Waterfall Contracts in the South West

Waterfall Model
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 20 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 103 67
Rank change year-on-year +28 -36 +16
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Waterfall 41 36 95
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 2.12% 1.30% 2.83%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.36% 1.57% 3.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 29 69
10th Percentile - £462 £399
25th Percentile £413 £513 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +6.98% +2.38%
75th Percentile £594 £638 £575
90th Percentile £695 £769 £665
England median daily rate £500 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +1.85%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £23.43
Median hourly rate - - £65.00
75th Percentile - - £80.00
90th Percentile - - £88.70
England median hourly rate £55.00 £53.20 £52.97
% change year-on-year +3.38% +0.44% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 West.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,736 2,298 2,931
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 89.81% 83.20% 87.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,015 1,479 2,067
10th Percentile £213 £263 £313
25th Percentile £363 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £525 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% -2.42% +2.48%
75th Percentile £613 £636 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £725
England median daily rate £510 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -3.77% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 217 259 252
10th Percentile £14.94 £13.86 £19.03
25th Percentile £18.51 £43.13 £40.85
Median hourly rate £25.15 £67.25 £63.57
Median % change year-on-year -62.60% +5.78% +17.73%
75th Percentile £63.75 £72.50 £75.50
90th Percentile £70.00 £77.50 £83.72
England median hourly rate £25.15 £42.75 £40.85
% change year-on-year -41.17% +4.66% +51.39%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in the South West

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Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Waterfall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Waterfall

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in the South West over the 6 months to 20 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in the South West

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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Waterfall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Waterfall

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the South West

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 West region over the 6 months to 20 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
DemandTrendContract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Wiltshire +32 19 £588 +11.90% 5
Bristol +3 12 £425 -26.72% 21
Devon +6 4 £438 -4.89% 6
Dorset +1 4 £550 -27.87% 9
Gloucestershire +20 1 £510 -2.86% 17
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England

