Hybrid/Remote Waterfall Contract Job Trends

Waterfall Model
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work 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 127 123 93
Rank change year-on-year -4 -30 +9
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 210 244 492
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 2.14% 1.92% 2.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.32% 2.18% 2.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 159 170 382
10th Percentile £332 £400 £376
25th Percentile £413 £453 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £550 £528
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.27% +0.48%
75th Percentile £600 £615 £650
90th Percentile £700 £700 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £540 £540
% change year-on-year -7.41% - +1.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 5 0
Median hourly rate £51.00 £35.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +45.71% - -
UK median hourly rate £55.00 £35.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year +57.14% -46.15% +12.60%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,058 11,179 18,064
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 92.25% 87.88% 89.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,025 7,137 12,723
10th Percentile £325 £325 £350
25th Percentile £413 £425 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £508 £525 £535
Median % change year-on-year -3.24% -1.87% -2.73%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.76% -2.78% -1.82%
Number of hourly rates quoted 277 298 434
10th Percentile £12.62 £18.04 £17.75
25th Percentile £20.50 £30.03 £26.24
Median hourly rate £37.28 £43.00 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year -13.30% -18.10% +5.00%
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.92 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £82.20
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £43.79
% change year-on-year -41.51% -1.81% +51.53%

Waterfall
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Waterfall trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Waterfall.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Waterfall over the 6 months to 19 September 2025.

Waterfall daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Waterfall.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 13 (6.19%) Confluence
2 10 (4.76%) SharePoint
3 4 (1.90%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.95%) CMS
Applications
1 19 (9.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (6.67%) Microsoft Project
3 12 (5.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 11 (5.24%) Microsoft Office
5 9 (4.29%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.48%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 5 (2.38%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (1.90%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (1.90%) Primavera
3 3 (1.43%) Oracle ERP
3 3 (1.43%) Salesforce CRM
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Financials
4 2 (0.95%) SAP ERP
5 1 (0.48%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.48%) Dynamics AX
5 1 (0.48%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.48%) IntelliMatch
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
5 1 (0.48%) SAP PM
5 1 (0.48%) Shopify
5 1 (0.48%) Teamcenter
Cloud Services
1 31 (14.76%) Azure
2 12 (5.71%) SaaS
3 11 (5.24%) AWS
4 10 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
5 8 (3.81%) Microsoft 365
5 8 (3.81%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.86%) GCP
6 6 (2.86%) PaaS
7 4 (1.90%) IaaS
8 3 (1.43%) Dynamics 365
8 3 (1.43%) GitHub
9 2 (0.95%) Amazon EMR
9 2 (0.95%) AWS Fargate
9 2 (0.95%) AWS Lambda
9 2 (0.95%) Loggly
9 2 (0.95%) Lucidchart
9 2 (0.95%) Route 53
