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

6 months to
28 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 152 148 151
Rank change year-on-year -4 +3 -30
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 319 233 306
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.74% 1.93% 1.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 2.09% 1.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 155 231
10th Percentile £363 £356 £406
25th Percentile £425 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £540 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.63% -10.00% +7.05%
75th Percentile £675 £653 £700
90th Percentile £750 £740 £775
England median daily rate £530 £525 £575
% change year-on-year +0.95% -8.70% +4.55%

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 16,241 11,146 15,435
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.51% 92.25% 88.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,846 7,494 11,093
10th Percentile £358 £350 £340
25th Percentile £434 £431 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £688 £675
90th Percentile £760 £800 £800
England median daily rate £513 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -2.25% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 243 187 312
10th Percentile £18.75 £16.50 £15.95
25th Percentile £25.25 £23.60 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.50 £30.81 £27.92
Median % change year-on-year +21.73% +10.33% -29.54%
75th Percentile £58.84 £48.75 £48.75
90th Percentile £76.73 £63.10 £66.98
England median hourly rate £46.43 £28.18 £36.50
% change year-on-year +64.76% -22.79% -2.46%

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 May 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 28 May 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 -5 46 £625 +4.17% 19
West London -19 7 £329 - 8
East London -6 2 - - 3
South London - 2 £513 - 4
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 27 (8.46%) Confluence
2 13 (4.08%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.25%) CMS
4 2 (0.63%) Kentico
5 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.31%) Apache
5 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
5 1 (0.31%) Appian
5 1 (0.31%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.31%) Hyperledger
5 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.31%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 43 (13.48%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (11.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 33 (10.34%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (7.52%) Microsoft Office
5 18 (5.64%) MS Visio
6 3 (0.94%) Chatbot
6 3 (0.94%) Trello
7 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 10 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 10 (3.13%) Loan IQ
1 10 (3.13%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 5 (1.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 4 (1.25%) Magento
4 3 (0.94%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (0.94%) Oracle Financials
4 3 (0.94%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 3 (0.94%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.94%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.63%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.63%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.63%) Shopify
5 2 (0.63%) Temenos T24
6 1 (0.31%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
6 1 (0.31%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.31%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 67 (21.00%) Azure
2 29 (9.09%) Azure DevOps
3 27 (8.46%) AWS
4 25 (7.84%) Power Platform
5 17 (5.33%) GCP
6 10 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
6 10 (3.13%) Microsoft 365
6 10 (3.13%) SaaS
7 7 (2.19%) Asana
7 7 (2.19%) Smartsheet
8 6 (1.88%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.88%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 4 (1.25%) Azure Sentinel
9 4 (1.25%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
10 3 (0.94%) Google Workspace
10 3 (0.94%) OCI
11 2 (0.63%) Azure Synapse Analytics
11 2 (0.63%) BigCommerce
11 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.63%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.88%) DNS
1 6 (1.88%) Network Security
2 5 (1.57%) HTTP
2 5 (1.57%) TCP/IP
3 2 (0.63%) Firewall
3 2 (0.63%) FTP
3 2 (0.63%) LAN
3 2 (0.63%) WAN
4 1 (0.31%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.31%) Intranet
4 1 (0.31%) SD-WAN
4 1 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
4 1 (0.31%) VLAN
4 1 (0.31%) VPN
4 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (5.33%) Power BI
2 8 (2.51%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (1.25%) BigQuery
3 4 (1.25%) SQL Server
4 3 (0.94%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (0.63%) Electronic Patient Records
5 2 (0.63%) Metadata
5 2 (0.63%) Power Query
6 1 (0.31%) Big Data
6 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.31%) DataStage
6 1 (0.31%) DB2
6 1 (0.31%) Metadata Repository
6 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.31%) Qlik Sense
6 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.31%) SAP Data Services
6 1 (0.31%) SAP HANA
6 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 75 (23.51%) JIRA
2 6 (1.88%) Git
3 5 (1.57%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (1.25%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.25%) Selenium
4 4 (1.25%) Subversion
4 4 (1.25%) Zephyr
5 2 (0.63%) TestRail
6 1 (0.31%) Appium
6 1 (0.31%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.31%) LSMW
6 1 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.31%) SoapUI
