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 20 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 161 148 144
Rank change year-on-year -13 -4 -24
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 323 244 313
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.70% 1.95% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.91% 2.11% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 216 167 226
10th Percentile £363 £343 £400
25th Percentile £434 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -8.33% +6.86%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £700
90th Percentile £750 £740 £794
England median daily rate £535 £505 £561
% change year-on-year +5.94% -10.02% +2.05%

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 16,916 11,555 15,666
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.87% 92.40% 88.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,270 7,751 11,170
10th Percentile £360 £338 £340
25th Percentile £437 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £520 £515 £525
% change year-on-year +0.97% -1.90% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 259 210 314
10th Percentile £18.06 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.22 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £33.45 £28.25
Median % change year-on-year +12.12% +18.39% -29.38%
75th Percentile £59.99 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.70
England median hourly rate £47.50 £27.40 £37.63
% change year-on-year +73.36% -27.18% +4.81%

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 20 June 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 20 June 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 -7 47 £613 +12.64% 8
West London -21 8 £329 -26.89% 7
East London -2 2 - - 3
South London -5 2 £513 - 3
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 25 (7.74%) Confluence
2 16 (4.95%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.55%) CMS
4 4 (1.24%) SAS
5 3 (0.93%) Kentico
6 2 (0.62%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (0.31%) Apache
7 1 (0.31%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.31%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.31%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 46 (14.24%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (10.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 31 (9.60%) Microsoft Project
4 23 (7.12%) Microsoft Office
5 13 (4.02%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.62%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.62%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.10%) Loan IQ
1 10 (3.10%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 8 (2.48%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.55%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.24%) Magento
5 3 (0.93%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.93%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.93%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 3 (0.93%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.93%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.62%) IntelliMatch
6 2 (0.62%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.62%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.62%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.62%) Shopify
6 2 (0.62%) Summit
6 2 (0.62%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 72 (22.29%) Azure
2 31 (9.60%) Azure DevOps
3 30 (9.29%) AWS
3 30 (9.29%) Power Platform
4 16 (4.95%) GCP
5 13 (4.02%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.72%) SaaS
7 9 (2.79%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.86%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.86%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 6 (1.86%) Smartsheet
9 5 (1.55%) Asana
10 4 (1.24%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.24%) Microsoft Copilot
10 4 (1.24%) OCI
10 4 (1.24%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 3 (0.93%) Adobe Analytics
11 3 (0.93%) GitHub
11 3 (0.93%) Google Workspace
12 2 (0.62%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.48%) Network Security
2 6 (1.86%) DNS
3 5 (1.55%) HTTP
3 5 (1.55%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.93%) Firewall
5 2 (0.62%) Internet
5 2 (0.62%) LAN
5 2 (0.62%) WAN
5 2 (0.62%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.31%) 4G
6 1 (0.31%) Cisco IOS
6 1 (0.31%) FTP
6 1 (0.31%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.31%) Intranet
6 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
6 1 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
6 1 (0.31%) VLAN
6 1 (0.31%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.05%) Power BI
2 10 (3.10%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.48%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.24%) Relational Database
4 4 (1.24%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.93%) Electronic Patient Records
5 3 (0.93%) Oracle Reports
6 2 (0.62%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.62%) DataStage
6 2 (0.62%) Power Query
6 2 (0.62%) Tableau
7 1 (0.31%) Azure SQL Database
7 1 (0.31%) Big Data
7 1 (0.31%) Couchbase
7 1 (0.31%) Db2
7 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.31%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 67 (20.74%) JIRA
2 7 (2.17%) Git
3 5 (1.55%) Browser DevTools
3 5 (1.55%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.24%) Selenium
4 4 (1.24%) Subversion
5 3 (0.93%) Zephyr
6 2 (0.62%) TestRail
7 1 (0.31%) Appium
7 1 (0.31%) IBM UrbanCode
7 1 (0.31%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.31%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 159 (49.23%) Finance
2 149 (46.13%) Social Skills
3 63 (19.50%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (16.72%) Banking
5 34 (10.53%) Public Sector
6 23 (7.12%) Organisational Skills
