Waterfall Contract Job Trends in Surrey

Waterfall Model
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 44 45 47
Rank change year-on-year +1 +2 -12
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 6 12 35
As % of all contract jobs in Surrey 1.74% 2.46% 4.45%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.85% 2.86% 4.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 27
10th Percentile £514 £478 £413
25th Percentile £601 £509 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £613 £550
Median % change year-on-year +12.24% +11.36% -21.43%
75th Percentile £744 £728 £575
90th Percentile £755 £749 £673
South East median daily rate £525 £533 £558
% change year-on-year -1.41% -4.48% +3.24%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £101.75
Median hourly rate - - £103.50
75th Percentile - - £105.25
90th Percentile - - -
South East median hourly rate £51.00 - £103.50
% change year-on-year - - +102.94%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 324 419 704
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Surrey 93.91% 86.04% 89.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 294 562
10th Percentile £200 £203 £200
25th Percentile £221 £275 £355
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% -
75th Percentile £550 £549 £638
90th Percentile £627 £625 £738
South East median daily rate £500 £510 £525
% change year-on-year -1.96% -2.86% +2.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 22 34
10th Percentile £20.16 £14.93 £24.14
25th Percentile £25.15 £30.00 £44.70
Median hourly rate £55.00 £57.50 £61.63
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -6.70% +36.96%
75th Percentile £57.50 £70.00 £76.53
90th Percentile - £75.00 £78.10
South East median hourly rate £21.25 £59.25 £54.37
% change year-on-year -64.13% +8.97% +67.29%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Surrey

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in Surrey

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Surrey over the 6 months to 11 October 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in Surrey

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend in Surrey

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 11 October 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
Woking +5 1 £650 -8.77% 1
Leatherhead -2 1 - - 1
Guildford -3 1 £750 +7.14% 1
Waterfall
South East

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 2 (33.33%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Power BI
General
1 3 (50.00%) Finance
1 3 (50.00%) Influencing Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Programme Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Data Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Migration Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Project Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Technical Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Legacy Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 3 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Machine Learning
3 2 (33.33%) Programme Delivery
4 1 (16.67%) Architectural Patterns
4 1 (16.67%) Budget Management
4 1 (16.67%) Business Case
4 1 (16.67%) Business Enablement
4 1 (16.67%) Business Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Collaborative Working
4 1 (16.67%) Data Transformation
4 1 (16.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
4 1 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
4 1 (16.67%) Systems Thinking
4 1 (16.67%) Technology Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Test Planning
4 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Databricks