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 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 54 53 31
Rank change year-on-year -1 -22 +20
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 29 4 49
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 3.03% 0.78% 4.41%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.50% 0.85% 5.01%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 4 33
10th Percentile £470 - £403
25th Percentile £498 £363 £478
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.75% -4.76% -10.64%
75th Percentile £553 £638 £600
90th Percentile £588 - £645
Yorkshire median daily rate £525 £500 £513
% change year-on-year +5.00% -2.44% -6.82%

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 829 468 979
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 86.72% 90.87% 88.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 541 290 580
10th Percentile £295 £263 £281
25th Percentile £413 £357 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £469 £498
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -5.78% -5.24%
75th Percentile £556 £550 £588
90th Percentile £638 £638 £675
Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.63% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 18 29
10th Percentile £13.58 £17.08 £11.75
25th Percentile £14.25 £22.14 £12.15
Median hourly rate £17.56 £22.32 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year -21.33% +65.33% -61.49%
75th Percentile £23.11 £39.66 £17.19
90th Percentile £69.48 £98.25 £53.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £13.50
% change year-on-year +3.03% +64.00% +27.00%

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 9 March 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 9 March 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 -3 18 £519 +3.75% 6
Bradford - 7 £515 - 2
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 5 (17.24%) Confluence
2 4 (13.79%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (10.34%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (6.90%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (3.45%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) SAP ERP
1 1 (3.45%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 1 (3.45%) SAP S/4HANA
1 1 (3.45%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 4 (13.79%) Microsoft 365
1 4 (13.79%) Power Platform
2 3 (10.34%) PowerApps
3 2 (6.90%) Azure
3 2 (6.90%) Azure DevOps
3 2 (6.90%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.45%) Power BI
1 1 (3.45%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 6 (20.69%) JIRA
General
1 15 (51.72%) Social Skills
2 7 (24.14%) Retail
3 4 (13.79%) Finance
4 2 (6.90%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Influencing Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Manufacturing
4 2 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (6.90%) Public Sector
5 1 (3.45%) Banking
5 1 (3.45%) Financial Institution
5 1 (3.45%) Military
Job Titles
1 15 (51.72%) Analyst
2 12 (41.38%) Business Analyst
3 8 (27.59%) Project Manager
4 4 (13.79%) Digital Analyst
4 4 (13.79%) Digital Business Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Delivery Manager
5 3 (10.34%) Lead
5 3 (10.34%) Microsoft 365 Business Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Project Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Project Support Analyst
5 3 (10.34%) Support Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Agile Business Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Agile Delivery Manager
6 2 (6.90%) Customer Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Customer Experience Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Lead Business Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Senior
6 2 (6.90%) Software Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Web Analyst
6 2 (6.90%) Web Business Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Data Centre
2 2 (6.90%) Product Ownership
3 1 (3.45%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (3.45%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) Agile
2 11 (37.93%) Stakeholder Management
3 10 (34.48%) Workshop Facilitation
4 8 (27.59%) Business Analysis
5 7 (24.14%) Mentoring
5 7 (24.14%) Project Management
5 7 (24.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 6 (20.69%) Change Management
6 6 (20.69%) DevOps
6 6 (20.69%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (20.69%) Requirements Workshops
6 6 (20.69%) Scrum
6 6 (20.69%) User Acceptance Testing
7 5 (17.24%) Customer Experience
7 5 (17.24%) Migration
7 5 (17.24%) Project Delivery
7 5 (17.24%) SDLC
7 5 (17.24%) User Stories
8 4 (13.79%) ERP
8 4 (13.79%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (10.34%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (17.24%) Degree
2 3 (10.34%) Security Cleared
3 2 (6.90%) CBAP
4 1 (3.45%) APMG
4 1 (3.45%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.45%) Accessibility
1 1 (3.45%) P3O
Vendors
1 4 (13.79%) SAP
2 3 (10.34%) Microsoft
3 2 (6.90%) Atlassian
4 1 (3.45%) ServiceNow
4 1 (3.45%) Temenos
4 1 (3.45%) TOWER Software