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 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 158 136 100
Rank change year-on-year -22 -36 +43
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 259 288 458
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.80% 1.90% 2.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 2.11% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 179 189 350
10th Percentile £315 £379 £390
25th Percentile £400 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £683
90th Percentile £750 £725 £770
England median daily rate £525 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -4.55% - +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 £86.25 £35.00 £54.43
% change year-on-year +146.43% -35.70% -5.34%

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 13,135 13,632 16,935
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 91.46% 90.03% 89.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,670 8,766 12,134
10th Percentile £343 £350 £350
25th Percentile £425 £450 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £530 £550 £565
Median % change year-on-year -3.64% -2.65% -4.24%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £688
90th Percentile £763 £800 £792
England median daily rate £505 £525 £544
% change year-on-year -3.81% -3.49% -1.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 237 164 235
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.65 £18.53
25th Percentile £24.50 £23.80 £21.38
Median hourly rate £30.00 £36.65 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.14% +4.71% -10.83%
75th Percentile £48.00 £54.06 £60.00
90th Percentile £66.90 £80.75 £74.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £35.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -28.14% -21.35% +19.30%

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 16 December 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 16 December 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 16 December 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 -30 34 £545 -7.63% 15
West London -15 4 £310 -47.10% 11
East London +5 3 £578 +35.88% 16
South London -6 2 £750 +57.89% 9
North London +3 1 - - 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 33 (12.74%) Confluence
2 5 (1.93%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.39%) Apache Airflow
3 1 (0.39%) Appian
3 1 (0.39%) CMS
3 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
Applications
1 29 (11.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 28 (10.81%) Microsoft Project
3 19 (7.34%) Microsoft Office
4 18 (6.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 17 (6.56%) MS Visio
6 9 (3.47%) Trello
7 4 (1.54%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (4.25%) SAP S/4HANA
2 7 (2.70%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.16%) Loan IQ
4 2 (0.77%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 2 (0.77%) Workday HCM
4 2 (0.77%) Workfront
5 1 (0.39%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.39%) Bloomberg TOMS
5 1 (0.39%) Exchequer
5 1 (0.39%) FLEXCUBE
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle EBS R12
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI
5 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
5 1 (0.39%) SAP MDG
5 1 (0.39%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 50 (19.31%) Azure
2 18 (6.95%) Power Platform
3 16 (6.18%) Azure DevOps
4 15 (5.79%) GCP
5 14 (5.41%) AWS
6 11 (4.25%) SaaS
7 6 (2.32%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.93%) Asana
8 5 (1.93%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (1.93%) PaaS
9 4 (1.54%) Smartsheet
10 3 (1.16%) Miro
10 3 (1.16%) OCI
10 3 (1.16%) PowerApps
10 3 (1.16%) Slack
11 2 (0.77%) Azure Logic Apps
11 2 (0.77%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.77%) Figma
11 2 (0.77%) Intacct
11 2 (0.77%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.70%) Firewall
2 4 (1.54%) VPN
3 3 (1.16%) Network Security
3 3 (1.16%) WAN
4 2 (0.77%) DNS
4 2 (0.77%) FTP
4 2 (0.77%) LAN
4 2 (0.77%) NAS
4 2 (0.77%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.77%) VLAN
5 1 (0.39%) BGP
5 1 (0.39%) DHCP
5 1 (0.39%) EIGRP
5 1 (0.39%) Internet
5 1 (0.39%) NGFW
5 1 (0.39%) OSPF
5 1 (0.39%) SAN
5 1 (0.39%) SSL
5 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.39%) VRRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (4.25%) Power BI
2 7 (2.70%) Oracle Reports
2 7 (2.70%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.32%) BigQuery
3 6 (2.32%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.54%) Metadata
5 3 (1.16%) Tableau
6 2 (0.77%) Big Data
6 2 (0.77%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.39%) HPCC
7 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.39%) Power Query
7 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
7 1 (0.39%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.39%) SAP Data Services
Development Applications
1 68 (26.25%) JIRA
2 7 (2.70%) Selenium
3 4 (1.54%) Zephyr
4 3 (1.16%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.77%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.77%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.77%) Git
5 2 (0.77%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.77%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.77%) Postman
5 2 (0.77%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.77%) sqlmap
6 1 (0.39%) GitLab
6 1 (0.39%) Gradle
6 1 (0.39%) Maven
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle APEX
6 1 (0.39%) SpecFlow
6 1 (0.39%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.39%) TestRail
