Waterfall Contract Job Trends in Tower Hamlets

Waterfall Model
East London > Tower Hamlets

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 15 - 24
Rank change year-on-year - - -6
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 2 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Tower Hamlets 3.85% - 1.54%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.92% - 1.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile £524 - £586
25th Percentile £542 - £587
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £578 - £590
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.08%
75th Percentile £607 - £592
90th Percentile £621 - £593
East London median daily rate £578 £425 £585
% change year-on-year +35.88% -27.35% -0.85%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Tower Hamlets

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 Tower Hamlets.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51 48 125
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Tower Hamlets 98.08% 87.27% 96.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 44 118
10th Percentile £425 £454 £421
25th Percentile £450 £495 £531
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £585 £585
Median % change year-on-year -14.53% - +9.55%
75th Percentile £596 £617 £650
90th Percentile £688 £638 £770
East London median daily rate £510 £531 £550
% change year-on-year -4.00% -3.41% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - £15.13
25th Percentile - - £16.56
Median hourly rate £55.00 £40.00 £18.93
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% +111.30% -
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile - - -
East London median hourly rate £31.77 £28.60 £23.32
% change year-on-year +11.08% +22.64% +3.71%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Tower Hamlets

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Tower Hamlets

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in Tower Hamlets

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Waterfall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Tower Hamlets citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in Tower Hamlets

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Tower Hamlets region over the 6 months to 11 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
Canary Wharf - 2 £578 - 2
Waterfall
East London

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Tower Hamlets 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft Project
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
2 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Legal
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) MiFID Business Analyst
1 1 (50.00%) Programme Planner
1 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) Data Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Impact Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Project Governance
2 1 (50.00%) Project Management
2 1 (50.00%) Regulatory Change
2 1 (50.00%) User Acceptance Testing
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) EMIR
1 1 (50.00%) MiFID
1 1 (50.00%) PMO
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Microsoft