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

6 months to
9 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 153 136 97
Rank change year-on-year -17 -39 +37
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 257 307 519
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.87% 1.98% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 2.22% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 211 397
10th Percentile £320 £400 £380
25th Percentile £413 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £542 £565 £565
Median % change year-on-year -4.16% - +0.89%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £675
90th Percentile £739 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +2.33%
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% +30.02%
75th Percentile £98.04 - £78.47
90th Percentile £103.50 - £85.39
England median hourly rate £77.50 £35.00 £54.43
% change year-on-year +121.43% -35.70% -5.71%

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 12,690 13,828 18,272
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.41% 89.13% 89.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,349 8,905 13,142
10th Percentile £331 £350 £356
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 £799 £800
England median daily rate £510 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.86% -4.50% -0.05%
Number of hourly rates quoted 255 162 248
10th Percentile £17.69 £17.28 £18.55
25th Percentile £24.89 £24.63 £21.44
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.79 £37.17
Median % change year-on-year -21.93% +1.65% -0.88%
75th Percentile £46.88 £55.94 £60.44
90th Percentile £64.90 £80.68 £77.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £36.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -31.10% -17.98% +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 9 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 9 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 9 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 -26 40 £525 -11.02% 114
East London +7 6 £585 +37.65% 13
West London -10 5 £320 -43.66% 17
North London +5 3 £550 - 4
South London -6 3 £750 +57.89% 15
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 30 (11.67%) Confluence
2 8 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.39%) CMS
5 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
Applications
1 24 (9.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (8.95%) Microsoft Project
3 18 (7.00%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (5.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (5.45%) MS Visio
6 7 (2.72%) Trello
7 3 (1.17%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (5.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 10 (3.89%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.17%) Oracle EBS
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.78%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.78%) Workfront
5 1 (0.39%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.39%) Epicor iScala
5 1 (0.39%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.39%) Primavera
5 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.39%) Shopify
5 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 47 (18.29%) Azure
2 16 (6.23%) AWS
2 16 (6.23%) Power Platform
2 16 (6.23%) SaaS
3 14 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
4 13 (5.06%) GCP
5 9 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
5 9 (3.50%) PaaS
6 7 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
7 6 (2.33%) GitHub
8 5 (1.95%) IaaS
9 4 (1.56%) Smartsheet
10 3 (1.17%) Asana
10 3 (1.17%) Figma
10 3 (1.17%) OCI
10 3 (1.17%) Slack
11 2 (0.78%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.78%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.78%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.11%) Firewall
2 7 (2.72%) WAN
3 5 (1.95%) LAN
4 3 (1.17%) DNS
4 3 (1.17%) Network Security
4 3 (1.17%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.17%) VPN
5 2 (0.78%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.78%) VLAN
6 1 (0.39%) DHCP
6 1 (0.39%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.39%) FTP
6 1 (0.39%) HSRP
6 1 (0.39%) InfiniBand
6 1 (0.39%) Internet
6 1 (0.39%) NAS
6 1 (0.39%) OSPF
6 1 (0.39%) SAN
6 1 (0.39%) SSL
6 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.67%) Power BI
2 8 (3.11%) SQL Server
3 5 (1.95%) Big Data
3 5 (1.95%) HPCC
3 5 (1.95%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.56%) BigQuery
4 4 (1.56%) Data Lake
5 3 (1.17%) Tableau
6 2 (0.78%) Metadata
6 2 (0.78%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.39%) Data Hub
7 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.39%) Power Query
7 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.39%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 57 (22.18%) JIRA
2 6 (2.33%) Git
2 6 (2.33%) Selenium
3 5 (1.95%) GitLab
4 3 (1.17%) Gradle
4 3 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.17%) Maven
4 3 (1.17%) Zephyr
5 2 (0.78%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.78%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.78%) Postman
5 2 (0.78%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.78%) sqlmap
5 2 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.39%) Subversion
6 1 (0.39%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.39%) TestRail
6 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 125 (48.64%) Finance
2 122 (47.47%) Social Skills
3 50 (19.46%) Analytical Skills