6 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 128 (49.42%) Finance
1 128 (49.42%) Social Skills
2 53 (20.46%) Analytical Skills
3 37 (14.29%) Banking
4 20 (7.72%) Public Sector
5 19 (7.34%) Retail
6 17 (6.56%) Documentation Skills
7 14 (5.41%) Presentation Skills
8 12 (4.63%) Organisational Skills
9 11 (4.25%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 9 (3.47%) Investment Banking
10 9 (3.47%) Legal
11 7 (2.70%) Front Office
11 7 (2.70%) Influencing Skills
11 7 (2.70%) Manufacturing
12 4 (1.54%) Telecoms
13 3 (1.16%) Financial Institution
13 3 (1.16%) General Ledger
13 3 (1.16%) Local Government
13 3 (1.16%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 80 (30.89%) Analyst
2 66 (25.48%) Business Analyst
3 57 (22.01%) Project Manager
4 26 (10.04%) Senior
5 22 (8.49%) Lead
6 13 (5.02%) Architect
6 13 (5.02%) Programme Manager
7 12 (4.63%) Senior Analyst
8 11 (4.25%) Senior Manager
8 11 (4.25%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (4.25%) Test Analyst
9 9 (3.47%) IT Manager
9 9 (3.47%) Senior Project Manager
9 9 (3.47%) Technical Analyst
10 8 (3.09%) Consultant
10 8 (3.09%) IT Project Manager
10 8 (3.09%) SAP Manager
10 8 (3.09%) Tester
11 7 (2.70%) PMO Lead
11 7 (2.70%) Systems Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (4.63%) Oracle Fusion
2 9 (3.47%) Middleware
3 6 (2.32%) ADO
4 5 (1.93%) RESTful
4 5 (1.93%) SOAP
4 5 (1.93%) Web Services
4 5 (1.93%) XML
5 4 (1.54%) JSON
6 3 (1.16%) Apache NiFi
6 3 (1.16%) DCOM
6 3 (1.16%) Kafka
7 2 (0.77%) .NET
7 2 (0.77%) Gherkin
7 2 (0.77%) Lightning Web Components
7 2 (0.77%) OpenAPI
7 2 (0.77%) Swagger
7 2 (0.77%) WebdriverIO
8 1 (0.39%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (0.39%) REST
8 1 (0.39%) SailPoint
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.95%) Onboarding
2 15 (5.79%) PMI
2 15 (5.79%) Product Ownership
3 10 (3.86%) Management Information System
3 10 (3.86%) Virtual Team
4 8 (3.09%) Reinsurance
5 7 (2.70%) Analytical Mindset
5 7 (2.70%) Data Centre
6 6 (2.32%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 5 (1.93%) Derivative
7 5 (1.93%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (1.93%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.54%) Cloud Native
8 4 (1.54%) Educational Technology
8 4 (1.54%) Self-Motivation
9 3 (1.16%) Credit Risk
9 3 (1.16%) Greenfield Project
10 2 (0.77%) FMCG
10 2 (0.77%) Market Risk
10 2 (0.77%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 13 (5.02%) Windows
2 5 (1.93%) Linux
3 3 (1.16%) Unix
4 2 (0.77%) VMS
5 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 241 (93.05%) Agile
2 109 (42.08%) Stakeholder Management
3 91 (35.14%) Problem-Solving
4 82 (31.66%) Project Management
5 60 (23.17%) Project Delivery
6 54 (20.85%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 46 (17.76%) User Acceptance Testing
8 45 (17.37%) Migration
8 45 (17.37%) Workshop Facilitation
9 44 (16.99%) Change Management
9 44 (16.99%) Scrum
10 42 (16.22%) PRINCE2
11 37 (14.29%) DevOps
11 37 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
11 37 (14.29%) SDLC
12 34 (13.13%) Business Analysis
13 28 (10.81%) System Integration Testing
14 27 (10.42%) Continuous Improvement
14 27 (10.42%) User Stories
15 26 (10.04%) Project Governance
Programming Languages
1 30 (11.58%) SQL
2 11 (4.25%) Python
3 7 (2.70%) Groovy
4 6 (2.32%) Java
5 5 (1.93%) C#
6 4 (1.54%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.16%) Bash
7 3 (1.16%) JavaScript
7 3 (1.16%) Korn
8 2 (0.77%) PowerShell
8 2 (0.77%) Ruby
8 2 (0.77%) VB
9 1 (0.39%) Apex Code
9 1 (0.39%) Bicep
9 1 (0.39%) C
9 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.39%) T-SQL
9 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 50 (19.31%) Degree
2 39 (15.06%) PMI Certification
3 26 (10.04%) PMP
4 19 (7.34%) Security Cleared
5 17 (6.56%) SC Cleared
6 9 (3.47%) CBAP
7 8 (3.09%) Azure Certification
7 8 (3.09%) ISTQB
8 6 (2.32%) Computer Science Degree
9 4 (1.54%) IIBA
9 4 (1.54%) ISEB
10 3 (1.16%) AWS Certification
10 3 (1.16%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (1.16%) CISSP
10 3 (1.16%) TOGAF Certification
11 2 (0.77%) GPEN
11 2 (0.77%) GXPN
11 2 (0.77%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.77%) PRINCE2 Certification
11 2 (0.77%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (15.06%) PMO
2 23 (8.88%) QA
3 11 (4.25%) Data Quality
3 11 (4.25%) GDPR
4 6 (2.32%) MiFID
5 5 (1.93%) Accessibility
5 5 (1.93%) EMIR
5 5 (1.93%) SLA
5 5 (1.93%) Solvency II
6 4 (1.54%) Sarbanes-Oxley
7 3 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials
7 3 (1.16%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 3 (1.16%) ISO 20022
7 3 (1.16%) PSD2
7 3 (1.16%) SEPA
8 2 (0.77%) WCAG
9 1 (0.39%) Basel III
9 1 (0.39%) Dodd-Frank
9 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 1 (0.39%) P3O
System Software
1 5 (1.93%) Active Directory
2 4 (1.54%) Docker
3 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
4 1 (0.39%) IAG
4 1 (0.39%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (1.93%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.54%) HP ALM
3 3 (1.16%) Terraform
4 2 (0.77%) Nessus
4 2 (0.77%) Nmap
5 1 (0.39%) Ansible
5 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (18.92%) Microsoft
2 25 (9.65%) Oracle
3 20 (7.72%) SAP
4 7 (2.70%) Workday
5 6 (2.32%) MuleSoft
5 6 (2.32%) ServiceNow
6 5 (1.93%) HP
6 5 (1.93%) Planview
6 5 (1.93%) Salesforce
7 4 (1.54%) Anaplan
7 4 (1.54%) Guidewire
7 4 (1.54%) Hyperion
8 3 (1.16%) Adobe
8 3 (1.16%) Atlassian
8 3 (1.16%) Duck Creek
8 3 (1.16%) PeopleSoft
8 3 (1.16%) VMware
9 2 (0.77%) CA Agile Central
9 2 (0.77%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.77%) Xceptor