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 11 (26.83%) Confluence
2 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Exchange
2 2 (4.88%) SharePoint
2 2 (4.88%) Skype for Business
3 1 (2.44%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (34.15%) Microsoft Office
2 4 (9.76%) Microsoft Project
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 2 (4.88%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Primavera
2 1 (2.44%) IntelliMatch
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle ERP
2 1 (2.44%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
1 1 (2.44%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 6 (14.63%) 5G
2 4 (9.76%) Skype
2 4 (9.76%) Unified Communications
3 3 (7.32%) VPN
4 2 (4.88%) BGP
4 2 (4.88%) DHCP
4 2 (4.88%) DNS
4 2 (4.88%) OSPF
4 2 (4.88%) VLAN
4 2 (4.88%) VoIP
5 1 (2.44%) Firewall
5 1 (2.44%) VSAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.44%) Oracle Database
1 1 (2.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 14 (34.15%) JIRA
2 4 (9.76%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.44%) Git
3 1 (2.44%) GitLab
General
1 25 (60.98%) Social Skills
2 16 (39.02%) Analytical Skills
3 14 (34.15%) Public Sector
4 6 (14.63%) Billing
4 6 (14.63%) Telecoms
5 3 (7.32%) Finance
6 1 (2.44%) Military
Job Titles
1 11 (26.83%) Project Manager
2 6 (14.63%) Lead
2 6 (14.63%) OSS Project Manager
2 6 (14.63%) Telecoms Manager
2 6 (14.63%) Telecoms Project Manager
3 5 (12.20%) Virtualisation Engineer
4 4 (9.76%) Analyst
4 4 (9.76%) Coordinator
4 4 (9.76%) Security Assurance Coordinator
5 3 (7.32%) Business Analyst
5 3 (7.32%) PMO Lead
5 3 (7.32%) Project Planner
6 2 (4.88%) IT Manager
6 2 (4.88%) IT Project Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Systems Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Telephony Engineer
6 2 (4.88%) Test Manager
7 1 (2.44%) Junior Developer
7 1 (2.44%) Junior Oracle Developer
7 1 (2.44%) Security Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (12.20%) Flash
2 1 (2.44%) .NET
2 1 (2.44%) JFC
2 1 (2.44%) Kafka
2 1 (2.44%) ModSecurity
Miscellaneous
1 6 (14.63%) Cloud Native
2 5 (12.20%) Clustering
2 5 (12.20%) Management Information System
2 5 (12.20%) Private Cloud
3 4 (9.76%) Data Centre
4 3 (7.32%) PKI
5 1 (2.44%) Cyber Defence
5 1 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.44%) Smart Meter
5 1 (2.44%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 4 (9.76%) Windows
2 3 (7.32%) Windows 10
3 2 (4.88%) Windows Server
3 2 (4.88%) Windows Server 2016
4 1 (2.44%) Linux
4 1 (2.44%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 35 (85.37%) Agile
2 15 (36.59%) Project Management
3 13 (31.71%) Risk Management
4 12 (29.27%) Critical Thinking
4 12 (29.27%) Stakeholder Management
5 11 (26.83%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (24.39%) PRINCE2
6 10 (24.39%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 9 (21.95%) NsoIT
7 9 (21.95%) System Testing
8 8 (19.51%) Service Management
9 7 (17.07%) Infrastructure Engineering
9 7 (17.07%) Scaled Agile Framework
10 6 (14.63%) CRM
10 6 (14.63%) Fault Management
10 6 (14.63%) Network Management
10 6 (14.63%) Scrum
11 5 (12.20%) Computer Science
11 5 (12.20%) High Availability
11 5 (12.20%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 5 (12.20%) SQL
2 2 (4.88%) PowerShell
3 1 (2.44%) Java
3 1 (2.44%) Python
3 1 (2.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 23 (56.10%) Security Cleared
2 22 (53.66%) SC Cleared
3 17 (41.46%) Degree
4 12 (29.27%) DV Cleared
5 7 (17.07%) Cisco Certification
5 7 (17.07%) PMI Certification
5 7 (17.07%) PMP
6 6 (14.63%) Master's Degree
7 5 (12.20%) CCNA
7 5 (12.20%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 4 (9.76%) CESG Certified Professional
8 4 (9.76%) CISA
8 4 (9.76%) CISSP
9 2 (4.88%) CCNP
9 2 (4.88%) SAFe Agilist
10 1 (2.44%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (9.76%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 4 (9.76%) JSP 440
1 4 (9.76%) PMO
1 4 (9.76%) RMADS
2 3 (7.32%) P3O
3 1 (2.44%) GRC
3 1 (2.44%) ISO 20022
3 1 (2.44%) NCSC
3 1 (2.44%) NIST
3 1 (2.44%) NIST 800
3 1 (2.44%) PMBOK
System Software
1 6 (14.63%) VMware ESXi
2 5 (12.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (12.20%) VMware NSX
3 2 (4.88%) Active Directory
3 2 (4.88%) Hyper-V
3 2 (4.88%) Microsoft Virtual Server
3 2 (4.88%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 6 (14.63%) Amdocs OSS
2 5 (12.20%) vCenter Server
3 3 (7.32%) OPNET
4 2 (4.88%) WSUS
5 1 (2.44%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 1 (2.44%) Ansible
5 1 (2.44%) Puppet
Vendors
1 10 (24.39%) Atlassian
2 7 (17.07%) Cisco
2 7 (17.07%) Microsoft
3 6 (14.63%) Amdocs
3 6 (14.63%) Ciena
3 6 (14.63%) Ericsson
3 6 (14.63%) NetCracker
3 6 (14.63%) Nokia
3 6 (14.63%) VMware
4 4 (9.76%) SolarWinds
5 2 (4.88%) Oracle
5 2 (4.88%) Veeam
6 1 (2.44%) Salesforce