Waterfall Job Trends in Northern Ireland

Waterfall Model
UK > Northern Ireland

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

6 months to
24 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 71 34 58
Rank change year-on-year -37 +24 +26
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 3 5 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Northern Ireland 0.31% 1.81% 0.96%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.40% 2.01% 1.11%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £56,495 £71,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,430 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.87% -18.03% +52.63%
75th Percentile - £62,365 £77,500
90th Percentile - - £79,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Northern Ireland

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 Northern Ireland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 745 249 451
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Northern Ireland 78.17% 89.89% 86.73%
Number of salaries quoted 285 67 298
10th Percentile - £30,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £40,221 £34,063
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% - +10.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £90,000 £97,000 £87,500
UK median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -10.57%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Northern Ireland

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Northern Ireland

Waterfall
Salary Trend in Northern Ireland

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Waterfall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Northern Ireland citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Job Locations in Northern Ireland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Northern Ireland region over the 6 months to 24 April 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
County Antrim -28 3 £50,000 -15.87% 8
Waterfall
UK

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Northern Ireland 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:

General
1 1 (33.33%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Project Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Data Centre
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Requirements Gathering
2 2 (66.67%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (33.33%) Budget Management
3 1 (33.33%) Budgeting and Forecasting
3 1 (33.33%) Business Analysis
3 1 (33.33%) Business Transformation
3 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
3 1 (33.33%) Data Protection
3 1 (33.33%) Epics
3 1 (33.33%) Order to Cash
3 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
3 1 (33.33%) Procure-to-Pay
3 1 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (33.33%) Record to Report
3 1 (33.33%) SDLC
3 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (33.33%) User Stories
3 1 (33.33%) Workshop Facilitation
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (33.33%) PMO