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

6 months to
22 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 150 137
Rank change year-on-year +5 -13 +7
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 315 244 320
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.89% 1.90% 1.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.11% 2.08% 2.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 212 165 245
10th Percentile £325 £320 £425
25th Percentile £413 £413 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £518 £613
Median % change year-on-year +6.28% -15.51% +9.33%
75th Percentile £668 £638 £712
90th Percentile £750 £700 £800
England median daily rate £530 £525 £578
% change year-on-year +0.95% -9.09% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate £87.50 £41.50 £58.91
% change year-on-year +110.84% -29.55% +5.81%

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 14,953 11,720 16,010
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.78% 91.29% 88.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,029 7,873 11,444
10th Percentile £353 £350 £340
25th Percentile £425 £445 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.17%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 232 165 339
10th Percentile £18.09 £20.18 £15.99
25th Percentile £21.87 £24.66 £19.74
Median hourly rate £35.50 £36.50 £30.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.74% +19.67% -21.54%
75th Percentile £56.97 £53.75 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.25 £71.15 £69.60
England median hourly rate £32.50 £34.00 £32.50
% change year-on-year -4.41% +4.62% -13.33%

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 22 March 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 22 March 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 +6 48 £650 +8.33% 20
East London 0 4 £578 +35.88% 4
West London -18 3 £329 -44.52% 4
South London -14 1 £513 +34.87% 2
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 38 (12.06%) Confluence
2 15 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.95%) CMS
4 1 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.32%) Apache
4 1 (0.32%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.32%) Appian
4 1 (0.32%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.32%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.32%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.32%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 45 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 38 (12.06%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 36 (11.43%) Microsoft Project
4 25 (7.94%) Microsoft Office
5 22 (6.98%) MS Visio
6 6 (1.90%) Trello
7 3 (0.95%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.32%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.81%) Loan IQ
2 7 (2.22%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.59%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.59%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.27%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.95%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.95%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.63%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.63%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.63%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.63%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.63%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.63%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.63%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.32%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.32%) Quorum
7 1 (0.32%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 59 (18.73%) Azure
2 24 (7.62%) Azure DevOps
3 20 (6.35%) AWS
3 20 (6.35%) Power Platform
4 17 (5.40%) GCP
5 9 (2.86%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (2.54%) Dynamics 365
6 8 (2.54%) SaaS
7 5 (1.59%) Smartsheet
8 4 (1.27%) Asana
8 4 (1.27%) Entra ID
8 4 (1.27%) Salesforce Service Cloud
9 3 (0.95%) OCI
9 3 (0.95%) OpenShift
10 2 (0.63%) Figma
10 2 (0.63%) Intacct
10 2 (0.63%) iPaaS
10 2 (0.63%) Miro
10 2 (0.63%) OneDrive
10 2 (0.63%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.90%) DNS
2 5 (1.59%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.27%) FTP
3 4 (1.27%) HTTP
3 4 (1.27%) WAN
4 3 (0.95%) Firewall
4 3 (0.95%) Network Security
4 3 (0.95%) SD-WAN
4 3 (0.95%) VPN
5 2 (0.63%) LAN
5 2 (0.63%) NAS
6 1 (0.32%) BGP
6 1 (0.32%) DHCP
6 1 (0.32%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.32%) Internet
6 1 (0.32%) Intranet
6 1 (0.32%) IPsec
6 1 (0.32%) OSPF
6 1 (0.32%) SSL
6 1 (0.32%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (3.81%) Power BI
2 8 (2.54%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.22%) BigQuery
3 7 (2.22%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (1.27%) SQL Server
5 3 (0.95%) Metadata
6 2 (0.63%) Big Data
7 1 (0.32%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.32%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.32%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.32%) DataStage
7 1 (0.32%) DB2
7 1 (0.32%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.32%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.32%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.32%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.32%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.32%) SAP HANA
7 1 (0.32%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 87 (27.62%) JIRA
2 5 (1.59%) Selenium
3 4 (1.27%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (1.27%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.63%) Git
4 2 (0.63%) TestRail
5 1 (0.32%) Appium
5 1 (0.32%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.32%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.32%) LSMW
5 1 (0.32%) NUnit
5 1 (0.32%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.32%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.32%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.32%) TestComplete
5 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.32%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 171 (54.29%) Finance
