Waterfall Contract Job Trends in West Yorkshire

Waterfall Model
Yorkshire > West Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in West Yorkshire requiring Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 85 63 53
Rank change year-on-year -22 -10 -19
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 14 10 12
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 1.03% 1.32% 1.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 1.47% 1.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 8 10
10th Percentile £350 £423 £436
25th Percentile £390 £483 £466
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £563
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% -8.89% -6.25%
75th Percentile £575 £577 £621
90th Percentile £595 £638 £625
Yorkshire median daily rate £451 £469 £475
% change year-on-year -3.79% -1.32% -20.83%

All Process & Methodology Skills
West Yorkshire

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 West Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,148 678 709
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 84.72% 89.45% 85.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 676 429 457
10th Percentile £318 £285 £350
25th Percentile £413 £400 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £495 £500
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -1.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £575 £563 £575
90th Percentile £642 £639 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 22 27
10th Percentile £16.62 - -
25th Percentile £17.45 - £12.15
Median hourly rate £24.00 £22.14 £13.87
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% +59.63% -25.03%
75th Percentile £35.00 £74.06 £26.88
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £35.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £13.87
% change year-on-year +3.03% +59.63% -30.65%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in West Yorkshire

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Waterfall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in West Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in West Yorkshire over the 6 months to 15 August 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in West Yorkshire

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Waterfall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in West Yorkshire citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in West Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the West Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 15 August 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
Leeds -21 8 £550 +1.15% 8
Bradford -12 2 £538 +8.59% 2
Castleford - 1 £400 -
Waterfall
Yorkshire

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire 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 (7.14%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (14.29%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (7.14%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (7.14%) SAP ERP
1 1 (7.14%) SAP MRS
1 1 (7.14%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 2 (14.29%) Azure
2 1 (7.14%) AWS
2 1 (7.14%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (7.14%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (7.14%) Power Platform
2 1 (7.14%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.14%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.14%) GIS
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JIRA
General
1 4 (28.57%) Social Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (21.43%) Finance
3 2 (14.29%) Retail
4 1 (7.14%) Documentation Skills
4 1 (7.14%) Manufacturing
4 1 (7.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (28.57%) Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Business Analyst
2 3 (21.43%) Project Manager
3 2 (14.29%) Consultant
3 2 (14.29%) PMO Consultant
4 1 (7.14%) Contracts Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Delivery Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Digital Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) ERP Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Infrastructure Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) SAP Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) SAP Business Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Digital Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Senior Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Service Manager
4 1 (7.14%) SharePoint Project Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (7.14%) Test Manager
4 1 (7.14%) Transformation Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.14%) Data Protection Act
1 1 (7.14%) Enterprise Cloud
1 1 (7.14%) Operational Technology
1 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Agile
2 10 (71.43%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (35.71%) ERP
4 4 (28.57%) PRINCE2
5 3 (21.43%) Business Strategy
5 3 (21.43%) Conflict Resolution
5 3 (21.43%) Continuous Improvement
5 3 (21.43%) Project Management
5 3 (21.43%) Six Sigma
5 3 (21.43%) Technology Transformation
5 3 (21.43%) Workshop Facilitation
6 2 (14.29%) Budgeting and Forecasting
6 2 (14.29%) Customer Experience
6 2 (14.29%) Lean Six Sigma
6 2 (14.29%) Portfolio Management
6 2 (14.29%) Programme Delivery
6 2 (14.29%) Programme Governance
6 2 (14.29%) Regulatory Change
6 2 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
6 2 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) Korn
Qualifications
1 1 (7.14%) APMG
1 1 (7.14%) CCNA
1 1 (7.14%) Cisco Certification
1 1 (7.14%) Degree
1 1 (7.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) PMO
2 1 (7.14%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 6 (42.86%) SAP
2 5 (35.71%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.14%) ESRI
3 1 (7.14%) Infoblox
3 1 (7.14%) Oracle