Waterfall Job Trends in Essex

Waterfall Model
East of England > Essex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Essex 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 58 47 41
Rank change year-on-year -11 -6 +29
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 4 6 8
As % of all permanent jobs in Essex 0.53% 1.27% 2.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.61% 2.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 4
10th Percentile £75,935 £50,250 -
25th Percentile £75,988 £63,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £76,700 £87,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -12.34% +89.19% -2.63%
75th Percentile £78,038 £98,125 £48,750
90th Percentile £78,465 £103,750 -
East of England median annual salary £56,250 £54,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.17% +2.86% -4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Essex

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 Essex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 610 372 338
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Essex 80.37% 78.65% 90.37%
Number of salaries quoted 349 151 234
10th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £22,900
25th Percentile £30,000 £40,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £49,323
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% +5.43% -6.05%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,250 £75,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £87,500
East of England median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% - -

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Essex

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Essex

Waterfall
Salary Trend in Essex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Waterfall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Essex citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Job Locations in Essex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Essex region over the 6 months to 20 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
Chelmsford -11 1 £77,500 - 1
Harlow - 1 - -
Maldon - 1 - -
Billericay - 1 £75,900 -
Waterfall
East of England

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Essex 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:

Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Principal Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Principal Software Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Lead
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Low-Code
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
2 3 (75.00%) Configuration Management
2 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) UML
3 1 (25.00%) AI
3 1 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Change Management
3 1 (25.00%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (25.00%) CRM
3 1 (25.00%) ERP
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
3 1 (25.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Ada
1 3 (75.00%) Ada 95
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 3 (75.00%) Chartered Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (75.00%) ISO/IEC 12207