Waterfall Contracts in Manchester

Waterfall Model
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Manchester requiring Waterfall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Waterfall over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 59 76 71
Rank change year-on-year +17 -5 +32
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 20 20 47
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Manchester 2.16% 1.32% 2.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.41% 1.51% 2.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 13 38
10th Percentile £346 £378 £463
25th Percentile £354 £425 £488
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £563
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -11.11% +7.14%
75th Percentile £489 £575 £638
90th Percentile £531 £623 £650
North West median daily rate £450 £455 £531
% change year-on-year -1.10% -14.35% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £65.92 -
North West median hourly rate £83.50 £65.92 -
% change year-on-year +26.67% - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 830 1,321 1,738
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Manchester 89.63% 87.08% 91.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 577 898 1,273
10th Percentile £300 £319 £315
25th Percentile £400 £407 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £468 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -6.40% - +1.73%
75th Percentile £575 £595 £594
90th Percentile £675 £694 £663
North West median daily rate £475 £500 £500
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 73 61
10th Percentile £15.18 £12.42 £14.65
25th Percentile £19.25 £13.50 £20.00
Median hourly rate £32.50 £24.19 £37.30
Median % change year-on-year +34.35% -35.15% +140.65%
75th Percentile £63.75 £57.50 £47.50
90th Percentile £77.00 £72.50 £70.00
North West median hourly rate £31.88 £21.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year +51.81% -40.00% +70.82%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in Manchester

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in Manchester

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Daily Rate Histogram in Manchester

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in Manchester

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Manchester

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

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in Manchester

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (5.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (5.00%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (25.00%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (5.00%) BambooHR
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.00%) Azure
2 1 (5.00%) Asana
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.00%) EDRMS
1 1 (5.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) eggPlant
2 1 (5.00%) Atlassian Bamboo
2 1 (5.00%) JIRA
General
1 14 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
3 3 (15.00%) Finance
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Banking
5 1 (5.00%) Law
5 1 (5.00%) Legal
5 1 (5.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (5.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 8 (40.00%) Analyst
2 5 (25.00%) Project Manager
3 4 (20.00%) Business Analyst
4 3 (15.00%) Product Manager
4 3 (15.00%) Senior
4 3 (15.00%) Systems Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Banking Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) SAP Architect
5 2 (10.00%) SAP Manager
5 2 (10.00%) SAP Solutions Architect
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Project Manager
5 2 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
6 1 (5.00%) Developer
6 1 (5.00%) SAP Change Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.00%) Test Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Web Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Web Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.00%) SAP PI
2 1 (5.00%) .NET
2 1 (5.00%) .NET Core
2 1 (5.00%) .NET Framework
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Product Ownership
2 2 (10.00%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.00%) Cloud Native
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (85.00%) Agile
2 12 (60.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 8 (40.00%) Change Management
4 7 (35.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 7 (35.00%) Roadmaps
5 6 (30.00%) Migration
5 6 (30.00%) Service Delivery
5 6 (30.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 6 (30.00%) WFM
6 5 (25.00%) Business Case
6 5 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
6 5 (25.00%) Product Strategy
6 5 (25.00%) Product Vision
6 5 (25.00%) Project Delivery
7 4 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (20.00%) Project Management
7 4 (20.00%) SAP Implementation
8 3 (15.00%) Customer Engagement
8 3 (15.00%) PRINCE2
8 3 (15.00%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (15.00%) Degree
1 3 (15.00%) PMP
2 2 (10.00%) PMI Certification
2 2 (10.00%) SAP Certification
2 2 (10.00%) TOGAF Certification
3 1 (5.00%) ISEB
3 1 (5.00%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.00%) GDPR
1 1 (5.00%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) Sysdig
Vendors
1 5 (25.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (25.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) Glassbox
2 2 (10.00%) MuleSoft
2 2 (10.00%) Splunk
3 1 (5.00%) Oracle
3 1 (5.00%) Sage
3 1 (5.00%) Workday