1 29 (7.99%) Product Ownership
2 26 (7.16%) Onboarding
3 19 (5.23%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.03%) CMDB
5 9 (2.48%) Greenfield Project
5 9 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
5 9 (2.48%) SWIFT Messaging Network
6 8 (2.20%) Virtual Team
7 7 (1.93%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
7 7 (1.93%) PMI
8 6 (1.65%) AI Agents
8 6 (1.65%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.65%) Management Information System
8 6 (1.65%) NHS
8 6 (1.65%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.38%) Credit Risk
9 5 (1.38%) Derivative
10 4 (1.10%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.65%) Linux
2 3 (0.83%) Unix
2 3 (0.83%) Windows
3 1 (0.28%) Android
3 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.28%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 344 (94.77%) Agile
2 200 (55.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 120 (33.06%) Project Management
4 108 (29.75%) Project Delivery
5 85 (23.42%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 76 (20.94%) Migration
7 71 (19.56%) Problem-Solving
8 69 (19.01%) DevOps
9 68 (18.73%) PRINCE2
10 61 (16.80%) Continuous Improvement
11 60 (16.53%) User Acceptance Testing
12 52 (14.33%) User Stories
13 51 (14.05%) Change Management
14 49 (13.50%) Analytics
14 49 (13.50%) Business Analysis
14 49 (13.50%) Risk Management
14 49 (13.50%) Scrum
15 47 (12.95%) Workshop Facilitation
16 43 (11.85%) Requirements Gathering
17 42 (11.57%) Business Case
Programming Languages
1 34 (9.37%) SQL
2 12 (3.31%) Java
3 9 (2.48%) Korn
4 6 (1.65%) Python
5 4 (1.10%) Groovy
6 3 (0.83%) VBA
7 2 (0.55%) C#
7 2 (0.55%) JavaScript
7 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.55%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 67 (18.46%) Security Cleared
2 55 (15.15%) Degree
3 54 (14.88%) PMI Certification
4 50 (13.77%) PMP
5 48 (13.22%) SC Cleared
6 22 (6.06%) DV Cleared
7 10 (2.75%) ISTQB
8 8 (2.20%) ISEB
9 6 (1.65%) PgMP
9 6 (1.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (1.38%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.10%) CBAP
12 3 (0.83%) CISSP
12 3 (0.83%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.83%) IIBA
13 2 (0.55%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.55%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 2 (0.55%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (11.85%) PMO
2 37 (10.19%) QA
3 16 (4.41%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.03%) ISO 20022
5 8 (2.20%) SEPA
6 4 (1.10%) ISO 15022
6 4 (1.10%) NIST
6 4 (1.10%) P3O
6 4 (1.10%) TARGET2
7 3 (0.83%) NCSC
8 2 (0.55%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.55%) GRC
9 1 (0.28%) EMIR
9 1 (0.28%) EU AI Act
9 1 (0.28%) GDPR
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS
9 1 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 42001
9 1 (0.28%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.28%) MiFID
9 1 (0.28%) PMBOK
System Software
1 7 (1.93%) IAG
2 3 (0.83%) Docker
3 2 (0.55%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (2.20%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.10%) Ansible
3 2 (0.55%) Docker Swarm
3 2 (0.55%) HP ALM
4 1 (0.28%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.28%) Grafana
4 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.28%) Microsoft Intune
4 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
4 1 (0.28%) SCCM
4 1 (0.28%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 83 (22.87%) Microsoft
2 25 (6.89%) SAP
3 24 (6.61%) ServiceNow
4 14 (3.86%) Oracle
4 14 (3.86%) Salesforce
5 10 (2.75%) Sparx
6 9 (2.48%) Adobe
7 8 (2.20%) Google
8 7 (1.93%) Databricks
8 7 (1.93%) Murex
9 6 (1.65%) Atlassian
9 6 (1.65%) Cisco
10 5 (1.38%) Bloomberg
10 5 (1.38%) Sitecore
11 4 (1.10%) Amplitude
11 4 (1.10%) Braze
11 4 (1.10%) HP
11 4 (1.10%) Optimizely
11 4 (1.10%) Tealium
12 3 (0.83%) Palo Alto