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

6 months to
16 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 157 130 98
Rank change year-on-year -27 -32 +40
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 257 307 515
As % of all contract jobs in London 1.84% 1.95% 2.53%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.00% 2.19% 2.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 180 207 394
10th Percentile £320 £400 £380
25th Percentile £413 £453 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £533 £570 £566
Median % change year-on-year -6.58% +0.66% +1.12%
75th Percentile £638 £644 £675
90th Percentile £738 £738 £750
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 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% +30.02%
75th Percentile £98.04 - £78.47
90th Percentile £103.50 - £85.39
England median hourly rate £82.50 £35.00 £54.43
% change year-on-year +135.71% -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 12,878 14,024 18,235
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.35% 89.20% 89.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,465 9,048 13,116
10th Percentile £333 £350 £355
25th Percentile £425 £450 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £573
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% -4.06% -2.84%
75th Percentile £656 £675 £688
90th Percentile £775 £800 £800
England median daily rate £506 £525 £545
% change year-on-year -3.62% -3.67% -0.91%
Number of hourly rates quoted 261 166 254
10th Percentile £17.98 £17.38 £18.52
25th Percentile £24.77 £23.98 £21.50
Median hourly rate £29.50 £37.79 £37.17
Median % change year-on-year -21.93% +1.65% -0.88%
75th Percentile £47.00 £55.94 £61.31
90th Percentile £67.50 £80.38 £76.25
England median hourly rate £25.15 £37.50 £44.50
% change year-on-year -32.93% -15.73% +27.14%

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 16 November 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 November 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 November 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 -28 38 £525 -11.02% 65
East London +9 6 £585 +37.65% 17
West London -12 5 £320 -43.66% 18
North London +4 3 £550 - 4
South London -7 3 £750 +57.89% 15
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 31 (12.06%) Confluence
2 8 (3.11%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.17%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.78%) CMS
5 1 (0.39%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 1 (0.39%) WebSphere
Applications
1 24 (9.34%) Microsoft Excel
2 23 (8.95%) Microsoft Project
3 18 (7.00%) Microsoft Office
4 15 (5.84%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 14 (5.45%) MS Visio
6 7 (2.72%) Trello
7 3 (1.17%) Chatbot
8 1 (0.39%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 13 (5.06%) SAP S/4HANA
2 8 (3.11%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (0.78%) Oracle EBS
3 2 (0.78%) Workfront
4 1 (0.39%) Aladdin
4 1 (0.39%) Epicor iScala
4 1 (0.39%) Exchequer
4 1 (0.39%) FIS Private Capital Suite
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Financials
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Payables
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
4 1 (0.39%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
4 1 (0.39%) Primavera
4 1 (0.39%) SAP CO
4 1 (0.39%) SAP ERP
4 1 (0.39%) SAP FI
4 1 (0.39%) SAP FI/CO
4 1 (0.39%) Shopify
4 1 (0.39%) Workday HCM
Cloud Services
1 47 (18.29%) Azure
2 16 (6.23%) AWS
2 16 (6.23%) Power Platform
3 14 (5.45%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (5.45%) SaaS
4 13 (5.06%) GCP
5 9 (3.50%) Microsoft 365
6 8 (3.11%) PaaS
