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 18 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 168 159 123
Rank change year-on-year -9 -36 -21
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 357 238 333
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.77% 1.77% 2.04%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 1.91% 2.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 221 165 221
10th Percentile £400 £331 £400
25th Percentile £463 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year - -3.51% +3.64%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £625
90th Percentile £738 £750 £738
England median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 4
Median hourly rate - £67.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +92.86% -30.33%
England median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% +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 17,959 12,462 14,550
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.91% 92.53% 89.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,758 8,244 9,685
10th Percentile £360 £327 £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 £675 £675
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £510 £525
% change year-on-year +2.94% -2.86% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 302 252 179
10th Percentile £16.52 £17.01 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.50 £25.00 £23.80
Median hourly rate £35.00 £31.75 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.24% -9.29% -9.58%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.56 £55.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £72.50
England median hourly rate £42.50 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +68.99% -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 18 September 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 18 September 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 -18 44 £558 +4.94% 35
West London -11 15 £510 +59.38% 5
South London -7 4 £575 -23.33% 3
East London 0 2 - - 4
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 33 (9.24%) Confluence
2 24 (6.72%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.96%) CMS
4 5 (1.40%) SAS
5 4 (1.12%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.12%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.84%) Kentico
6 3 (0.84%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.56%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.56%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.28%) Apache
8 1 (0.28%) Appian
Applications
1 41 (11.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 31 (8.68%) Microsoft Office
3 30 (8.40%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (6.72%) Microsoft Project
5 14 (3.92%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.12%) Trello
7 2 (0.56%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (3.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.80%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 8 (2.24%) Magento
4 3 (0.84%) FLEXCUBE
4 3 (0.84%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.84%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.56%) Finacle
5 2 (0.56%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.56%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.56%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.56%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.56%) 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 81 (22.69%) Azure
2 38 (10.64%) Azure DevOps
3 33 (9.24%) AWS
4 31 (8.68%) Power Platform
5 19 (5.32%) SaaS
6 17 (4.76%) Microsoft 365
7 13 (3.64%) GCP
8 11 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (1.96%) Adobe Analytics
9 7 (1.96%) Asana
10 6 (1.68%) GitHub
11 5 (1.40%) Power Automate
12 4 (1.12%) Entra ID
12 4 (1.12%) Google Analytics
12 4 (1.12%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (1.12%) Smartsheet
13 3 (0.84%) Amazon CloudWatch
13 3 (0.84%) Datadog
13 3 (0.84%) Google Workspace
13 3 (0.84%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.68%) Network Security
2 4 (1.12%) DMZ
2 4 (1.12%) Firewall
2 4 (1.12%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.84%) Structured Cabling
3 3 (0.84%) WAN
3 3 (0.84%) Wireless
4 2 (0.56%) 4G
4 2 (0.56%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.56%) DNS
4 2 (0.56%) Internet
4 2 (0.56%) Intranet
4 2 (0.56%) MPLS
4 2 (0.56%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.28%) BGP
5 1 (0.28%) DHCP
5 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.28%) LAN
5 1 (0.28%) OSPF
5 1 (0.28%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (7.28%) Power BI
2 10 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.96%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.40%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.12%) Relational Database
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%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.56%) Couchbase
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%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.28%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.28%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 65 (18.21%) JIRA
2 11 (3.08%) Jenkins
3 10 (2.80%) Git
3 10 (2.80%) Selenium
4 8 (2.24%) Subversion
5 5 (1.40%) eggPlant
6 4 (1.12%) HP UFT
6 4 (1.12%) SOAtest
7 3 (0.84%) SilkTest
7 3 (0.84%) TestRail
7 3 (0.84%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.56%) Rational Functional Tester
8 2 (0.56%) Zephyr
9 1 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
9 1 (0.28%) Cucumber
9 1 (0.28%) GitLab
9 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.28%) TestDirector
General
1 195 (54.62%) Finance
2 154 (43.14%) Social Skills
