Waterfall Contract Job Trends in Staffordshire

Waterfall Model
West Midlands > Staffordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Staffordshire requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 16 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in Staffordshire 1.22% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.56% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £338 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £375 - -
75th Percentile £413 - -
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median daily rate £514 £513 £588
% change year-on-year +0.29% -12.77% +8.80%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Staffordshire

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 Staffordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 64 54 84
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire 78.05% 83.08% 81.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 36 31 64
10th Percentile £176 £150 £299
25th Percentile £216 £180 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £400 £400
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -11.11%
75th Percentile £419 £488 £506
90th Percentile £575 £550 £619
West Midlands median daily rate £490 £500 £475
% change year-on-year -2.00% +5.26% -5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 9
10th Percentile £34.60 £12.25 £20.59
25th Percentile £47.13 £16.38 £23.00
Median hourly rate £68.00 £18.00 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year +277.78% -52.00% +67.34%
75th Percentile - £20.24 £51.25
90th Percentile - £25.52 £54.50
West Midlands median hourly rate £22.50 £18.13 £23.00
% change year-on-year +24.10% -21.17% +29.80%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Staffordshire

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Waterfall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Waterfall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Staffordshire citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in Staffordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Staffordshire region over the 6 months to 18 March 2026. 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
Stafford - 1 £375 - 1
Waterfall
West Midlands

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Staffordshire 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) SAP HR
General
1 1 (100.00%) Local Government
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Analyst
1 1 (100.00%) Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 1 (100.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Oracle
1 1 (100.00%) SAP