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 23 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 150 138 92
Rank change year-on-year -12 -46 +53
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 259 305 511
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.84% 1.92% 2.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 2.14% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 178 203 386
10th Percentile £314 £400 £390
25th Percentile £400 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £570 £568
Median % change year-on-year -7.89% +0.44% +3.18%
75th Percentile £636 £644 £675
90th Percentile £738 £735 £750
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +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% +26.35%
75th Percentile £98.04 - £78.47
90th Percentile £103.50 - £85.39
England median hourly rate £82.50 £35.00 £54.43
% change year-on-year +135.71% -35.70% -10.77%

All Process and 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 12,972 14,232 17,965
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.22% 89.44% 89.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,522 9,196 12,900
10th Percentile £335 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £461
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -3.09% -3.42% -3.47%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 256 174 243
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.25 £18.61
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.50
Median hourly rate £28.31 £37.50 £36.28
Median % change year-on-year -24.50% +3.36% -6.68%
75th Percentile £47.13 £56.00 £60.00
90th Percentile £68.43 £80.75 £74.75
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.75 £44.50
% change year-on-year -29.65% -19.66% +25.35%

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 23 November 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 23 November 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 23 November 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 -21 37 £525 -11.02% 12
West London -11 5 £320 -45.39% 16
East London +8 4 £630 +48.24% 15
North London +4 3 £550 - 4
South London -6 3 £750 +57.89% 11
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 (12.74%) Confluence
2 7 (2.70%) SharePoint
3 2 (0.77%) CMS
3 2 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
Applications
1 28 (10.81%) Microsoft Excel
2 25 (9.65%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (7.34%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 18 (6.95%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (6.56%) MS Visio
6 7 (2.70%) Trello
7 3 (1.16%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (5.02%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.16%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.77%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.77%) Workfront
5 1 (0.39%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.39%) Epicor iScala
5 1 (0.39%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.39%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 53 (20.46%) Azure
2 19 (7.34%) AWS
3 16 (6.18%) Azure DevOps
3 16 (6.18%) Power Platform
4 14 (5.41%) GCP
4 14 (5.41%) SaaS
5 7 (2.70%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (2.70%) PaaS
6 6 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.32%) GitHub
7 4 (1.54%) Smartsheet
8 3 (1.16%) Asana
8 3 (1.16%) Figma
8 3 (1.16%) IaaS
8 3 (1.16%) Miro
8 3 (1.16%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.16%) PowerApps
8 3 (1.16%) Slack
9 2 (0.77%) Lucidchart
9 2 (0.77%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.70%) Firewall
2 6 (2.32%) WAN
3 4 (1.54%) VPN
4 3 (1.16%) LAN
4 3 (1.16%) Network Security
5 2 (0.77%) DNS
5 2 (0.77%) FTP
5 2 (0.77%) NAS
5 2 (0.77%) SD-WAN
5 2 (0.77%) VLAN
6 1 (0.39%) BGP
6 1 (0.39%) DHCP
6 1 (0.39%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.39%) Internet
6 1 (0.39%) NGFW
6 1 (0.39%) OSPF
6 1 (0.39%) SAN
6 1 (0.39%) SSL
6 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.39%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.25%) Power BI
2 7 (2.70%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.32%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.93%) Big Data
4 5 (1.93%) BigQuery
4 5 (1.93%) HPCC
5 4 (1.54%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.16%) Tableau
7 2 (0.77%) Metadata
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.39%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.39%) Power Query
8 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.39%) SAP BW
Development Applications
1 62 (23.94%) JIRA
2 6 (2.32%) Git
2 6 (2.32%) Selenium
3 5 (1.93%) GitLab
4 4 (1.54%) Zephyr
5 3 (1.16%) Gradle
5 3 (1.16%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.16%) Maven
6 2 (0.77%) Burp Suite
6 2 (0.77%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.77%) Metasploit
6 2 (0.77%) Postman
6 2 (0.77%) SoapUI
6 2 (0.77%) sqlmap
6 2 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.39%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.39%) TestComplete
7 1 (0.39%) TestRail
7 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 126 (48.65%) Finance
1 126 (48.65%) Social Skills
2 49 (18.92%) Analytical Skills
3 38 (14.67%) Banking
4 21 (8.11%) Public Sector
5 15 (5.79%) Documentation Skills
5 15 (5.79%) Retail
6 14 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
7 13 (5.02%) Organisational Skills
