Waterfall Contracts in the UK excluding London

Waterfall Model
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for Waterfall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Waterfall over the 6 months to 27 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 85 71
Rank change year-on-year -38 -14 +12
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 364 660 1,006
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.77% 2.87% 3.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.12% 3.21% 3.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 276 496 725
10th Percentile £369 £409 £383
25th Percentile £430 £463 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £625 £575
90th Percentile £750 £675 £650
UK median daily rate £557 £550 £525
% change year-on-year +1.27% +4.76% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 10
10th Percentile £48.83 £71.25 £20.25
25th Percentile £52.70 £76.88 £48.75
Median hourly rate £58.91 £83.00 £55.48
Median % change year-on-year -29.03% +49.62% -9.08%
75th Percentile £64.44 £97.19 £63.00
90th Percentile £67.10 £102.03 £69.05
UK median hourly rate £58.91 £66.49 £50.50
% change year-on-year -11.40% +31.65% -12.70%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Waterfall is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,183 20,567 27,354
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 83.60% 89.35% 89.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,256 14,122 19,102
10th Percentile £250 £260 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £389
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £485
Median % change year-on-year - +3.09% +8.99%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £662
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,100 1,244 1,358
10th Percentile £12.38 £10.63 £12.39
25th Percentile £15.38 £15.25 £14.25
Median hourly rate £37.75 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.86% +75.00% -4.99%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £47.36
90th Percentile £72.50 £73.75 £62.57
UK median hourly rate £36.02 £36.40 £25.68
% change year-on-year -1.02% +41.73% +9.28%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in the UK excluding London

Waterfall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in the UK excluding London

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in the UK excluding London

Waterfall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in the UK excluding London

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Waterfall in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 27 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Waterfall in the UK excluding London

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 27 May 2024. 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
North of England +7 112 £500 -13.04% 52
South East -32 84 £530 -3.64% 77
Midlands -13 56 £475 -13.64% 37
South West -33 55 £590 +7.27% 22
Scotland -9 54 £500 - 13
Yorkshire -9 52 £498 -17.08% 18
North West +14 51 £465 -15.45% 29
West Midlands -15 30 £522 -5.09% 14
East Midlands +9 26 £411 -21.67% 21
North East +20 11 £600 +29.73% 6
East of England -18 6 £428 -16.42% 16
Wales +15 3 £463 - 5
Northern Ireland +4 2 - - 1
Waterfall
UK