2 156 (49.52%) Social Skills
3 62 (19.68%) Analytical Skills
4 56 (17.78%) Banking
5 28 (8.89%) Presentation Skills
6 22 (6.98%) Public Sector
7 21 (6.67%) Organisational Skills
8 20 (6.35%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (4.13%) Financial Institution
9 13 (4.13%) Influencing Skills
10 10 (3.17%) Investment Banking
11 7 (2.22%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 7 (2.22%) Legal
11 7 (2.22%) Retail
12 6 (1.90%) Front Office
13 4 (1.27%) Manufacturing
14 3 (0.95%) General Ledger
14 3 (0.95%) Telecoms
15 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
15 2 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 106 (33.65%) Analyst
2 74 (23.49%) Business Analyst
3 66 (20.95%) Project Manager
4 43 (13.65%) Senior
5 30 (9.52%) Lead
5 30 (9.52%) Senior Analyst
6 19 (6.03%) Delivery Manager
7 18 (5.71%) Programme Manager
7 18 (5.71%) Senior Business Analyst
8 15 (4.76%) Migration Analyst
8 15 (4.76%) Test Analyst
9 13 (4.13%) Banking Analyst
9 13 (4.13%) Transformation Analyst
10 12 (3.81%) IT Manager
11 11 (3.49%) Architect
11 11 (3.49%) Banking Business Analyst
11 11 (3.49%) Business Manager
11 11 (3.49%) Change Manager
11 11 (3.49%) Senior Manager
11 11 (3.49%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 16 (5.08%) Middleware
2 13 (4.13%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.90%) ADO
4 5 (1.59%) Lightning Web Components
4 5 (1.59%) Web Services
5 4 (1.27%) SailPoint
6 3 (0.95%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (0.95%) OAuth
6 3 (0.95%) SAML
7 2 (0.63%) .NET
7 2 (0.63%) Kafka
7 2 (0.63%) RESTful
7 2 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.63%) XML
8 1 (0.32%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.32%) ebXML
8 1 (0.32%) SAPUI5
8 1 (0.32%) SOAP
8 1 (0.32%) STL
8 1 (0.32%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.35%) Onboarding
2 18 (5.71%) PMI
3 13 (4.13%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.17%) Data Centre
5 9 (2.86%) Product Ownership
6 7 (2.22%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (2.22%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.22%) Tandem
7 6 (1.90%) Cloud Native
7 6 (1.90%) Virtual Team
8 5 (1.59%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.59%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (1.59%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (1.27%) Derivative
9 4 (1.27%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.95%) Educational Technology
11 2 (0.63%) AI Agents
11 2 (0.63%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.63%) Operational Technology
11 2 (0.63%) Reinsurance
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.17%) Windows
2 3 (0.95%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.63%) Linux
3 2 (0.63%) VMS
4 1 (0.32%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 286 (90.79%) Agile
2 151 (47.94%) Stakeholder Management
3 124 (39.37%) Project Management
4 105 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
5 76 (24.13%) Project Delivery
6 72 (22.86%) Migration
7 65 (20.63%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 62 (19.68%) DevOps
9 60 (19.05%) Workshop Facilitation
10 56 (17.78%) Business Analysis
10 56 (17.78%) Scrum
11 52 (16.51%) PRINCE2
12 50 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
13 49 (15.56%) User Acceptance Testing
14 46 (14.60%) User Stories
15 45 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
16 44 (13.97%) Change Management
17 38 (12.06%) SDLC
18 37 (11.75%) Data Migration
18 37 (11.75%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.16%) SQL
2 9 (2.86%) Python
3 7 (2.22%) Groovy
4 5 (1.59%) Apex Code
4 5 (1.59%) Bash
4 5 (1.59%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.27%) Korn
6 3 (0.95%) C#
6 3 (0.95%) Java
6 3 (0.95%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.63%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.32%) ABAP
8 1 (0.32%) Bicep
8 1 (0.32%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 53 (16.83%) Degree
2 42 (13.33%) PMI Certification
3 37 (11.75%) Security Cleared
4 33 (10.48%) SC Cleared
5 30 (9.52%) PMP
6 22 (6.98%) CBAP
7 16 (5.08%) IIBA
8 11 (3.49%) ISTQB
9 9 (2.86%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (2.22%) ISEB
11 6 (1.90%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.90%) CISSP
12 5 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
13 4 (1.27%) APMG
14 3 (0.95%) CISM
14 3 (0.95%) Master's Degree
15 2 (0.63%) AWS Certification
15 2 (0.63%) CCNP
15 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
15 2 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (13.02%) PMO
2 36 (11.43%) QA
3 18 (5.71%) Data Quality
4 13 (4.13%) GDPR
5 8 (2.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.90%) MiFID
7 5 (1.59%) EMIR
7 5 (1.59%) ISO 20022
8 3 (0.95%) Basel III
8 3 (0.95%) GRC
8 3 (0.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (0.95%) NIST
9 2 (0.63%) Accessibility
9 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.63%) IFRS
9 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.63%) PSD2
10 1 (0.32%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.32%) IFRS 9
System Software
1 5 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.95%) Docker
3 1 (0.32%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.32%) IAG
3 1 (0.32%) RACF
3 1 (0.32%) Virtual Desktop
3 1 (0.32%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.90%) HP ALM
2 5 (1.59%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.27%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.63%) RSA Archer
4 2 (0.63%) Terraform
5 1 (0.32%) Ansible
Vendors
1 68 (21.59%) Microsoft
2 33 (10.48%) Oracle
3 23 (7.30%) SAP
4 13 (4.13%) Salesforce
5 10 (3.17%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.86%) Planview
6 9 (2.86%) Workday
7 6 (1.90%) HP
8 5 (1.59%) MuleSoft
8 5 (1.59%) Zscaler
9 4 (1.27%) Cisco
9 4 (1.27%) VMware
10 3 (0.95%) Atlassian
10 3 (0.95%) Citrix
10 3 (0.95%) Jitterbit
10 3 (0.95%) Netskope
10 3 (0.95%) Okta
10 3 (0.95%) Verint
11 2 (0.63%) Databricks
11 2 (0.63%) Tagetik