Waterfall Contracts in the South East

Waterfall Model
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 26 June 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 90 117 77
Rank change year-on-year +27 -40 -4
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 66 79 152
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 2.16% 1.39% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 1.68% 2.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 58 101
10th Percentile £325 £386 £406
25th Percentile £388 £452 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £570
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -3.51% +8.57%
75th Percentile £573 £638 £673
90th Percentile £650 £683 £700
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £48.30 - -
25th Percentile £48.75 £54.85 £101.75
Median hourly rate £49.50 £58.91 £103.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.97% -43.09% +113.05%
75th Percentile £50.25 £62.96 £105.25
90th Percentile £50.70 - -
England median hourly rate £51.00 £58.91 £66.49
% change year-on-year -13.42% -11.40% +14.73%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,793 4,715 5,120
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 91.24% 82.73% 89.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,743 2,728 3,513
10th Percentile £250 £263 £250
25th Percentile £387 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% - +2.50%
75th Percentile £600 £634 £620
90th Percentile £663 £700 £700
England median daily rate £515 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -1.90% -4.55% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 221 467 231
10th Percentile £13.25 £13.00 £15.50
25th Percentile £15.12 £18.26 £22.07
Median hourly rate £24.00 £47.78 £52.10
Median % change year-on-year -49.77% -8.29% +131.56%
75th Percentile £55.00 £65.50 £65.50
90th Percentile £75.00 £77.19 £75.00
England median hourly rate £25.15 £38.12 £35.03
% change year-on-year -34.02% +8.82% +36.41%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

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

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in the South East over the 6 months to 26 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

