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

6 months to
14 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 157 144 138
Rank change year-on-year -13 -6 -15
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 327 239 313
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.73% 1.94% 1.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.95% 2.10% 2.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 222 162 230
10th Percentile £363 £357 £400
25th Percentile £425 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £561 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.05% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £700
90th Percentile £750 £740 £789
England median daily rate £530 £519 £565
% change year-on-year +2.12% -8.14% +2.73%

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 16,752 11,363 15,602
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.81% 92.32% 88.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,163 7,612 11,136
10th Percentile £360 £345 £343
25th Percentile £433 £425 £445
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.38%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £763 £800 £800
England median daily rate £516 £520 £525
% change year-on-year -0.77% -0.95% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 254 204 315
10th Percentile £18.07 £16.50 £15.50
25th Percentile £25.15 £24.66 £20.00
Median hourly rate £37.00 £34.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.82% +13.33% -23.90%
75th Percentile £58.88 £50.50 £48.75
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.75 £67.60
England median hourly rate £47.00 £27.53 £37.50
% change year-on-year +70.72% -26.59% +5.63%

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 14 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 14 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 -5 49 £625 +13.64% 21
West London -16 7 £329 -26.89% 6
East London -4 2 - - 2
South London -6 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 29 (8.87%) Confluence
2 18 (5.50%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.53%) CMS
4 4 (1.22%) SAS
5 3 (0.92%) Kentico
6 2 (0.61%) 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 45 (13.76%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (11.31%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 31 (9.48%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (7.34%) Microsoft Office
5 17 (5.20%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.61%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.61%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.31%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (3.06%) Loan IQ
1 10 (3.06%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 9 (2.75%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.53%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 4 (1.22%) Magento
5 3 (0.92%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.92%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.92%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 3 (0.92%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.92%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.61%) Oracle ERP
6 2 (0.61%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.61%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.61%) Shopify
6 2 (0.61%) Temenos T24
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle FAH
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Payables
7 1 (0.31%) Oracle Receivables
7 1 (0.31%) SAP CO
7 1 (0.31%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 73 (22.32%) Azure
2 32 (9.79%) Azure DevOps
3 29 (8.87%) AWS
3 29 (8.87%) Power Platform
4 17 (5.20%) GCP
5 13 (3.98%) Microsoft 365
6 12 (3.67%) SaaS
7 10 (3.06%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (1.83%) Entra ID
8 6 (1.83%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 6 (1.83%) Smartsheet
9 5 (1.53%) Asana
10 4 (1.22%) Azure Sentinel
10 4 (1.22%) OCI
10 4 (1.22%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 3 (0.92%) Adobe Analytics
11 3 (0.92%) Google Workspace
11 3 (0.92%) Microsoft Copilot
12 2 (0.61%) GitHub
12 2 (0.61%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.14%) Network Security
2 6 (1.83%) DNS
3 5 (1.53%) HTTP
3 5 (1.53%) TCP/IP
4 3 (0.92%) Firewall
5 2 (0.61%) FTP
5 2 (0.61%) LAN
5 2 (0.61%) WAN
6 1 (0.31%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.31%) Internet
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
6 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (7.65%) Power BI
2 10 (3.06%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.45%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.53%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.22%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.92%) BigQuery
6 3 (0.92%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.92%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.61%) DataStage
7 2 (0.61%) Power Query
8 1 (0.31%) Big Data
8 1 (0.31%) Couchbase
8 1 (0.31%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.31%) Db2
8 1 (0.31%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.31%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 1 (0.31%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 71 (21.71%) JIRA
2 7 (2.14%) Git
3 5 (1.53%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (1.22%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.22%) Selenium
4 4 (1.22%) Subversion
4 4 (1.22%) Zephyr
5 2 (0.61%) TestRail
6 1 (0.31%) Appium
6 1 (0.31%) IBM UrbanCode
6 1 (0.31%) REST Assured
6 1 (0.31%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
