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 18 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 148 145 143
Rank change year-on-year -3 -2 -28
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 361 270 316
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.81% 1.99% 1.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 2.16% 2.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 188 229
10th Percentile £365 £332 £400
25th Percentile £463 £413 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £550 £588
Median % change year-on-year +2.73% -6.38% +6.82%
75th Percentile £675 £650 £688
90th Percentile £750 £738 £800
England median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.75 -
England median hourly rate £69.75 £48.00 £58.91
% change year-on-year +45.31% -18.51% +17.26%

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 17,703 12,488 15,232
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.99% 92.09% 88.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,731 8,359 10,820
10th Percentile £363 £331 £350
25th Percentile £449 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £680
90th Percentile £775 £788 £800
England median daily rate £525 £513 £525
% change year-on-year +2.44% -2.38% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 276 238 265
10th Percentile £17.60 £16.50 £16.24
25th Percentile £22.00 £24.66 £20.50
Median hourly rate £36.00 £31.25 £32.29
Median % change year-on-year +15.20% -3.22% -21.76%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.94 £50.00
90th Percentile £81.25 £63.40 £69.20
England median hourly rate £47.00 £25.15 £38.12
% change year-on-year +86.88% -34.02% -8.14%

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 18 July 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 18 July 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 -7 46 £675 +24.14% 14
West London -2 13 £329 -26.89% 6
South London -9 5 £550 - 4
East London 0 1 - - 5
North London -3 1 - - 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 27 (7.48%) Confluence
2 22 (6.09%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.39%) CMS
4 4 (1.11%) SAS
5 3 (0.83%) Kentico
6 2 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (0.55%) Palantir Foundry
7 1 (0.28%) Apache
7 1 (0.28%) Ethereum
7 1 (0.28%) Hyperledger
7 1 (0.28%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 47 (13.02%) Microsoft Excel
2 35 (9.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 32 (8.86%) Microsoft Project
4 27 (7.48%) Microsoft Office
5 15 (4.16%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.55%) Chatbot
6 2 (0.55%) Spreadsheet
7 1 (0.28%) Trello
Business Applications
1 12 (3.32%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.77%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 9 (2.49%) Loan IQ
4 8 (2.22%) Magento
5 5 (1.39%) Temenos T24
6 4 (1.11%) SAP S/4HANA
7 3 (0.83%) FLEXCUBE
7 3 (0.83%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.83%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.55%) Finacle
8 2 (0.55%) IntelliMatch
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle EBS R12
8 2 (0.55%) Oracle ERP
8 2 (0.55%) SAP BPC
8 2 (0.55%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.55%) Shopify
8 2 (0.55%) Summit
9 1 (0.28%) Quorum
9 1 (0.28%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 90 (24.93%) Azure
2 42 (11.63%) AWS
3 38 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
4 35 (9.70%) Power Platform
5 18 (4.99%) GCP
6 15 (4.16%) Microsoft 365
7 14 (3.88%) Dynamics 365
7 14 (3.88%) SaaS
8 8 (2.22%) Entra ID
9 7 (1.94%) Smartsheet
10 6 (1.66%) GitHub
10 6 (1.66%) Salesforce Service Cloud
11 5 (1.39%) Asana
12 4 (1.11%) Adobe Analytics
12 4 (1.11%) Azure Sentinel
12 4 (1.11%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (1.11%) OCI
12 4 (1.11%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
13 3 (0.83%) Azure Data Factory
13 3 (0.83%) Azure Monitor
Communications & Networking
1 8 (2.22%) Network Security
2 5 (1.39%) DNS
2 5 (1.39%) HTTP
2 5 (1.39%) TCP/IP
3 3 (0.83%) Firewall
3 3 (0.83%) Intranet
4 2 (0.55%) FTP
4 2 (0.55%) Internet
4 2 (0.55%) Structured Cabling
4 2 (0.55%) WAN
4 2 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
5 1 (0.28%) 4G
5 1 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
5 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.28%) LAN
5 1 (0.28%) MPLS
5 1 (0.28%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.28%) VLAN
5 1 (0.28%) VPN
5 1 (0.28%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (8.31%) Power BI
2 11 (3.05%) Data Warehouse
3 8 (2.22%) Data Lake
4 6 (1.66%) SQL Server
5 5 (1.39%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.83%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.83%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.55%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.55%) Couchbase
7 2 (0.55%) DataStage
7 2 (0.55%) Metadata
7 2 (0.55%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.55%) Power Query
7 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.55%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.55%) Tableau
8 1 (0.28%) Data Mart
8 1 (0.28%) Snowflake Schema
8 1 (0.28%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 73 (20.22%) JIRA
2 12 (3.32%) Git
3 9 (2.49%) Jenkins
4 8 (2.22%) Subversion
5 6 (1.66%) Selenium
6 5 (1.39%) Browser DevTools
7 4 (1.11%) Zephyr
8 3 (0.83%) TestRail
8 3 (0.83%) Visual Studio
9 1 (0.28%) Appium
9 1 (0.28%) HP UFT
9 1 (0.28%) IBM UrbanCode
9 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
9 1 (0.28%) Postman
9 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
9 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
9 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
9 1 (0.28%) TestDirector
General
1 178 (49.31%) Finance
2 165 (45.71%) Social Skills
3 77 (21.33%) Analytical Skills
4 60 (16.62%) Banking
5 44 (12.19%) Public Sector
6 29 (8.03%) Organisational Skills
7 23 (6.37%) Retail
8 21 (5.82%) Presentation Skills
9 12 (3.32%) Influencing Skills
9 12 (3.32%) Marketing
10 10 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
10 10 (2.77%) Financial Institution
11 8 (2.22%) Legal
12 7 (1.94%) Police
13 6 (1.66%) Investment Banking
13 6 (1.66%) Law
13 6 (1.66%) Telecoms
14 5 (1.39%) Front Office
15 4 (1.11%) Manufacturing
16 3 (0.83%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 103 (28.53%) Project Manager
2 83 (22.99%) Analyst
3 52 (14.40%) Business Analyst
4 42 (11.63%) Senior
5 32 (8.86%) Architect
6 27 (7.48%) Lead
7 26 (7.20%) Senior Manager
8 24 (6.65%) Senior Project Manager
9 20 (5.54%) Change Manager
10 17 (4.71%) Infrastructure Manager
10 17 (4.71%) IT Manager
10 17 (4.71%) Programme Manager
11 16 (4.43%) Infrastructure Project Manager
12 15 (4.16%) Test Manager
13 14 (3.88%) Business Manager
13 14 (3.88%) Delivery Manager
14 12 (3.32%) Banking Analyst
14 12 (3.32%) Technical Manager
14 12 (3.32%) Technical Project Manager
15 11 (3.05%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (4.16%) Middleware
2 9 (2.49%) VML
3 7 (1.94%) ADO
4 6 (1.66%) Oracle Fusion
5 5 (1.39%) OAuth
5 5 (1.39%) SailPoint
5 5 (1.39%) SAML
6 4 (1.11%) .NET
6 4 (1.11%) Lightning Web Components
7 3 (0.83%) Kafka
7 3 (0.83%) SOAP
8 2 (0.55%) ASP.NET
8 2 (0.55%) REST
8 2 (0.55%) RxJava
8 2 (0.55%) Vert.x
8 2 (0.55%) Web Services
8 2 (0.55%) XML
9 1 (0.28%) Apache Beam
9 1 (0.28%) STL
9 1 (0.28%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 25 (6.93%) Onboarding
2 18 (4.99%) Data Centre
3 16 (4.43%) Product Ownership
4 13 (3.60%) Management Information System
5 12 (3.32%) Legacy Systems
6 10 (2.77%) Greenfield Project
7 9 (2.49%) CMDB
8 7 (1.94%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (1.94%) Data Protection Act
8 7 (1.94%) PMI
9 6 (1.66%) AI Agents
9 6 (1.66%) Derivative
9 6 (1.66%) NHS
10 5 (1.39%) Cloud Native
10 5 (1.39%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
10 5 (1.39%) Virtual Team
11 4 (1.11%) Private Cloud
11 4 (1.11%) SWIFT Messaging Network
11 4 (1.11%) Tandem
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.39%) Windows
2 3 (0.83%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.28%) Android
3 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
3 1 (0.28%) Linux
3 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 334 (92.52%) Agile
2 175 (48.48%) Stakeholder Management
3 122 (33.80%) Project Management
4 90 (24.93%) Project Delivery
5 89 (24.65%) Problem-Solving
6 85 (23.55%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 79 (21.88%) DevOps
8 78 (21.61%) Migration
9 60 (16.62%) Continuous Improvement
10 59 (16.34%) PRINCE2
10 59 (16.34%) User Acceptance Testing
11 53 (14.68%) Change Management
12 50 (13.85%) Scrum
13 48 (13.30%) Workshop Facilitation
14 46 (12.74%) Business Analysis
15 45 (12.47%) User Stories
16 41 (11.36%) Decision-Making
17 40 (11.08%) Requirements Gathering
18 39 (10.80%) SDLC
19 38 (10.53%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 34 (9.42%) SQL
2 14 (3.88%) Python
3 6 (1.66%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.39%) Bash
4 5 (1.39%) Java
4 5 (1.39%) Korn
5 4 (1.11%) Apex Code
5 4 (1.11%) C#
5 4 (1.11%) Groovy
6 3 (0.83%) VBA
7 2 (0.55%) T-SQL
7 2 (0.55%) TypeScript
8 1 (0.28%) ABAP
8 1 (0.28%) PL/SQL
8 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 58 (16.07%) Security Cleared
2 52 (14.40%) Degree
3 37 (10.25%) PMI Certification
3 37 (10.25%) SC Cleared
4 35 (9.70%) PMP
5 22 (6.09%) DV Cleared
6 13 (3.60%) ISTQB
7 9 (2.49%) CBAP
8 8 (2.22%) BPSS Clearance
8 8 (2.22%) IIBA
9 7 (1.94%) APMG
9 7 (1.94%) CISSP
9 7 (1.94%) ISEB
10 6 (1.66%) Computer Science Degree
11 5 (1.39%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
12 4 (1.11%) ITIL Certification
13 3 (0.83%) CISM
13 3 (0.83%) CTC Cleared
13 3 (0.83%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
14 2 (0.55%) AWS Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (13.02%) PMO
2 46 (12.74%) QA
3 20 (5.54%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.22%) GDPR
5 7 (1.94%) ISO 20022
6 4 (1.11%) NIST
6 4 (1.11%) SEPA
7 3 (0.83%) NCSC
7 3 (0.83%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.55%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.55%) GRC
8 2 (0.55%) ISO 15022
8 2 (0.55%) P3O
8 2 (0.55%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.55%) PSD2
9 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.28%) JSP 440
System Software
1 8 (2.22%) IAG
2 5 (1.39%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.83%) Docker
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
4 1 (0.28%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (2.49%) Kubernetes
2 6 (1.66%) Single Sign-On
3 4 (1.11%) HP ALM
3 4 (1.11%) Terraform
4 3 (0.83%) Ansible
5 2 (0.55%) Microsoft Intune
5 2 (0.55%) RSA Archer
6 1 (0.28%) AirWatch
6 1 (0.28%) Docker Swarm
6 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
6 1 (0.28%) SCCM
6 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 70 (19.39%) Microsoft
2 28 (7.76%) ServiceNow
3 24 (6.65%) SAP
4 20 (5.54%) Salesforce
5 18 (4.99%) Oracle
6 10 (2.77%) Sparx
7 8 (2.22%) Adobe
8 6 (1.66%) Databricks
8 6 (1.66%) Planview
9 5 (1.39%) Bloomberg
9 5 (1.39%) Google
9 5 (1.39%) HP
9 5 (1.39%) Murex
10 4 (1.11%) Cisco
10 4 (1.11%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.11%) Okta
10 4 (1.11%) Temenos
11 3 (0.83%) Sitecore
11 3 (0.83%) Verint
11 3 (0.83%) Workday