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 1 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 159 151 135
Rank change year-on-year -8 -16 -17
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 356 263 306
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.77% 1.93% 1.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.09% 2.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 235 189 218
10th Percentile £375 £330 £400
25th Percentile £450 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £675 £656 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £791
England median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.75 -
England median hourly rate £65.00 £48.00 £58.91
% change year-on-year +35.42% -18.51% +24.01%

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 17,949 12,571 14,518
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.06% 92.19% 88.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,845 8,422 10,287
10th Percentile £363 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £544 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -1.11% -4.35%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 299 246 207
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £19.94 £24.66 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £29.75 £34.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.33% -12.50% -17.62%
75th Percentile £56.63 £49.31 £54.38
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.25 £71.50
England median hourly rate £45.00 £25.15 £42.03
% change year-on-year +78.93% -40.16% -1.11%

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 1 August 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 1 August 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 -9 42 £675 +22.73% 41
West London -7 14 £329 +2.81% 6
South London -10 5 £550 - 2
North London -4 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 31 (8.71%) Confluence
2 23 (6.46%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.97%) CMS
4 4 (1.12%) SAS
5 3 (0.84%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.84%) Kentico
5 3 (0.84%) Sitecore CMS
6 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.28%) Apache
7 1 (0.28%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.28%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 39 (10.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (7.87%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 28 (7.87%) Microsoft Project
3 25 (7.02%) Microsoft Office
4 17 (4.78%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.84%) Trello
6 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (3.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.81%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 8 (2.25%) Magento
4 6 (1.69%) Loan IQ
5 4 (1.12%) Temenos T24
6 3 (0.84%) FLEXCUBE
6 3 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
6 3 (0.84%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.56%) Finacle
7 2 (0.56%) IntelliMatch
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.56%) Oracle Financials
7 2 (0.56%) SAP ERP
7 2 (0.56%) Shopify
7 2 (0.56%) Summit
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS
8 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
8 1 (0.28%) SAP BPC
8 1 (0.28%) SAP FI
8 1 (0.28%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 92 (25.84%) Azure
2 44 (12.36%) AWS
3 37 (10.39%) Azure DevOps
4 36 (10.11%) Power Platform
5 20 (5.62%) GCP
6 17 (4.78%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (4.78%) SaaS
7 12 (3.37%) Dynamics 365
8 8 (2.25%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.69%) Adobe Analytics
9 6 (1.69%) Asana
9 6 (1.69%) GitHub
9 6 (1.69%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 6 (1.69%) Smartsheet
10 4 (1.12%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.12%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.12%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.12%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 3 (0.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.25%) Network Security
2 6 (1.69%) DNS
3 5 (1.40%) HTTP
3 5 (1.40%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.84%) DMZ
4 3 (0.84%) Firewall
4 3 (0.84%) Intranet
4 3 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
4 3 (0.84%) WAN
4 3 (0.84%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.56%) 4G
5 2 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.56%) FTP
5 2 (0.56%) Internet
5 2 (0.56%) MPLS
5 2 (0.56%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.56%) VLAN
5 2 (0.56%) VPN
5 2 (0.56%) Wireless
6 1 (0.28%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.43%) Power BI
2 10 (2.81%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.25%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.97%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.40%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.84%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.84%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.84%) Metadata
6 3 (0.84%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.56%) Couchbase
7 2 (0.56%) DataStage
7 2 (0.56%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.56%) Power Query
7 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.56%) Tableau
8 1 (0.28%) Looker
8 1 (0.28%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.28%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 75 (21.07%) JIRA
2 12 (3.37%) Git
3 10 (2.81%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.25%) Subversion
5 6 (1.69%) Selenium
6 5 (1.40%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (1.12%) TestRail
7 4 (1.12%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.28%) Appium
9 1 (0.28%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.28%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.28%) Postman
