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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 64 64 32
Rank change year-on-year 0 -32 +13
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 10 11 67
As % of all contract jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 1.32% 1.30% 4.85%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.50% 1.52% 5.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 10 51
10th Percentile £337 £436 £463
25th Percentile £483 £466 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £563 £600
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -6.25% +20.00%
75th Percentile £569 £621 £625
90th Percentile £625 £625 £650
Yorkshire median daily rate £413 £503 £600
% change year-on-year -17.91% -16.25% +20.00%

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 667 725 1,250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire 88.11% 85.39% 90.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 430 466 824
10th Percentile £276 £357 £350
25th Percentile £400 £413 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £525
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £575 £575 £625
90th Percentile £655 £650 £700
Yorkshire median daily rate £475 £500 £525
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 18 24 21
10th Percentile £18.87 £12.15 £12.00
25th Percentile - £13.87 £13.17
Median hourly rate £22.14 £20.75 £18.00
Median % change year-on-year +6.70% +15.28% -12.20%
75th Percentile £74.06 £33.75 £21.31
90th Percentile £81.25 £38.75 £26.78
Yorkshire median hourly rate £22.14 £17.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year +26.51% -12.50% +5.26%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in West Yorkshire

Job postings citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in West Yorkshire.

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall 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 19 September 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 19 September 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 -2 7 £513 -13.14% 13
Bradford -1 2 £498 +10.56% 3
Waterfall
Yorkshire

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in West Yorkshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) Structured Cabling
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 7 (70.00%) Social Skills
2 4 (40.00%) Finance
3 3 (30.00%) Retail
4 2 (20.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Billing
5 1 (10.00%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (10.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Business Analyst
1 4 (40.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (20.00%) IT Manager
2 2 (20.00%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Data Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Data Migration Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Delivery Manager
3 1 (10.00%) HR Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Implementation Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Migration Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Mortgage Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Payments Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Project Implementation Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Scrum Master
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Implementation Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Software Implementation Project Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Software Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Fibre Optics
1 1 (10.00%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Renewable Energy
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) Agile
2 3 (30.00%) Business Analysis
2 3 (30.00%) Project Management
2 3 (30.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (20.00%) Impact Assessments
3 2 (20.00%) Lean Six Sigma
3 2 (20.00%) Logistics
3 2 (20.00%) Project Governance
3 2 (20.00%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (20.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
3 2 (20.00%) Scrum
3 2 (20.00%) SDLC
3 2 (20.00%) Six Sigma
3 2 (20.00%) Supplier Management
3 2 (20.00%) Workshop Facilitation
4 1 (10.00%) Customer Experience
4 1 (10.00%) Fintech
4 1 (10.00%) Model Validation
4 1 (10.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (10.00%) Project Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
2 1 (10.00%) ACCA
2 1 (10.00%) IIBA
2 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
2 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (10.00%) Progress