7 22 (6.81%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (4.33%) Influencing Skills
9 13 (4.02%) Retail
10 12 (3.72%) Financial Institution
11 8 (2.48%) Documentation Skills
12 7 (2.17%) Marketing
13 6 (1.86%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.55%) Investment Banking
14 5 (1.55%) Manufacturing
14 5 (1.55%) Police
15 4 (1.24%) Front Office
15 4 (1.24%) Legal
16 3 (0.93%) General Ledger
17 2 (0.62%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 86 (26.63%) Project Manager
2 85 (26.32%) Analyst
3 52 (16.10%) Business Analyst
4 40 (12.38%) Senior
5 31 (9.60%) Architect
6 29 (8.98%) Lead
7 22 (6.81%) Senior Analyst
8 20 (6.19%) Change Manager
9 15 (4.64%) IT Manager
9 15 (4.64%) Senior Business Analyst
9 15 (4.64%) Senior Manager
10 14 (4.33%) Delivery Manager
10 14 (4.33%) Infrastructure Manager
10 14 (4.33%) Senior Project Manager
10 14 (4.33%) Test Manager
11 13 (4.02%) Banking Analyst
11 13 (4.02%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 12 (3.72%) Business Manager
12 12 (3.72%) Programme Manager
13 11 (3.41%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.64%) Middleware
2 7 (2.17%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.86%) ADO
4 5 (1.55%) SailPoint
4 5 (1.55%) VML
5 4 (1.24%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (1.24%) OAuth
5 4 (1.24%) SAML
6 3 (0.93%) .NET
7 2 (0.62%) Kafka
7 2 (0.62%) SOAP
7 2 (0.62%) Web Services
8 1 (0.31%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
8 1 (0.31%) ebXML
8 1 (0.31%) REST
8 1 (0.31%) SAP Fiori
8 1 (0.31%) SAPUI5
8 1 (0.31%) STL
8 1 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 16 (4.95%) Onboarding
2 12 (3.72%) PMI
3 11 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
3 11 (3.41%) Management Information System
3 11 (3.41%) Product Ownership
4 10 (3.10%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.17%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 7 (2.17%) Greenfield Project
7 6 (1.86%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.55%) CMDB
8 5 (1.55%) NHS
8 5 (1.55%) Tandem
8 5 (1.55%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.24%) Cloud Native
9 4 (1.24%) Derivative
9 4 (1.24%) IoT
10 3 (0.93%) AI Agents
10 3 (0.93%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.55%) Windows
2 3 (0.93%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.31%) Android
3 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.31%) Linux
3 1 (0.31%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 292 (90.40%) Agile
2 158 (48.92%) Stakeholder Management
3 115 (35.60%) Project Management
4 86 (26.63%) Problem-Solving
5 84 (26.01%) Project Delivery
6 76 (23.53%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 69 (21.36%) DevOps
8 66 (20.43%) Migration
9 55 (17.03%) User Acceptance Testing
10 51 (15.79%) Continuous Improvement
11 47 (14.55%) Business Analysis
11 47 (14.55%) Workshop Facilitation
12 46 (14.24%) Change Management
13 45 (13.93%) PRINCE2
14 42 (13.00%) User Stories
15 41 (12.69%) Scrum
16 38 (11.76%) Requirements Gathering
16 38 (11.76%) SDLC
17 36 (11.15%) Decision-Making
18 35 (10.84%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 32 (9.91%) SQL
2 13 (4.02%) Python
3 5 (1.55%) Bash
3 5 (1.55%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.24%) Apex Code
4 4 (1.24%) Java
5 3 (0.93%) C#
5 3 (0.93%) Groovy
5 3 (0.93%) VBA
6 2 (0.62%) Korn
6 2 (0.62%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.31%) ABAP
7 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 55 (17.03%) Security Cleared
2 50 (15.48%) Degree
3 36 (11.15%) SC Cleared
4 33 (10.22%) PMI Certification
5 27 (8.36%) PMP
6 19 (5.88%) DV Cleared
7 18 (5.57%) CBAP
8 13 (4.02%) IIBA
8 13 (4.02%) ISTQB
9 7 (2.17%) APMG
10 6 (1.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 6 (1.86%) CISSP
11 5 (1.55%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.55%) ISEB
12 4 (1.24%) ITIL Certification
12 4 (1.24%) Master's Degree
12 4 (1.24%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 3 (0.93%) CISM
13 3 (0.93%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.62%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (14.55%) QA
2 44 (13.62%) PMO
3 18 (5.57%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.48%) GDPR
5 7 (2.17%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.55%) ISO 20022
7 4 (1.24%) NIST
8 3 (0.93%) Basel III
9 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.62%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.62%) GRC
9 2 (0.62%) IFRS
9 2 (0.62%) ISO 15022
9 2 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 2 (0.62%) NCSC
9 2 (0.62%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.62%) PSD2
10 1 (0.31%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
10 1 (0.31%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (1.55%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.24%) IAG
3 3 (0.93%) Docker
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.31%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 7 (2.17%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.86%) Single Sign-On
3 3 (0.93%) HP ALM
3 3 (0.93%) Terraform
4 2 (0.62%) Ansible
4 2 (0.62%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.62%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.31%) AirWatch
5 1 (0.31%) Docker Swarm
5 1 (0.31%) Jamf Pro
5 1 (0.31%) SCCM
5 1 (0.31%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 63 (19.50%) Microsoft
2 20 (6.19%) SAP
2 20 (6.19%) ServiceNow
3 19 (5.88%) Oracle
4 18 (5.57%) Salesforce
5 10 (3.10%) Sparx
6 7 (2.17%) Adobe
6 7 (2.17%) Workday
7 6 (1.86%) Databricks
8 5 (1.55%) Planview
9 4 (1.24%) Bloomberg
9 4 (1.24%) Google
9 4 (1.24%) MuleSoft
9 4 (1.24%) Murex
9 4 (1.24%) Okta
9 4 (1.24%) VMware
10 3 (0.93%) Computacenter
10 3 (0.93%) Netskope
10 3 (0.93%) Remedy
10 3 (0.93%) Zscaler