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 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 60 51
Rank change year-on-year -12 -9 -17
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 22 5 27
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 1.75% 0.78% 2.78%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.03% 0.84% 3.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 20
10th Percentile £392 £343 £363
25th Percentile £422 £433 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £529 £513
Median % change year-on-year -5.44% +3.17% -14.58%
75th Percentile £575 £608 £614
90th Percentile £586 £678 £625
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £488 £485
% change year-on-year +2.56% +0.52% -19.17%

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 1,085 596 825
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 86.11% 92.40% 84.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 648 375 510
10th Percentile £317 £301 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -7.41%
75th Percentile £587 £550 £575
90th Percentile £658 £618 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 17 35
10th Percentile - - £11.91
25th Percentile £16.62 - £12.15
Median hourly rate £24.00 £22.14 £12.53
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% +76.70% -34.05%
75th Percentile £35.00 £34.15 £15.24
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £53.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £13.03
% change year-on-year +3.03% +69.92% -0.99%

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 3 July 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 3 July 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 -7 13 £513 +20.94% 9
Bradford -7 4 £500 +1.01% 2
Castleford - 1 £400 -
Halifax - 1 - -
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 2 (9.09%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (13.64%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (9.09%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (4.55%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (4.55%) SAP ERP
1 1 (4.55%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (4.55%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 2 (9.09%) Azure
1 2 (9.09%) Power Platform
1 2 (9.09%) PowerApps
2 1 (4.55%) AWS
2 1 (4.55%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.55%) DNS
Development Applications
1 3 (13.64%) JIRA
General
1 10 (45.45%) Social Skills
2 5 (22.73%) Finance
3 3 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
3 3 (13.64%) Retail
4 2 (9.09%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (9.09%) Manufacturing
5 1 (4.55%) Banking
5 1 (4.55%) Financial Institution
5 1 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (4.55%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (45.45%) Analyst
2 6 (27.27%) Business Analyst
3 5 (22.73%) Project Manager
4 3 (13.64%) Project Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Project Support Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Support Analyst
5 2 (9.09%) Senior
6 1 (4.55%) Contracts Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Delivery Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Digital Project Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Dynamics 365 Project Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Implementation Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Implementation Project Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
6 1 (4.55%) PMO Consultant
6 1 (4.55%) SAP Implementation Manager
6 1 (4.55%) SAP Implementation Project Manager
6 1 (4.55%) SAP Manager
6 1 (4.55%) Senior Digital Project Manager
6 1 (4.55%) SharePoint Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.64%) Data Centre
2 2 (9.09%) Product Ownership
3 1 (4.55%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Cloud
3 1 (4.55%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (4.55%) Operational Technology
3 1 (4.55%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (100.00%) Agile
2 15 (68.18%) Stakeholder Management
3 7 (31.82%) Workshop Facilitation
4 6 (27.27%) Migration
5 5 (22.73%) Change Management
5 5 (22.73%) ERP
6 4 (18.18%) Business Analysis
6 4 (18.18%) Impact Assessments
6 4 (18.18%) Project Management
6 4 (18.18%) Stakeholder Engagement
7 3 (13.64%) Conflict Resolution
7 3 (13.64%) Data Analysis
7 3 (13.64%) DevOps
7 3 (13.64%) PRINCE2
7 3 (13.64%) Scaled Agile Framework
7 3 (13.64%) Six Sigma
7 3 (13.64%) User Stories
8 2 (9.09%) Data Modelling
8 2 (9.09%) GAP Analysis
8 2 (9.09%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (13.64%) Java
2 1 (4.55%) Korn
Qualifications
1 2 (9.09%) Degree
1 2 (9.09%) Security Cleared
2 1 (4.55%) APMG
2 1 (4.55%) CCNA
2 1 (4.55%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (4.55%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (4.55%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.55%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.55%) PMO
Vendors
1 7 (31.82%) SAP
2 4 (18.18%) Microsoft
3 1 (4.55%) Infoblox
3 1 (4.55%) Temenos
3 1 (4.55%) TOWER Software