Waterfall Contracts in London

Waterfall Model
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for Waterfall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Waterfall over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 145 127 98
Rank change year-on-year -18 -29 +73
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 305 525 1,069
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 1.75% 2.03% 2.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 2.23% 3.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 375 745
10th Percentile £405 £400 £413
25th Percentile £500 £475 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £600 £563 £575
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -2.17% +11.65%
75th Percentile £712 £686 £660
90th Percentile £790 £763 £763
England median daily rate £575 £550 £540
% change year-on-year +4.55% +1.85% +13.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 4 1
10th Percentile - £43.78 -
25th Percentile - £43.83 £48.49
Median hourly rate - £45.68 £49.99
Median % change year-on-year - -8.61% -
75th Percentile - £51.68 £51.48
90th Percentile - £52.45 -
England median hourly rate £58.91 £52.97 £57.95
% change year-on-year +11.20% -8.59% +5.36%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Waterfall is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,475 23,527 35,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.65% 90.92% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,094 16,975 26,024
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 269 415
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.40 £17.55
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.49 £24.25
Median hourly rate £27.84 £37.34 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% -0.43% +14.77%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.25 £51.61
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.30 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in London

Waterfall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in London.

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in London

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in London

Waterfall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in London.

Hourly rate trend 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 May 2024. 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 -13 55 £600 -5.88% 7
West London +15 7 £713 +50.00%
East London -3 5 £540 +4.35% 1
South London +4 4 £550 +4.76% 2
North London 0 1 £425 -10.53%
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 16 (5.25%) Confluence
2 14 (4.59%) SharePoint
3 5 (1.64%) Microsoft Exchange
4 3 (0.98%) CMS
5 2 (0.66%) nginx
6 1 (0.33%) Apache
6 1 (0.33%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 18 (5.90%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (5.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 14 (4.59%) Microsoft Project
4 13 (4.26%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (2.62%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.66%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 9 (2.95%) Loan IQ
1 9 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.64%) SAP BPC
3 4 (1.31%) Aladdin
4 3 (0.98%) Dynamics CRM
4 3 (0.98%) Primavera
4 3 (0.98%) SAP Hybris
5 2 (0.66%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.66%) Shopify
6 1 (0.33%) Endur
6 1 (0.33%) Fidessa
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.33%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.33%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.33%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 54 (17.70%) Azure
