Waterfall Job Trends in Northamptonshire

Waterfall Model
East Midlands > Northamptonshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Northamptonshire requiring Waterfall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 38 41 41
Rank change year-on-year +3 0 -10
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 9 11 12
As % of all permanent jobs in Northamptonshire 2.26% 2.47% 2.82%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.87% 2.86% 3.23%
Number of salaries quoted 7 10 12
10th Percentile £34,750 £52,000 -
25th Percentile £44,375 £52,875 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +27.27% -14.06%
75th Percentile £68,450 £72,813 £64,063
90th Percentile £79,820 £73,875 £68,750
East Midlands median annual salary £64,500 £54,000 £54,000
% change year-on-year +19.44% - -10.00%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northamptonshire

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 Northamptonshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 314 384 372
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northamptonshire 78.70% 86.10% 87.32%
Number of salaries quoted 221 145 302
10th Percentile £27,500 £28,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,000 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £72,400
East Midlands median annual salary £45,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% -4.76%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Northamptonshire

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Northamptonshire

Waterfall
Salary Trend in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Waterfall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northamptonshire citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Salary Histogram in Northamptonshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Northamptonshire over the 6 months to 13 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Waterfall in Northamptonshire

Waterfall
Job Locations in Northamptonshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Northamptonshire region over the 6 months to 13 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
Northampton -5 5 £75,900 +4.69%
Daventry +8 2 £36,250 -48.21%
Corby +2 1 £55,000 +1.85%
Waterfall
East Midlands

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northamptonshire 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle Database
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
1 1 (11.11%) Rational DOORS
General
1 3 (33.33%) Finance
2 2 (22.22%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (33.33%) Architect
1 3 (33.33%) Software Architect
2 2 (22.22%) Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) IT Manager
2 2 (22.22%) IT Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Oracle Analyst
2 2 (22.22%) Project Manager
2 2 (22.22%) Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Junior
3 1 (11.11%) Junior Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Junior Test Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Junior Tester
3 1 (11.11%) Lead
3 1 (11.11%) Requirements Manager
3 1 (11.11%) SQL Analyst
3 1 (11.11%) Systems Manager
3 1 (11.11%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) Middleware
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Agile
2 6 (66.67%) SDLC
3 4 (44.44%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (33.33%) Change Management
4 3 (33.33%) Computer Science
4 3 (33.33%) Configuration Management
4 3 (33.33%) Design Patterns
4 3 (33.33%) DevOps
4 3 (33.33%) Mentoring
4 3 (33.33%) Open Source
4 3 (33.33%) Project Delivery
4 3 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (33.33%) UML
5 2 (22.22%) Business Case
5 2 (22.22%) Business Change Management
5 2 (22.22%) Manual Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Performance Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) Risk Management
5 2 (22.22%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (22.22%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
2 4 (44.44%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (33.33%) Chartered Engineer
3 3 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (44.44%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 1 (11.11%) ISO/IEC 15288
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle
2 1 (11.11%) IBM