9 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.28%) TestDirector
General
1 176 (49.44%) Finance
2 160 (44.94%) Social Skills
3 85 (23.88%) Analytical Skills
4 58 (16.29%) Banking
5 43 (12.08%) Public Sector
6 25 (7.02%) Organisational Skills
7 24 (6.74%) Retail
8 17 (4.78%) Presentation Skills
9 16 (4.49%) Marketing
10 12 (3.37%) Financial Institution
10 12 (3.37%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (2.81%) Documentation Skills
12 8 (2.25%) Investment Banking
12 8 (2.25%) Legal
13 7 (1.97%) Police
14 6 (1.69%) Front Office
14 6 (1.69%) Law
14 6 (1.69%) Telecoms
15 3 (0.84%) Manufacturing
15 3 (0.84%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 109 (30.62%) Project Manager
2 76 (21.35%) Analyst
3 51 (14.33%) Business Analyst
4 42 (11.80%) Senior
5 34 (9.55%) Architect
6 26 (7.30%) Senior Manager
7 24 (6.74%) Senior Project Manager
8 22 (6.18%) Lead
9 18 (5.06%) Change Manager
9 18 (5.06%) Infrastructure Manager
10 17 (4.78%) Infrastructure Project Manager
10 17 (4.78%) IT Manager
10 17 (4.78%) Technical Manager
10 17 (4.78%) Technical Project Manager
11 16 (4.49%) Programme Manager
12 15 (4.21%) Test Manager
13 14 (3.93%) Delivery Manager
14 12 (3.37%) Business Manager
15 11 (3.09%) IT Project Manager
16 10 (2.81%) Enterprise Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (3.37%) Middleware
2 9 (2.53%) VML
3 7 (1.97%) ADO
4 5 (1.40%) OAuth
4 5 (1.40%) SailPoint
4 5 (1.40%) SAML
5 4 (1.12%) .NET
5 4 (1.12%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (1.12%) Oracle Fusion
6 3 (0.84%) Kafka
6 3 (0.84%) SOAP
7 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.56%) REST
7 2 (0.56%) RxJava
7 2 (0.56%) Vert.x
7 2 (0.56%) Web Services
7 2 (0.56%) XML
8 1 (0.28%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.28%) Pandas
8 1 (0.28%) pytest
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.58%) Onboarding
2 22 (6.18%) Data Centre
3 19 (5.34%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.65%) Legacy Systems
5 12 (3.37%) CMDB
6 11 (3.09%) Greenfield Project
7 10 (2.81%) Management Information System
8 7 (1.97%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.97%) Derivative
8 7 (1.97%) PMI
9 6 (1.69%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.69%) Cloud Native
9 6 (1.69%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
9 6 (1.69%) NHS
9 6 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.40%) Data Protection Act
10 5 (1.40%) Enterprise Software
10 5 (1.40%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.12%) IoT
11 4 (1.12%) Private Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.40%) Windows
2 3 (0.84%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.56%) Linux
4 1 (0.28%) Android
4 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 331 (92.98%) Agile
2 175 (49.16%) Stakeholder Management
3 118 (33.15%) Project Management
4 92 (25.84%) Problem-Solving
5 91 (25.56%) Project Delivery
6 80 (22.47%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 72 (20.22%) Migration
8 69 (19.38%) DevOps
9 59 (16.57%) Continuous Improvement
10 58 (16.29%) PRINCE2
11 55 (15.45%) Scrum
12 54 (15.17%) User Acceptance Testing
13 52 (14.61%) Change Management
14 47 (13.20%) Workshop Facilitation
15 45 (12.64%) Risk Management
15 45 (12.64%) User Stories
16 44 (12.36%) Business Analysis
17 40 (11.24%) Analytics
18 36 (10.11%) Decision-Making
19 35 (9.83%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 34 (9.55%) SQL
2 15 (4.21%) Python
3 8 (2.25%) Java
4 6 (1.69%) JavaScript
5 5 (1.40%) Bash
5 5 (1.40%) Korn
6 4 (1.12%) Apex Code
6 4 (1.12%) C#
6 4 (1.12%) Groovy
7 3 (0.84%) VBA
8 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
8 2 (0.56%) TypeScript
9 1 (0.28%) ABAP
9 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 59 (16.57%) Security Cleared
2 46 (12.92%) Degree
3 39 (10.96%) SC Cleared
4 37 (10.39%) PMI Certification
5 35 (9.83%) PMP
6 23 (6.46%) DV Cleared
7 12 (3.37%) ISTQB
8 7 (1.97%) APMG
8 7 (1.97%) CISSP
8 7 (1.97%) ISEB
9 6 (1.69%) Computer Science Degree
10 5 (1.40%) BPSS Clearance
10 5 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.12%) CBAP
11 4 (1.12%) ITIL Certification
12 3 (0.84%) CISM
12 3 (0.84%) CTC Cleared
12 3 (0.84%) IIBA
12 3 (0.84%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.56%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (12.64%) QA
2 42 (11.80%) PMO
3 21 (5.90%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.25%) GDPR
5 6 (1.69%) ISO 20022
6 5 (1.40%) NIST
7 3 (0.84%) NCSC
7 3 (0.84%) P3O
7 3 (0.84%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (0.84%) SEPA
8 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.56%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.56%) GRC
8 2 (0.56%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.56%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.28%) PSD2
9 1 (0.28%) SOC 2
System Software
1 9 (2.53%) IAG
2 5 (1.40%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.84%) Docker
4 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 10 (2.81%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.69%) Single Sign-On
3 5 (1.40%) Terraform
4 4 (1.12%) Ansible
4 4 (1.12%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
5 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.56%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.28%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.28%) SCCM
6 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 66 (18.54%) Microsoft
2 29 (8.15%) ServiceNow
3 26 (7.30%) SAP
4 20 (5.62%) Salesforce
5 15 (4.21%) Oracle
6 10 (2.81%) Sparx
7 9 (2.53%) Adobe
8 8 (2.25%) Google
9 7 (1.97%) Cisco
9 7 (1.97%) Databricks
10 6 (1.69%) Murex
11 5 (1.40%) Bloomberg
11 5 (1.40%) HP
11 5 (1.40%) Planview
11 5 (1.40%) Sitecore
12 4 (1.12%) MuleSoft
12 4 (1.12%) Okta
12 4 (1.12%) VMware
13 3 (0.84%) Netskope
13 3 (0.84%) Zscaler