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 15 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 145 148 145
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 -7
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 319 231 301
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.84% 1.82% 1.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 1.99% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 147 224
10th Percentile £325 £360 £425
25th Percentile £413 £413 £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £545 £520 £613
Median % change year-on-year +4.81% -15.10% +11.36%
75th Percentile £642 £650 £712
90th Percentile £750 £700 £788
England median daily rate £525 £525 £588
% change year-on-year - -10.75% +6.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate £78.50 £41.50 £58.91
% change year-on-year +89.16% -29.55% -15.24%

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 15,407 11,629 15,706
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 89.11% 91.83% 88.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,323 7,876 11,244
10th Percentile £353 £349 £338
25th Percentile £426 £442 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -6.78%
75th Percentile £650 £686 £675
90th Percentile £754 £800 £800
England median daily rate £505 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -3.81% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 251 166 331
10th Percentile £18.28 £16.30 £16.00
25th Percentile £22.87 £23.80 £19.57
Median hourly rate £35.50 £34.58 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year +2.68% +15.25% -22.58%
75th Percentile £57.23 £50.69 £48.92
90th Percentile £73.00 £63.50 £66.75
England median hourly rate £41.56 £31.76 £34.00
% change year-on-year +30.84% -6.59% -9.33%

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 15 April 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 15 April 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 -1 46 £625 +6.38% 14
West London -18 7 £329 -45.17% 3
South London -11 2 £513 +34.87% 2
East London - 2 - - 6
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 36 (11.29%) Confluence
2 16 (5.02%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.94%) CMS
4 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (0.31%) Apache
4 1 (0.31%) Apache Airflow
4 1 (0.31%) Appian
4 1 (0.31%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.31%) Hyperledger
4 1 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.31%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 47 (14.73%) Microsoft Excel
2 37 (11.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 36 (11.29%) Microsoft Project
4 24 (7.52%) Microsoft Office
5 21 (6.58%) MS Visio
6 5 (1.57%) Trello
7 4 (1.25%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.31%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 12 (3.76%) Loan IQ
2 8 (2.51%) Dynamics CRM
3 5 (1.57%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
3 5 (1.57%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (1.25%) Oracle Financials
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle EBS R12
5 3 (0.94%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
6 2 (0.63%) FIS Private Capital Suite
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.63%) Oracle Payables
6 2 (0.63%) SAP BPC
6 2 (0.63%) SAP CO
6 2 (0.63%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.63%) SAP FI
6 2 (0.63%) SAP FI/CO
6 2 (0.63%) Temenos T24
6 2 (0.63%) Workday HCM
7 1 (0.31%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.31%) Quorum
7 1 (0.31%) SAP MDG
Cloud Services
1 65 (20.38%) Azure
2 28 (8.78%) Azure DevOps
3 25 (7.84%) AWS
4 22 (6.90%) Power Platform
5 18 (5.64%) GCP
6 11 (3.45%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (3.45%) SaaS
