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

6 months to
24 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 78 60 49
Rank change year-on-year -18 -11 -17
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 19 7 22
As % of all contract jobs in West Yorkshire 1.44% 0.99% 2.49%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.68% 1.10% 2.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 6 16
10th Percentile £386 £383 £363
25th Percentile £416 £487 £434
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £531 £540
Median % change year-on-year -5.88% -1.62% -10.00%
75th Percentile £561 £592 £614
90th Percentile £591 £663 £625
Yorkshire median daily rate £495 £495 £463
% change year-on-year - +7.03% -22.92%

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 1,134 639 752
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 85.71% 90.77% 85.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 667 406 473
10th Percentile £317 £307 £300
25th Percentile £413 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £495 £490 £500
Median % change year-on-year +1.12% -2.10% -6.10%
75th Percentile £585 £556 £575
90th Percentile £650 £625 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £500
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 39 20 30
10th Percentile £16.62 - -
25th Percentile £17.19 - £12.15
Median hourly rate £24.00 £22.14 £13.50
Median % change year-on-year +8.40% +64.00% -27.03%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.18 £18.92
90th Percentile £43.96 £81.25 £33.75
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.81 £22.14 £13.50
% change year-on-year +3.03% +64.00% -32.50%

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 24 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 24 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 -19 11 £513 -8.89% 7
Bradford -7 4 £500 +0.50% 1
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 2 (10.53%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 1 (5.26%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.26%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 2 (10.53%) Azure
1 2 (10.53%) Power Platform
1 2 (10.53%) PowerApps
2 1 (5.26%) AWS
2 1 (5.26%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (5.26%) Dynamics 365
2 1 (5.26%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.26%) DNS
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) JIRA
General
1 8 (42.11%) Social Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
2 3 (15.79%) Finance
2 3 (15.79%) Retail
3 2 (10.53%) Manufacturing
4 1 (5.26%) Financial Institution
4 1 (5.26%) Influencing Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Organisational Skills
4 1 (5.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Business Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) Project Manager
4 3 (15.79%) Project Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Project Support Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) Support Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) Contracts Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Delivery Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Implementation Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Implementation Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Infrastructure Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) PMO Consultant
5 1 (5.26%) SAP Manager
5 1 (5.26%) SAP Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Project Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Service Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Systems Analyst
5 1 (5.26%) Test Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Data Centre
2 1 (5.26%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Cloud
2 1 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (5.26%) Operational Technology
2 1 (5.26%) Product Ownership
2 1 (5.26%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (100.00%) Agile
2 14 (73.68%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (26.32%) Change Management
3 5 (26.32%) Migration
3 5 (26.32%) Workshop Facilitation
4 4 (21.05%) ERP
4 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Engagement
5 3 (15.79%) Conflict Resolution
5 3 (15.79%) Data Analysis
5 3 (15.79%) PRINCE2
5 3 (15.79%) Project Management
5 3 (15.79%) Six Sigma
5 3 (15.79%) User Stories
6 2 (10.53%) Business Strategy
6 2 (10.53%) DevOps
6 2 (10.53%) Impact Assessments
6 2 (10.53%) Mentoring
6 2 (10.53%) Project Delivery
6 2 (10.53%) Scaled Agile Framework
6 2 (10.53%) Wireframes
Programming Languages
1 3 (15.79%) Java
2 1 (5.26%) Korn
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Degree
2 1 (5.26%) APMG
2 1 (5.26%) CCNA
2 1 (5.26%) Cisco Certification
2 1 (5.26%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.26%) Accessibility
1 1 (5.26%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) SAP
2 4 (21.05%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.26%) Infoblox
3 1 (5.26%) TOWER Software