Waterfall Job Trends in Cumbria

Waterfall Model
North West > Cumbria

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cumbria requiring Waterfall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 40 36 38
Rank change year-on-year -4 +2 -12
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 3 7 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cumbria 0.73% 1.87% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.89% 2.13% 0.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 1
10th Percentile - £42,248 -
25th Percentile £51,250 £44,498 £41,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,500 £50,874 £43,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.23% +16.95% -
75th Percentile £51,750 £56,000 £45,250
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £59,460 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.11% +10.00% -16.34%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Cumbria

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 Cumbria.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 338 328 241
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cumbria 82.44% 87.70% 78.50%
Number of salaries quoted 160 155 144
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,050 £26,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,125 £34,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £39,750
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +38.36% -11.67%
75th Percentile £61,563 £65,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £68,750
North West median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Cumbria

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Cumbria

Waterfall
Salary Trend in Cumbria

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Waterfall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cumbria citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Job Locations in Cumbria

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Cumbria region over the 6 months to 24 February 2026. 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
Barrow-in-Furness +5 2 - -
Carlisle - 1 £51,500 - 2
Waterfall
North West

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cumbria 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
1 2 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (33.33%) Legal
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Business Analyst
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
1 3 (100.00%) Business Analysis
2 2 (66.67%) Project Delivery
2 2 (66.67%) Roadmaps
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (66.67%) Strategic Roadmap
3 1 (33.33%) Business Case
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (33.33%) Change Management
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (33.33%) ITIL
3 1 (33.33%) MoSCoW
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (33.33%) SWOT Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Validation
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 1 (33.33%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR