Waterfall Job Trends in London

Waterfall Model
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring Waterfall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 261 270 170
Rank change year-on-year +9 -100 +3
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 137 159 320
As % of all permanent jobs in London 1.00% 1.01% 1.81%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 1.07% 1.95%
Number of salaries quoted 88 102 270
10th Percentile £52,750 £52,050 £48,675
25th Percentile £61,063 £57,785 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £69,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.32% -0.71% -
75th Percentile £85,625 £84,688 £85,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £114,500 £108,875
England median annual salary £68,250 £59,750 £59,526
% change year-on-year +14.23% +0.38% -4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,117 14,907 16,420
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 88.36% 94.37% 92.91%
Number of salaries quoted 7,725 8,332 13,201
10th Percentile £36,250 £43,000 £41,750
25th Percentile £51,250 £56,250 £56,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,500 £75,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% - -
75th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £117,500 £120,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in London

Waterfall
Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Waterfall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in London over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Waterfall in London

Waterfall
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the London region over the 6 months to 1 January 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
Central London +37 24 £83,750 +1.52% 16
South London +33 3 - - 2
West London +2 3 £73,250 +35.65% 3
East London - 3 £77,500 - 3
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London 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 7 (5.11%) Confluence
2 6 (4.38%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.46%) CMS
4 1 (0.73%) Anypoint
4 1 (0.73%) Apache
4 1 (0.73%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.73%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 17 (12.41%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (8.76%) Microsoft Project
3 6 (4.38%) MS Visio
4 5 (3.65%) Microsoft Excel
4 5 (3.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (2.19%) Trello
6 1 (0.73%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 5 (3.65%) SAP S/4HANA
2 4 (2.92%) Elite 3E
3 3 (2.19%) Oracle ERP
4 2 (1.46%) Adobe Campaign
4 2 (1.46%) IBM Planning Analytics
4 2 (1.46%) Shopify
5 1 (0.73%) Aladdin
5 1 (0.73%) Bloomberg AIM
5 1 (0.73%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.73%) Oracle Financials
5 1 (0.73%) Oracle Payables
5 1 (0.73%) Oracle Receivables
Cloud Services
1 16 (11.68%) Azure
2 11 (8.03%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (2.92%) IaaS
3 4 (2.92%) PaaS
3 4 (2.92%) Power Platform
3 4 (2.92%) SaaS
4 3 (2.19%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (1.46%) Asana
5 2 (1.46%) AWS
5 2 (1.46%) GCP
5 2 (1.46%) Microsoft 365
5 2 (1.46%) Smartsheet
6 1 (0.73%) ClickUp
6 1 (0.73%) iPaaS
6 1 (0.73%) Miro
6 1 (0.73%) PowerApps
6 1 (0.73%) Serverless
6 1 (0.73%) Snowflake
6 1 (0.73%) Tricentis Tosca
Communications & Networking
1 5 (3.65%) Firewall
2 3 (2.19%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (5.11%) DTS
2 6 (4.38%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (2.92%) Relational Database
4 3 (2.19%) Metadata
5 2 (1.46%) Big Data
5 2 (1.46%) Power BI
6 1 (0.73%) BigQuery
6 1 (0.73%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.73%) Oracle Database
6 1 (0.73%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.73%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 28 (20.44%) JIRA
2 4 (2.92%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (1.46%) TestDirector
3 2 (1.46%) TestRail
3 2 (1.46%) Zephyr
4 1 (0.73%) Eclipse
General
1 82 (59.85%) Social Skills
2 64 (46.72%) Finance
3 43 (31.39%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (9.49%) Banking
4 13 (9.49%) Legal
5 12 (8.76%) Law
6 10 (7.30%) Documentation Skills