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

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the South East region over the 6 months to 26 June 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
Thames Valley +34 40 £525 -4.55% 34
Berkshire +28 26 £555 -3.48% 18
Hampshire +37 19 £500 -15.16% 36
Buckinghamshire +13 13 £325 -38.10% 8
West Sussex +11 7 £288 -47.64% 11
Surrey +11 3 £625 +13.64% 13
Oxfordshire +1 1 £550 +7.32% 8
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 3 (4.55%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.52%) CMS
2 1 (1.52%) IBM Notes
Applications
1 4 (6.06%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.52%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (1.52%) Adobe Campaign
1 1 (1.52%) Remedy AR System
1 1 (1.52%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 14 (21.21%) Azure
2 11 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 7 (10.61%) Power Platform
4 4 (6.06%) SaaS
5 3 (4.55%) AWS
6 2 (3.03%) GCP
6 2 (3.03%) Microsoft 365
6 2 (3.03%) Miro
6 2 (3.03%) Oracle CX
6 2 (3.03%) Smartsheet
7 1 (1.52%) Asana
7 1 (1.52%) Dynamics 365
7 1 (1.52%) PowerApps
7 1 (1.52%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.52%) Kerberos
1 1 (1.52%) MPLS
1 1 (1.52%) Network Security
1 1 (1.52%) SD-WAN
1 1 (1.52%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.64%) SQL Server
2 7 (10.61%) Power BI
3 6 (9.09%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (4.55%) BigQuery
4 3 (4.55%) MS Access
5 2 (3.03%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (3.03%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (1.52%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (1.52%) Hadoop
6 1 (1.52%) Impala
6 1 (1.52%) QlikView
6 1 (1.52%) RDBMS
6 1 (1.52%) Relational Database
6 1 (1.52%) Tableau
6 1 (1.52%) Tableau Desktop
Development Applications
1 28 (42.42%) JIRA
2 15 (22.73%) Jenkins
3 10 (15.15%) SoapUI
4 6 (9.09%) Subversion
5 5 (7.58%) Git
6 2 (3.03%) QARun
6 2 (3.03%) WinRunner
7 1 (1.52%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 23 (34.85%) Social Skills
2 5 (7.58%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (6.06%) Finance
4 3 (4.55%) Retail
5 2 (3.03%) Manufacturing
5 2 (3.03%) Public Sector
6 1 (1.52%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (1.52%) Marketing
6 1 (1.52%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 20 (30.30%) Analyst
2 16 (24.24%) Senior
3 12 (18.18%) Test Analyst
4 8 (12.12%) Developer
4 8 (12.12%) Lead
4 8 (12.12%) Tester
5 7 (10.61%) Senior Analyst
5 7 (10.61%) Senior Tester
6 6 (9.09%) Business Analyst
6 6 (9.09%) Delivery Manager
7 5 (7.58%) Project Manager
7 5 (7.58%) Senior Test Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Integration Analyst
8 4 (6.06%) Integration Test Analyst
9 3 (4.55%) Data Analyst
9 3 (4.55%) Programme Manager
10 2 (3.03%) Business Change Manager
10 2 (3.03%) Change Analyst
10 2 (3.03%) Senior Business Analyst
10 2 (3.03%) Test Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (15.15%) SOAP
1 10 (15.15%) XML
2 5 (7.58%) GraphQL
2 5 (7.58%) gRPC
2 5 (7.58%) Kafka
2 5 (7.58%) RabbitMQ
2 5 (7.58%) REST
3 4 (6.06%) WebdriverIO
4 3 (4.55%) Middleware
4 3 (4.55%) Web Services
5 1 (1.52%) ADO
5 1 (1.52%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.61%) Self-Motivation
2 3 (4.55%) PMI
3 2 (3.03%) Data Centre
3 2 (3.03%) Life Science
3 2 (3.03%) Product Ownership
3 2 (3.03%) Renewable Energy
4 1 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.52%) CMDB
4 1 (1.52%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (1.52%) Infotainment
4 1 (1.52%) IoT
4 1 (1.52%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (1.52%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.52%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.52%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.52%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.15%) Windows
2 4 (6.06%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (90.91%) Agile
2 21 (31.82%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (30.30%) Software Testing
4 19 (28.79%) Test Automation
5 17 (25.76%) Scrum
6 16 (24.24%) Project Management
6 16 (24.24%) Stakeholder Management
7 12 (18.18%) Integration Testing
7 12 (18.18%) Test Scripting
8 11 (16.67%) DevOps
8 11 (16.67%) Logistics
8 11 (16.67%) System Integration Testing
8 11 (16.67%) Test Strategy
8 11 (16.67%) V-Model
9 10 (15.15%) Migration
9 10 (15.15%) Programme Delivery
10 9 (13.64%) Defect Management
10 9 (13.64%) Test Planning
11 8 (12.12%) Mentoring
11 8 (12.12%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 7 (10.61%) SQL
2 6 (9.09%) C#
2 6 (9.09%) VB
3 5 (7.58%) Go
4 1 (1.52%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 14 (21.21%) Security Cleared
2 10 (15.15%) DV Cleared
3 9 (13.64%) Degree
4 6 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
5 5 (7.58%) PMI Certification
6 3 (4.55%) PMP
7 2 (3.03%) PgMP
7 2 (3.03%) SC Cleared
8 1 (1.52%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (1.52%) CISA
8 1 (1.52%) CISM
8 1 (1.52%) CISSP
8 1 (1.52%) IIBA
8 1 (1.52%) ISTQB
8 1 (1.52%) Master's Degree
8 1 (1.52%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (12.12%) QA
2 5 (7.58%) GDPR
3 2 (3.03%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 2 (3.03%) PCI DSS
4 1 (1.52%) Data Quality
4 1 (1.52%) NIST
4 1 (1.52%) PMO
System Software
1 5 (7.58%) Docker
Vendors
1 11 (16.67%) Microsoft
2 7 (10.61%) Oracle
3 5 (7.58%) CA Agile Central
4 3 (4.55%) Citrix
4 3 (4.55%) ServiceNow
5 2 (3.03%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.52%) Adobe
6 1 (1.52%) Blue Prism
6 1 (1.52%) BMC
6 1 (1.52%) Cisco
6 1 (1.52%) Databricks
6 1 (1.52%) Lotus
6 1 (1.52%) Palo Alto
6 1 (1.52%) Remedy
6 1 (1.52%) Snow
6 1 (1.52%) UiPath