3 73 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
4 67 (18.77%) Banking
5 36 (10.08%) Public Sector
6 26 (7.28%) Retail
7 25 (7.00%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (5.32%) Influencing Skills
9 18 (5.04%) Marketing
10 11 (3.08%) Presentation Skills
11 8 (2.24%) Investment Banking
11 8 (2.24%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.96%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (1.96%) Financial Institution
12 7 (1.96%) Legal
13 6 (1.68%) Front Office
13 6 (1.68%) Law
13 6 (1.68%) Police
14 5 (1.40%) Retail Banking
15 3 (0.84%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 116 (32.49%) Project Manager
2 81 (22.69%) Analyst
3 57 (15.97%) Business Analyst
4 44 (12.32%) Senior
5 31 (8.68%) Architect
6 28 (7.84%) Senior Manager
7 25 (7.00%) Senior Project Manager
8 23 (6.44%) Programme Manager
8 23 (6.44%) Technical Manager
9 21 (5.88%) Lead
10 20 (5.60%) Technical Project Manager
10 20 (5.60%) Test Manager
11 17 (4.76%) IT Manager
12 15 (4.20%) Infrastructure Manager
12 15 (4.20%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 14 (3.92%) Change Manager
13 14 (3.92%) IT Project Manager
14 11 (3.08%) Delivery Manager
15 10 (2.80%) Enterprise Architect
15 10 (2.80%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.08%) Middleware
2 8 (2.24%) ADO
2 8 (2.24%) VML
3 6 (1.68%) Terraform
3 6 (1.68%) Web Services
4 5 (1.40%) .NET
4 5 (1.40%) SOAP
5 4 (1.12%) Kafka
5 4 (1.12%) XML
6 3 (0.84%) DAO
7 2 (0.56%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.56%) HTML
7 2 (0.56%) OAuth
7 2 (0.56%) REST
7 2 (0.56%) RxJava
7 2 (0.56%) SAML
7 2 (0.56%) Vert.x
7 2 (0.56%) XBRL
8 1 (0.28%) Apache Beam
8 1 (0.28%) eBPF
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.56%) Onboarding
2 26 (7.28%) Product Ownership
3 18 (5.04%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.08%) CMDB
5 10 (2.80%) Greenfield Project
6 9 (2.52%) Legacy Systems
6 9 (2.52%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 7 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.96%) Data Protection Act
7 7 (1.96%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.96%) Virtual Team
8 6 (1.68%) AI Agents
8 6 (1.68%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.68%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.68%) NHS
8 6 (1.68%) PMI
8 6 (1.68%) Self-Motivation
9 5 (1.40%) Credit Risk
9 5 (1.40%) Derivative
10 4 (1.12%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 6 (1.68%) Linux
2 3 (0.84%) Unix
3 2 (0.56%) Windows
4 1 (0.28%) Android
4 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 335 (93.84%) Agile
2 194 (54.34%) Stakeholder Management
3 117 (32.77%) Project Management
4 103 (28.85%) Project Delivery
5 81 (22.69%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 78 (21.85%) Migration
7 72 (20.17%) Problem-Solving
8 64 (17.93%) DevOps
9 63 (17.65%) PRINCE2
10 62 (17.37%) Continuous Improvement
11 60 (16.81%) User Acceptance Testing
12 51 (14.29%) User Stories
13 50 (14.01%) Change Management
14 48 (13.45%) Analytics
14 48 (13.45%) Business Analysis
14 48 (13.45%) Scrum
14 48 (13.45%) Workshop Facilitation
15 45 (12.61%) Risk Management
16 41 (11.48%) Requirements Gathering
16 41 (11.48%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 31 (8.68%) SQL
2 11 (3.08%) Java
3 9 (2.52%) Korn
4 7 (1.96%) Python
5 4 (1.12%) Groovy
6 3 (0.84%) JavaScript
6 3 (0.84%) VBA
7 2 (0.56%) C#
7 2 (0.56%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.56%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.28%) Bash
8 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
8 1 (0.28%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 68 (19.05%) Security Cleared
2 50 (14.01%) Degree
3 49 (13.73%) SC Cleared
4 47 (13.17%) PMI Certification
5 43 (12.04%) PMP
6 22 (6.16%) DV Cleared
7 11 (3.08%) ISTQB
8 8 (2.24%) ISEB
9 6 (1.68%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 5 (1.40%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.12%) BPSS Clearance
12 3 (0.84%) APMG
12 3 (0.84%) CBAP
12 3 (0.84%) CISSP
12 3 (0.84%) IIBA
13 2 (0.56%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.56%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
13 2 (0.56%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.56%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 48 (13.45%) PMO
2 40 (11.20%) QA
3 17 (4.76%) Data Quality
4 11 (3.08%) ISO 20022
5 8 (2.24%) SEPA
6 4 (1.12%) ISO 15022
6 4 (1.12%) NIST
6 4 (1.12%) P3O
6 4 (1.12%) TARGET2
7 3 (0.84%) NCSC
8 2 (0.56%) Accessibility
8 2 (0.56%) 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 9 (2.52%) IAG
2 3 (0.84%) Docker
3 2 (0.56%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.56%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 9 (2.52%) Kubernetes
2 5 (1.40%) Ansible
3 3 (0.84%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.56%) Docker Swarm
4 2 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
5 1 (0.28%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.28%) Grafana
5 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
5 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.28%) Prometheus
5 1 (0.28%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.28%) SCCM
5 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 73 (20.45%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.56%) ServiceNow
3 24 (6.72%) SAP
4 15 (4.20%) Oracle
5 14 (3.92%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.80%) Sparx
7 9 (2.52%) Adobe
8 8 (2.24%) Google
9 7 (1.96%) Databricks
9 7 (1.96%) Murex
10 6 (1.68%) Atlassian
11 5 (1.40%) Bloomberg
11 5 (1.40%) Cisco
11 5 (1.40%) HP
11 5 (1.40%) Planview
11 5 (1.40%) Sitecore
12 4 (1.12%) Amplitude
12 4 (1.12%) Braze
12 4 (1.12%) Optimizely
12 4 (1.12%) Tealium