Waterfall Job Trends in Cardiff

Waterfall Model
South Wales > Cardiff

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cardiff requiring Waterfall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 35 47 38
Rank change year-on-year +12 -9 +26
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 4 5 11
As % of all permanent jobs in Cardiff 1.06% 1.28% 3.40%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.42% 1.59% 3.49%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 4
10th Percentile £48,500 £57,196 £54,875
25th Percentile £57,500 £58,248 £56,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% - -
75th Percentile £77,500 £61,183 £63,125
90th Percentile - £61,892 £64,250
South Wales median annual salary £70,000 £60,000 £58,750
% change year-on-year +16.67% +2.13% +2.17%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Cardiff

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 Cardiff.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 282 315 315
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 74.60% 80.36% 97.22%
Number of salaries quoted 193 206 282
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,563 £33,043
25th Percentile £45,000 £31,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £48,750 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.82% -7.14% +4.95%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,029 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £73,750
South Wales median annual salary £50,000 £49,000 £51,104
% change year-on-year +2.04% -4.12% +2.21%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Cardiff

Waterfall
Salary Trend in Cardiff

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Waterfall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cardiff citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Cardiff over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Waterfall in Cardiff

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cardiff 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:

Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Office
1 1 (25.00%) Microsoft Project
1 1 (25.00%) MS Visio
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) Azure
1 1 (25.00%) SaaS
General
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Legal
2 1 (25.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Business Analyst
1 1 (25.00%) Delivery Manager
1 1 (25.00%) IT Manager
1 1 (25.00%) IT Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Product Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Project Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Senior
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Delivery Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Analytical Mindset
1 1 (25.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 2 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
4 1 (25.00%) Budget Management
4 1 (25.00%) Budgeting
4 1 (25.00%) Budgeting and Resource Allocation
4 1 (25.00%) Business Development
4 1 (25.00%) Data Migration
4 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
4 1 (25.00%) Product Roadmap
4 1 (25.00%) Product Strategy
4 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
4 1 (25.00%) Project Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Resource Allocation
4 1 (25.00%) Roadmaps
4 1 (25.00%) SDLC
4 1 (25.00%) Sprint Planning
4 1 (25.00%) Strategic Roadmap
4 1 (25.00%) User Stories
4 1 (25.00%) Workshop Facilitation
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
1 1 (25.00%) PRINCE2 Certification