Waterfall Contracts with Work from Home Options

Waterfall Model
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for remote or hybrid contract work requiring Waterfall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Waterfall over the 6 months leading up to 16 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 129 104 91
Rank change year-on-year -25 -13 +32
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 253 543 1,255
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.71% 2.27% 2.86%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.97% 2.54% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 196 400 906
10th Percentile £409 £400 £389
25th Percentile £472 £457 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% - +7.69%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £625
90th Percentile £750 £731 £706
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £535
% change year-on-year - +2.80% +12.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
10th Percentile - - £20.25
25th Percentile - - £30.94
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £63.00
75th Percentile £56.00 - £64.13
90th Percentile £59.60 - £67.25
UK median hourly rate £58.91 £66.49 £57.95
% change year-on-year -11.40% +14.73% +0.18%

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 12,871 21,399 39,942
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.23% 89.63% 91.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,673 15,206 29,099
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +5.42%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 495 518
10th Percentile £15.02 £18.49 £14.96
25th Percentile £24.00 £25.75 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.13 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -17.51% +30.33% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £60.00
90th Percentile £74.95 £78.45 £72.50
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Waterfall
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Waterfall trend for jobs with a WFH option

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Waterfall.

Waterfall daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Waterfall over the 6 months to 16 June 2024.

Waterfall daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Waterfall.

