Waterfall Contract Job Trends in Milton Keynes

Waterfall Model
Buckinghamshire > Milton Keynes

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Milton Keynes requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 12 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 39 55
Rank change year-on-year +16 +16 +11
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 16 5 11
As % of all contract jobs in Milton Keynes 6.35% 1.73% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 6.90% 2.02% 1.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 3 9
10th Percentile - £468 £463
25th Percentile £325 £484 £625
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 £525 £675
Median % change year-on-year -28.57% -22.22% +50.00%
75th Percentile £419 £538 £700
90th Percentile £440 - £719
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £375 £525 £675
% change year-on-year -28.57% -22.22% +35.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Milton Keynes

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 Milton Keynes.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 232 248 572
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Milton Keynes 92.06% 85.81% 93.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 180 452
10th Percentile £231 £249 £300
25th Percentile £329 £389 £412
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £468 £515
Median % change year-on-year -9.21% -9.10% +5.10%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £613
90th Percentile £635 £625 £700
Buckinghamshire median daily rate £428 £463 £522
% change year-on-year -7.57% -11.36% +4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 7 7
10th Percentile £14.71 £17.31 £13.16
25th Percentile £15.81 £19.98 £13.17
Median hourly rate £23.81 £30.00 £13.57
Median % change year-on-year -20.65% +121.08% +6.43%
75th Percentile £29.61 £36.37 £20.25
90th Percentile - £37.25 £21.75
Buckinghamshire median hourly rate £18.00 £30.00 £16.40
% change year-on-year -40.00% +82.93% +11.19%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Milton Keynes

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Milton Keynes

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Daily Rate Trend in Milton Keynes

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Waterfall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Milton Keynes citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in Milton Keynes

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Milton Keynes over the 6 months to 12 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in Milton Keynes

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Milton Keynes 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:

Cloud Services
1 6 (37.50%) Azure
1 6 (37.50%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (18.75%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) SQL Server
2 2 (12.50%) MS Access
3 1 (6.25%) BigQuery
3 1 (6.25%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (25.00%) JIRA
2 1 (6.25%) QARun
2 1 (6.25%) WinRunner
General
1 13 (81.25%) Social Skills
2 3 (18.75%) Finance
3 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Banking
3 1 (6.25%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (6.25%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 12 (75.00%) Analyst
2 7 (43.75%) Test Analyst
3 5 (31.25%) Business Analyst
4 4 (25.00%) Integration Analyst
4 4 (25.00%) Integration Test Analyst
5 3 (18.75%) Salesforce Analyst
5 3 (18.75%) Salesforce Business Analyst
5 3 (18.75%) Technical Analyst
5 3 (18.75%) Technical Business Analyst
6 2 (12.50%) Architect
6 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Architect
6 2 (12.50%) Senior
6 2 (12.50%) Senior Analyst
6 2 (12.50%) Senior Test Analyst
7 1 (6.25%) Lead
7 1 (6.25%) Project Manager
7 1 (6.25%) Technical Manager
7 1 (6.25%) Technical Project Manager
7 1 (6.25%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (25.00%) WebdriverIO
2 2 (12.50%) Middleware
2 2 (12.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) Windows
2 2 (12.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (75.00%) Agile
2 10 (62.50%) Problem-Solving
3 8 (50.00%) Integration Testing
3 8 (50.00%) Logistics
3 8 (50.00%) System Integration Testing
4 7 (43.75%) Software Testing
4 7 (43.75%) Test Planning
5 6 (37.50%) DevOps
5 6 (37.50%) Test Automation
6 5 (31.25%) Data Migration
6 5 (31.25%) Defect Management
6 5 (31.25%) End-to-End Testing
6 5 (31.25%) Migration
6 5 (31.25%) Scenario Testing
6 5 (31.25%) SDLC
6 5 (31.25%) User Stories
7 4 (25.00%) Test Management
8 3 (18.75%) Project Delivery
8 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Engagement
8 3 (18.75%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (31.25%) C#
1 5 (31.25%) VB
2 2 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Security Cleared
2 2 (12.50%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (37.50%) QA
2 2 (12.50%) COBIT
Vendors
1 6 (37.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (25.00%) Salesforce
3 2 (12.50%) Citrix
4 1 (6.25%) Oracle
4 1 (6.25%) TIBCO
4 1 (6.25%) webMethods