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 22 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 147 149 148
Rank change year-on-year +2 -1 -23
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 313 233 309
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.73% 1.90% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 2.06% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 152 233
10th Percentile £363 £356 £408
25th Percentile £425 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £545 £600
Median % change year-on-year +0.92% -9.17% +7.05%
75th Percentile £675 £652 £700
90th Percentile £750 £740 £785
England median daily rate £526 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +0.24% -8.70% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate £60.00 £41.50 £58.91
% change year-on-year +44.58% -29.55% +11.20%

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 15,989 11,284 15,445
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.37% 92.22% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,696 7,602 11,075
10th Percentile £356 £350 £346
25th Percentile £431 £435 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £680
90th Percentile £758 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 184 305
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.68
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.80 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.25 £34.25 £27.81
Median % change year-on-year +8.76% +23.16% -25.52%
75th Percentile £57.86 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £75.00 £63.75 £66.90
England median hourly rate £46.11 £29.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year +58.98% -20.55% -0.73%

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 22 May 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 22 May 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 -4 45 £625 +4.17% 25
West London -20 7 £329 - 9
East London -5 2 - - 3
South London - 2 £513 - 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 (8.63%) Confluence
2 13 (4.15%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.96%) CMS
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.32%) Apache
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.32%) Appian
4 1 (0.32%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.32%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.32%) Kentico
4 1 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.32%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 43 (13.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (11.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 33 (10.54%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (7.67%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (5.75%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.96%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.96%) Trello
7 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.19%) Loan IQ
2 9 (2.88%) Dynamics CRM
3 8 (2.56%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
4 6 (1.92%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 4 (1.28%) Magento
5 4 (1.28%) Oracle EBS R12
6 3 (0.96%) Oracle Financials
6 3 (0.96%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 3 (0.96%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.64%) Remedy ITSM
7 2 (0.64%) SAP BPC
7 2 (0.64%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.64%) Shopify
7 2 (0.64%) Temenos T24
8 1 (0.32%) Bloomberg TOMS
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle FAH
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Payables
8 1 (0.32%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.32%) Orchestrade
8 1 (0.32%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 66 (21.09%) Azure
2 30 (9.58%) Azure DevOps
3 25 (7.99%) AWS
4 22 (7.03%) Power Platform
5 14 (4.47%) GCP
6 10 (3.19%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (3.19%) SaaS
7 6 (1.92%) Entra ID
7 6 (1.92%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 4 (1.28%) Asana
8 4 (1.28%) Azure Sentinel
8 4 (1.28%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
8 4 (1.28%) Smartsheet
9 3 (0.96%) OCI
10 2 (0.64%) Azure Synapse Analytics
10 2 (0.64%) BigCommerce
10 2 (0.64%) GitHub
10 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Copilot
10 2 (0.64%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.92%) DNS
1 6 (1.92%) Network Security
2 5 (1.60%) HTTP
2 5 (1.60%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.64%) Firewall
3 2 (0.64%) FTP
3 2 (0.64%) LAN
3 2 (0.64%) WAN
4 1 (0.32%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.32%) Intranet
4 1 (0.32%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.32%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.32%) VLAN
4 1 (0.32%) VPN
4 1 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (4.47%) Power BI
2 10 (3.19%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.28%) BigQuery
3 4 (1.28%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.96%) Metadata
4 3 (0.96%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.64%) Big Data
6 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.32%) DataStage
6 1 (0.32%) DB2
6 1 (0.32%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.32%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.32%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 73 (23.32%) JIRA
2 6 (1.92%) Git
3 5 (1.60%) Browser DevTools
3 5 (1.60%) Selenium
4 4 (1.28%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.28%) Subversion
4 4 (1.28%) Zephyr
5 2 (0.64%) TestRail
6 1 (0.32%) Appium
6 1 (0.32%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.32%) LSMW
6 1 (0.32%) NUnit
6 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.32%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.32%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 159 (50.80%) Finance
2 143 (45.69%) Social Skills
3 62 (19.81%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (15.65%) Banking
5 27 (8.63%) Public Sector
6 22 (7.03%) Presentation Skills
7 21 (6.71%) Organisational Skills
