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 8 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 60 32
Rank change year-on-year -4 -28 +14
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 15 7 52
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 1.66% 0.91% 4.08%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.92% 1.06% 4.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 6 37
10th Percentile £327 £363 £466
25th Percentile £484 £378 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £500 £600
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% -16.67% +14.29%
75th Percentile £575 £584 £625
90th Percentile £588 £613 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £519 £600
% change year-on-year -13.25% -13.54% +16.50%

All Process and 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 781 661 1,150
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 86.59% 85.84% 90.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 515 414 752
10th Percentile £289 £325 £313
25th Percentile £400 £400 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £480 £520
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% -7.69% -0.95%
75th Percentile £575 £567 £608
90th Percentile £652 £650 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £500 £515
% change year-on-year -2.50% -2.91% +3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 18 16
10th Percentile £18.87 £15.00 £14.25
25th Percentile £21.30 £19.19 £17.14
Median hourly rate £22.14 £27.50 £20.35
Median % change year-on-year -19.49% +35.12% -3.08%
75th Percentile £46.56 £37.50 £24.51
90th Percentile £81.25 £44.00 £30.04
Yorkshire median hourly rate £23.63 £18.07 £21.31
% change year-on-year +30.80% -15.22% +12.16%

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 8 November 2025.

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 8 November 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
Leeds -6 12 £525 -4.55% 15
Bradford - 3 £495 - 7
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 4 (26.67%) Confluence
Applications
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 1 (6.67%) Azure
1 1 (6.67%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (6.67%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.67%) Structured Cabling
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.67%) Power BI
1 1 (6.67%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 5 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 8 (53.33%) Social Skills
2 3 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Finance
3 2 (13.33%) Organisational Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Retail
4 1 (6.67%) Billing
4 1 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Manufacturing
4 1 (6.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) Analyst
1 7 (46.67%) Business Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Project Manager
3 3 (20.00%) Delivery Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Agile Delivery Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Digital Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Digital Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Data Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Data Migration Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) HR Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) HR Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Lead
5 1 (6.67%) Lead Consultant
5 1 (6.67%) Migration Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Mortgage Business Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) Payments Analyst
5 1 (6.67%) ScrumMaster Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Senior
5 1 (6.67%) Senior Software Project Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Software Implementation Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (6.67%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (6.67%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (93.33%) Agile
2 5 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 4 (26.67%) Project Delivery
3 4 (26.67%) Project Management
3 4 (26.67%) Scrum
3 4 (26.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 4 (26.67%) Workshop Facilitation
4 3 (20.00%) Customer Experience
4 3 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
4 3 (20.00%) SDLC
4 3 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
5 2 (13.33%) Cybersecurity
5 2 (13.33%) Kanban
5 2 (13.33%) Lean Six Sigma
5 2 (13.33%) Logistics
5 2 (13.33%) Mentoring
5 2 (13.33%) Project Planning
5 2 (13.33%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (13.33%) Supplier Management
5 2 (13.33%) User Stories
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (6.67%) ACCA
2 1 (6.67%) IIBA
2 1 (6.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (6.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Atlassian
2 1 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) Progress
2 1 (6.67%) SAP