Waterfall Job Trends in Birmingham

Waterfall Model
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring Waterfall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 87 115 70
Rank change year-on-year +28 -45 +21
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 19 18 34
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.10% 1.00% 2.51%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.39% 1.07% 2.85%
Number of salaries quoted 15 11 29
10th Percentile £57,299 £46,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £57,500 £47,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,250 - £68,000
West Midlands median annual salary £70,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +27.27% - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
Birmingham

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 Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,369 1,685 1,192
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 79.32% 93.15% 88.04%
Number of salaries quoted 968 786 1,008
10th Percentile £30,000 £37,500 £31,000
25th Percentile £41,974 £43,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% -2.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £90,625 £82,500
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -4.76%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Birmingham

Waterfall
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Waterfall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Birmingham over the 6 months to 11 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Waterfall in Birmingham

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Microsoft Project
2 2 (10.53%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 12 (63.16%) Azure
2 8 (42.11%) Power Platform
3 6 (31.58%) Azure Data Factory
4 4 (21.05%) SaaS
5 2 (10.53%) Smartsheet
5 2 (10.53%) SuccessFactors
6 1 (5.26%) Azure Logic Apps
6 1 (5.26%) Azure Monitor
6 1 (5.26%) OCI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (42.11%) Power BI
2 6 (31.58%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
2 6 (31.58%) Data Lake
2 6 (31.58%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) JIRA
General
1 6 (31.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 5 (26.32%) Finance
2 5 (26.32%) Social Skills
3 4 (21.05%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (15.79%) Legal
5 2 (10.53%) Law
6 1 (5.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 6 (31.58%) Project Manager
2 4 (21.05%) Lead
3 3 (15.79%) Business Intelligence Manager
3 3 (15.79%) Head of Business Intelligence
4 2 (10.53%) Implementation Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Implementation Project Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Infrastructure Project Manager
4 2 (10.53%) IT Manager
4 2 (10.53%) IT Project Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Platform Manager
4 2 (10.53%) Project Implementation Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Architect
5 1 (5.26%) ERP Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Instrumentation Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Integration Manager
5 1 (5.26%) PMO Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Principal Engineer
5 1 (5.26%) Senior Manager
5 1 (5.26%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (10.53%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 3 (15.79%) Onboarding
2 2 (10.53%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
3 1 (5.26%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (94.74%) Agile
2 8 (42.11%) Business Intelligence
2 8 (42.11%) Project Management
3 6 (31.58%) Data Engineering
4 5 (26.32%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 5 (26.32%) Business Strategy
4 5 (26.32%) Resource Allocation
5 4 (21.05%) Continuous Improvement
5 4 (21.05%) ERP
5 4 (21.05%) Problem-Solving
5 4 (21.05%) SDLC
5 4 (21.05%) Stakeholder Management
6 3 (15.79%) API Development
6 3 (15.79%) API Management
6 3 (15.79%) Budget Management
6 3 (15.79%) Budgeting
6 3 (15.79%) Change Management
6 3 (15.79%) PRINCE2
6 3 (15.79%) Project Delivery
7 2 (10.53%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 6 (31.58%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (21.05%) Degree
2 3 (15.79%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (5.26%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (10.53%) GDPR
1 2 (10.53%) PMO
Vendors
1 6 (31.58%) Databricks
2 5 (26.32%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Kronos
3 2 (10.53%) Oracle
3 2 (10.53%) SAP
3 2 (10.53%) Workday
4 1 (5.26%) Siemens