General
1 162 (49.54%) Finance
2 146 (44.65%) Social Skills
3 62 (18.96%) Analytical Skills
4 53 (16.21%) Banking
5 34 (10.40%) Public Sector
6 23 (7.03%) Organisational Skills
7 22 (6.73%) Presentation Skills
8 14 (4.28%) Influencing Skills
8 14 (4.28%) Retail
9 12 (3.67%) Financial Institution
10 7 (2.14%) Marketing
11 6 (1.83%) Documentation Skills
11 6 (1.83%) Telecoms
12 5 (1.53%) Investment Banking
12 5 (1.53%) Manufacturing
12 5 (1.53%) Police
13 3 (0.92%) General Ledger
13 3 (0.92%) Legal
14 2 (0.61%) Aerospace
14 2 (0.61%) Law
Job Titles
1 91 (27.83%) Analyst
2 84 (25.69%) Project Manager
3 55 (16.82%) Business Analyst
4 43 (13.15%) Senior
5 30 (9.17%) Lead
6 29 (8.87%) Architect
7 24 (7.34%) Senior Analyst
8 19 (5.81%) Change Manager
9 17 (5.20%) Delivery Manager
10 16 (4.89%) Senior Manager
11 15 (4.59%) IT Manager
11 15 (4.59%) Senior Business Analyst
11 15 (4.59%) Test Manager
12 14 (4.28%) Infrastructure Manager
12 14 (4.28%) Senior Project Manager
13 13 (3.98%) Banking Analyst
13 13 (3.98%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 13 (3.98%) Programme Manager
14 12 (3.67%) Technical Leader
15 11 (3.36%) Banking Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.20%) Middleware
2 7 (2.14%) ADO
2 7 (2.14%) Oracle Fusion
3 5 (1.53%) SailPoint
3 5 (1.53%) VML
4 4 (1.22%) Lightning Web Components
4 4 (1.22%) OAuth
4 4 (1.22%) SAML
5 3 (0.92%) .NET
5 3 (0.92%) Kafka
5 3 (0.92%) Web Services
6 2 (0.61%) SOAP
7 1 (0.31%) AngularJS
7 1 (0.31%) ASP.NET
7 1 (0.31%) ebXML
7 1 (0.31%) REST
7 1 (0.31%) RxJava
7 1 (0.31%) Smart Contracts
7 1 (0.31%) STL
7 1 (0.31%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 17 (5.20%) Onboarding
2 13 (3.98%) PMI
3 12 (3.67%) Management Information System
4 11 (3.36%) Legacy Systems
4 11 (3.36%) Product Ownership
5 10 (3.06%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.14%) Analytical Mindset
7 6 (1.83%) Data Protection Act
8 5 (1.53%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 5 (1.53%) Greenfield Project
8 5 (1.53%) NHS
8 5 (1.53%) Tandem
8 5 (1.53%) Virtual Team
9 4 (1.22%) CMDB
9 4 (1.22%) Derivative
9 4 (1.22%) IoT
10 3 (0.92%) Cloud Native
10 3 (0.92%) Life Science
10 3 (0.92%) Private Cloud
10 3 (0.92%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.53%) Windows
2 3 (0.92%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.31%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 294 (89.91%) Agile
2 163 (49.85%) Stakeholder Management
3 122 (37.31%) Project Management
4 86 (26.30%) Problem-Solving
4 86 (26.30%) Project Delivery
5 76 (23.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 71 (21.71%) DevOps
7 70 (21.41%) Migration
8 54 (16.51%) User Acceptance Testing
9 53 (16.21%) Continuous Improvement
10 52 (15.90%) Workshop Facilitation
11 48 (14.68%) Business Analysis
12 47 (14.37%) PRINCE2
13 46 (14.07%) Scrum
14 44 (13.46%) User Stories
15 43 (13.15%) Change Management
16 40 (12.23%) SDLC
17 39 (11.93%) Decision-Making
17 39 (11.93%) Scaled Agile Framework
18 38 (11.62%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 31 (9.48%) SQL
2 13 (3.98%) Python
3 5 (1.53%) Bash
3 5 (1.53%) Java
3 5 (1.53%) JavaScript
4 4 (1.22%) Apex Code
5 3 (0.92%) C#
5 3 (0.92%) Groovy
6 2 (0.61%) Korn
6 2 (0.61%) PL/SQL
7 1 (0.31%) ABAP
7 1 (0.31%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
7 1 (0.31%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.31%) VBA
Qualifications
1 57 (17.43%) Security Cleared
2 51 (15.60%) Degree
3 37 (11.31%) SC Cleared
4 34 (10.40%) PMI Certification
5 27 (8.26%) PMP
6 21 (6.42%) CBAP
7 18 (5.50%) DV Cleared
8 15 (4.59%) IIBA
9 11 (3.36%) ISTQB
10 8 (2.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 7 (2.14%) APMG
11 7 (2.14%) ISEB
12 6 (1.83%) CISSP
13 5 (1.53%) Computer Science Degree
14 4 (1.22%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (1.22%) Master's Degree
14 4 (1.22%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
15 3 (0.92%) CISM
15 3 (0.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
16 2 (0.61%) CTC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (15.29%) QA
2 46 (14.07%) PMO
3 19 (5.81%) Data Quality
4 9 (2.75%) GDPR
5 7 (2.14%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.83%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.92%) Basel III
7 3 (0.92%) GRC
7 3 (0.92%) NIST
8 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.61%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.61%) IFRS
8 2 (0.61%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.61%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.61%) NCSC
8 2 (0.61%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.61%) PSD2
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.31%) SEPA
9 1 (0.31%) TARGET2
System Software
1 4 (1.22%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.92%) IAG
3 2 (0.61%) Docker
4 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 6 (1.83%) Single Sign-On
2 5 (1.53%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.92%) HP ALM
3 3 (0.92%) Terraform
4 2 (0.61%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.61%) RSA Archer
5 1 (0.31%) Ansible
5 1 (0.31%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 62 (18.96%) Microsoft
2 21 (6.42%) SAP
3 20 (6.12%) Oracle
4 19 (5.81%) Salesforce
4 19 (5.81%) ServiceNow
5 10 (3.06%) Sparx
6 7 (2.14%) Adobe
6 7 (2.14%) Planview
6 7 (2.14%) Workday
7 6 (1.83%) Databricks
8 4 (1.22%) Google
8 4 (1.22%) MuleSoft
8 4 (1.22%) Okta
9 3 (0.92%) BMC
9 3 (0.92%) Citrix
9 3 (0.92%) Computacenter
9 3 (0.92%) HP
9 3 (0.92%) Remedy
9 3 (0.92%) Sitecore
9 3 (0.92%) VMware