Waterfall Contracts in the Midlands

Waterfall Model
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 64 75 66
Rank change year-on-year +11 -9 -26
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 49 58 117
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.56% 2.10% 3.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.92% 2.56% 3.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 45 77
10th Percentile £357 £356 £276
25th Percentile £413 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £538
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -6.98% +5.39%
75th Percentile £541 £600 £594
90th Percentile £594 £720 £625
England median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,676 2,266 3,045
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.57% 82.19% 88.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,510 2,125
10th Percentile £200 £237 £250
25th Percentile £358 £356 £370
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £495
Median % change year-on-year - -4.04% +4.21%
75th Percentile £575 £600 £588
90th Percentile £650 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 172 119
10th Percentile £12.62 £11.07 £11.96
25th Percentile £13.81 £13.81 £15.05
Median hourly rate £18.13 £19.00 £17.72
Median % change year-on-year -4.58% +7.22% +1.37%
75th Percentile £24.22 £35.00 £26.81
90th Percentile £36.55 £55.00 £55.50
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in the Midlands

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in the Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Midlands

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

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in the Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in the Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
West Midlands +15 33 £525 -6.67% 24
East Midlands -1 14 £392 -3.63% 18
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England

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 2 (4.08%) Confluence
Applications
1 9 (18.37%) Microsoft Project
2 3 (6.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (2.04%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) SAP FI
Cloud Services
1 8 (16.33%) Azure
2 6 (12.24%) Power Platform
3 4 (8.16%) Asana
3 4 (8.16%) AWS
3 4 (8.16%) GCP
4 2 (4.08%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.04%) IaaS
5 1 (2.04%) PaaS
5 1 (2.04%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) Intrusion Detection
1 2 (4.08%) LAN
2 1 (2.04%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (12.24%) Power BI
2 2 (4.08%) IDMS
3 1 (2.04%) DataStage
3 1 (2.04%) DB2
3 1 (2.04%) QualityStage
Development Applications
1 8 (16.33%) JIRA
2 3 (6.12%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (4.08%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 2 (4.08%) Bitbucket
3 2 (4.08%) CA Gen
3 2 (4.08%) Eclipse
3 2 (4.08%) NetBeans
4 1 (2.04%) Cucumber
General
1 21 (42.86%) Social Skills
2 17 (34.69%) Finance
3 8 (16.33%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (6.12%) Influencing Skills
5 2 (4.08%) Law
5 2 (4.08%) Legal
5 2 (4.08%) Manufacturing
5 2 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Banking
6 1 (2.04%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (2.04%) Financial Institution
6 1 (2.04%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 1 (2.04%) Pharmaceutical
6 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.04%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (30.61%) Analyst
2 13 (26.53%) Project Manager
3 12 (24.49%) Business Analyst
4 6 (12.24%) Engagement Manager
4 6 (12.24%) IT Manager
4 6 (12.24%) IT Project Manager
5 5 (10.20%) Senior
5 5 (10.20%) Senior Analyst
6 4 (8.16%) Lead
7 3 (6.12%) Architect
7 3 (6.12%) Developer
7 3 (6.12%) Oracle Developer
7 3 (6.12%) PL/SQL Developer
7 3 (6.12%) PMO Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) Senior Business Analyst
7 3 (6.12%) SQL Developer
8 2 (4.08%) SAP Consultant
8 2 (4.08%) SAP FI Consultant
8 2 (4.08%) SAP HCM Consultant
8 2 (4.08%) Test Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (4.08%) Gherkin
1 2 (4.08%) POSIX
2 1 (2.04%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.20%) Data Structures
2 3 (6.12%) Data Centre
2 3 (6.12%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (6.12%) Operational Technology
3 2 (4.08%) Algorithms
3 2 (4.08%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.08%) Management Information System
3 2 (4.08%) Onboarding
3 2 (4.08%) Team-Oriented Environment
4 1 (2.04%) IoT
4 1 (2.04%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 1 (2.04%) PMI
4 1 (2.04%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 2 (4.08%) Linux
1 2 (4.08%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (95.92%) Agile
2 27 (55.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (30.61%) Project Management
4 11 (22.45%) Project Delivery
5 10 (20.41%) Business Analysis
6 9 (18.37%) Change Management
6 9 (18.37%) Data Analysis
6 9 (18.37%) ERP
6 9 (18.37%) Migration
7 8 (16.33%) Budget Management
7 8 (16.33%) Risk Management
8 7 (14.29%) Business Intelligence
8 7 (14.29%) Business Process Modelling
8 7 (14.29%) CRM
8 7 (14.29%) Data Modelling
8 7 (14.29%) Project Planning
8 7 (14.29%) Workshop Facilitation
9 6 (12.24%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 6 (12.24%) Data Migration
9 6 (12.24%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.37%) SQL
2 4 (8.16%) Python
3 3 (6.12%) JavaScript
3 3 (6.12%) PL/SQL
4 2 (4.08%) C
4 2 (4.08%) C++
4 2 (4.08%) COBOL
5 1 (2.04%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (6.12%) Degree
2 2 (4.08%) ISEB
2 2 (4.08%) ISTQB
2 2 (4.08%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
2 2 (4.08%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.04%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (18.37%) PMO
2 4 (8.16%) Data Quality
2 4 (8.16%) NIST
2 4 (8.16%) QA
3 2 (4.08%) GDPR
3 2 (4.08%) MISRA
3 2 (4.08%) MISRA C
3 2 (4.08%) Software Quality Assurance
4 1 (2.04%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.04%) Basel III
4 1 (2.04%) IEC 61508
4 1 (2.04%) MiFID
4 1 (2.04%) NCSC
4 1 (2.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 8 (16.33%) Microsoft
1 8 (16.33%) SAP
2 3 (6.12%) Oracle
3 2 (4.08%) IBM
3 2 (4.08%) QNX
4 1 (2.04%) Infor
4 1 (2.04%) Planview
4 1 (2.04%) Salesforce