4 41 (15.95%) Banking
5 21 (8.17%) Public Sector
6 16 (6.23%) Retail
7 13 (5.06%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (4.28%) Legal
8 11 (4.28%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (3.50%) Investment Banking
11 8 (3.11%) Front Office
11 8 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.72%) Local Government
13 6 (2.33%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.95%) General Ledger
15 4 (1.56%) Telecoms
16 3 (1.17%) Financial Institution
16 3 (1.17%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 75 (29.18%) Analyst
2 64 (24.90%) Business Analyst
3 63 (24.51%) Project Manager
4 22 (8.56%) Lead
5 20 (7.78%) Senior
6 16 (6.23%) Architect
7 13 (5.06%) Solutions Architect
8 10 (3.89%) Programme Manager
8 10 (3.89%) Senior Manager
8 10 (3.89%) Senior Project Manager
9 9 (3.50%) IT Manager
9 9 (3.50%) SAP Manager
9 9 (3.50%) Technical Analyst
10 8 (3.11%) Delivery Manager
10 8 (3.11%) IT Project Manager
10 8 (3.11%) Senior Analyst
11 7 (2.72%) PMO Lead
11 7 (2.72%) Transformation Manager
12 6 (2.33%) SAP Project Manager
12 6 (2.33%) Transformation Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.67%) Oracle Fusion
2 11 (4.28%) XML
3 8 (3.11%) JSON
4 7 (2.72%) HTML
5 6 (2.33%) Middleware
5 6 (2.33%) Web Services
6 5 (1.95%) RESTful
6 5 (1.95%) SOAP
7 4 (1.56%) ADO
8 3 (1.17%) Apache NiFi
8 3 (1.17%) DCOM
8 3 (1.17%) Spring
9 2 (0.78%) .NET
9 2 (0.78%) Gherkin
9 2 (0.78%) Kafka
9 2 (0.78%) OpenAPI
9 2 (0.78%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.78%) Swagger
9 2 (0.78%) WebdriverIO
9 2 (0.78%) XML Messaging
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.23%) PMI
2 15 (5.84%) Onboarding
3 14 (5.45%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.28%) Virtual Team
5 9 (3.50%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.11%) Reinsurance
7 7 (2.72%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (2.72%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.95%) Data Centre
8 5 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.56%) Derivative
10 3 (1.17%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.17%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
11 2 (0.78%) Market Risk
11 2 (0.78%) Marketing Technology
11 2 (0.78%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.78%) Security Posture
11 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 20 (7.78%) Windows
2 8 (3.11%) Linux
3 7 (2.72%) Unix
4 1 (0.39%) VMS
4 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 248 (96.50%) Agile
2 109 (42.41%) Stakeholder Management
3 84 (32.68%) Project Management
4 74 (28.79%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (23.35%) Project Delivery
6 58 (22.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 50 (19.46%) PRINCE2
8 45 (17.51%) Change Management
9 41 (15.95%) Requirements Gathering
10 40 (15.56%) Migration
10 40 (15.56%) Scrum
10 40 (15.56%) User Acceptance Testing
11 39 (15.18%) Workshop Facilitation
12 36 (14.01%) SDLC
13 34 (13.23%) DevOps
14 27 (10.51%) Business Analysis
15 26 (10.12%) Risk Management
16 25 (9.73%) Project Governance
16 25 (9.73%) User Stories
17 23 (8.95%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.12%) SQL
2 15 (5.84%) Python
3 9 (3.50%) Java
4 6 (2.33%) C#
5 5 (1.95%) C
6 4 (1.56%) Groovy
6 4 (1.56%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.17%) Bash
7 3 (1.17%) C++
8 2 (0.78%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.78%) Korn
8 2 (0.78%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.78%) Ruby
8 2 (0.78%) VB
9 1 (0.39%) Bicep
9 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 48 (18.68%) Degree
2 47 (18.29%) PMI Certification
3 33 (12.84%) PMP
4 20 (7.78%) Security Cleared
5 18 (7.00%) SC Cleared
6 8 (3.11%) CBAP
7 7 (2.72%) ISTQB
8 6 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.95%) IIBA
10 4 (1.56%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.56%) ISEB
10 4 (1.56%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.17%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.17%) CISSP
11 3 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.78%) CISM
12 2 (0.78%) CRISC
12 2 (0.78%) GPEN
12 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (15.18%) PMO
2 24 (9.34%) QA
3 11 (4.28%) GDPR
4 7 (2.72%) MiFID
5 6 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.33%) EMIR
5 6 (2.33%) Solvency II
6 5 (1.95%) Data Quality
6 5 (1.95%) SLA
7 4 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.17%) ISO 20022
8 3 (1.17%) PSD2
8 3 (1.17%) SEPA
9 2 (0.78%) GAAP
9 2 (0.78%) WCAG
10 1 (0.39%) Basel III
10 1 (0.39%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (1.56%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.56%) Docker
2 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.39%) IAG
3 1 (0.39%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (1.95%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.17%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.78%) Control-M
3 2 (0.78%) Nessus
3 2 (0.78%) Nmap
3 2 (0.78%) Terraform
4 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (17.51%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.56%) Oracle
2 22 (8.56%) SAP
3 8 (3.11%) Salesforce
3 8 (3.11%) ServiceNow
3 8 (3.11%) Workday
4 7 (2.72%) Guidewire
5 6 (2.33%) Duck Creek
5 6 (2.33%) PeopleSoft
5 6 (2.33%) Planview
6 5 (1.95%) MuleSoft
7 4 (1.56%) Anaplan
7 4 (1.56%) Databricks
7 4 (1.56%) HP
7 4 (1.56%) Hyperion
8 3 (1.17%) Adobe
8 3 (1.17%) IBM
8 3 (1.17%) VMware
9 2 (0.78%) Citrix
9 2 (0.78%) Murex