8 10 (3.86%) Legal
9 9 (3.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 9 (3.47%) Investment Banking
10 8 (3.09%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.70%) Front Office
11 7 (2.70%) Local Government
12 6 (2.32%) Manufacturing
13 4 (1.54%) Financial Institution
14 3 (1.16%) Marketing
14 3 (1.16%) Publishing
14 3 (1.16%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 84 (32.43%) Analyst
2 70 (27.03%) Business Analyst
3 58 (22.39%) Project Manager
4 22 (8.49%) Lead
5 20 (7.72%) Senior
6 16 (6.18%) Architect
7 13 (5.02%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (4.25%) Programme Manager
9 10 (3.86%) Senior Analyst
9 10 (3.86%) Technical Analyst
10 9 (3.47%) IT Manager
10 9 (3.47%) SAP Manager
11 8 (3.09%) IT Project Manager
11 8 (3.09%) Senior Manager
11 8 (3.09%) Senior Project Manager
11 8 (3.09%) Technical Business Analyst
11 8 (3.09%) Test Analyst
12 7 (2.70%) PMO Lead
13 6 (2.32%) SAP Project Manager
13 6 (2.32%) Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (3.86%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (3.47%) XML
3 8 (3.09%) JSON
4 7 (2.70%) HTML
5 6 (2.32%) Middleware
5 6 (2.32%) Web Services
6 5 (1.93%) ADO
6 5 (1.93%) RESTful
6 5 (1.93%) SOAP
7 3 (1.16%) Apache NiFi
7 3 (1.16%) DCOM
7 3 (1.16%) Kafka
7 3 (1.16%) Spring
8 2 (0.77%) .NET
8 2 (0.77%) Gherkin
8 2 (0.77%) OpenAPI
8 2 (0.77%) SailPoint
8 2 (0.77%) Swagger
8 2 (0.77%) WebdriverIO
9 1 (0.39%) XML Schema
Miscellaneous
1 17 (6.56%) Onboarding
1 17 (6.56%) PMI
2 14 (5.41%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.86%) Management Information System
4 9 (3.47%) Legacy Systems
5 8 (3.09%) Reinsurance
6 7 (2.70%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.70%) Virtual Team
7 6 (2.32%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (2.32%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 5 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
9 4 (1.54%) Derivative
9 4 (1.54%) Educational Technology
10 3 (1.16%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.16%) Self-Motivation
11 2 (0.77%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.77%) Mobile App
11 2 (0.77%) Private Cloud
11 2 (0.77%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.34%) Windows
2 7 (2.70%) Unix
3 6 (2.32%) Linux
4 1 (0.39%) VMS
4 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
4 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (94.21%) Agile
2 107 (41.31%) Stakeholder Management
3 84 (32.43%) Project Management
4 77 (29.73%) Problem-Solving
5 61 (23.55%) Project Delivery
6 56 (21.62%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 47 (18.15%) PRINCE2
8 46 (17.76%) Change Management
9 45 (17.37%) Migration
9 45 (17.37%) User Acceptance Testing
10 43 (16.60%) Requirements Gathering
10 43 (16.60%) Workshop Facilitation
11 42 (16.22%) Scrum
12 37 (14.29%) SDLC
13 36 (13.90%) DevOps
14 35 (13.51%) Business Analysis
15 28 (10.81%) Risk Management
15 28 (10.81%) User Stories
16 26 (10.04%) Continuous Improvement
16 26 (10.04%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 28 (10.81%) SQL
2 15 (5.79%) Python
3 10 (3.86%) Java
4 6 (2.32%) C#
5 5 (1.93%) C
5 5 (1.93%) Groovy
6 4 (1.54%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.16%) Bash
7 3 (1.16%) C++
7 3 (1.16%) Korn
8 2 (0.77%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.77%) Ruby
8 2 (0.77%) VB
9 1 (0.39%) Bicep
9 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 48 (18.53%) Degree
2 43 (16.60%) PMI Certification
3 28 (10.81%) PMP
4 20 (7.72%) Security Cleared
5 18 (6.95%) SC Cleared
6 8 (3.09%) CBAP
7 7 (2.70%) ISTQB
8 6 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.93%) Azure Certification
9 5 (1.93%) IIBA
10 4 (1.54%) ISEB
11 3 (1.16%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.16%) CISSP
11 3 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.77%) CRISC
12 2 (0.77%) GPEN
12 2 (0.77%) GXPN
12 2 (0.77%) Master's Degree
12 2 (0.77%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (15.44%) PMO
2 23 (8.88%) QA
3 12 (4.63%) GDPR
4 7 (2.70%) MiFID
5 6 (2.32%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.32%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.32%) EMIR
5 6 (2.32%) Solvency II
6 5 (1.93%) SLA
7 4 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.16%) ISO 20022
8 3 (1.16%) PSD2
8 3 (1.16%) SEPA
9 2 (0.77%) WCAG
10 1 (0.39%) Basel III
10 1 (0.39%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.39%) NIST
10 1 (0.39%) P3O
System Software
1 4 (1.54%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.54%) Docker
2 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.39%) IAG
3 1 (0.39%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (1.93%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.16%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.77%) Nessus
3 2 (0.77%) Nmap
3 2 (0.77%) Terraform
4 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 47 (18.15%) Microsoft
2 24 (9.27%) SAP
3 22 (8.49%) Oracle
4 9 (3.47%) Workday
5 6 (2.32%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.93%) MuleSoft
6 5 (1.93%) Planview
6 5 (1.93%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.54%) Anaplan
7 4 (1.54%) Databricks
7 4 (1.54%) Guidewire
7 4 (1.54%) HP
7 4 (1.54%) Hyperion
7 4 (1.54%) PeopleSoft
8 3 (1.16%) Adobe
8 3 (1.16%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.16%) Duck Creek
8 3 (1.16%) VMware
9 2 (0.77%) CheckPoint
9 2 (0.77%) Fortinet