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 28 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 145 138 96
Rank change year-on-year -7 -42 +35
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 275 283 438
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.92% 1.91% 2.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.10% 2.12% 2.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 187 186 340
10th Percentile £318 £370 £400
25th Percentile £400 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £565 £585
Median % change year-on-year -7.08% -3.42% +6.36%
75th Percentile £638 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £738 £751
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +3.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 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% +34.79%
75th Percentile £98.04 - £78.47
90th Percentile £103.50 - £85.39
England median hourly rate £86.25 £35.00 £54.43
% change year-on-year +146.43% -35.70% +2.76%

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 13,097 13,344 16,454
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.33% 90.12% 89.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,632 8,554 11,793
10th Percentile £350 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £563
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -2.22% -4.66%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £756 £800 £788
England median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 229 165 243
10th Percentile £18.25 £18.16 £17.80
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.80 £20.01
Median hourly rate £31.49 £36.50 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.73% +12.31% -16.13%
75th Percentile £53.13 £55.25 £58.75
90th Percentile £67.91 £80.75 £73.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +25.64%

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 28 December 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 28 December 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 28 December 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 -24 38 £540 -8.47% 46
West London -16 4 £310 -47.10% 3
East London +2 3 £578 +35.88% 3
South London -5 2 £750 +57.89% 5
North London +4 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 34 (12.36%) Confluence
2 8 (2.91%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.36%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.36%) Appian
3 1 (0.36%) CMS
Applications
1 29 (10.55%) Microsoft Excel
2 26 (9.45%) Microsoft Project
3 21 (7.64%) Microsoft Office
3 21 (7.64%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (6.55%) MS Visio
5 9 (3.27%) Trello
6 4 (1.45%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.36%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (4.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (2.91%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.09%) Loan IQ
3 3 (1.09%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 2 (0.73%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 2 (0.73%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 2 (0.73%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.73%) Workfront
5 1 (0.36%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.36%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.36%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.36%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle FAH
5 1 (0.36%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.36%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.36%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.36%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.36%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 52 (18.91%) Azure
2 19 (6.91%) Power Platform
3 18 (6.55%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (5.45%) GCP
5 13 (4.73%) AWS
6 12 (4.36%) SaaS
7 7 (2.55%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.18%) Microsoft 365
9 5 (1.82%) Asana
10 4 (1.45%) OCI
10 4 (1.45%) PaaS
10 4 (1.45%) Smartsheet
11 3 (1.09%) Miro
11 3 (1.09%) OpenShift
11 3 (1.09%) PowerApps
11 3 (1.09%) Slack
12 2 (0.73%) Azure Logic Apps
12 2 (0.73%) Entra ID
12 2 (0.73%) Figma
12 2 (0.73%) Intacct
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.18%) Firewall
2 4 (1.45%) VPN
3 3 (1.09%) FTP
3 3 (1.09%) Network Security
3 3 (1.09%) WAN
4 2 (0.73%) LAN
4 2 (0.73%) NAS
4 2 (0.73%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.73%) VLAN
5 1 (0.36%) BGP
5 1 (0.36%) DHCP
5 1 (0.36%) DNS
5 1 (0.36%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.36%) Internet
5 1 (0.36%) IPsec
5 1 (0.36%) NGFW
5 1 (0.36%) OSPF
5 1 (0.36%) SSL
5 1 (0.36%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.36%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.36%) Power BI
2 8 (2.91%) SQL Server
3 7 (2.55%) BigQuery
3 7 (2.55%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.55%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.45%) Metadata
5 3 (1.09%) Tableau
6 2 (0.73%) Big Data
6 2 (0.73%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.36%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.36%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.36%) HPCC
7 1 (0.36%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.36%) Power Query
7 1 (0.36%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.36%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.36%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 71 (25.82%) JIRA
2 7 (2.55%) Selenium
3 5 (1.82%) Zephyr
4 3 (1.09%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.73%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.73%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.73%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.73%) Postman
5 2 (0.73%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.73%) sqlmap
6 1 (0.36%) Git
6 1 (0.36%) GitLab
6 1 (0.36%) Gradle
6 1 (0.36%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.36%) Maven
6 1 (0.36%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.36%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.36%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.36%) TestRail