6 10 (7.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 9 (6.57%) Public Sector
8 7 (5.11%) Advertising
8 7 (5.11%) Games
8 7 (5.11%) Marketing
8 7 (5.11%) Telecoms
9 6 (4.38%) Financial Institution
9 6 (4.38%) Retail
10 5 (3.65%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.65%) Presentation Skills
11 4 (2.92%) Retail Banking
12 2 (1.46%) International Banking
12 2 (1.46%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 47 (34.31%) Analyst
2 39 (28.47%) Business Analyst
3 29 (21.17%) Senior
4 27 (19.71%) Project Manager
5 15 (10.95%) Lead
6 14 (10.22%) Senior Analyst
7 13 (9.49%) IT Manager
7 13 (9.49%) Senior Business Analyst
8 12 (8.76%) IT Project Manager
9 10 (7.30%) Insurance Business Analyst
9 10 (7.30%) IT Analyst
10 8 (5.84%) Senior Manager
11 6 (4.38%) Business IT Analyst
11 6 (4.38%) IT Business Analyst
11 6 (4.38%) Lead Business Analyst
11 6 (4.38%) Product Manager
12 5 (3.65%) Senior IT Business Analyst
12 5 (3.65%) Test Analyst
13 4 (2.92%) SAP Financial Leader
13 4 (2.92%) Transformation Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (3.65%) ADO
2 4 (2.92%) JSON
2 4 (2.92%) RESTful
2 4 (2.92%) SAP Fiori
2 4 (2.92%) XML
3 2 (1.46%) Web Services
4 1 (0.73%) Apache NiFi
4 1 (0.73%) EDI
4 1 (0.73%) Middleware
4 1 (0.73%) MUnit
4 1 (0.73%) Node.js
4 1 (0.73%) OpenJDK
4 1 (0.73%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 8 (5.84%) Product Ownership
2 7 (5.11%) Analytical Mindset
2 7 (5.11%) Management Information System
2 7 (5.11%) PMI
3 3 (2.19%) Cloud Native
3 3 (2.19%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.46%) Data Structures
4 2 (1.46%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (1.46%) Marketing Technology
4 2 (1.46%) Reference Data
4 2 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.46%) Virtual Team
5 1 (0.73%) Blog
5 1 (0.73%) Data Protection Act
5 1 (0.73%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.73%) Life Science
5 1 (0.73%) Low-Code
5 1 (0.73%) Podcast
5 1 (0.73%) Reinsurance
5 1 (0.73%) TM Forum
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.73%) Linux
1 1 (0.73%) VMS
1 1 (0.73%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 136 (99.27%) Agile
2 62 (45.26%) Stakeholder Management
3 43 (31.39%) Project Management
4 38 (27.74%) Project Delivery
5 33 (24.09%) PRINCE2
6 29 (21.17%) Business Analysis
7 28 (20.44%) Continuous Improvement
8 27 (19.71%) Problem-Solving
9 26 (18.98%) User Stories
10 23 (16.79%) DevOps
11 18 (13.14%) Change Management
11 18 (13.14%) Stakeholder Engagement
12 17 (12.41%) Scrum
12 17 (12.41%) Use Case
13 16 (11.68%) Business Strategy
13 16 (11.68%) Risk Management
14 15 (10.95%) Project Governance
14 15 (10.95%) Requirements Gathering
14 15 (10.95%) Validation
14 15 (10.95%) Workshop Facilitation
Programming Languages
1 14 (10.22%) SQL
2 9 (6.57%) Python
3 4 (2.92%) Bash
4 2 (1.46%) C#
4 2 (1.46%) PL/SQL
5 1 (0.73%) Java
5 1 (0.73%) JavaScript
5 1 (0.73%) Scala
Qualifications
1 32 (23.36%) Degree
2 26 (18.98%) PMI Certification
3 21 (15.33%) PMP
4 8 (5.84%) ISTQB
4 8 (5.84%) Security Cleared
5 5 (3.65%) ACCA
5 5 (3.65%) CIMA
5 5 (3.65%) Master's Degree
5 5 (3.65%) SC Cleared
6 3 (2.19%) Azure Certification
6 3 (2.19%) Oracle Certification
7 2 (1.46%) SAP Certification
7 2 (1.46%) TOGAF Certification
8 1 (0.73%) AWS Certification
8 1 (0.73%) DBS Check
8 1 (0.73%) ISEB
8 1 (0.73%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
8 1 (0.73%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 1 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (13.87%) PMO
2 8 (5.84%) Data Quality
2 8 (5.84%) QA
3 2 (1.46%) Accessibility
3 2 (1.46%) P3O
3 2 (1.46%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 1 (0.73%) FATCA
4 1 (0.73%) MiFID
4 1 (0.73%) UCITS
System Software
1 1 (0.73%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.73%) Ansible
Vendors
1 27 (19.71%) Microsoft
2 8 (5.84%) Oracle
3 7 (5.11%) Dell
4 6 (4.38%) SAP
4 6 (4.38%) Workday
5 5 (3.65%) Guidewire
5 5 (3.65%) Salesforce
6 4 (2.92%) iManage
7 3 (2.19%) MuleSoft
8 2 (1.46%) Adobe
8 2 (1.46%) CODA
8 2 (1.46%) Cognos
8 2 (1.46%) Marketo
9 1 (0.73%) Ariba
9 1 (0.73%) Bloomberg
9 1 (0.73%) GoldenSource
9 1 (0.73%) IBM
9 1 (0.73%) Micro Focus
9 1 (0.73%) Planview
9 1 (0.73%) VMware