Waterfall Job Trends in Reading

Waterfall Model
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading requiring Waterfall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 46 72 29
Rank change year-on-year +26 -43 +61
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 3 5 75
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading 0.51% 0.66% 7.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 0.75% 7.81%
Number of salaries quoted 3 5 65
10th Percentile £46,500 £50,500 £33,100
25th Percentile £46,875 £51,250 £34,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £59,125 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.43% +12.62% +2.24%
75th Percentile £54,625 £64,563 £55,000
90th Percentile £55,900 - £58,000
Berkshire median annual salary £54,500 £57,689 £54,500
% change year-on-year -5.53% +5.85% -0.91%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 469 668 960
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 79.22% 88.24% 91.52%
Number of salaries quoted 303 295 621
10th Percentile £28,750 £37,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,625 £50,000 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -7.56%
75th Percentile £67,500 £81,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,500 £99,000 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -5.62%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in Reading

Waterfall
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Waterfall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Reading 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:

Communications & Networking
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco ISE
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) JIRA
1 1 (33.33%) Subversion
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Business Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Senior
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Business Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Test Specialist
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Windows
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server
1 1 (33.33%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Agile
2 2 (66.67%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 2 (66.67%) Mentoring
2 2 (66.67%) Performance Management
2 2 (66.67%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (33.33%) Manual Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 1 (33.33%) V-Model
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) DV Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 1 (33.33%) Active Directory
1 1 (33.33%) Terminal Server
1 1 (33.33%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) SCCM
1 1 (33.33%) SCOM
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Cisco
1 1 (33.33%) Juniper
1 1 (33.33%) McAfee
1 1 (33.33%) VMware