General
1 164 (51.41%) Finance
2 147 (46.08%) Social Skills
3 63 (19.75%) Analytical Skills
4 52 (16.30%) Banking
5 30 (9.40%) Public Sector
6 22 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
6 22 (6.90%) Presentation Skills
7 15 (4.70%) Retail
8 14 (4.39%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (3.76%) Financial Institution
10 8 (2.51%) Documentation Skills
11 7 (2.19%) Marketing
11 7 (2.19%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 6 (1.88%) Investment Banking
13 4 (1.25%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.94%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.94%) Legal
14 3 (0.94%) Police
15 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 86 (26.96%) Analyst
2 80 (25.08%) Project Manager
3 55 (17.24%) Business Analyst
4 46 (14.42%) Senior
5 25 (7.84%) Lead
5 25 (7.84%) Senior Analyst
6 23 (7.21%) Architect
7 19 (5.96%) Delivery Manager
8 18 (5.64%) Change Manager
8 18 (5.64%) Senior Manager
9 15 (4.70%) Programme Manager
9 15 (4.70%) Senior Business Analyst
10 14 (4.39%) Infrastructure Manager
10 14 (4.39%) IT Manager
10 14 (4.39%) Senior Project Manager
10 14 (4.39%) Test Manager
11 13 (4.08%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 12 (3.76%) Banking Analyst
13 11 (3.45%) Transformation Analyst
14 10 (3.13%) Migration Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (4.08%) Middleware
2 8 (2.51%) ADO
2 8 (2.51%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.57%) SailPoint
3 5 (1.57%) VML
4 4 (1.25%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.25%) OAuth
4 4 (1.25%) SAML
5 2 (0.63%) .NET
5 2 (0.63%) Kafka
5 2 (0.63%) Web Services
6 1 (0.31%) AngularJS
6 1 (0.31%) IDoc
6 1 (0.31%) OpenJDK
6 1 (0.31%) React
6 1 (0.31%) SAP Fiori
6 1 (0.31%) SAPUI5
6 1 (0.31%) scikit-learn
6 1 (0.31%) Smart Contracts
6 1 (0.31%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 15 (4.70%) Onboarding
2 12 (3.76%) Management Information System
2 12 (3.76%) PMI
2 12 (3.76%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.13%) Data Centre
3 10 (3.13%) Legacy Systems
4 8 (2.51%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (2.51%) Virtual Team
5 6 (1.88%) Cloud Native
5 6 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.57%) Greenfield Project
6 5 (1.57%) Tandem
7 4 (1.25%) AI Agents
7 4 (1.25%) CMDB
7 4 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (0.94%) Derivative
8 3 (0.94%) Life Science
8 3 (0.94%) Private Cloud
8 3 (0.94%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 2 (0.63%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.57%) Windows
2 3 (0.94%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.31%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 284 (89.03%) Agile
2 157 (49.22%) Stakeholder Management
3 129 (40.44%) Project Management
4 96 (30.09%) Problem-Solving
5 81 (25.39%) Project Delivery
6 74 (23.20%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 70 (21.94%) DevOps
7 70 (21.94%) Migration
8 59 (18.50%) Continuous Improvement
9 51 (15.99%) Workshop Facilitation
10 50 (15.67%) User Acceptance Testing
11 47 (14.73%) Business Analysis
11 47 (14.73%) Scrum
12 44 (13.79%) PRINCE2
12 44 (13.79%) User Stories
13 41 (12.85%) Change Management
14 40 (12.54%) Decision-Making
15 39 (12.23%) SDLC
16 38 (11.91%) Scaled Agile Framework
17 37 (11.60%) BPMN
Programming Languages
1 28 (8.78%) SQL
2 10 (3.13%) Python
3 5 (1.57%) Bash
4 4 (1.25%) Apex Code
4 4 (1.25%) Java
4 4 (1.25%) JavaScript
5 2 (0.63%) C#
5 2 (0.63%) Groovy
5 2 (0.63%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.31%) ABAP
6 1 (0.31%) Korn
6 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 52 (16.30%) Degree
2 49 (15.36%) Security Cleared
3 32 (10.03%) PMI Certification
4 30 (9.40%) SC Cleared
5 25 (7.84%) PMP
6 21 (6.58%) CBAP
7 17 (5.33%) DV Cleared
8 15 (4.70%) IIBA
9 11 (3.45%) ISTQB
10 7 (2.19%) APMG
10 7 (2.19%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (2.19%) ISEB
11 6 (1.88%) CISSP
12 5 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.25%) Azure Certification
13 4 (1.25%) ITIL Certification
13 4 (1.25%) Master's Degree
14 3 (0.94%) CISM
14 3 (0.94%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 3 (0.94%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 49 (15.36%) QA
2 45 (14.11%) PMO
3 19 (5.96%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.82%) GDPR
5 7 (2.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.88%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.94%) Basel III
7 3 (0.94%) GRC
7 3 (0.94%) IFRS
7 3 (0.94%) NIST
8 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.63%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.63%) PSD2
9 1 (0.31%) GAAP
9 1 (0.31%) GxP
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.31%) JSP 440
System Software
1 5 (1.57%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.94%) IAG
3 2 (0.63%) Docker
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
2 4 (1.25%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.94%) HP ALM
4 2 (0.63%) Ansible
4 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.63%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.31%) Terraform
Vendors
1 64 (20.06%) Microsoft
2 23 (7.21%) Oracle
3 21 (6.58%) SAP
4 18 (5.64%) Salesforce
5 16 (5.02%) ServiceNow
6 10 (3.13%) Sparx
7 7 (2.19%) Planview
7 7 (2.19%) Workday
8 4 (1.25%) Adobe
8 4 (1.25%) Google
8 4 (1.25%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.25%) Okta
9 3 (0.94%) Citrix
9 3 (0.94%) Computacenter
9 3 (0.94%) Databricks
9 3 (0.94%) HP
9 3 (0.94%) Netskope
9 3 (0.94%) Sitecore
9 3 (0.94%) Verint
9 3 (0.94%) Zscaler