9 2 (0.95%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
9 2 (0.95%) Serverless
9 2 (0.95%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.38%) Firewall
2 4 (1.90%) WAN
3 3 (1.43%) 5G
3 3 (1.43%) Broadband
3 3 (1.43%) Network Security
4 2 (0.95%) LAN
4 2 (0.95%) SD-WAN
4 2 (0.95%) VLAN
5 1 (0.48%) BGP
5 1 (0.48%) DHCP
5 1 (0.48%) DNS
5 1 (0.48%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.48%) Kerberos
5 1 (0.48%) OSPF
5 1 (0.48%) Skype
5 1 (0.48%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.48%) Unified Communications
5 1 (0.48%) VoIP
5 1 (0.48%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (3.33%) Power BI
2 6 (2.86%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (1.43%) Relational Database
4 2 (0.95%) Amazon Aurora
4 2 (0.95%) Amazon RDS
4 2 (0.95%) BigQuery
4 2 (0.95%) DB2
4 2 (0.95%) DynamoDB
4 2 (0.95%) MS Access
4 2 (0.95%) MySQL
4 2 (0.95%) NoSQL
4 2 (0.95%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (0.95%) RDBMS
4 2 (0.95%) Redis
4 2 (0.95%) SQL Server
5 1 (0.48%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.48%) GIS
5 1 (0.48%) IMS/DB
5 1 (0.48%) Oracle Database
5 1 (0.48%) ThoughtSpot
Development Applications
1 38 (18.10%) JIRA
2 8 (3.81%) Jenkins
3 7 (3.33%) Git
4 5 (2.38%) Subversion
5 4 (1.90%) Selenium
6 2 (0.95%) Cucumber
6 2 (0.95%) Gradle
6 2 (0.95%) Maven
6 2 (0.95%) Postman
6 2 (0.95%) SonarLint
6 2 (0.95%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.95%) Zephyr
7 1 (0.48%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.48%) HP UFT
7 1 (0.48%) JMeter
7 1 (0.48%) Katalon Studio
7 1 (0.48%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.48%) NeoLoad
7 1 (0.48%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.48%) TeamCity
General
1 100 (47.62%) Social Skills
2 88 (41.90%) Finance
3 24 (11.43%) Analytical Skills
4 16 (7.62%) Banking
4 16 (7.62%) Public Sector
5 14 (6.67%) Influencing Skills
6 11 (5.24%) Legal
6 11 (5.24%) Retail
7 10 (4.76%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 9 (4.29%) Manufacturing
8 9 (4.29%) Telecoms
9 4 (1.90%) Local Government
9 4 (1.90%) Presentation Skills
10 3 (1.43%) Back Office
10 3 (1.43%) Billing
10 3 (1.43%) Organisational Skills
11 2 (0.95%) Front Office
11 2 (0.95%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.95%) Law
11 2 (0.95%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 76 (36.19%) Analyst
2 68 (32.38%) Business Analyst
3 58 (27.62%) Project Manager
4 31 (14.76%) Senior
5 19 (9.05%) Architect
6 18 (8.57%) Senior Manager
7 16 (7.62%) Lead
7 16 (7.62%) Senior Project Manager
8 12 (5.71%) Senior Analyst
9 11 (5.24%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (4.29%) IT Manager
11 7 (3.33%) Delivery Manager
11 7 (3.33%) Senior Business Analyst
11 7 (3.33%) Technical Architect
12 6 (2.86%) Developer
12 6 (2.86%) IT Project Manager
12 6 (2.86%) Technical Analyst
12 6 (2.86%) Technical Business Analyst
12 6 (2.86%) Technical Manager
12 6 (2.86%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (3.33%) Kafka
2 6 (2.86%) Middleware
3 5 (2.38%) ADO
3 5 (2.38%) REST
4 4 (1.90%) Oracle Fusion
5 3 (1.43%) GraphQL
5 3 (1.43%) gRPC
5 3 (1.43%) J2EE
5 3 (1.43%) RabbitMQ
5 3 (1.43%) RESTful
5 3 (1.43%) SOAP
5 3 (1.43%) Spring Boot
5 3 (1.43%) Web Services
6 2 (0.95%) Celery
6 2 (0.95%) Dropwizard
6 2 (0.95%) Gherkin
6 2 (0.95%) JSON
6 2 (0.95%) JWT
6 2 (0.95%) Micronaut
6 2 (0.95%) Playwright
Miscellaneous
1 11 (5.24%) Onboarding
1 11 (5.24%) Product Ownership
2 9 (4.29%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.81%) Data Structures
4 7 (3.33%) PMI
5 6 (2.86%) Data Centre
5 6 (2.86%) Management Information System
5 6 (2.86%) Virtual Team
6 5 (2.38%) Cloud Native
6 5 (2.38%) Reinsurance
7 4 (1.90%) Operational Technology
7 4 (1.90%) Private Cloud
8 3 (1.43%) Life Science
8 3 (1.43%) Public Cloud
8 3 (1.43%) SCADA