7 10 (3.13%) Dynamics 365
8 5 (1.57%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.57%) Salesforce Service Cloud
8 5 (1.57%) Smartsheet
9 4 (1.25%) Asana
10 3 (0.94%) OCI
10 3 (0.94%) OpenShift
10 3 (0.94%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
11 2 (0.63%) Amazon CloudWatch
11 2 (0.63%) Datadog
11 2 (0.63%) GitHub
11 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Copilot
11 2 (0.63%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.88%) DNS
2 5 (1.57%) HTTP
2 5 (1.57%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.25%) FTP
3 4 (1.25%) Network Security
4 2 (0.63%) Firewall
4 2 (0.63%) NAS
4 2 (0.63%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.63%) VPN
4 2 (0.63%) WAN
5 1 (0.31%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.31%) Intranet
5 1 (0.31%) LAN
5 1 (0.31%) Structured Cabling
5 1 (0.31%) VLAN
5 1 (0.31%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.08%) Power BI
2 9 (2.82%) Data Warehouse
3 7 (2.19%) BigQuery
4 6 (1.88%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (1.25%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.94%) Metadata
7 2 (0.63%) Big Data
8 1 (0.31%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.31%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
8 1 (0.31%) DataStage
8 1 (0.31%) DB2
8 1 (0.31%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.31%) Qlik Sense
8 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.31%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.31%) SAP Data Services
8 1 (0.31%) SAP HANA
8 1 (0.31%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 87 (27.27%) JIRA
2 6 (1.88%) Selenium
3 5 (1.57%) Browser DevTools
3 5 (1.57%) Zephyr
4 2 (0.63%) Git
4 2 (0.63%) TestRail
5 1 (0.31%) Appium
5 1 (0.31%) HP UFT
5 1 (0.31%) IBM UrbanCode
5 1 (0.31%) LSMW
5 1 (0.31%) NUnit
5 1 (0.31%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.31%) SpecFlow
5 1 (0.31%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.31%) TestComplete
5 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.31%) Visual Studio Coded UI
General
1 168 (52.66%) Finance
2 155 (48.59%) Social Skills
3 65 (20.38%) Analytical Skills
4 54 (16.93%) Banking
5 27 (8.46%) Presentation Skills
6 26 (8.15%) Public Sector
7 20 (6.27%) Organisational Skills
8 16 (5.02%) Documentation Skills
9 13 (4.08%) Financial Institution
10 11 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
11 10 (3.13%) Retail
12 8 (2.51%) Investment Banking
13 7 (2.19%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 5 (1.57%) Telecoms
15 4 (1.25%) Manufacturing
15 4 (1.25%) Police
16 3 (0.94%) General Ledger
17 2 (0.63%) Aerospace
17 2 (0.63%) Billing
17 2 (0.63%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 100 (31.35%) Analyst
2 70 (21.94%) Business Analyst
3 66 (20.69%) Project Manager
4 44 (13.79%) Senior
5 28 (8.78%) Lead
5 28 (8.78%) Senior Analyst
6 20 (6.27%) Delivery Manager
7 16 (5.02%) Programme Manager
7 16 (5.02%) Senior Business Analyst
8 15 (4.70%) IT Manager
8 15 (4.70%) Migration Analyst
8 15 (4.70%) Test Analyst
9 14 (4.39%) Change Manager
10 13 (4.08%) Banking Analyst
10 13 (4.08%) Senior Manager
10 13 (4.08%) Transformation Analyst
11 12 (3.76%) Test Manager
12 11 (3.45%) Banking Business Analyst
12 11 (3.45%) Senior Test Analyst
13 10 (3.13%) Integration Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (5.33%) Middleware
2 11 (3.45%) Oracle Fusion
3 7 (2.19%) ADO
4 5 (1.57%) Lightning Web Components
5 4 (1.25%) OAuth
5 4 (1.25%) SailPoint
5 4 (1.25%) SAML
5 4 (1.25%) Web Services
6 3 (0.94%) Apache NiFi
7 2 (0.63%) .NET
7 2 (0.63%) Kafka
7 2 (0.63%) SAP Fiori
7 2 (0.63%) XML
8 1 (0.31%) AngularJS
8 1 (0.31%) ebXML
8 1 (0.31%) React
8 1 (0.31%) RESTful
