Waterfall Job Trends in Portsmouth

Waterfall Model
Hampshire > Portsmouth

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Portsmouth 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 29 42 38
Rank change year-on-year +13 -4 -
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 10 3 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Portsmouth 3.11% 1.02% 1.58%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 3.42% 1.15% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 4
10th Percentile £55,500 £53,150 -
25th Percentile £60,000 £60,875 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,900 £77,500 £63,750
Median % change year-on-year -2.06% +21.57% -
75th Percentile - £81,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £79,820 - -
Hampshire median annual salary £75,900 £47,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +59.79% -24.00% +11.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Portsmouth

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 Portsmouth.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 292 260 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Portsmouth 90.68% 88.44% 81.42%
Number of salaries quoted 186 154 158
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £36,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £36,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £46,499 £51,749 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.14% -5.91% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,500 £78,375 £78,750
Hampshire median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £52,000
% change year-on-year -13.04% +10.58% -5.45%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Portsmouth

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Portsmouth

Waterfall
Salary Trend in Portsmouth

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Waterfall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Portsmouth citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Salary Histogram in Portsmouth

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

Salary histogram for Waterfall in Portsmouth

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Portsmouth 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:

Applications
1 4 (40.00%) CATIA
Cloud Services
1 1 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 7 (70.00%) JIRA
1 7 (70.00%) Rational DOORS
2 2 (20.00%) Apache Continuum
General
1 1 (10.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (10.00%) Law
1 1 (10.00%) Legal
1 1 (10.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (30.00%) Requirements Manager
1 3 (30.00%) Systems Engineer
1 3 (30.00%) Systems Manager
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Senior
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Systems Engineer
2 2 (20.00%) Software Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Business Analyst
3 1 (10.00%) Lead
3 1 (10.00%) Principal Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Principal Systems Engineer
3 1 (10.00%) Technical Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (20.00%) Middleware
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Management Information System
2 1 (10.00%) Acoustics
2 1 (10.00%) Augmented Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) Agile
2 7 (70.00%) Requirements Management
2 7 (70.00%) Systems Engineering
3 6 (60.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (50.00%) Systems Thinking
5 4 (40.00%) Software Engineering
5 4 (40.00%) Technical Leadership
5 4 (40.00%) Validation
6 3 (30.00%) Mentoring
7 2 (20.00%) Computer Science
7 2 (20.00%) Configuration Management
7 2 (20.00%) Cybersecurity
7 2 (20.00%) Design Patterns
7 2 (20.00%) DevOps
7 2 (20.00%) Integration Testing
7 2 (20.00%) Network Design
7 2 (20.00%) Open Source
7 2 (20.00%) SDLC
7 2 (20.00%) UML
8 1 (10.00%) Requirements Gathering
Qualifications
1 8 (80.00%) BPSS Clearance
2 5 (50.00%) Degree
3 2 (20.00%) Chartered Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (10.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (10.00%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (90.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 7 (70.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 1 (10.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 7 (70.00%) IBM
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Salesforce
2 1 (10.00%) SAP