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 21 (5.77%) Confluence
2 14 (3.85%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.82%) Appian
3 3 (0.82%) ArcGIS
4 2 (0.55%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 1 (0.27%) CICS
5 1 (0.27%) CMS
Applications
1 17 (4.67%) Microsoft Project
2 15 (4.12%) Microsoft Excel
3 13 (3.57%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 12 (3.30%) Microsoft Office
5 10 (2.75%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (3.30%) Dynamics CRM
2 10 (2.75%) SAP S/4HANA
3 7 (1.92%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (1.65%) SAP PM
5 4 (1.10%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.55%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.55%) SAP Hybris
6 2 (0.55%) SAP IS-U
7 1 (0.27%) Magento
7 1 (0.27%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.27%) PeopleSoft HRMS
7 1 (0.27%) Salesforce CRM
7 1 (0.27%) SAP ERP
7 1 (0.27%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 67 (18.41%) Azure
2 31 (8.52%) SaaS
3 22 (6.04%) Azure DevOps
4 17 (4.67%) AWS
4 17 (4.67%) Dynamics 365
4 17 (4.67%) PaaS
5 12 (3.30%) IaaS
6 9 (2.47%) Microsoft 365
7 8 (2.20%) Yammer
8 7 (1.92%) Power Platform
9 6 (1.65%) GCP
10 5 (1.37%) OCI
11 4 (1.10%) Boomi
12 3 (0.82%) OpenShift
13 2 (0.55%) GitHub
13 2 (0.55%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 2 (0.55%) Serverless
13 2 (0.55%) SuccessFactors
14 1 (0.27%) Azure Data Factory
14 1 (0.27%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 13 (3.57%) LAN
1 13 (3.57%) WAN
2 7 (1.92%) 3G
2 7 (1.92%) 4G
3 6 (1.65%) ATM
3 6 (1.65%) VPN
4 5 (1.37%) Internet
4 5 (1.37%) VSAN
5 2 (0.55%) Cisco IOS
5 2 (0.55%) Junos
5 2 (0.55%) TCP/IP
5 2 (0.55%) Wi-Fi
6 1 (0.27%) Intranet
6 1 (0.27%) Intrusion Detection
6 1 (0.27%) IP Telephony
6 1 (0.27%) Network Security
6 1 (0.27%) SAN
6 1 (0.27%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (3.57%) SQL Server
2 6 (1.65%) DB2
3 5 (1.37%) Geospatial Data
3 5 (1.37%) GIS
4 3 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (0.55%) Power BI
6 1 (0.27%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.27%) Qlik Sense
Development Applications
1 57 (15.66%) JIRA
2 13 (3.57%) Git
3 8 (2.20%) Visual Studio
4 7 (1.92%) Postman
5 6 (1.65%) Jenkins
5 6 (1.65%) NUnit
6 5 (1.37%) Oracle APEX
6 5 (1.37%) Subversion
7 4 (1.10%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.82%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.82%) Selenium
8 3 (0.82%) WebDriver
9 2 (0.55%) Cucumber
9 2 (0.55%) TeamCity
10 1 (0.27%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.27%) LabVIEW
10 1 (0.27%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.27%) SoapUI
10 1 (0.27%) SpecFlow
10 1 (0.27%) Xcode
General
1 163 (44.78%) Social Skills
2 110 (30.22%) Finance
3 55 (15.11%) Analytical Skills
4 31 (8.52%) Public Sector
5 29 (7.97%) Banking
6 22 (6.04%) Manufacturing
7 21 (5.77%) Influencing Skills
8 17 (4.67%) Telecoms
9 15 (4.12%) Organisational Skills
10 13 (3.57%) Marketing
11 8 (2.20%) Electronics
12 7 (1.92%) Law
13 6 (1.65%) Legal
13 6 (1.65%) Presentation Skills
14 5 (1.37%) Military
14 5 (1.37%) Publishing
15 4 (1.10%) Automotive
16 3 (0.82%) Retail
17 2 (0.55%) Back Office
17 2 (0.55%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 98 (26.92%) Project Manager
2 78 (21.43%) Analyst
3 48 (13.19%) Architect
4 44 (12.09%) Business Analyst
5 34 (9.34%) Senior
6 29 (7.97%) IT Manager
7 27 (7.42%) Developer
8 22 (6.04%) Solutions Architect
9 17 (4.67%) Lead
9 17 (4.67%) Technical Architect
10 16 (4.40%) Senior Manager
10 16 (4.40%) Senior Project Manager
11 12 (3.30%) IT Project Manager
12 11 (3.02%) Change Manager
12 11 (3.02%) Delivery Manager
12 11 (3.02%) Test Manager
13 9 (2.47%) Technical Manager
13 9 (2.47%) Test Engineer
14 8 (2.20%) Change Analyst
14 8 (2.20%) Infrastructure Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 26 (7.14%) .NET
2 25 (6.87%) Middleware
3 10 (2.75%) GraphQL
4 9 (2.47%) REST
