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

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 145 127
Rank change year-on-year +4 -18 +12
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 301 251 348
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.92% 1.89% 1.90%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.13% 2.09% 2.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 201 165 268
10th Percentile £325 £320 £417
25th Percentile £413 £413 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £525 £600
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% +7.14%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £700
90th Percentile £750 £700 £770
England median daily rate £525 £532 £575
% change year-on-year -1.32% -7.48% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 1
Median hourly rate £107.14 £35.00 £90.00
Median % change year-on-year +206.11% -61.11% +94.22%
England median hourly rate £92.50 £35.00 £77.96
% change year-on-year +164.29% -55.11% +34.41%

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 14,158 12,033 16,215
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 90.35% 90.69% 88.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 9,486 7,785 11,599
10th Percentile £350 £350 £338
25th Percentile £425 £450 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -7.56%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £675
90th Percentile £750 £800 £788
England median daily rate £501 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.67% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 219 155 348
10th Percentile £18.06 £20.85 £16.00
25th Percentile £23.00 £26.13 £19.45
Median hourly rate £35.00 £37.50 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -6.67% +25.00% -14.29%
75th Percentile £56.98 £55.25 £50.06
90th Percentile £70.00 £78.61 £72.15
England median hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -21.43% - -

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 24 February 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 24 February 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 41 £625 +5.93% 17
East London +8 5 £578 +35.88% 12
South London -14 3 £750 +97.37% 2
West London -24 1 £329 -43.86% 8
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 39 (12.96%) Confluence
2 14 (4.65%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.00%) CMS
4 1 (0.33%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.33%) Apache
4 1 (0.33%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.33%) Appian
4 1 (0.33%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.33%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 43 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
2 36 (11.96%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 34 (11.30%) Microsoft Project
4 26 (8.64%) Microsoft Office
5 21 (6.98%) MS Visio
6 6 (1.99%) Trello
7 4 (1.33%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.33%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.99%) Dynamics CRM
1 9 (2.99%) Loan IQ
2 6 (1.99%) SAP S/4HANA
3 5 (1.66%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 3 (1.00%) Oracle EBS R12
4 3 (1.00%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 2 (0.66%) FIS Private Capital Suite
5 2 (0.66%) Oracle EBS
5 2 (0.66%) Oracle Financials
5 2 (0.66%) SAP CO
5 2 (0.66%) SAP ERP
5 2 (0.66%) SAP FI
5 2 (0.66%) SAP FI/CO
5 2 (0.66%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.66%) Workday HCM
6 1 (0.33%) Bloomberg TOMS
6 1 (0.33%) FLEXCUBE
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle FAH
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle Payables
6 1 (0.33%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 59 (19.60%) Azure
2 22 (7.31%) Azure DevOps
3 19 (6.31%) Power Platform
4 18 (5.98%) GCP
5 16 (5.32%) AWS
6 9 (2.99%) Microsoft 365
6 9 (2.99%) SaaS
7 8 (2.66%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.66%) Asana
