Waterfall Contracts in the North of England

Waterfall Model
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 104 85 87
Rank change year-on-year -19 +2 +5
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 63 107 153
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 1.91% 2.24% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 2.62% 2.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 42 78 116
10th Percentile £351 £375 £416
25th Percentile £401 £428 £474
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £481 £498 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.27% -9.55% +12.82%
75th Percentile £538 £597 £628
90th Percentile £648 £625 £650
England median daily rate £525 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -8.70% +4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £81.75 £62.96 -
Median hourly rate £83.50 £65.92 -
Median % change year-on-year +26.67% - -
75th Percentile £85.25 £68.88 -
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £41.50 £58.91 £66.49
% change year-on-year -29.55% -11.40% +14.14%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,966 4,089 5,288
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 90.02% 85.76% 90.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,908 2,506 3,674
10th Percentile £263 £300 £302
25th Percentile £378 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% - +5.26%
75th Percentile £563 £588 £600
90th Percentile £650 £675 £688
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 154 355 207
10th Percentile £13.83 £11.03 £10.63
25th Percentile £18.20 £12.45 £15.25
Median hourly rate £28.75 £17.50 £27.70
Median % change year-on-year +64.29% -36.82% +49.73%
75th Percentile £55.76 £44.41 £45.05
90th Percentile £82.56 £53.90 £65.00
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in the North of England

Waterfall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in the North of England

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in the North of England

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

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in the North of England

Waterfall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in the North of England

