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 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 76 80 75
Rank change year-on-year +4 -5 -23
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 64 52 79
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 2.58% 1.96% 2.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.94% 2.42% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 56 42 50
10th Percentile £301 £328 £413
25th Percentile £358 £387 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £445 £550
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -19.09% +6.80%
75th Percentile £544 £519 £605
90th Percentile £638 £586 £639
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +1.85%

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 2,178 2,145 2,663
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 87.75% 81.04% 85.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,397 1,471 1,875
10th Percentile £219 £275 £256
25th Percentile £355 £363 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% - +1.01%
75th Percentile £550 £603 £600
90th Percentile £644 £700 £700
England median daily rate £513 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -2.38% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 184 101 81
10th Percentile £12.62 £12.70 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.25 £14.13 £20.00
Median hourly rate £21.04 £18.50 £27.50
Median % change year-on-year +13.73% -32.73% +46.28%
75th Percentile £26.51 £37.50 £51.50
90th Percentile £50.00 £55.00 £70.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year -40.82% - +63.46%

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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 2 August 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 2 August 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 +16 43 £525 +1.16% 61
East Midlands -13 19 £358 -8.09% 38
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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 5 (7.81%) Confluence
2 3 (4.69%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (14.06%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (10.94%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (6.25%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (3.13%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (3.13%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.69%) Salesforce CRM
2 2 (3.13%) ResourceLink
2 2 (3.13%) SAP PM
3 1 (1.56%) SAP CRM
3 1 (1.56%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 6 (9.38%) Azure
1 6 (9.38%) Power Platform
2 3 (4.69%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
3 2 (3.13%) Cloud Computing
3 2 (3.13%) SaaS
4 1 (1.56%) AWS
4 1 (1.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (1.56%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.56%) Azure Synapse Analytics
4 1 (1.56%) Collibra
4 1 (1.56%) GitHub
4 1 (1.56%) GitHub Copilot
4 1 (1.56%) IaaS
4 1 (1.56%) Lucidchart
4 1 (1.56%) Microsoft Purview
4 1 (1.56%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.13%) Intrusion Detection
2 1 (1.56%) LAN
2 1 (1.56%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (9.38%) Power BI
2 1 (1.56%) Azure SQL Database
2 1 (1.56%) DataStage
2 1 (1.56%) DB2
2 1 (1.56%) Delta Lake
2 1 (1.56%) GIS
2 1 (1.56%) Oracle Database
2 1 (1.56%) QualityStage
Development Applications
1 10 (15.63%) JIRA
2 2 (3.13%) Eclipse
2 2 (3.13%) NetBeans
3 1 (1.56%) Oracle APEX
3 1 (1.56%) Visual Studio
General
1 31 (48.44%) Finance
2 27 (42.19%) Social Skills
3 15 (23.44%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (7.81%) Banking
4 5 (7.81%) Manufacturing
5 4 (6.25%) Influencing Skills
5 4 (6.25%) Legal
6 3 (4.69%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (4.69%) Marketing
7 2 (3.13%) Law
7 2 (3.13%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (3.13%) Public Sector
8 1 (1.56%) Aerospace
8 1 (1.56%) Financial Institution
8 1 (1.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.56%) Military
8 1 (1.56%) Pharmaceutical
8 1 (1.56%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 29 (45.31%) Analyst
2 24 (37.50%) Business Analyst
3 14 (21.88%) Project Manager
4 6 (9.38%) Engagement Manager
5 5 (7.81%) Senior
6 4 (6.25%) Senior Analyst
7 3 (4.69%) Architect
7 3 (4.69%) Lead
7 3 (4.69%) PMO Analyst
7 3 (4.69%) Salesforce Analyst
7 3 (4.69%) Salesforce Business Analyst
7 3 (4.69%) Technical Analyst
7 3 (4.69%) Technical Business Analyst
8 2 (3.13%) ERP Manager
8 2 (3.13%) Finance Business Analyst
8 2 (3.13%) Financial Services Business Analyst
8 2 (3.13%) Payments Analyst
8 2 (3.13%) Payments Business Analyst
8 2 (3.13%) Product Management Specialist
8 2 (3.13%) Product Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.13%) Middleware
1 2 (3.13%) POSIX
2 1 (1.56%) ADO
2 1 (1.56%) Gherkin
2 1 (1.56%) Kafka
2 1 (1.56%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (1.56%) Yocto
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.38%) Management Information System
1 6 (9.38%) SCADA
2 5 (7.81%) Data Structures
3 4 (6.25%) Legacy Systems
4 3 (4.69%) Data Centre
4 3 (4.69%) Manufacturing Execution System
4 3 (4.69%) Onboarding
5 2 (3.13%) Algorithms
5 2 (3.13%) Data Protection Act
5 2 (3.13%) IoT
5 2 (3.13%) Operational Technology
6 1 (1.56%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.56%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.69%) Linux
2 1 (1.56%) AIX
2 1 (1.56%) Solaris
2 1 (1.56%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 62 (96.88%) Agile
2 34 (53.13%) Stakeholder Management
3 22 (34.38%) Project Management
4 19 (29.69%) Project Delivery
5 18 (28.13%) Business Analysis
6 16 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (17.19%) Risk Management
7 11 (17.19%) Scrum
7 11 (17.19%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 10 (15.63%) Change Management
8 10 (15.63%) Migration
9 9 (14.06%) Change Control
9 9 (14.06%) Data Analysis
9 9 (14.06%) ERP
9 9 (14.06%) Kanban
10 8 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
10 8 (12.50%) Data Modelling
10 8 (12.50%) Project Planning
10 8 (12.50%) Resource Management
10 8 (12.50%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.94%) SQL
2 2 (3.13%) C
2 2 (3.13%) C++
3 1 (1.56%) Data Analysis Expressions
3 1 (1.56%) Java
3 1 (1.56%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.56%) Kusto Query Language
3 1 (1.56%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.56%) PowerShell
3 1 (1.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (10.94%) Degree
2 4 (6.25%) PMI Certification
2 4 (6.25%) PMP
3 1 (1.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (1.56%) CAPM
3 1 (1.56%) CBAP
3 1 (1.56%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (1.56%) IIBA
3 1 (1.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.50%) PMO
2 5 (7.81%) NIST
2 5 (7.81%) QA
3 3 (4.69%) GDPR
4 2 (3.13%) MISRA
4 2 (3.13%) MISRA C
4 2 (3.13%) Software Quality Assurance
5 1 (1.56%) Basel III
5 1 (1.56%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.56%) IEC 61508
5 1 (1.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (1.56%) MiFID
5 1 (1.56%) NCSC
5 1 (1.56%) Sarbanes-Oxley
5 1 (1.56%) SOC 2
System Software
1 1 (1.56%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 15 (23.44%) Microsoft
2 9 (14.06%) SAP
3 5 (7.81%) Salesforce
4 2 (3.13%) Oracle
4 2 (3.13%) QNX
4 2 (3.13%) ServiceNow
4 2 (3.13%) Workday
5 1 (1.56%) Atlassian
5 1 (1.56%) Cognos
5 1 (1.56%) Databricks
5 1 (1.56%) IBM
5 1 (1.56%) Infor
5 1 (1.56%) Informatica