Waterfall Contracts in the Thames Valley

Waterfall Model
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the Thames Valley 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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 65 99 73
Rank change year-on-year +34 -26 -1
DemandTrendContract jobs citing Waterfall 54 26 71
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.25% 1.15% 2.56%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.55% 1.36% 2.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 20 56
10th Percentile £325 £456 -
25th Percentile £419 £512 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £536 £550 £600
Median % change year-on-year -2.55% -8.33% +14.29%
75th Percentile £609 £675 £675
90th Percentile £653 £766 £700
South East median daily rate £525 £550 £595
% change year-on-year -4.55% -7.56% +13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Median hourly rate £51.00 - -
South East median hourly rate £51.00 £58.91 £103.50
% change year-on-year -13.42% -43.09% +113.05%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,521 1,910 2,497
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 91.68% 84.70% 90.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 910 1,084 1,691
10th Percentile £300 £263 £300
25th Percentile £401 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £515
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +3.00%
75th Percentile £600 £625 £624
90th Percentile £676 £688 £700
South East median daily rate £500 £525 £518
% change year-on-year -4.76% +1.35% +3.60%
Number of hourly rates quoted 111 108 86
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.90 £15.13
25th Percentile £15.12 £22.50 £24.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £55.44 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -54.63% +10.88% +150.00%
75th Percentile £46.30 £66.25 £66.00
90th Percentile £77.50 £85.37 £74.90
South East median hourly rate £24.00 £57.35 £50.00
% change year-on-year -58.15% +14.70% +96.08%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

Job postings citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in the Thames Valley

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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Waterfall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Waterfall

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Daily Rate Histogram in the Thames Valley

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 21 August 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in the Thames Valley

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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Waterfall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing Waterfall

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DemandTrendContract Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 21 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
Berkshire +27 36 £596 -3.09% 37
Buckinghamshire +14 16 £375 -24.05% 7
Oxfordshire -6 2 £613 +16.67% 5
Waterfall
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 5 (9.26%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.85%) CMS
2 1 (1.85%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Oracle ERP
2 2 (3.70%) Primavera
3 1 (1.85%) Adobe Campaign
3 1 (1.85%) Remedy AR System
3 1 (1.85%) Remedy ITSM
Cloud Services
1 20 (37.04%) Azure
2 15 (27.78%) Azure DevOps
3 14 (25.93%) Power Platform
4 5 (9.26%) Microsoft 365
4 5 (9.26%) Miro
4 5 (9.26%) SaaS
5 4 (7.41%) Oracle CX
6 3 (5.56%) Figma
7 1 (1.85%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.70%) SD-WAN
2 1 (1.85%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (25.93%) Power BI
2 8 (14.81%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.56%) MS Access
4 2 (3.70%) BigQuery
4 2 (3.70%) Oracle Reports
5 1 (1.85%) DTS
5 1 (1.85%) Hadoop
5 1 (1.85%) Impala
5 1 (1.85%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (1.85%) RDBMS
5 1 (1.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (12.96%) JIRA
2 2 (3.70%) QARun
2 2 (3.70%) WinRunner
3 1 (1.85%) Subversion
3 1 (1.85%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 23 (42.59%) Social Skills
2 15 (27.78%) Finance
3 3 (5.56%) Telecoms
4 2 (3.70%) Marketing
4 2 (3.70%) Retail
5 1 (1.85%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Automotive
5 1 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (1.85%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.85%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 21 (38.89%) Analyst
2 16 (29.63%) Project Manager
3 13 (24.07%) Senior
4 11 (20.37%) Business Analyst
5 10 (18.52%) Test Analyst
6 9 (16.67%) Senior Analyst
7 7 (12.96%) Oracle Project Manager
8 6 (11.11%) Lead
8 6 (11.11%) Programme Manager
9 5 (9.26%) Senior Business Analyst
10 4 (7.41%) Delivery Manager
10 4 (7.41%) ERP Manager
10 4 (7.41%) Integration Analyst
10 4 (7.41%) Integration Test Analyst
10 4 (7.41%) Senior Manager
10 4 (7.41%) Senior Test Analyst
11 3 (5.56%) Oracle Programme Manager
11 3 (5.56%) Salesforce Analyst
11 3 (5.56%) Salesforce Business Analyst
11 3 (5.56%) Technical Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (11.11%) Oracle Fusion
2 4 (7.41%) WebdriverIO
3 3 (5.56%) ADO
3 3 (5.56%) Middleware
3 3 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.26%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.41%) Operational Technology
3 1 (1.85%) CMDB
3 1 (1.85%) Data Centre
3 1 (1.85%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (1.85%) Life Science
3 1 (1.85%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.85%) PMI
3 1 (1.85%) Renewable Energy
3 1 (1.85%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (1.85%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (18.52%) Windows
2 4 (7.41%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 49 (90.74%) Agile
2 20 (37.04%) Stakeholder Management
3 15 (27.78%) DevOps
3 15 (27.78%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (27.78%) Project Delivery
4 14 (25.93%) Project Management
5 13 (24.07%) Logistics
6 12 (22.22%) Integration Testing
7 11 (20.37%) Scrum
7 11 (20.37%) System Integration Testing
8 10 (18.52%) Software Testing
9 9 (16.67%) Business Intelligence
9 9 (16.67%) Matrix Organization
9 9 (16.67%) SDLC
9 9 (16.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 9 (16.67%) Test Automation
9 9 (16.67%) Test Planning
10 8 (14.81%) Migration
11 7 (12.96%) Data Migration
11 7 (12.96%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 6 (11.11%) C#
1 6 (11.11%) VB
2 5 (9.26%) SQL
3 1 (1.85%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 3 (5.56%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.70%) DV Cleared
3 1 (1.85%) Degree
3 1 (1.85%) IIBA
3 1 (1.85%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (16.67%) QA
2 1 (1.85%) COBIT
2 1 (1.85%) PMO
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Virtual Machines
Vendors
1 22 (40.74%) Oracle
2 10 (18.52%) Microsoft
3 5 (9.26%) Salesforce
4 3 (5.56%) Citrix
5 2 (3.70%) Remedy
6 1 (1.85%) Adobe
6 1 (1.85%) BMC
6 1 (1.85%) Databricks
6 1 (1.85%) ServiceNow
6 1 (1.85%) Snow