7 7 (2.72%) Dynamics 365
8 6 (2.33%) GitHub
9 4 (1.56%) IaaS
9 4 (1.56%) Smartsheet
10 3 (1.17%) Asana
10 3 (1.17%) Figma
10 3 (1.17%) Miro
10 3 (1.17%) OCI
10 3 (1.17%) Slack
11 2 (0.78%) Entra ID
11 2 (0.78%) Power Automate
11 2 (0.78%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.11%) Firewall
2 7 (2.72%) WAN
3 5 (1.95%) LAN
4 3 (1.17%) DNS
4 3 (1.17%) Network Security
4 3 (1.17%) SD-WAN
4 3 (1.17%) VPN
5 2 (0.78%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.78%) VLAN
6 1 (0.39%) BGP
6 1 (0.39%) DHCP
6 1 (0.39%) EIGRP
6 1 (0.39%) FTP
6 1 (0.39%) HSRP
6 1 (0.39%) InfiniBand
6 1 (0.39%) Internet
6 1 (0.39%) NAS
6 1 (0.39%) OSPF
6 1 (0.39%) SSL
6 1 (0.39%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (4.67%) Power BI
2 7 (2.72%) SQL Server
3 6 (2.33%) Oracle Reports
4 5 (1.95%) Big Data
4 5 (1.95%) HPCC
5 4 (1.56%) BigQuery
5 4 (1.56%) Data Lake
6 3 (1.17%) Tableau
7 2 (0.78%) Metadata
8 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.39%) BusinessObjects Business Intelligence
8 1 (0.39%) Data Hub
8 1 (0.39%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.39%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.39%) Power Query
8 1 (0.39%) Relational Database
8 1 (0.39%) SAP BW
8 1 (0.39%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 58 (22.57%) JIRA
2 6 (2.33%) Git
2 6 (2.33%) Selenium
3 5 (1.95%) GitLab
4 3 (1.17%) Gradle
4 3 (1.17%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.17%) Maven
4 3 (1.17%) Zephyr
5 2 (0.78%) Burp Suite
5 2 (0.78%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.78%) Metasploit
5 2 (0.78%) Postman
5 2 (0.78%) SoapUI
5 2 (0.78%) sqlmap
5 2 (0.78%) Team Foundation Server
6 1 (0.39%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.39%) Subversion
6 1 (0.39%) TestComplete
6 1 (0.39%) TestRail
6 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio
General
1 127 (49.42%) Finance
2 121 (47.08%) Social Skills
3 50 (19.46%) Analytical Skills
4 39 (15.18%) Banking
5 21 (8.17%) Public Sector
6 16 (6.23%) Retail
7 15 (5.84%) Documentation Skills
8 11 (4.28%) Presentation Skills
9 10 (3.89%) Legal
9 10 (3.89%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
10 9 (3.50%) Investment Banking
11 8 (3.11%) Front Office
11 8 (3.11%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 7 (2.72%) Local Government
13 6 (2.33%) Manufacturing
14 4 (1.56%) General Ledger
14 4 (1.56%) Telecoms
15 3 (1.17%) Financial Institution
15 3 (1.17%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 76 (29.57%) Analyst
2 67 (26.07%) Business Analyst
3 60 (23.35%) Project Manager
4 22 (8.56%) Lead
5 17 (6.61%) Senior
6 16 (6.23%) Architect
7 13 (5.06%) Solutions Architect
8 11 (4.28%) Programme Manager
9 9 (3.50%) IT Manager
9 9 (3.50%) SAP Manager
10 8 (3.11%) Delivery Manager
10 8 (3.11%) IT Project Manager
10 8 (3.11%) Senior Analyst
10 8 (3.11%) Technical Analyst
11 7 (2.72%) PMO Lead
11 7 (2.72%) Senior Manager
11 7 (2.72%) Senior Project Manager
12 6 (2.33%) Consultant
12 6 (2.33%) SAP Project Manager
12 6 (2.33%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (4.28%) Oracle Fusion
2 10 (3.89%) XML
3 8 (3.11%) JSON
4 7 (2.72%) HTML
5 6 (2.33%) Web Services
6 5 (1.95%) Middleware
6 5 (1.95%) RESTful
6 5 (1.95%) SOAP
7 4 (1.56%) ADO
8 3 (1.17%) Apache NiFi
8 3 (1.17%) DCOM
8 3 (1.17%) Spring
9 2 (0.78%) .NET
9 2 (0.78%) Gherkin
9 2 (0.78%) Kafka
9 2 (0.78%) OpenAPI
9 2 (0.78%) SailPoint
9 2 (0.78%) Swagger
9 2 (0.78%) WebdriverIO
10 1 (0.39%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.23%) PMI
2 15 (5.84%) Product Ownership
3 14 (5.45%) Onboarding
4 10 (3.89%) Virtual Team
5 9 (3.50%) Legacy Systems
6 8 (3.11%) Reinsurance