2 22 (7.21%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (4.92%) Power Platform
4 14 (4.59%) AWS
5 13 (4.26%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (3.61%) PowerApps
7 9 (2.95%) GitHub
8 8 (2.62%) SaaS
9 5 (1.64%) Dynamics 365
9 5 (1.64%) IaaS
9 5 (1.64%) PaaS
9 5 (1.64%) Power Automate
10 4 (1.31%) GCP
10 4 (1.31%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.31%) Smartsheet
10 4 (1.31%) Snowflake
11 3 (0.98%) Asana
11 3 (0.98%) Azure Data Factory
11 3 (0.98%) SAP Commerce Cloud
11 3 (0.98%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 4 (1.31%) Internet
2 3 (0.98%) 5G
2 3 (0.98%) ATM
2 3 (0.98%) DNS
3 2 (0.66%) DHCP
3 2 (0.66%) LAN
3 2 (0.66%) SD-WAN
3 2 (0.66%) SNA
3 2 (0.66%) WAN
4 1 (0.33%) BGP
4 1 (0.33%) EIGRP
4 1 (0.33%) Firewall
4 1 (0.33%) FTP
4 1 (0.33%) HSRP
4 1 (0.33%) OSPF
4 1 (0.33%) SNMP
4 1 (0.33%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.33%) VRRP
4 1 (0.33%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (0.33%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (4.26%) Power BI
2 9 (2.95%) SQL Server
3 8 (2.62%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (1.31%) Azure SQL Database
4 4 (1.31%) Data Lake
4 4 (1.31%) Relational Database
5 3 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (0.66%) BigQuery
6 2 (0.66%) MongoDB
6 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 2 (0.66%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 2 (0.66%) Tableau
7 1 (0.33%) Apache Cassandra
7 1 (0.33%) Big Data
7 1 (0.33%) Flink
7 1 (0.33%) Hadoop
7 1 (0.33%) Qlik Sense
7 1 (0.33%) RDBMS
7 1 (0.33%) Redis
7 1 (0.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 32 (10.49%) JIRA
2 8 (2.62%) Jenkins
3 7 (2.30%) Selenium
4 6 (1.97%) LoadRunner
4 6 (1.97%) Postman
5 5 (1.64%) JMeter
5 5 (1.64%) Visual Studio
6 4 (1.31%) Appium
6 4 (1.31%) Git
7 3 (0.98%) Eclipse
7 3 (0.98%) SonarQube
7 3 (0.98%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (0.66%) Artifactory
8 2 (0.66%) Bitbucket
8 2 (0.66%) Cucumber
8 2 (0.66%) Cypress.io
8 2 (0.66%) JUnit
8 2 (0.66%) NUnit
8 2 (0.66%) SoapUI
8 2 (0.66%) Visual Studio Team System
General
1 128 (41.97%) Finance
2 111 (36.39%) Social Skills
3 47 (15.41%) Banking
4 33 (10.82%) Analytical Skills
5 30 (9.84%) Public Sector
6 18 (5.90%) Influencing Skills
7 12 (3.93%) Marketing
7 12 (3.93%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (3.61%) Back Office
8 11 (3.61%) Financial Institution
8 11 (3.61%) Military
9 10 (3.28%) Legal
10 9 (2.95%) Investment Banking
10 9 (2.95%) Organisational Skills
10 9 (2.95%) Telecoms
11 8 (2.62%) Manufacturing
11 8 (2.62%) Retail
12 6 (1.97%) Electronics
12 6 (1.97%) Front Office
13 5 (1.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 74 (24.26%) Project Manager
2 53 (17.38%) Analyst
3 43 (14.10%) Senior
4 33 (10.82%) Business Analyst
5 28 (9.18%) Lead
6 24 (7.87%) Architect
7 23 (7.54%) Delivery Manager
7 23 (7.54%) Senior Manager
8 18 (5.90%) Developer
8 18 (5.90%) Programme Manager
9 15 (4.92%) Senior Analyst
9 15 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
10 14 (4.59%) Test Manager
11 10 (3.28%) IT Manager
11 10 (3.28%) Senior Project Manager
12 9 (2.95%) Applications Manager
12 9 (2.95%) Senior Business Analyst
12 9 (2.95%) Technical Manager
13 8 (2.62%) Infrastructure Manager
13 8 (2.62%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (2.95%) Middleware
2 6 (1.97%) .NET
2 6 (1.97%) AngularJS
3 5 (1.64%) RESTful
4 4 (1.31%) ADO
4 4 (1.31%) Swagger
5 3 (0.98%) Apache Camel
5 3 (0.98%) Kafka
5 3 (0.98%) Node.js
5 3 (0.98%) React Native
5 3 (0.98%) SOAP
5 3 (0.98%) XML
6 2 (0.66%) .NET Core
6 2 (0.66%) .NET Framework
6 2 (0.66%) FpML
6 2 (0.66%) GraphQL