8 5 (1.66%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.66%) Smartsheet
9 3 (1.00%) Miro
9 3 (1.00%) OCI
9 3 (1.00%) OpenShift
9 3 (1.00%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 3 (1.00%) Salesforce Service Cloud
10 2 (0.66%) Intacct
10 2 (0.66%) iPaaS
10 2 (0.66%) Lucidchart
10 2 (0.66%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.33%) FTP
1 4 (1.33%) VPN
1 4 (1.33%) WAN
2 3 (1.00%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.66%) DNS
3 2 (0.66%) Firewall
3 2 (0.66%) LAN
3 2 (0.66%) NAS
3 2 (0.66%) Network Security
3 2 (0.66%) VLAN
4 1 (0.33%) BGP
4 1 (0.33%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.33%) Internet
4 1 (0.33%) Intranet
4 1 (0.33%) IPsec
4 1 (0.33%) OSPF
4 1 (0.33%) SSL
4 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.33%) VRRP
4 1 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (3.65%) Power BI
2 8 (2.66%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.33%) BigQuery
3 7 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.66%) SQL Server
5 3 (1.00%) Metadata
6 2 (0.66%) Tableau
7 1 (0.33%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.33%) Big Data
7 1 (0.33%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
7 1 (0.33%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.33%) Oracle Database
7 1 (0.33%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.33%) SAP BW
7 1 (0.33%) SAP Data Services
7 1 (0.33%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 82 (27.24%) JIRA
2 3 (1.00%) Selenium
3 2 (0.66%) Burp Suite
3 2 (0.66%) Metasploit
3 2 (0.66%) sqlmap
3 2 (0.66%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.66%) TestRail
3 2 (0.66%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.33%) Appium
4 1 (0.33%) HP UFT
4 1 (0.33%) LSMW
4 1 (0.33%) NUnit
4 1 (0.33%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (0.33%) SpecFlow
4 1 (0.33%) TestComplete
4 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio
4 1 (0.33%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 160 (53.16%) Finance
2 150 (49.83%) Social Skills
3 54 (17.94%) Analytical Skills
4 50 (16.61%) Banking
5 25 (8.31%) Presentation Skills
6 20 (6.64%) Documentation Skills
7 19 (6.31%) Public Sector
8 15 (4.98%) Organisational Skills
9 13 (4.32%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (2.99%) Investment Banking
10 9 (2.99%) Retail
11 8 (2.66%) Financial Institution
11 8 (2.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.33%) Legal
13 6 (1.99%) Front Office
14 5 (1.66%) General Ledger
14 5 (1.66%) Manufacturing
15 3 (1.00%) Local Government
15 3 (1.00%) Telecoms
16 2 (0.66%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 109 (36.21%) Analyst
2 81 (26.91%) Business Analyst
3 55 (18.27%) Project Manager
4 41 (13.62%) Senior
5 31 (10.30%) Lead
6 30 (9.97%) Senior Analyst
7 18 (5.98%) Delivery Manager
7 18 (5.98%) Programme Manager
7 18 (5.98%) Senior Business Analyst
8 15 (4.98%) Test Analyst
9 13 (4.32%) Architect
10 12 (3.99%) Migration Analyst
11 11 (3.65%) Banking Analyst
11 11 (3.65%) Senior Test Analyst
11 11 (3.65%) Solutions Architect
12 10 (3.32%) Banking Business Analyst
12 10 (3.32%) Business Manager
12 10 (3.32%) Integration Test Analyst
12 10 (3.32%) Systems Analyst
12 10 (3.32%) Systems Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.65%) Middleware
2 11 (3.65%) Oracle Fusion
3 6 (1.99%) ADO
4 5 (1.66%) Web Services
5 4 (1.33%) Lightning Web Components
6 3 (1.00%) .NET
6 3 (1.00%) Apache NiFi
7 2 (0.66%) AngularJS
7 2 (0.66%) Kafka
7 2 (0.66%) React
7 2 (0.66%) RESTful
7 2 (0.66%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.66%) XML
8 1 (0.33%) ebXML
8 1 (0.33%) IDoc
8 1 (0.33%) OpenJDK
8 1 (0.33%) SailPoint
8 1 (0.33%) SAPUI5
8 1 (0.33%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.33%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 19 (6.31%) Onboarding
1 19 (6.31%) PMI
2 13 (4.32%) Management Information System