7 7 (2.72%) Management Information System
7 7 (2.72%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 6 (2.33%) Analytical Mindset
9 5 (1.95%) Data Centre
9 5 (1.95%) Enterprise Software
10 4 (1.56%) Derivative
11 3 (1.17%) Credit Risk
11 3 (1.17%) Educational Technology
11 3 (1.17%) Greenfield Project
12 2 (0.78%) Data Structures
12 2 (0.78%) Marketing Technology
12 2 (0.78%) Private Cloud
12 2 (0.78%) Security Posture
12 2 (0.78%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 19 (7.39%) Windows
2 7 (2.72%) Linux
2 7 (2.72%) Unix
3 1 (0.39%) VMS
3 1 (0.39%) Windows 10
3 1 (0.39%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 247 (96.11%) Agile
2 107 (41.63%) Stakeholder Management
3 82 (31.91%) Project Management
4 74 (28.79%) Problem-Solving
5 60 (23.35%) Project Delivery
6 58 (22.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 51 (19.84%) PRINCE2
8 44 (17.12%) Change Management
9 42 (16.34%) Scrum
9 42 (16.34%) User Acceptance Testing
10 41 (15.95%) Requirements Gathering
10 41 (15.95%) Workshop Facilitation
11 40 (15.56%) Migration
12 36 (14.01%) SDLC
13 35 (13.62%) DevOps
14 29 (11.28%) Business Analysis
15 27 (10.51%) Risk Management
15 27 (10.51%) User Stories
16 25 (9.73%) Project Governance
17 23 (8.95%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 26 (10.12%) SQL
2 15 (5.84%) Python
3 9 (3.50%) Java
4 6 (2.33%) C#
5 5 (1.95%) C
5 5 (1.95%) Groovy
6 4 (1.56%) Shell Script
7 3 (1.17%) Bash
7 3 (1.17%) C++
7 3 (1.17%) Korn
8 2 (0.78%) JavaScript
8 2 (0.78%) Ruby
8 2 (0.78%) VB
9 1 (0.39%) Bicep
9 1 (0.39%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.39%) PowerShell
9 1 (0.39%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 48 (18.68%) Degree
2 47 (18.29%) PMI Certification
3 33 (12.84%) PMP
4 20 (7.78%) Security Cleared
5 18 (7.00%) SC Cleared
6 8 (3.11%) CBAP
7 7 (2.72%) ISTQB
8 6 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
9 5 (1.95%) IIBA
10 4 (1.56%) Azure Certification
10 4 (1.56%) ISEB
10 4 (1.56%) Master's Degree
11 3 (1.17%) AWS Certification
11 3 (1.17%) CISSP
11 3 (1.17%) TOGAF Certification
12 2 (0.78%) CISM
12 2 (0.78%) CRISC
12 2 (0.78%) GPEN
12 2 (0.78%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.78%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (15.18%) PMO
2 24 (9.34%) QA
3 11 (4.28%) GDPR
4 7 (2.72%) MiFID
5 6 (2.33%) Accessibility
5 6 (2.33%) Data Quality
5 6 (2.33%) EMIR
5 6 (2.33%) Solvency II
6 5 (1.95%) SLA
7 4 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials
8 3 (1.17%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
8 3 (1.17%) ISO 20022
8 3 (1.17%) PSD2
8 3 (1.17%) SEPA
9 2 (0.78%) WCAG
10 1 (0.39%) Basel III
10 1 (0.39%) Dodd-Frank
10 1 (0.39%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 1 (0.39%) P3O
System Software
1 4 (1.56%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.56%) Docker
2 2 (0.78%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.39%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.39%) IAG
3 1 (0.39%) RACF
Systems Management
1 5 (1.95%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.17%) HP ALM
3 2 (0.78%) Nessus
3 2 (0.78%) Nmap
3 2 (0.78%) Terraform
4 1 (0.39%) Control-M
4 1 (0.39%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 45 (17.51%) Microsoft
2 22 (8.56%) SAP
3 21 (8.17%) Oracle
4 8 (3.11%) Workday
5 7 (2.72%) ServiceNow
6 6 (2.33%) Planview
7 5 (1.95%) MuleSoft
7 5 (1.95%) Salesforce
8 4 (1.56%) Anaplan
8 4 (1.56%) Databricks
8 4 (1.56%) Guidewire
8 4 (1.56%) HP
8 4 (1.56%) Hyperion
8 4 (1.56%) PeopleSoft
9 3 (1.17%) Adobe
9 3 (1.17%) Duck Creek
9 3 (1.17%) VMware
10 2 (0.78%) Blue Prism
10 2 (0.78%) UiPath
10 2 (0.78%) Xceptor