6 2 (0.66%) OpenAPI
6 2 (0.66%) Playwright
6 2 (0.66%) React
6 2 (0.66%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 18 (5.90%) Product Ownership
2 9 (2.95%) Derivative
3 7 (2.30%) Data Centre
3 7 (2.30%) Mobile App
4 6 (1.97%) Fixed Income
5 5 (1.64%) Data Protection Act
5 5 (1.64%) Management Information System
5 5 (1.64%) Onboarding
6 4 (1.31%) Analytical Mindset
6 4 (1.31%) FMCG
6 4 (1.31%) Reinsurance
6 4 (1.31%) Renewable Energy
6 4 (1.31%) Solar Panel
7 3 (0.98%) Equities
7 3 (0.98%) Greenfield Project
7 3 (0.98%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 2 (0.66%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.66%) Self-Motivation
8 2 (0.66%) Team-Oriented Environment
8 2 (0.66%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (3.93%) Linux
1 12 (3.93%) Windows
2 3 (0.98%) Android
2 3 (0.98%) Apple iOS
2 3 (0.98%) VMS
3 1 (0.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 278 (91.15%) Agile
2 96 (31.48%) Project Management
3 81 (26.56%) Project Delivery
4 71 (23.28%) Stakeholder Management
5 53 (17.38%) Problem-Solving
6 47 (15.41%) Scrum
7 46 (15.08%) DevOps
8 43 (14.10%) Migration
9 37 (12.13%) PRINCE2
10 31 (10.16%) Continuous Improvement
10 31 (10.16%) SDLC
11 30 (9.84%) Risk Management
12 27 (8.85%) Decision-Making
12 27 (8.85%) Programme Management
13 26 (8.52%) Roadmaps
14 24 (7.87%) Business Intelligence
14 24 (7.87%) Change Management
15 23 (7.54%) Business Case
15 23 (7.54%) Test Automation
15 23 (7.54%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 38 (12.46%) SQL
2 14 (4.59%) Java
2 14 (4.59%) Python
3 5 (1.64%) C#
3 5 (1.64%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 5 (1.64%) TypeScript
4 3 (0.98%) PowerShell
4 3 (0.98%) R
5 2 (0.66%) Kotlin
5 2 (0.66%) Swift
6 1 (0.33%) C
6 1 (0.33%) C++
6 1 (0.33%) Go
6 1 (0.33%) Ruby
6 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.33%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 44 (14.43%) Security Cleared
2 37 (12.13%) SC Cleared
3 35 (11.48%) Degree
4 15 (4.92%) DV Cleared
5 14 (4.59%) PMI Certification
5 14 (4.59%) PMP
6 7 (2.30%) ISTQB
7 6 (1.97%) Computer Science Degree
8 5 (1.64%) APMP
9 4 (1.31%) Chartered Engineer
9 4 (1.31%) CITP
9 4 (1.31%) Numerate Degree
10 3 (0.98%) BPSS Clearance
10 3 (0.98%) CIMA
10 3 (0.98%) Master's Degree
11 2 (0.66%) CISM
11 2 (0.66%) CISSP
11 2 (0.66%) ISEB
11 2 (0.66%) Microsoft Certification
12 1 (0.33%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 34 (11.15%) PMO
2 18 (5.90%) QA
3 5 (1.64%) Accessibility
4 3 (0.98%) Data Quality
4 3 (0.98%) EMIR
4 3 (0.98%) IFRS
4 3 (0.98%) IFRS 17
4 3 (0.98%) NIST
4 3 (0.98%) SLA
4 3 (0.98%) Solvency II
5 2 (0.66%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.66%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
5 2 (0.66%) Software Quality Assurance
6 1 (0.33%) Dodd-Frank
6 1 (0.33%) GRC
6 1 (0.33%) HL7
6 1 (0.33%) MiFID
6 1 (0.33%) P3O
System Software
1 6 (1.97%) Docker
2 3 (0.98%) VMware Infrastructure
3 2 (0.66%) Virtual Servers
4 1 (0.33%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (1.97%) Ansible
2 5 (1.64%) Kubernetes
3 2 (0.66%) Terraform
4 1 (0.33%) Grafana
4 1 (0.33%) HP Quality Center
4 1 (0.33%) MOM
4 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
4 1 (0.33%) Puppet
Vendors
1 38 (12.46%) Microsoft
2 33 (10.82%) SAP
3 14 (4.59%) Oracle
4 12 (3.93%) ServiceNow
5 9 (2.95%) Salesforce
6 6 (1.97%) Cisco
7 4 (1.31%) Guidewire
7 4 (1.31%) Workday
8 3 (0.98%) Adobe
8 3 (0.98%) Checkmarx
8 3 (0.98%) Databricks
8 3 (0.98%) IBM
8 3 (0.98%) VMware
9 2 (0.66%) Arista
9 2 (0.66%) EMC
9 2 (0.66%) Google
9 2 (0.66%) ION Trading
9 2 (0.66%) Sitecore
9 2 (0.66%) Splunk
9 2 (0.66%) Temenos