3 9 (2.99%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
4 7 (2.33%) Data Centre
5 6 (1.99%) Tandem
5 6 (1.99%) Virtual Team
6 5 (1.66%) Cloud Native
6 5 (1.66%) Data Protection Act
6 5 (1.66%) Self-Motivation
6 5 (1.66%) SWIFT Messaging Network
7 4 (1.33%) Derivative
7 4 (1.33%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (1.00%) Educational Technology
8 3 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.00%) Life Science
8 3 (1.00%) Reinsurance
9 2 (0.66%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.66%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.99%) Windows
2 4 (1.33%) Linux
3 3 (1.00%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.66%) VMS
5 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (92.36%) Agile
2 149 (49.50%) Stakeholder Management
3 111 (36.88%) Project Management
4 98 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
5 77 (25.58%) Project Delivery
6 71 (23.59%) Migration
7 62 (20.60%) DevOps
8 58 (19.27%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 58 (19.27%) Workshop Facilitation
9 57 (18.94%) Business Analysis
10 52 (17.28%) User Acceptance Testing
11 50 (16.61%) Scrum
12 48 (15.95%) Change Management
13 47 (15.61%) PRINCE2
14 46 (15.28%) Requirements Gathering
15 45 (14.95%) User Stories
16 44 (14.62%) Continuous Improvement
17 40 (13.29%) SDLC
18 36 (11.96%) Data Migration
18 36 (11.96%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 33 (10.96%) SQL
2 8 (2.66%) Python
3 7 (2.33%) Groovy
4 6 (1.99%) JavaScript
5 4 (1.33%) C#
5 4 (1.33%) Java
6 3 (1.00%) Apex Code
6 3 (1.00%) Bash
6 3 (1.00%) Korn
7 2 (0.66%) PL/SQL
7 2 (0.66%) PowerShell
7 2 (0.66%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.33%) ABAP
8 1 (0.33%) Bicep
8 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
8 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 59 (19.60%) Degree
2 40 (13.29%) PMI Certification
3 34 (11.30%) Security Cleared
4 30 (9.97%) SC Cleared
5 25 (8.31%) CBAP
6 23 (7.64%) PMP
7 17 (5.65%) IIBA
8 9 (2.99%) Azure Certification
8 9 (2.99%) BPSS Clearance
8 9 (2.99%) ISTQB
9 7 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (2.33%) ISEB
10 5 (1.66%) CISSP
10 5 (1.66%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.33%) AWS Certification
11 4 (1.33%) TOGAF Certification
12 3 (1.00%) CISM
13 2 (0.66%) GPEN
13 2 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 2 (0.66%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 38 (12.62%) PMO
2 32 (10.63%) QA
3 15 (4.98%) Data Quality
4 12 (3.99%) GDPR
5 9 (2.99%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 6 (1.99%) MiFID
7 5 (1.66%) EMIR
7 5 (1.66%) ISO 20022
8 3 (1.00%) Accessibility
8 3 (1.00%) Basel III
8 3 (1.00%) GRC
8 3 (1.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 3 (1.00%) NIST
9 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials
9 2 (0.66%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 2 (0.66%) IFRS
9 2 (0.66%) PCI DSS
9 2 (0.66%) PSD2
10 1 (0.33%) IFRS 9
10 1 (0.33%) SEPA
System Software
1 6 (1.99%) Active Directory
1 6 (1.99%) Docker
2 2 (0.66%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.33%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.33%) IAG
3 1 (0.33%) RACF
3 1 (0.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 8 (2.66%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.33%) HP ALM
3 3 (1.00%) Terraform
4 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.66%) Nessus
4 2 (0.66%) Nmap
5 1 (0.33%) Ansible
5 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 65 (21.59%) Microsoft
2 27 (8.97%) Oracle
3 21 (6.98%) SAP
4 11 (3.65%) Salesforce
5 9 (2.99%) ServiceNow
6 8 (2.66%) Planview
7 7 (2.33%) Workday
8 5 (1.66%) VMware
9 4 (1.33%) HP
10 3 (1.00%) Atlassian
10 3 (1.00%) Cisco
10 3 (1.00%) Citrix
10 3 (1.00%) Jitterbit
10 3 (1.00%) MuleSoft
11 2 (0.66%) Aruba
11 2 (0.66%) Databricks
11 2 (0.66%) Palo Alto
11 2 (0.66%) Verint
11 2 (0.66%) Xceptor
11 2 (0.66%) Yardi