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 17 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 151 146 118
Rank change year-on-year -5 -28 +23
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 291 252 358
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.89% 1.88% 1.94%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.09% 2.08% 2.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 191 160 275
10th Percentile £325 £353 £413
25th Percentile £412 £413 £506
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £700
90th Percentile £750 £725 £754
England median daily rate £525 £528 £575
% change year-on-year -0.47% -8.26% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 1
Median hourly rate £107.14 £35.00 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +206.11% -61.11% +81.25%
England median hourly rate £87.50 £35.00 £77.96
% change year-on-year +150.00% -55.11% +47.18%

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 13,941 12,133 16,347
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.57% 90.64% 88.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,301 7,761 11,691
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 151 345
10th Percentile £18.25 £21.00 £16.02
25th Percentile £25.15 £25.88 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -5.41% +23.33% -16.67%
75th Percentile £56.50 £55.25 £52.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £25.77 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -26.37% - -

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 17 February 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 17 February 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 -11 39 £600 +1.69% 21
East London +2 5 £578 +35.88% 12
South London -11 3 £750 +97.37% 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 38 (13.06%) Confluence
2 14 (4.81%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.03%) CMS
4 1 (0.34%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.34%) Apache
4 1 (0.34%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.34%) Appian
4 1 (0.34%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.34%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 41 (14.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (12.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 31 (10.65%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (8.93%) Microsoft Office
5 21 (7.22%) MS Visio
6 6 (2.06%) Trello
7 4 (1.37%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.34%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 8 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
1 8 (2.75%) Loan IQ
2 6 (2.06%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.72%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (1.03%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (1.03%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.69%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.69%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.69%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.69%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.69%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.69%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.34%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.34%) Exchequer
6 1 (0.34%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.34%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.34%) SAP BPC
6 1 (0.34%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 58 (19.93%) Azure
2 21 (7.22%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (6.53%) Power Platform
4 17 (5.84%) GCP
5 16 (5.50%) AWS
6 9 (3.09%) SaaS
7 8 (2.75%) Microsoft 365
8 7 (2.41%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.72%) Asana
10 4 (1.37%) Entra ID
10 4 (1.37%) Smartsheet
11 3 (1.03%) Miro
11 3 (1.03%) OCI
11 3 (1.03%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.03%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 3 (1.03%) Salesforce Service Cloud
12 2 (0.69%) Figma
12 2 (0.69%) Intacct
12 2 (0.69%) PowerApps
12 2 (0.69%) WhatsApp
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.37%) VPN
1 4 (1.37%) WAN
2 3 (1.03%) FTP
2 3 (1.03%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.69%) DNS
3 2 (0.69%) Firewall
3 2 (0.69%) LAN
3 2 (0.69%) NAS
3 2 (0.69%) VLAN
4 1 (0.34%) BGP
4 1 (0.34%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.34%) HSRP
4 1 (0.34%) InfiniBand
4 1 (0.34%) Internet
4 1 (0.34%) Intranet
4 1 (0.34%) IPsec
4 1 (0.34%) Network Security
4 1 (0.34%) OSPF
4 1 (0.34%) VRRP
4 1 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.78%) Power BI
2 8 (2.75%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.41%) Oracle Reports
4 6 (2.06%) BigQuery
5 5 (1.72%) SQL Server
6 3 (1.03%) Metadata
7 2 (0.69%) Tableau
8 1 (0.34%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.34%) Big Data
8 1 (0.34%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.34%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.34%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.34%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.34%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.34%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 77 (26.46%) JIRA
2 3 (1.03%) Selenium
3 2 (0.69%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.69%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.69%) sqlmap
3 2 (0.69%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.69%) TestRail
3 2 (0.69%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.34%) Appium
4 1 (0.34%) HP UFT
4 1 (0.34%) LSMW
4 1 (0.34%) NUnit
4 1 (0.34%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.34%) Postman
4 1 (0.34%) SoapUI
4 1 (0.34%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.34%) TestComplete
4 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.34%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 156 (53.61%) Finance
2 146 (50.17%) Social Skills
3 54 (18.56%) Analytical Skills
4 49 (16.84%) Banking