8 1 (0.31%) scikit-learn
8 1 (0.31%) STL
8 1 (0.31%) VML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (6.27%) Onboarding
2 15 (4.70%) PMI
3 13 (4.08%) Management Information System
4 10 (3.13%) Product Ownership
5 9 (2.82%) Data Centre
6 7 (2.19%) Cloud Native
6 7 (2.19%) Legacy Systems
6 7 (2.19%) Tandem
7 6 (1.88%) Data Protection Act
7 6 (1.88%) Virtual Team
8 4 (1.25%) AI Agents
8 4 (1.25%) Analytical Mindset
8 4 (1.25%) CMDB
8 4 (1.25%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 4 (1.25%) Self-Motivation
8 4 (1.25%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 3 (0.94%) Derivative
9 3 (0.94%) Greenfield Project
9 3 (0.94%) Life Science
10 2 (0.63%) Freedom of Information Act
Operating Systems
1 10 (3.13%) Windows
2 3 (0.94%) Windows 10
3 2 (0.63%) Linux
3 2 (0.63%) VMS
4 1 (0.31%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 288 (90.28%) Agile
2 155 (48.59%) Stakeholder Management
3 126 (39.50%) Project Management
4 107 (33.54%) Problem-Solving
5 76 (23.82%) Project Delivery
6 73 (22.88%) Migration
7 68 (21.32%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 67 (21.00%) DevOps
9 60 (18.81%) Continuous Improvement
10 59 (18.50%) Workshop Facilitation
11 53 (16.61%) Business Analysis
12 51 (15.99%) Scrum
13 50 (15.67%) User Acceptance Testing
14 47 (14.73%) PRINCE2
15 45 (14.11%) User Stories
16 42 (13.17%) Decision-Making
17 41 (12.85%) Change Management
17 41 (12.85%) Requirements Gathering
18 38 (11.91%) Data Migration
19 36 (11.29%) Impact Assessments
Programming Languages
1 32 (10.03%) SQL
2 11 (3.45%) Python
3 6 (1.88%) Bash
3 6 (1.88%) JavaScript
4 5 (1.57%) Apex Code
4 5 (1.57%) Groovy
5 3 (0.94%) C#
5 3 (0.94%) Java
5 3 (0.94%) PL/SQL
5 3 (0.94%) PowerShell
6 2 (0.63%) Korn
6 2 (0.63%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.31%) ABAP
7 1 (0.31%) Bicep
7 1 (0.31%) Shell Script
7 1 (0.31%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 49 (15.36%) Degree
2 41 (12.85%) Security Cleared
3 37 (11.60%) SC Cleared
4 34 (10.66%) PMI Certification
5 25 (7.84%) PMP
6 21 (6.58%) CBAP
7 14 (4.39%) IIBA
8 12 (3.76%) ISTQB
9 9 (2.82%) BPSS Clearance
10 7 (2.19%) APMG
11 6 (1.88%) Azure Certification
11 6 (1.88%) ISEB
12 5 (1.57%) CISSP
12 5 (1.57%) Computer Science Degree
13 3 (0.94%) CISM
13 3 (0.94%) Master's Degree
14 2 (0.63%) CCNA
14 2 (0.63%) CCNP
14 2 (0.63%) Cisco Certification
14 2 (0.63%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (14.73%) PMO
2 43 (13.48%) QA
3 19 (5.96%) Data Quality
4 10 (3.13%) GDPR
5 7 (2.19%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 5 (1.57%) ISO 20022
7 3 (0.94%) Basel III
7 3 (0.94%) GRC
7 3 (0.94%) NIST
8 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.63%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 2 (0.63%) IFRS
8 2 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 27001
8 2 (0.63%) MiFID
8 2 (0.63%) PCI DSS
8 2 (0.63%) PSD2
9 1 (0.31%) IFRS 9
9 1 (0.31%) ISO 22301
9 1 (0.31%) SEPA
9 1 (0.31%) TARGET2
System Software
1 4 (1.25%) Active Directory
2 3 (0.94%) Docker
2 3 (0.94%) IAG
3 1 (0.31%) RACF
3 1 (0.31%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 7 (2.19%) HP ALM
2 6 (1.88%) Kubernetes
3 5 (1.57%) Single Sign-On
4 2 (0.63%) Ansible
4 2 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
4 2 (0.63%) RSA Archer
4 2 (0.63%) Terraform
Vendors
1 69 (21.63%) Microsoft
2 32 (10.03%) Oracle
3 26 (8.15%) SAP
4 15 (4.70%) Salesforce
5 13 (4.08%) ServiceNow
6 9 (2.82%) Workday
7 8 (2.51%) Planview
8 7 (2.19%) HP
9 5 (1.57%) MuleSoft
10 4 (1.25%) Okta
10 4 (1.25%) Zscaler
11 3 (0.94%) Adobe
11 3 (0.94%) Ariba
11 3 (0.94%) Cisco
11 3 (0.94%) Citrix
11 3 (0.94%) Computacenter
11 3 (0.94%) Databricks
11 3 (0.94%) Jitterbit
11 3 (0.94%) Netskope
11 3 (0.94%) VMware