5 8 (2.20%) Web Services
6 7 (1.92%) AngularJS
6 7 (1.92%) Spring Boot
7 6 (1.65%) HTML
7 6 (1.65%) React
7 6 (1.65%) SOAP
7 6 (1.65%) Spring
8 5 (1.37%) Flash
8 5 (1.37%) Playwright
8 5 (1.37%) XML
9 4 (1.10%) .NET Framework
9 4 (1.10%) JSON
9 4 (1.10%) Oracle Fusion
9 4 (1.10%) RAML
10 3 (0.82%) Kafka
10 3 (0.82%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 17 (4.67%) Public Cloud
2 16 (4.40%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.85%) Management Information System
4 9 (2.47%) Data Centre
5 8 (2.20%) Mainframe
5 8 (2.20%) Operational Technology
5 8 (2.20%) PMI
6 7 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (1.65%) Legacy Systems
7 6 (1.65%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.37%) Clustering
8 5 (1.37%) e-Learning
8 5 (1.37%) Life Science
8 5 (1.37%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 4 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
10 3 (0.82%) IoT
10 3 (0.82%) Mobile App
10 3 (0.82%) NHS
10 3 (0.82%) PKI
10 3 (0.82%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 19 (5.22%) Windows
2 16 (4.40%) Linux
3 6 (1.65%) Android
3 6 (1.65%) Unix
4 5 (1.37%) Apple iOS
5 3 (0.82%) Windows 10
6 1 (0.27%) AIX
6 1 (0.27%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 345 (94.78%) Agile
2 126 (34.62%) Project Management
3 92 (25.27%) Stakeholder Management
4 60 (16.48%) Project Delivery
5 57 (15.66%) Scrum
6 53 (14.56%) Problem-Solving
7 47 (12.91%) PRINCE2
8 44 (12.09%) Continuous Improvement
9 41 (11.26%) DevOps
10 35 (9.62%) CRM
10 35 (9.62%) Migration
11 34 (9.34%) Business Analysis
11 34 (9.34%) Change Management
12 28 (7.69%) Business Case
13 27 (7.42%) Collaborative Working
13 27 (7.42%) SDLC
14 26 (7.14%) Roadmaps
14 26 (7.14%) Test Automation
15 25 (6.87%) Requirements Gathering
16 24 (6.59%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 27 (7.42%) SQL
2 19 (5.22%) Java
3 12 (3.30%) C#
3 12 (3.30%) JavaScript
4 11 (3.02%) Python
5 10 (2.75%) C++
6 9 (2.47%) C
7 7 (1.92%) PL/SQL
7 7 (1.92%) TypeScript
8 4 (1.10%) Perl
9 3 (0.82%) Go
9 3 (0.82%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.55%) COBOL
10 2 (0.55%) Shell Script
10 2 (0.55%) VBA
10 2 (0.55%) VBScript
11 1 (0.27%) ABAP
11 1 (0.27%) JCL
Qualifications
1 54 (14.84%) Degree
2 48 (13.19%) Security Cleared
3 41 (11.26%) SC Cleared
4 21 (5.77%) PMI Certification
5 17 (4.67%) DV Cleared
5 17 (4.67%) PMP
6 13 (3.57%) ISTQB
7 9 (2.47%) Master's Degree
8 8 (2.20%) Computer Science Degree
9 7 (1.92%) Cisco Certification
10 6 (1.65%) CBAP
10 6 (1.65%) CCNA
11 5 (1.37%) ISEB
11 5 (1.37%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 5 (1.37%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 4 (1.10%) BPSS Clearance
12 4 (1.10%) Chartered Engineer
12 4 (1.10%) HND
13 3 (0.82%) APMP
13 3 (0.82%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (7.14%) QA
2 21 (5.77%) PMO
3 9 (2.47%) Accessibility
4 4 (1.10%) GDPR
4 4 (1.10%) HL7
5 3 (0.82%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 2 (0.55%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.55%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.55%) Disclosure Scotland
6 2 (0.55%) GRC
7 1 (0.27%) GxP
7 1 (0.27%) NEBOSH
7 1 (0.27%) NIST
7 1 (0.27%) SLA
System Software
1 11 (3.02%) Docker
2 8 (2.20%) VMware Infrastructure
2 8 (2.20%) VMware NSX
3 5 (1.37%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 5 (1.37%) vCenter Server
2 4 (1.10%) Ansible
3 3 (0.82%) Kubernetes
3 3 (0.82%) MOM
3 3 (0.82%) OPNET
3 3 (0.82%) PowerCLI
3 3 (0.82%) Terraform
Vendors
1 45 (12.36%) Microsoft
2 29 (7.97%) SAP
3 20 (5.49%) Oracle
4 12 (3.30%) Atlassian
4 12 (3.30%) Cisco
5 9 (2.47%) Salesforce
6 8 (2.20%) VMware
7 7 (1.92%) BMC
7 7 (1.92%) Remedy
7 7 (1.92%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.65%) Cadence
8 6 (1.65%) Databricks
8 6 (1.65%) Google
9 4 (1.10%) CA Agile Central
9 4 (1.10%) Cognizant
10 3 (0.82%) Alteryx
10 3 (0.82%) ESRI
10 3 (0.82%) Juniper
11 2 (0.55%) Meraki
11 2 (0.55%) Planview