8 15 (4.79%) Retail
9 13 (4.15%) Influencing Skills
10 12 (3.83%) Financial Institution
11 9 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (2.24%) Marketing
12 7 (2.24%) Telecoms
13 6 (1.92%) Inclusion and Diversity
13 6 (1.92%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.60%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.96%) General Ledger
15 3 (0.96%) Legal
15 3 (0.96%) Police
16 2 (0.64%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 85 (27.16%) Analyst
2 75 (23.96%) Project Manager
3 55 (17.57%) Business Analyst
4 48 (15.34%) Senior
5 26 (8.31%) Lead
5 26 (8.31%) Senior Analyst
6 21 (6.71%) Architect
7 20 (6.39%) Delivery Manager
8 18 (5.75%) Senior Manager
9 17 (5.43%) Change Manager
10 15 (4.79%) Programme Manager
10 15 (4.79%) Senior Business Analyst
11 14 (4.47%) IT Manager
11 14 (4.47%) Senior Project Manager
11 14 (4.47%) Test Manager
12 12 (3.83%) Infrastructure Manager
13 11 (3.51%) Banking Analyst
13 11 (3.51%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 11 (3.51%) Test Analyst
13 11 (3.51%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.79%) Middleware
2 8 (2.56%) ADO
2 8 (2.56%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.60%) Lightning Web Components
3 5 (1.60%) SailPoint
3 5 (1.60%) VML
4 4 (1.28%) OAuth
4 4 (1.28%) SAML
5 2 (0.64%) .NET
5 2 (0.64%) Kafka
5 2 (0.64%) Web Services
6 1 (0.32%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.32%) OpenJDK
6 1 (0.32%) React
6 1 (0.32%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.32%) SAPUI5
6 1 (0.32%) scikit-learn
6 1 (0.32%) SOAP
6 1 (0.32%) STL
6 1 (0.32%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.79%) Onboarding
2 12 (3.83%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.51%) PMI
4 10 (3.19%) Legacy Systems
4 10 (3.19%) Product Ownership
5 8 (2.56%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.24%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.92%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.92%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.60%) Tandem
8 5 (1.60%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.28%) AI Agents
9 4 (1.28%) CMDB
9 4 (1.28%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 4 (1.28%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (0.96%) Derivative
10 3 (0.96%) Life Science
10 3 (0.96%) Self-Motivation
10 3 (0.96%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 2 (0.64%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.60%) Windows
2 3 (0.96%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.32%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.32%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 277 (88.50%) Agile
2 153 (48.88%) Stakeholder Management
3 125 (39.94%) Project Management
4 95 (30.35%) Problem-Solving
5 79 (25.24%) Project Delivery
6 71 (22.68%) DevOps
7 68 (21.73%) Migration
7 68 (21.73%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 58 (18.53%) Continuous Improvement
9 51 (16.29%) Workshop Facilitation
10 47 (15.02%) Scrum
10 47 (15.02%) User Acceptance Testing
11 46 (14.70%) Business Analysis
12 43 (13.74%) User Stories
13 42 (13.42%) PRINCE2
14 39 (12.46%) Change Management
14 39 (12.46%) Decision-Making
15 38 (12.14%) SDLC
16 37 (11.82%) Risk Management
17 35 (11.18%) BPMN
Programming Languages
1 29 (9.27%) SQL
2 10 (3.19%) Python
3 5 (1.60%) Apex Code
3 5 (1.60%) Bash
3 5 (1.60%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.28%) Java
5 3 (0.96%) C#
5 3 (0.96%) PL/SQL
6 2 (0.64%) Groovy
6 2 (0.64%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.32%) ABAP
7 1 (0.32%) Korn
7 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.32%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 51 (16.29%) Degree
2 46 (14.70%) Security Cleared
3 31 (9.90%) SC Cleared
4 30 (9.58%) PMI Certification
5 24 (7.67%) PMP
6 21 (6.71%) CBAP
7 15 (4.79%) IIBA
8 13 (4.15%) DV Cleared
9 12 (3.83%) ISTQB
10 8 (2.56%) ISEB
11 7 (2.24%) APMG
11 7 (2.24%) BPSS Clearance
12 5 (1.60%) CISSP
13 4 (1.28%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.28%) Computer Science Degree
14 3 (0.96%) CISM
14 3 (0.96%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.96%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.96%) Master's Degree
15 2 (0.64%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (15.97%) QA
2 45 (14.38%) PMO
3 19 (6.07%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.88%) GDPR
5 7 (2.24%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.92%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.96%) Basel III
7 3 (0.96%) IFRS
7 3 (0.96%) NIST
8 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.64%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.64%) GRC
8 2 (0.64%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.64%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.64%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.64%) PSD2
9 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
9 1 (0.32%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.32%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.32%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (1.60%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.96%) IAG
3 2 (0.64%) Docker
4 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (1.60%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (1.28%) HP ALM
2 4 (1.28%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.64%) Ansible
3 2 (0.64%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.64%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.32%) Terraform
Vendors
1 65 (20.77%) Microsoft
2 24 (7.67%) Oracle
3 21 (6.71%) SAP
4 19 (6.07%) Salesforce
5 15 (4.79%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.56%) Sparx
7 7 (2.24%) Planview
7 7 (2.24%) Workday
8 5 (1.60%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.28%) Adobe
9 4 (1.28%) HP
9 4 (1.28%) Okta
10 3 (0.96%) Citrix
10 3 (0.96%) Computacenter
10 3 (0.96%) Databricks
10 3 (0.96%) Jitterbit
10 3 (0.96%) Netskope
10 3 (0.96%) Sitecore
10 3 (0.96%) Verint
10 3 (0.96%) VMware