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the North of England 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
North West +19 42 £450 -1.10% 34
Yorkshire -34 16 £500 - 19
North East -5 5 £486 -19.04% 7
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 6 (9.52%) Confluence
2 5 (7.94%) SharePoint
3 3 (4.76%) OpenEdge
4 1 (1.59%) Apache Spark
Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.59%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.59%) MS Visio
2 1 (1.59%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (9.52%) SAP S/4HANA
2 1 (1.59%) BambooHR
2 1 (1.59%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.59%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.59%) SAP WM
Cloud Services
1 5 (7.94%) Microsoft 365
2 4 (6.35%) Azure
3 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Copilot
3 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Purview
3 2 (3.17%) Power Automate
3 2 (3.17%) Power Platform
3 2 (3.17%) PowerApps
4 1 (1.59%) Asana
4 1 (1.59%) Azure Cosmos DB
4 1 (1.59%) Azure Data Factory
4 1 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
4 1 (1.59%) Miro
4 1 (1.59%) OCI
4 1 (1.59%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.59%) Cisco Firepower
1 1 (1.59%) Firewall
1 1 (1.59%) HTTP
1 1 (1.59%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.35%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.17%) MySQL
2 2 (3.17%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.59%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.59%) Azure SQL Database
3 1 (1.59%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.59%) EDRMS
3 1 (1.59%) GIS
3 1 (1.59%) MongoDB
3 1 (1.59%) NoSQL
3 1 (1.59%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 11 (17.46%) JIRA
2 2 (3.17%) eggPlant
3 1 (1.59%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (1.59%) Git
3 1 (1.59%) JUnit
3 1 (1.59%) Katalon Studio
3 1 (1.59%) REST Assured
3 1 (1.59%) Zephyr
General
1 28 (44.44%) Social Skills
2 19 (30.16%) Finance
3 14 (22.22%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (11.11%) Banking
4 7 (11.11%) Public Sector
5 6 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
6 5 (7.94%) Automotive
7 4 (6.35%) Manufacturing
8 3 (4.76%) Military
8 3 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
9 2 (3.17%) Retail
10 1 (1.59%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (1.59%) Investment Banking
10 1 (1.59%) Law
10 1 (1.59%) Legal
10 1 (1.59%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 20 (31.75%) Project Manager
2 17 (26.98%) Analyst
3 13 (20.63%) Business Analyst
4 6 (9.52%) Architect
4 6 (9.52%) Senior
5 5 (7.94%) Developer
5 5 (7.94%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (6.35%) IT Manager
6 4 (6.35%) IT Project Manager
7 3 (4.76%) Agile Business Analyst
7 3 (4.76%) Lead
7 3 (4.76%) Product Manager
7 3 (4.76%) SAP Manager
7 3 (4.76%) Systems Analyst
7 3 (4.76%) Technical Manager
7 3 (4.76%) Technical Project Manager
8 2 (3.17%) Business Change Consultant
8 2 (3.17%) Microsoft 365 Project Manager
8 2 (3.17%) Power Platform Developer
8 2 (3.17%) SAP Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.17%) JSON
1 2 (3.17%) Middleware
1 2 (3.17%) RAML
1 2 (3.17%) REST
1 2 (3.17%) SAP PI
1 2 (3.17%) Web Services
2 1 (1.59%) .NET
2 1 (1.59%) .NET Core
2 1 (1.59%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.59%) SOAP
2 1 (1.59%) XML
2 1 (1.59%) XSD
Miscellaneous
1 6 (9.52%) Product Ownership
2 2 (3.17%) Greenfield Project
2 2 (3.17%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.59%) Client/Server
3 1 (1.59%) Cloud Native
3 1 (1.59%) CMDB
3 1 (1.59%) IoT
3 1 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
3 1 (1.59%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.59%) Android
1 1 (1.59%) Apple iOS
1 1 (1.59%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (90.48%) Agile
2 24 (38.10%) Change Management
2 24 (38.10%) Stakeholder Management
3 18 (28.57%) Project Management
4 14 (22.22%) Problem-Solving
5 11 (17.46%) Business Case
5 11 (17.46%) Roadmaps
6 10 (15.87%) Continuous Improvement
6 10 (15.87%) Project Delivery
6 10 (15.87%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (14.29%) Business Analysis
7 9 (14.29%) PRINCE2
7 9 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
8 8 (12.70%) Migration
9 6 (9.52%) Decision-Making
9 6 (9.52%) Risk Management
9 6 (9.52%) Scrum
9 6 (9.52%) SDLC
9 6 (9.52%) Service Delivery
9 6 (9.52%) WFM
Programming Languages
1 4 (6.35%) SQL
2 2 (3.17%) Python
3 1 (1.59%) C#
3 1 (1.59%) Java
3 1 (1.59%) JavaScript
3 1 (1.59%) XPath
Qualifications
1 8 (12.70%) Degree
2 5 (7.94%) ISEB
2 5 (7.94%) SC Cleared
2 5 (7.94%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.35%) IIBA
3 4 (6.35%) PMP
3 4 (6.35%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 3 (4.76%) PMI Certification
5 2 (3.17%) ISTQB
5 2 (3.17%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.17%) SAP Certification
5 2 (3.17%) TOGAF Certification
6 1 (1.59%) CBAP
6 1 (1.59%) Computer Science Degree
6 1 (1.59%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.59%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
6 1 (1.59%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
6 1 (1.59%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.17%) QA
2 1 (1.59%) GDPR
2 1 (1.59%) GRC
2 1 (1.59%) NIST
System Software
1 2 (3.17%) VMware ESXi
2 1 (1.59%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.59%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (3.17%) Sysdig
1 2 (3.17%) vCenter Server
2 1 (1.59%) HP ALM
2 1 (1.59%) SCCM
Vendors
1 10 (15.87%) Microsoft
1 10 (15.87%) SAP
2 5 (7.94%) Oracle
3 2 (3.17%) Citrix
3 2 (3.17%) Glassbox
3 2 (3.17%) MuleSoft
3 2 (3.17%) ServiceNow
3 2 (3.17%) Splunk
3 2 (3.17%) Workday
4 1 (1.59%) Ariba
4 1 (1.59%) Cisco
4 1 (1.59%) ESRI
4 1 (1.59%) HP
4 1 (1.59%) Sage