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 citing Waterfall skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	88	69	61
Rank change year-on-year	-19	-8	-20
Contract jobs citing Waterfall	11	15	6
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire	0.84%	1.71%	0.77%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category	0.98%	1.98%	0.90%
Number of daily rates quoted	10	14	5
10^th Percentile	£350	£327	-
25^th Percentile	£441	£484	£363
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£550	£513	£450
Median % change year-on-year	+7.32%	+13.89%	-25.00%
75^th Percentile	£575	£575	£575
90^th Percentile	£591	£588	£583
Yorkshire median daily rate	£478	£450	£481
% change year-on-year	+6.22%	-6.49%	-19.79%

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 citing process or methodology skills in West Yorkshire.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing process or methodology skills	1,128	756	668
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire	86.11%	86.20%	85.97%
Number of daily rates quoted	641	497	412
10^th Percentile	£318	£290	£326
25^th Percentile	£413	£400	£400
Median daily rate (50^th Percentile)	£500	£500	£483
Median % change year-on-year	-	+3.63%	-8.10%
75^th Percentile	£575	£575	£567
90^th Percentile	£640	£654	£650
Yorkshire median daily rate	£500	£488	£500
% change year-on-year	+2.56%	-2.50%	-3.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted	57	20	18
10^th Percentile	£13.69	£18.48	£15.00
25^th Percentile	£16.62	£21.93	£19.19
Median hourly rate	£24.00	£22.14	£27.50
Median % change year-on-year	+8.40%	-19.49%	+37.50%
75^th Percentile	£35.00	£59.69	£37.50
90^th Percentile	£43.96	£81.25	£44.00
Yorkshire median hourly rate	£19.00	£25.00	£18.64
% change year-on-year	-24.00%	+34.16%	-12.55%

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 Daily Rate Trend in West Yorkshire

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 31 October 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.

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 31 October 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months	Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Leeds	-17	8	£550	+4.76%	4
Halifax	-	1	£550	-
Waterfall Yorkshire

Waterfall Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, contractor job vacancies citing Waterfall also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the West Yorkshire region citing Waterfall.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	100.0%	11
2	Stakeholder Management	81.8%	9
3	Microsoft	54.5%	6
3	Migration	54.5%	6
5	Project Management	45.5%	5
6	Continuous Improvement	36.4%	4
6	JIRA	36.4%	4
6	Stakeholder Engagement	36.4%	4
6	Technology Transformation	36.4%	4
10	Business Strategy	27.3%	3
10	ERP	27.3%	3
10	PRINCE2	27.3%	3
10	SAP	27.3%	3
10	Service Management	27.3%	3
10	User Acceptance Testing	27.3%	3
16	AWS	18.2%	2
16	Azure	18.2%	2
16	Budgeting and Forecasting	18.2%	2
16	Business Analysis	18.2%	2
16	Business Case	18.2%	2
16	Business Process Modelling	18.2%	2
16	Business Transformation	18.2%	2
16	Confluence	18.2%	2
16	CRM	18.2%	2
16	Dependency Management	18.2%	2
16	Digital Transformation Programme	18.2%	2
16	Dynamics CRM	18.2%	2
16	ESRI	18.2%	2
16	GAP Analysis	18.2%	2
16	GCP	18.2%	2

Waterfall Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Processes & Methodologies

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Agile	100.0%	11
2	Stakeholder Management	81.8%	9
3	Migration	54.5%	6
4	Project Management	45.5%	5
5	Continuous Improvement	36.4%	4
5	Stakeholder Engagement	36.4%	4
5	Technology Transformation	36.4%	4
8	Business Strategy	27.3%	3
8	ERP	27.3%	3
8	PRINCE2	27.3%	3
8	Service Management	27.3%	3
8	User Acceptance Testing	27.3%	3
13	Budgeting and Forecasting	18.2%	2
13	Business Analysis	18.2%	2
13	Business Case	18.2%	2
13	Business Process Modelling	18.2%	2
13	Business Transformation	18.2%	2
13	CRM	18.2%	2
13	Dependency Management	18.2%	2
13	Digital Transformation Programme	18.2%	2