Waterfall Job Trends in the North East

Waterfall Model
England > North East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North East requiring Waterfall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 75 76 63
Rank change year-on-year +1 -13 +15
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 3 13 12
As % of all permanent jobs in the North East 0.29% 1.40% 1.60%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 1.57% 1.80%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 9
10th Percentile £33,100 £58,297 £45,059
25th Percentile £35,875 £60,999 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £65,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -36.92% +23.81% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,817 £68,750 £53,750
90th Percentile £83,607 £71,000 £54,000
England median annual salary £69,250 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +15.42% +0.80% -4.76%

All Process & Methodology Skills
North East

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 the North East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 815 829 668
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North East 78.14% 89.04% 89.30%
Number of salaries quoted 553 339 571
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,750 £29,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £36,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,897 £50,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.21% +5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £68,750 £61,445
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in the North East

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in the North East

Waterfall
Salary Trend in the North East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Waterfall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North East citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Salary Histogram in the North East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in the North East over the 6 months to 15 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Waterfall in the North East

Waterfall
Job Locations in the North East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the North East region over the 6 months to 15 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
Tyne and Wear -5 3 £41,000 -36.92% 5
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North East 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 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Copilot
1 1 (33.33%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Power BI
General
1 1 (33.33%) Law
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Business Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Coordinator
1 1 (33.33%) Lead
1 1 (33.33%) Lead Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Project Coordinator
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Architect
1 1 (33.33%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Change Management
2 2 (66.67%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (66.67%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (33.33%) Architectural Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Architecture Governance
3 1 (33.33%) Business Case
3 1 (33.33%) Change Advisory Board
3 1 (33.33%) Coaching
3 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
3 1 (33.33%) Data Security
3 1 (33.33%) Impact Assessments
3 1 (33.33%) Mentoring
3 1 (33.33%) MoSCoW
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Project Delivery
3 1 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Service Design
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) PMI Certification
1 2 (66.67%) PMP
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) GDPR
1 1 (33.33%) PMO
1 1 (33.33%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft