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 4 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 164 146 128
Rank change year-on-year -18 -18 -24
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 351 242 333
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.75% 1.83% 2.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.96% 1.98% 2.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 219 167 224
10th Percentile £381 £325 £400
25th Percentile £455 £409 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £650 £672 £628
90th Percentile £738 £738 £746
England median daily rate £525 £500 £550
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 2
Median hourly rate - £67.50 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year - +92.86% -23.38%
England median hourly rate £60.00 £55.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +9.09% +57.14% -33.92%

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 17,884 12,219 14,282
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.13% 92.48% 89.03%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,701 8,101 9,738
10th Percentile £359 £325 £350
25th Percentile £450 £425 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £538 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.33% -2.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £660 £675 £682
90th Percentile £775 £775 £800
England median daily rate £525 £508 £525
% change year-on-year +3.45% -3.33% -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 288 254 186
10th Percentile £17.18 £17.00 £17.25
25th Percentile £19.98 £25.00 £22.00
Median hourly rate £35.50 £32.00 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.94% -8.57% -12.50%
75th Percentile £57.50 £49.69 £54.69
90th Percentile £85.53 £63.75 £71.88
England median hourly rate £43.56 £25.15 £43.00
% change year-on-year +73.20% -41.51% +1.18%

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 4 September 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 4 September 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 -24 41 £588 +9.30% 27
West London -10 14 £510 +59.38% 6
South London -7 4 £575 - 3
East London +1 2 - - 4
North London -1 1 - - 1
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 30 (8.55%) Confluence
2 23 (6.55%) SharePoint
3 7 (1.99%) CMS
4 5 (1.42%) SAS
5 4 (1.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 4 (1.14%) Sitecore CMS
6 3 (0.85%) Kentico
7 2 (0.57%) Microsoft Exchange
7 2 (0.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 2 (0.57%) Palantir Foundry
8 1 (0.28%) Apache
8 1 (0.28%) Appian
Applications
1 41 (11.68%) Microsoft Excel
2 32 (9.12%) Microsoft Office
3 29 (8.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 24 (6.84%) Microsoft Project
5 16 (4.56%) MS Visio
6 4 (1.14%) Trello
7 2 (0.57%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (3.13%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.85%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
3 8 (2.28%) Magento
4 3 (0.85%) FLEXCUBE
4 3 (0.85%) Remedy ITSM
4 3 (0.85%) Temenos T24
5 2 (0.57%) Finacle
5 2 (0.57%) IntelliMatch
5 2 (0.57%) Loan IQ
5 2 (0.57%) Oracle ERP
5 2 (0.57%) Oracle Payables
5 2 (0.57%) Oracle Receivables
5 2 (0.57%) SAP S/4HANA
5 2 (0.57%) Shopify
5 2 (0.57%) Summit
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Assets
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle EBS R12
6 1 (0.28%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
6 1 (0.28%) Orchestrade
6 1 (0.28%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 79 (22.51%) Azure
2 37 (10.54%) Azure DevOps
3 35 (9.97%) AWS
4 31 (8.83%) Power Platform
5 16 (4.56%) Microsoft 365
5 16 (4.56%) SaaS
6 14 (3.99%) GCP
7 12 (3.42%) Dynamics 365
8 7 (1.99%) Adobe Analytics
8 7 (1.99%) Asana
9 6 (1.71%) GitHub
10 5 (1.42%) Power Automate
10 5 (1.42%) Smartsheet
11 4 (1.14%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.14%) Google Analytics
11 4 (1.14%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (0.85%) Amazon CloudWatch
12 3 (0.85%) Datadog
12 3 (0.85%) Google Workspace
12 3 (0.85%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.71%) Network Security
2 4 (1.14%) DMZ
2 4 (1.14%) Firewall
2 4 (1.14%) Structured Cabling
2 4 (1.14%) Wi-Fi
3 3 (0.85%) WAN
3 3 (0.85%) Wireless
4 2 (0.57%) 4G
4 2 (0.57%) Cisco IOS
4 2 (0.57%) DNS
4 2 (0.57%) Internet
4 2 (0.57%) Intranet
4 2 (0.57%) MPLS
4 2 (0.57%) SD-WAN
5 1 (0.28%) BGP
5 1 (0.28%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.28%) Multicast
5 1 (0.28%) OSPF
5 1 (0.28%) VLAN
5 1 (0.28%) VXLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (7.69%) Power BI
2 10 (2.85%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (1.99%) Data Lake
4 5 (1.42%) SQL Server
5 4 (1.14%) Relational Database
6 3 (0.85%) Electronic Patient Records
6 3 (0.85%) Metadata
6 3 (0.85%) Oracle Reports
7 2 (0.57%) Azure SQL Database
7 2 (0.57%) BigQuery
7 2 (0.57%) Couchbase
7 2 (0.57%) NoSQL
7 2 (0.57%) Power Query
7 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (0.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
7 2 (0.57%) Tableau
8 1 (0.28%) Looker
8 1 (0.28%) Metadata Repository
8 1 (0.28%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.28%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 64 (18.23%) JIRA
2 10 (2.85%) Git
2 10 (2.85%) Jenkins
3 9 (2.56%) Selenium
4 8 (2.28%) Subversion
5 4 (1.14%) eggPlant
6 3 (0.85%) HP UFT
6 3 (0.85%) SilkTest
6 3 (0.85%) SOAtest
6 3 (0.85%) TestRail
6 3 (0.85%) Visual Studio
6 3 (0.85%) Zephyr
7 2 (0.57%) Rational Functional Tester
8 1 (0.28%) Browser DevTools
8 1 (0.28%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.28%) Postman
8 1 (0.28%) REST Assured
8 1 (0.28%) SoapUI
8 1 (0.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
8 1 (0.28%) TestDirector
General
1 188 (53.56%) Finance
2 157 (44.73%) Social Skills
3 76 (21.65%) Analytical Skills
4 65 (18.52%) Banking
5 39 (11.11%) Public Sector
6 27 (7.69%) Retail
7 23 (6.55%) Organisational Skills
8 19 (5.41%) Marketing
9 13 (3.70%) Influencing Skills
10 8 (2.28%) Documentation Skills
10 8 (2.28%) Investment Banking
10 8 (2.28%) Legal
10 8 (2.28%) Presentation Skills
11 7 (1.99%) Financial Institution
11 7 (1.99%) Telecoms
12 6 (1.71%) Front Office
12 6 (1.71%) Law
12 6 (1.71%) Police
13 5 (1.42%) Retail Banking
14 3 (0.85%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 112 (31.91%) Project Manager
2 78 (22.22%) Analyst
3 54 (15.38%) Business Analyst
4 44 (12.54%) Senior
5 30 (8.55%) Architect
6 28 (7.98%) Senior Manager
7 25 (7.12%) Senior Project Manager
8 21 (5.98%) Programme Manager
8 21 (5.98%) Technical Manager
9 20 (5.70%) Lead
10 18 (5.13%) Technical Project Manager
10 18 (5.13%) Test Manager
11 17 (4.84%) Change Manager
12 16 (4.56%) Infrastructure Manager
12 16 (4.56%) Infrastructure Project Manager
13 15 (4.27%) IT Manager
14 11 (3.13%) Delivery Manager
14 11 (3.13%) IT Project Manager
15 10 (2.85%) Enterprise Architect
15 10 (2.85%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (3.13%) Middleware
2 9 (2.56%) VML
3 8 (2.28%) ADO
4 5 (1.42%) .NET
4 5 (1.42%) SOAP
4 5 (1.42%) Terraform
4 5 (1.42%) Web Services
5 4 (1.14%) XML
6 3 (0.85%) DAO
6 3 (0.85%) Kafka
7 2 (0.57%) ASP.NET
7 2 (0.57%) HTML
7 2 (0.57%) OAuth
7 2 (0.57%) Oracle Fusion
7 2 (0.57%) REST
7 2 (0.57%) RxJava
7 2 (0.57%) SAML
7 2 (0.57%) Vert.x
7 2 (0.57%) XBRL
8 1 (0.28%) Apache Beam
Miscellaneous
1 27 (7.69%) Onboarding
2 23 (6.55%) Product Ownership
3 19 (5.41%) Data Centre
4 11 (3.13%) Greenfield Project
5 10 (2.85%) CMDB
5 10 (2.85%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (2.28%) Management Information System
7 7 (1.99%) Analytical Mindset
7 7 (1.99%) PMI
7 7 (1.99%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 6 (1.71%) AI Agents
8 6 (1.71%) Data Protection Act
8 6 (1.71%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.71%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 6 (1.71%) NHS
8 6 (1.71%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (1.71%) Virtual Team
9 5 (1.42%) Credit Risk
9 5 (1.42%) Derivative
10 4 (1.14%) Cloud Native
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.42%) Linux
2 3 (0.85%) Unix
3 2 (0.57%) Windows
4 1 (0.28%) Android
4 1 (0.28%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.28%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 330 (94.02%) Agile
2 184 (52.42%) Stakeholder Management
3 120 (34.19%) Project Management
4 103 (29.34%) Project Delivery
5 81 (23.08%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 78 (22.22%) Migration
7 76 (21.65%) Problem-Solving
8 64 (18.23%) DevOps
9 62 (17.66%) Continuous Improvement
10 60 (17.09%) PRINCE2
11 58 (16.52%) User Acceptance Testing
12 50 (14.25%) Change Management
13 49 (13.96%) Workshop Facilitation
14 47 (13.39%) Analytics
14 47 (13.39%) User Stories
15 46 (13.11%) Business Analysis
15 46 (13.11%) Risk Management
16 45 (12.82%) Scrum
17 39 (11.11%) Requirements Gathering
17 39 (11.11%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 30 (8.55%) SQL
2 10 (2.85%) Java
2 10 (2.85%) Korn
3 7 (1.99%) Python
4 4 (1.14%) Groovy
5 3 (0.85%) JavaScript
5 3 (0.85%) VBA
6 2 (0.57%) C#
6 2 (0.57%) T-SQL
6 2 (0.57%) VB.NET
7 1 (0.28%) Bash
7 1 (0.28%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.28%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 65 (18.52%) Security Cleared
2 46 (13.11%) Degree
2 46 (13.11%) SC Cleared
3 43 (12.25%) PMI Certification
4 38 (10.83%) PMP
5 22 (6.27%) DV Cleared
6 11 (3.13%) ISTQB
7 8 (2.28%) ISEB
8 7 (1.99%) APMG
9 6 (1.71%) ITIL Certification
10 5 (1.42%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 4 (1.14%) BPSS Clearance
11 4 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Certification
12 3 (0.85%) CBAP
12 3 (0.85%) CISSP
12 3 (0.85%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (0.85%) IIBA
13 2 (0.57%) CTC Cleared
13 2 (0.57%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 2 (0.57%) PgMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (14.25%) PMO
2 42 (11.97%) QA
3 17 (4.84%) Data Quality
4 8 (2.28%) ISO 20022
5 7 (1.99%) SEPA
6 4 (1.14%) NIST
6 4 (1.14%) P3O
7 3 (0.85%) NCSC
7 3 (0.85%) TARGET2
8 2 (0.57%) GRC
8 2 (0.57%) ISO 15022
9 1 (0.28%) Accessibility
9 1 (0.28%) EMIR
9 1 (0.28%) GDPR
9 1 (0.28%) GxP
9 1 (0.28%) IFRS
9 1 (0.28%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.28%) JSP 440
9 1 (0.28%) MiFID
9 1 (0.28%) PMBOK
System Software
1 9 (2.56%) IAG
2 2 (0.57%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.57%) Docker
2 2 (0.57%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 8 (2.28%) Kubernetes
2 4 (1.14%) Ansible
2 4 (1.14%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.57%) Docker Swarm
3 2 (0.57%) Single Sign-On
4 1 (0.28%) AirWatch
4 1 (0.28%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.28%) Jamf Pro
4 1 (0.28%) RSA Archer
4 1 (0.28%) SCCM
4 1 (0.28%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 72 (20.51%) Microsoft
2 27 (7.69%) ServiceNow
3 25 (7.12%) SAP
4 16 (4.56%) Oracle
5 14 (3.99%) Salesforce
6 10 (2.85%) Adobe
6 10 (2.85%) Sparx
7 9 (2.56%) Google
8 7 (1.99%) Murex
9 6 (1.71%) Cisco
9 6 (1.71%) Databricks
9 6 (1.71%) Sitecore
10 5 (1.42%) Atlassian
10 5 (1.42%) Bloomberg
10 5 (1.42%) HP
10 5 (1.42%) Planview
11 4 (1.14%) Amplitude
11 4 (1.14%) Braze
11 4 (1.14%) Optimizely
11 4 (1.14%) Tealium