Waterfall hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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 16 (6.32%) Confluence
2 12 (4.74%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.19%) Appian
3 3 (1.19%) CMS
3 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Exchange
4 2 (0.79%) ArcGIS
5 1 (0.40%) JBoss
Applications
1 12 (4.74%) Microsoft Excel
2 10 (3.95%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 10 (3.95%) Microsoft Project
3 7 (2.77%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (2.77%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.77%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (1.98%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.58%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.19%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.79%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.40%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.40%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.40%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.40%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 55 (21.74%) Azure
2 20 (7.91%) SaaS
3 18 (7.11%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (5.53%) AWS
5 10 (3.95%) Power Platform
6 9 (3.56%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.77%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.77%) IaaS
7 7 (2.77%) PaaS
8 6 (2.37%) GCP
9 5 (1.98%) OneDrive
9 5 (1.98%) PowerApps
10 4 (1.58%) OCI
10 4 (1.58%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 4 (1.58%) Smartsheet
11 3 (1.19%) Boomi
12 2 (0.79%) GitHub
12 2 (0.79%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 2 (0.79%) SuccessFactors
12 2 (0.79%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.95%) LAN
2 9 (3.56%) WAN
3 8 (3.16%) 3G
3 8 (3.16%) 4G
4 7 (2.77%) ATM
5 4 (1.58%) Internet
6 3 (1.19%) 5G
7 2 (0.79%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.79%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.40%) BGP
8 1 (0.40%) DHCP
8 1 (0.40%) EIGRP
8 1 (0.40%) Intranet
8 1 (0.40%) OSPF
8 1 (0.40%) SAN
8 1 (0.40%) SNA
8 1 (0.40%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.40%) VRRP
8 1 (0.40%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.16%) SQL Server
2 5 (1.98%) Power BI
3 3 (1.19%) DB2
4 2 (0.79%) Geospatial Data
4 2 (0.79%) GIS
5 1 (0.40%) Big Data
5 1 (0.40%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.40%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 33 (13.04%) JIRA
2 8 (3.16%) Oracle APEX
3 5 (1.98%) Postman
4 4 (1.58%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.58%) Git
4 4 (1.58%) JMeter
4 4 (1.58%) LoadRunner
4 4 (1.58%) Selenium
5 3 (1.19%) Appium
5 3 (1.19%) Jenkins
5 3 (1.19%) NUnit
5 3 (1.19%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.79%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.79%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.79%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (0.40%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.40%) Subversion
7 1 (0.40%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.40%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.40%) Zephyr
General
1 108 (42.69%) Finance
2 88 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 32 (12.65%) Banking
4 29 (11.46%) Manufacturing
5 24 (9.49%) Marketing
6 23 (9.09%) Public Sector
7 20 (7.91%) Analytical Skills
7 20 (7.91%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (6.32%) Telecoms
9 15 (5.93%) Electronics
10 9 (3.56%) Legal
11 5 (1.98%) Military
11 5 (1.98%) Retail
12 4 (1.58%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.19%) Back Office
13 3 (1.19%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.19%) Law
13 3 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.19%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.79%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 70 (27.67%) Project Manager
2 43 (17.00%) Analyst
3 41 (16.21%) Architect
4 35 (13.83%) Business Analyst
5 32 (12.65%) Senior
6 21 (8.30%) Solutions Architect
7 20 (7.91%) Developer
7 20 (7.91%) Senior Manager
8 18 (7.11%) IT Manager
9 17 (6.72%) Senior Project Manager
10 16 (6.32%) Technical Architect
11 15 (5.93%) Test Manager
12 13 (5.14%) Lead
13 10 (3.95%) Senior Analyst
14 9 (3.56%) Consultant
14 9 (3.56%) Delivery Manager
14 9 (3.56%) IT Project Manager
15 8 (3.16%) Infrastructure Manager
15 8 (3.16%) Oracle Developer
15 8 (3.16%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (9.09%) Middleware
2 12 (4.74%) .NET
3 5 (1.98%) Spring Boot
3 5 (1.98%) Web Services
4 4 (1.58%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.58%) GraphQL
4 4 (1.58%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.58%) RESTful
4 4 (1.58%) SOAP
4 4 (1.58%) Spring
4 4 (1.58%) XML
5 3 (1.19%) Playwright
5 3 (1.19%) React
5 3 (1.19%) REST
6 2 (0.79%) ADO
6 2 (0.79%) J2EE
6 2 (0.79%) JSON
6 2 (0.79%) JSP
6 2 (0.79%) Node.js
6 2 (0.79%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.35%) Public Cloud
2 9 (3.56%) Data Centre
3 7 (2.77%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.77%) SWIFT Messaging Network
4 5 (1.98%) Enterprise Software
4 5 (1.98%) Onboarding
5 4 (1.58%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (1.58%) Data Protection Act
5 4 (1.58%) Life Science
5 4 (1.58%) Mainframe
5 4 (1.58%) Management Information System
5 4 (1.58%) Mobile App
6 3 (1.19%) Robotics
7 2 (0.79%) Contactless
7 2 (0.79%) Digital Wallet
7 2 (0.79%) e-Learning
7 2 (0.79%) Low-Code
7 2 (0.79%) Reference Data
7 2 (0.79%) Renewable Energy
7 2 (0.79%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.72%) Windows
2 16 (6.32%) Linux
3 5 (1.98%) Android
3 5 (1.98%) Unix
4 3 (1.19%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.19%) VMS
5 1 (0.40%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 235 (92.89%) Agile
2 79 (31.23%) Project Management
3 72 (28.46%) Stakeholder Management
4 51 (20.16%) Project Delivery
5 41 (16.21%) Scrum
6 38 (15.02%) DevOps
7 34 (13.44%) Problem-Solving
8 30 (11.86%) PRINCE2
9 26 (10.28%) Business Analysis
9 26 (10.28%) SDLC
10 25 (9.88%) Migration
11 24 (9.49%) Programme Management
12 21 (8.30%) Business Case
12 21 (8.30%) Business Intelligence
13 20 (7.91%) User Acceptance Testing
14 19 (7.51%) Digital Marketing
15 18 (7.11%) Change Management
15 18 (7.11%) Test Automation
16 17 (6.72%) Continuous Improvement
16 17 (6.72%) Requirements Gathering
Programming Languages
1 24 (9.49%) SQL
2 13 (5.14%) Java
3 12 (4.74%) JavaScript
4 8 (3.16%) PL/SQL
5 5 (1.98%) C
6 4 (1.58%) C#
7 3 (1.19%) ABAP
7 3 (1.19%) C++
7 3 (1.19%) Python
7 3 (1.19%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.79%) Kotlin
9 1 (0.40%) Bash
9 1 (0.40%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.40%) Perl
9 1 (0.40%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.40%) VB
9 1 (0.40%) VBA
9 1 (0.40%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 24 (9.49%) Degree
1 24 (9.49%) Security Cleared
2 18 (7.11%) SC Cleared
3 17 (6.72%) DV Cleared
3 17 (6.72%) PMP
4 15 (5.93%) PMI Certification
5 10 (3.95%) ISTQB
6 5 (1.98%) CISSP
7 4 (1.58%) CISM
7 4 (1.58%) Computer Science Degree
7 4 (1.58%) CRISC
7 4 (1.58%) ISEB
8 3 (1.19%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.19%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (0.40%) APMG
9 1 (0.40%) APMP
9 1 (0.40%) AWS Certification
9 1 (0.40%) CBAP
9 1 (0.40%) IIBA
9 1 (0.40%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.30%) QA
2 8 (3.16%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.16%) GDPR
3 6 (2.37%) PMO
4 5 (1.98%) PCI DSS
5 4 (1.58%) PSD2
6 2 (0.79%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.79%) HL7
7 1 (0.40%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.40%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.40%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.40%) EMIR
7 1 (0.40%) GRC
7 1 (0.40%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.40%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.40%) MiFID
7 1 (0.40%) NIST
7 1 (0.40%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.19%) Docker
1 3 (1.19%) Virtual Servers
2 2 (0.79%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.40%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.40%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (1.19%) Ansible
2 1 (0.40%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.40%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (13.44%) SAP
2 31 (12.25%) Microsoft
3 30 (11.86%) Oracle
4 12 (4.74%) ServiceNow
5 10 (3.95%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.56%) Databricks
7 5 (1.98%) Workday
8 3 (1.19%) Google
9 2 (0.79%) Checkmarx
9 2 (0.79%) Cisco
9 2 (0.79%) Citrix
9 2 (0.79%) ESRI
9 2 (0.79%) PayPal
9 2 (0.79%) VMware
10 1 (0.40%) Arista
10 1 (0.40%) Blue Prism
10 1 (0.40%) CA Agile Central
10 1 (0.40%) Extreme Networks
10 1 (0.40%) IFS
10 1 (0.40%) Perfecto Mobile