Waterfall Job Trends in Berkshire

Waterfall Model
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Waterfall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 111 120 43
Rank change year-on-year +9 -77 +53
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 20 9 114
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 1.00% 0.52% 5.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.20% 0.56% 6.59%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 99
10th Percentile £46,750 £50,750 £33,700
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,469 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £54,500 £56,252 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.11% +3.21% -0.91%
75th Percentile £68,750 £64,563 £55,644
90th Percentile £73,850 - £58,000
South East median annual salary £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -4.35%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Waterfall falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,664 1,600 1,731
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 82.83% 92.11% 89.32%
Number of salaries quoted 762 726 1,206
10th Percentile £28,750 £37,000 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -6.78%
75th Percentile £70,000 £81,250 £71,250
90th Percentile £83,625 £93,125 £87,500
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Waterfall relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Waterfall
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Waterfall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Berkshire over the 6 months to 29 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Waterfall in Berkshire

Waterfall
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 29 December 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading +26 3 £50,000 -15.43% 16
Windsor -33 3 - -
Slough - 3 £67,500 - 27
Maidenhead - 2 - -
Waterfall
South East

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 1 (5.00%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 6 (30.00%) SAP S/4HANA
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.00%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
1 2 (10.00%) Subversion
General
1 8 (40.00%) Finance
2 6 (30.00%) Manufacturing
2 6 (30.00%) Marketing
3 5 (25.00%) Social Skills
4 2 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (5.00%) Advertising
5 1 (5.00%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (70.00%) Lead
2 7 (35.00%) Senior
3 6 (30.00%) Test Leader
4 3 (15.00%) Automation Test Lead
5 2 (10.00%) Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Business Analyst
5 2 (10.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
5 2 (10.00%) Test Specialist
6 1 (5.00%) Portfolio Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Project Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Business Analyst
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Manager
6 1 (5.00%) Senior Portfolio Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.00%) Windows
1 2 (10.00%) Windows Server
1 2 (10.00%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Agile
2 8 (40.00%) CI/CD
2 8 (40.00%) DevOps
2 8 (40.00%) ITIL
2 8 (40.00%) ITSM
3 7 (35.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 6 (30.00%) Integration Testing
4 6 (30.00%) Product Roadmap
4 6 (30.00%) Roadmaps
4 6 (30.00%) Source to Pay
4 6 (30.00%) System Integration Testing
4 6 (30.00%) Test Management
4 6 (30.00%) Test Planning
4 6 (30.00%) Test Strategy
4 6 (30.00%) Unit Testing
4 6 (30.00%) Validation
5 5 (25.00%) Test Automation
6 3 (15.00%) Business Continuity
7 2 (10.00%) Service Management
7 2 (10.00%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Security Cleared
2 3 (15.00%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.00%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.00%) Degree
3 1 (5.00%) ISTQB
3 1 (5.00%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
3 1 (5.00%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 2 (10.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (5.00%) Terminal Server
2 1 (5.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (10.00%) SCCM
1 2 (10.00%) SCOM
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) SAP
2 2 (10.00%) VMware
3 1 (5.00%) Cisco
3 1 (5.00%) Juniper
3 1 (5.00%) McAfee