9 2 (0.95%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.95%) Credit Risk
9 2 (0.95%) EPoS
9 2 (0.95%) Mobile App
9 2 (0.95%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 9 (4.29%) Windows
2 4 (1.90%) Linux
3 3 (1.43%) Unix
3 3 (1.43%) Windows 10
4 2 (0.95%) VMS
5 1 (0.48%) Android
5 1 (0.48%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.48%) MVS
5 1 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.48%) Windows Server
5 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2016
5 1 (0.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (91.43%) Agile
2 90 (42.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 58 (27.62%) Project Management
4 41 (19.52%) Project Delivery
5 38 (18.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 36 (17.14%) Problem-Solving
7 35 (16.67%) Risk Management
8 34 (16.19%) Scrum
8 34 (16.19%) User Acceptance Testing
9 33 (15.71%) Workshop Facilitation
10 31 (14.76%) Requirements Gathering
11 30 (14.29%) Business Analysis
12 27 (12.86%) Migration
12 27 (12.86%) PRINCE2
13 22 (10.48%) DevOps
14 20 (9.52%) SDLC
15 19 (9.05%) Validation
16 18 (8.57%) Continuous Improvement
16 18 (8.57%) Data Analysis
16 18 (8.57%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 14 (6.67%) SQL
2 8 (3.81%) Java
3 4 (1.90%) Python
4 3 (1.43%) Go
5 2 (0.95%) C#
5 2 (0.95%) Shell Script
6 1 (0.48%) C++
6 1 (0.48%) COBOL
6 1 (0.48%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.48%) JCL
6 1 (0.48%) Kusto Query Language
6 1 (0.48%) PL/1
6 1 (0.48%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.48%) PowerShell
6 1 (0.48%) Ruby
6 1 (0.48%) VBA
6 1 (0.48%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 34 (16.19%) Degree
2 25 (11.90%) PMI Certification
3 23 (10.95%) PMP
4 12 (5.71%) Security Cleared
5 8 (3.81%) SC Cleared
6 7 (3.33%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.90%) CBAP
7 4 (1.90%) IIBA
7 4 (1.90%) ISTQB
7 4 (1.90%) PRINCE2 Certification
8 3 (1.43%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.43%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.95%) ACCA
9 2 (0.95%) ISEB
9 2 (0.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 2 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
10 1 (0.48%) CCNP
10 1 (0.48%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (0.48%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.48%) Six Sigma Green Belt
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (11.43%) QA
2 11 (5.24%) PMO
3 8 (3.81%) GDPR
4 6 (2.86%) NIST
5 5 (2.38%) Accessibility
5 5 (2.38%) Solvency II
6 4 (1.90%) Data Quality
7 3 (1.43%) P3O
8 2 (0.95%) GxP
8 2 (0.95%) SLA
8 2 (0.95%) WCAG
9 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.48%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 1 (0.48%) Disclosure Scotland
9 1 (0.48%) GMP
9 1 (0.48%) ISO 20022
9 1 (0.48%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.48%) PSD2
9 1 (0.48%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.48%) SEPA
System Software
1 5 (2.38%) Docker
2 4 (1.90%) Virtual Machines
3 3 (1.43%) Active Directory
4 2 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.48%) Hyper-V
5 1 (0.48%) Time Sharing Option
5 1 (0.48%) Virtual Servers
Systems Management
1 3 (1.43%) Amdocs OSS
2 2 (0.95%) Kubernetes
2 2 (0.95%) Terraform
3 1 (0.48%) CA Endevor
3 1 (0.48%) SCCM
3 1 (0.48%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 34 (16.19%) Microsoft
2 17 (8.10%) Oracle
3 16 (7.62%) SAP
4 9 (4.29%) Salesforce
5 6 (2.86%) ServiceNow
6 4 (1.90%) Databricks
7 3 (1.43%) Amdocs
7 3 (1.43%) CA Agile Central
7 3 (1.43%) Ciena
7 3 (1.43%) Citrix
7 3 (1.43%) CyberArk
7 3 (1.43%) Ericsson
7 3 (1.43%) Guidewire
7 3 (1.43%) NetCracker
7 3 (1.43%) Nokia
8 2 (0.95%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.95%) Concur
8 2 (0.95%) Gigya
8 2 (0.95%) Siebel
8 2 (0.95%) VMware