5 23 (7.90%) Presentation Skills
6 18 (6.19%) Documentation Skills
6 18 (6.19%) Public Sector
7 14 (4.81%) Organisational Skills
8 13 (4.47%) Influencing Skills
9 10 (3.44%) Retail
10 9 (3.09%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.09%) Investment Banking
11 7 (2.41%) Financial Institution
11 7 (2.41%) Legal
12 6 (2.06%) Front Office
13 5 (1.72%) General Ledger
13 5 (1.72%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.37%) Local Government
15 3 (1.03%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.69%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 106 (36.43%) Analyst
2 78 (26.80%) Business Analyst
3 54 (18.56%) Project Manager
4 41 (14.09%) Senior
5 32 (11.00%) Lead
6 30 (10.31%) Senior Analyst
7 18 (6.19%) Senior Business Analyst
8 17 (5.84%) Delivery Manager
8 17 (5.84%) Programme Manager
9 16 (5.50%) Test Analyst
10 11 (3.78%) Architect
10 11 (3.78%) Banking Analyst
10 11 (3.78%) Migration Analyst
10 11 (3.78%) Senior Test Analyst
11 10 (3.44%) Banking Business Analyst
11 10 (3.44%) Consultant
11 10 (3.44%) Solutions Architect
11 10 (3.44%) Systems Analyst
11 10 (3.44%) Systems Integration Analyst
11 10 (3.44%) Systems Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.84%) Middleware
2 11 (3.78%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (2.06%) Web Services
4 5 (1.72%) ADO
5 4 (1.37%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (1.03%) .NET
6 3 (1.03%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (1.03%) Kafka
6 3 (1.03%) RESTful
7 2 (0.69%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.69%) React
7 2 (0.69%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.69%) SOAP
7 2 (0.69%) XML
8 1 (0.34%) IDoc
8 1 (0.34%) OpenJDK
8 1 (0.34%) PyTorch
8 1 (0.34%) SAPUI5
8 1 (0.34%) Swagger
8 1 (0.34%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.53%) PMI
2 17 (5.84%) Onboarding
3 12 (4.12%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.09%) Product Ownership
5 7 (2.41%) Analytical Mindset
6 6 (2.06%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.06%) Virtual Team
7 5 (1.72%) Cloud Native
7 5 (1.72%) Data Protection Act
7 5 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (1.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (1.72%) Tandem
8 4 (1.37%) Derivative
8 4 (1.37%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 3 (1.03%) Educational Technology
9 3 (1.03%) Legacy Systems
9 3 (1.03%) Life Science
9 3 (1.03%) Reinsurance
10 2 (0.69%) Operational Technology
10 2 (0.69%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 11 (3.78%) Windows
2 4 (1.37%) Linux
3 2 (0.69%) VMS
3 2 (0.69%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.34%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 270 (92.78%) Agile
2 145 (49.83%) Stakeholder Management
3 107 (36.77%) Project Management
4 97 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 75 (25.77%) Project Delivery
6 68 (23.37%) Migration
7 59 (20.27%) DevOps
8 55 (18.90%) Business Analysis
8 55 (18.90%) Workshop Facilitation
9 54 (18.56%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 50 (17.18%) User Acceptance Testing
11 48 (16.49%) Scrum
12 47 (16.15%) Change Management
13 45 (15.46%) PRINCE2
13 45 (15.46%) Requirements Gathering
14 44 (15.12%) User Stories
15 43 (14.78%) Continuous Improvement
16 41 (14.09%) SDLC
17 34 (11.68%) Data Migration
17 34 (11.68%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 32 (11.00%) SQL
2 9 (3.09%) Python
3 7 (2.41%) Groovy
4 6 (2.06%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.72%) Java
6 4 (1.37%) C#
7 3 (1.03%) Apex Code
7 3 (1.03%) Bash
7 3 (1.03%) Korn
8 2 (0.69%) PL/SQL
8 2 (0.69%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.69%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.34%) ABAP
9 1 (0.34%) Bicep
9 1 (0.34%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.34%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (20.27%) Degree
2 38 (13.06%) PMI Certification
3 31 (10.65%) Security Cleared
4 28 (9.62%) SC Cleared
5 25 (8.59%) CBAP
6 21 (7.22%) PMP
7 17 (5.84%) IIBA
8 10 (3.44%) BPSS Clearance
9 9 (3.09%) Azure Certification
10 8 (2.75%) ISTQB
11 7 (2.41%) Computer Science Degree
12 6 (2.06%) ISEB
13 5 (1.72%) Master's Degree
14 4 (1.37%) AWS Certification
14 4 (1.37%) CISSP
14 4 (1.37%) TOGAF Certification
15 2 (0.69%) GPEN
15 2 (0.69%) OSCE
15 2 (0.69%) OSCP
15 2 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (13.06%) PMO
2 30 (10.31%) QA
3 14 (4.81%) Data Quality
4 12 (4.12%) GDPR
5 9 (3.09%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (2.06%) MiFID
7 5 (1.72%) EMIR
7 5 (1.72%) ISO 20022
8 3 (1.03%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.03%) Basel III
8 3 (1.03%) GRC
9 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.69%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.69%) IFRS
9 2 (0.69%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.69%) NIST
9 2 (0.69%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.69%) PSD2
10 1 (0.34%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.34%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 6 (2.06%) Active Directory
1 6 (2.06%) Docker
2 2 (0.69%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.34%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.34%) IAG
3 1 (0.34%) RACF
Systems Management
1 7 (2.41%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.37%) HP ALM
3 3 (1.03%) Terraform
4 2 (0.69%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.69%) Nessus
4 2 (0.69%) Nmap
5 1 (0.34%) Ansible
5 1 (0.34%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 63 (21.65%) Microsoft
2 27 (9.28%) Oracle
3 19 (6.53%) SAP
4 11 (3.78%) Salesforce
5 9 (3.09%) ServiceNow
6 7 (2.41%) Planview
6 7 (2.41%) Workday
7 5 (1.72%) VMware
8 4 (1.37%) HP
8 4 (1.37%) MuleSoft
9 3 (1.03%) Atlassian
9 3 (1.03%) Jitterbit
10 2 (0.69%) Aruba
10 2 (0.69%) Cisco
10 2 (0.69%) Citrix
10 2 (0.69%) Fortinet
10 2 (0.69%) Juniper
10 2 (0.69%) PeopleSoft
10 2 (0.69%) Sage
10 2 (0.69%) Yardi