Waterfall Contract Job Trends in Luton

Waterfall Model
Bedfordshire > Luton

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Luton requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 26 22
Rank change year-on-year -4 -4 -1
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 4 9 2
As % of all contract jobs in Luton 2.08% 5.92% 1.64%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 6.16% 1.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £538 £500 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £600 -
Median % change year-on-year -4.17% - -
75th Percentile £613 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Bedfordshire median daily rate £575 £600 -
% change year-on-year -4.17% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £54.20 - -
25th Percentile £56.00 - -
Median hourly rate £59.00 - -
75th Percentile £62.00 - -
90th Percentile £63.80 - -
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £59.00 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Luton

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 Luton.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 167 146 116
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton 86.98% 96.05% 95.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 68 82 65
10th Percentile £74 £363 £300
25th Percentile £491 £500 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £588 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.17% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £600 £634 £585
90th Percentile £650 £700 £650
Bedfordshire median daily rate £520 £553 £500
% change year-on-year -5.88% +10.50% +1.68%
Number of hourly rates quoted 46 23 22
10th Percentile £56.00 £63.00 £15.39
25th Percentile £62.97 £71.25 £16.94
Median hourly rate £73.00 £85.00 £49.08
Median % change year-on-year -14.12% +73.20% -34.57%
75th Percentile £75.00 £91.50 £65.75
90th Percentile £81.00 £92.30 £67.50
Bedfordshire median hourly rate £71.50 £80.00 £31.80
% change year-on-year -10.63% +151.57% -57.60%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Luton

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Waterfall relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Luton.

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Luton

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in Luton

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Waterfall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Luton citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Histogram in Luton

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Waterfall in Luton over the 6 months to 22 July 2026.

Hourly rate histogram for Waterfall in Luton

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Luton 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 1 (25.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
1 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
1 1 (25.00%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 2 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (50.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (25.00%) PMO Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Power BI Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Report Analyst
2 1 (25.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) ADO
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) PRINCE2
2 3 (75.00%) Project Management
3 2 (50.00%) Analytics
3 2 (50.00%) Change Management
3 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) ITSM
3 2 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (25.00%) Dependency Management
4 1 (25.00%) DevOps
4 1 (25.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 1 (25.00%) Infrastructure Transformation
4 1 (25.00%) Matrix Organization
4 1 (25.00%) Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Performance Analysis
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Project Governance
4 1 (25.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
4 1 (25.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) PMI Certification
1 3 (75.00%) PMP
2 2 (50.00%) SC Cleared
2 2 (50.00%) Security Cleared
3 1 (25.00%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) PMO
2 1 (25.00%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) SAP
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (25.00%) ServiceNow