6 1 (0.36%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 138 (50.18%) Finance
2 134 (48.73%) Social Skills
3 57 (20.73%) Analytical Skills
4 40 (14.55%) Banking
5 22 (8.00%) Public Sector
6 17 (6.18%) Documentation Skills
6 17 (6.18%) Retail
7 15 (5.45%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (4.00%) Influencing Skills
8 11 (4.00%) Organisational Skills
9 10 (3.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.27%) Investment Banking
10 9 (3.27%) Legal
11 6 (2.18%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.82%) Front Office
12 5 (1.82%) General Ledger
12 5 (1.82%) Telecoms
13 4 (1.45%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.09%) Local Government
15 2 (0.73%) Law
Job Titles
1 90 (32.73%) Analyst
2 71 (25.82%) Business Analyst
3 56 (20.36%) Project Manager
4 33 (12.00%) Senior
5 26 (9.45%) Lead
6 19 (6.91%) Senior Analyst
7 15 (5.45%) Programme Manager
8 13 (4.73%) Test Analyst
9 11 (4.00%) Architect
9 11 (4.00%) Senior Business Analyst
9 11 (4.00%) Senior Manager
10 10 (3.64%) Delivery Manager
10 10 (3.64%) Solutions Architect
11 9 (3.27%) Technical Analyst
12 8 (2.91%) Consultant
12 8 (2.91%) SAP Manager
12 8 (2.91%) Senior Project Manager
12 8 (2.91%) Senior Test Analyst
12 8 (2.91%) Systems Analyst
12 8 (2.91%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.73%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (3.64%) Middleware
3 7 (2.55%) ADO
4 6 (2.18%) Web Services
5 5 (1.82%) RESTful
5 5 (1.82%) SOAP
5 5 (1.82%) XML
6 4 (1.45%) JSON
6 4 (1.45%) Kafka
7 3 (1.09%) Apache NiFi
8 2 (0.73%) .NET
8 2 (0.73%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.73%) Lightning Web Components
8 2 (0.73%) OpenAPI
8 2 (0.73%) Swagger
8 2 (0.73%) WebdriverIO
9 1 (0.36%) HTML
9 1 (0.36%) SailPoint
9 1 (0.36%) Spring
9 1 (0.36%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.27%) Onboarding
2 19 (6.91%) PMI
3 13 (4.73%) Product Ownership
4 11 (4.00%) Management Information System
4 11 (4.00%) Virtual Team
5 7 (2.55%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.55%) Reinsurance
6 6 (2.18%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.18%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (1.45%) Cloud Native
7 4 (1.45%) Educational Technology
7 4 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
7 4 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
7 4 (1.45%) Self-Motivation
8 3 (1.09%) Derivative
8 3 (1.09%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.09%) Greenfield Project
9 2 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.73%) NHS
9 2 (0.73%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 13 (4.73%) Windows
2 4 (1.45%) Linux
3 2 (0.73%) Unix
3 2 (0.73%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 254 (92.36%) Agile
2 124 (45.09%) Stakeholder Management
3 100 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
4 92 (33.45%) Project Management
5 67 (24.36%) Project Delivery
6 55 (20.00%) Migration
6 55 (20.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 50 (18.18%) Workshop Facilitation
8 47 (17.09%) PRINCE2
8 47 (17.09%) Scrum
9 46 (16.73%) User Acceptance Testing
10 44 (16.00%) Change Management
10 44 (16.00%) DevOps
11 41 (14.91%) Business Analysis
12 36 (13.09%) Requirements Gathering
12 36 (13.09%) SDLC
13 35 (12.73%) User Stories
14 33 (12.00%) Continuous Improvement
15 30 (10.91%) System Integration Testing
16 29 (10.55%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 28 (10.18%) SQL
2 11 (4.00%) Python
3 7 (2.55%) Groovy
3 7 (2.55%) Java
4 5 (1.82%) C#
5 4 (1.45%) Shell Script
6 3 (1.09%) Bash
6 3 (1.09%) JavaScript
6 3 (1.09%) Korn
7 2 (0.73%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.73%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.73%) Ruby
7 2 (0.73%) VB
8 1 (0.36%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.36%) Bicep
8 1 (0.36%) C
8 1 (0.36%) T-SQL
8 1 (0.36%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 55 (20.00%) Degree
2 44 (16.00%) PMI Certification
3 28 (10.18%) PMP
4 22 (8.00%) Security Cleared
5 19 (6.91%) SC Cleared
6 17 (6.18%) CBAP
7 8 (2.91%) Azure Certification
7 8 (2.91%) IIBA
7 8 (2.91%) ISTQB
8 6 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 6 (2.18%) ISEB
9 5 (1.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.09%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.09%) CISSP
10 3 (1.09%) Master's Degree
10 3 (1.09%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.73%) GPEN
11 2 (0.73%) OSCE
11 2 (0.73%) OSCP
11 2 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (14.55%) PMO
2 29 (10.55%) QA
3 12 (4.36%) Data Quality
4 11 (4.00%) GDPR
5 6 (2.18%) MiFID
5 6 (2.18%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.82%) Accessibility
6 5 (1.82%) EMIR
6 5 (1.82%) SLA
7 4 (1.45%) ISO 20022
7 4 (1.45%) Solvency II
8 3 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.09%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.73%) Basel III
9 2 (0.73%) GRC
9 2 (0.73%) IFRS
9 2 (0.73%) PSD2
9 2 (0.73%) SEPA
9 2 (0.73%) WCAG
10 1 (0.36%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 4 (1.45%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.45%) Docker
2 2 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.36%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.36%) IAG
3 1 (0.36%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (1.82%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.45%) HP ALM
3 3 (1.09%) Terraform
4 2 (0.73%) Nessus
4 2 (0.73%) Nmap
5 1 (0.36%) Ansible
5 1 (0.36%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 52 (18.91%) Microsoft
2 27 (9.82%) Oracle
3 22 (8.00%) SAP
4 9 (3.27%) Workday
5 7 (2.55%) Planview
6 6 (2.18%) MuleSoft
6 6 (2.18%) Salesforce
6 6 (2.18%) ServiceNow
7 4 (1.45%) Anaplan
7 4 (1.45%) Guidewire
7 4 (1.45%) HP
7 4 (1.45%) Hyperion
8 3 (1.09%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.09%) PeopleSoft
9 2 (0.73%) Adobe
9 2 (0.73%) Cisco
9 2 (0.73%) Juniper
9 2 (0.73%) Progress
9 2 (0.73%) Sage
9 2 (0.73%) Siebel