Waterfall Job Trends in the South East

Waterfall Model
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring Waterfall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 217 161 191
Rank change year-on-year -56 +30 -80
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 79 93 215
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.56% 1.35% 1.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 1.50% 1.57%
Number of salaries quoted 46 60 177
10th Percentile £43,125 - £32,500
25th Percentile £49,063 £46,250 £40,968
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £58,750 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.13% +8.80% -6.09%
75th Percentile £73,438 £70,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,575 £87,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -10.13%

All Process & Methodology Skills
South 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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 10,394 6,195 13,654
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 73.18% 89.70% 84.62%
Number of salaries quoted 6,646 3,349 9,822
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £37,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £83,750 £78,216
England median annual salary £57,500 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -4.17% +9.09% -12.00%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

Waterfall job vacancy trend in the South East

Waterfall
Salary Trend in the South East

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in the South East over the 6 months to 22 April 2026.

Salary histogram for Waterfall in the South East

Waterfall
Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the South East region over the 6 months to 22 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
Thames Valley +9 28 £54,750 -2.23% 11
Hampshire -31 28 £60,000 +26.32% 11
Berkshire +19 15 £50,000 -4.76% 4
Buckinghamshire -22 9 £50,084 -25.25% 3
Kent -32 8 £67,500 +110.94% 4
Isle of Wight -7 7 £65,610 +4.98%
West Sussex -29 5 £75,900 +12.44% 1
Oxfordshire -10 4 £62,500 +11.61% 4
Surrey -25 3 £55,000 -4.35% 6
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South 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 3 (3.80%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.27%) Apache
2 1 (1.27%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.27%) Confluence
Applications
1 14 (17.72%) CATIA
2 5 (6.33%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.27%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.27%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (11.39%) Azure
2 6 (7.59%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (3.80%) Power Platform
3 3 (3.80%) SaaS
4 1 (1.27%) ClickUp
4 1 (1.27%) Dynamics 365
4 1 (1.27%) Entra ID
4 1 (1.27%) Lucidchart
4 1 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
4 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.80%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.27%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.27%) Big Data
1 1 (1.27%) Hadoop
1 1 (1.27%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 31 (39.24%) JIRA
2 19 (24.05%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (6.33%) Apache Continuum
4 4 (5.06%) Subversion
5 3 (3.80%) Zephyr
General
1 20 (25.32%) Social Skills
2 16 (20.25%) Finance
3 13 (16.46%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (6.33%) Law
4 5 (6.33%) Retail
5 4 (5.06%) Legal
6 3 (3.80%) Automotive
6 3 (3.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.80%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.80%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.27%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.27%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (25.32%) Senior
2 14 (17.72%) Systems Engineer
3 13 (16.46%) Analyst
4 12 (15.19%) Business Analyst
4 12 (15.19%) Lead
5 9 (11.39%) Principal Engineer
6 8 (10.13%) Project Manager
7 7 (8.86%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 6 (7.59%) Architect
8 6 (7.59%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 6 (7.59%) Software Architect
9 5 (6.33%) IT Manager
9 5 (6.33%) IT Project Manager
10 4 (5.06%) Requirements Manager
10 4 (5.06%) Senior Analyst
10 4 (5.06%) Senior Business Analyst
10 4 (5.06%) Systems Manager
11 3 (3.80%) Project Consultant
11 3 (3.80%) QA Engineer
11 3 (3.80%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (8.86%) Middleware
2 1 (1.27%) Kafka
2 1 (1.27%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.66%) Management Information System
2 8 (10.13%) Product Ownership
3 6 (7.59%) Acoustics
3 6 (7.59%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (2.53%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.53%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.53%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (2.53%) FMCG
4 2 (2.53%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.53%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.27%) FPGA
5 1 (1.27%) GNSS
5 1 (1.27%) Legacy Systems
5 1 (1.27%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.06%) Windows
1 4 (5.06%) Windows Server
1 4 (5.06%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (100.00%) Agile
2 25 (31.65%) Continuous Improvement
3 23 (29.11%) DevOps
4 20 (25.32%) Requirements Management
4 20 (25.32%) Systems Engineering
5 17 (21.52%) Project Management
5 17 (21.52%) Software Engineering
6 16 (20.25%) Technical Leadership
7 15 (18.99%) Mentoring
7 15 (18.99%) Stakeholder Management
8 14 (17.72%) Computer Science
9 12 (15.19%) CI/CD
9 12 (15.19%) ITIL
9 12 (15.19%) ITSM
10 11 (13.92%) SDLC
10 11 (13.92%) Systems Thinking
11 10 (12.66%) Configuration Management
11 10 (12.66%) Project Delivery
11 10 (12.66%) UML
11 10 (12.66%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.13%) SQL
2 3 (3.80%) Python
3 2 (2.53%) Ada
3 2 (2.53%) Ada 95
4 1 (1.27%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 26 (32.91%) BPSS Clearance
2 22 (27.85%) Degree
3 11 (13.92%) Security Cleared
4 8 (10.13%) Chartered Engineer
4 8 (10.13%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (7.59%) ISTQB
5 6 (7.59%) SC Cleared
6 5 (6.33%) PMI Certification
6 5 (6.33%) PMP
7 4 (5.06%) DV Cleared
8 3 (3.80%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 1 (1.27%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.27%) Numerate Degree
9 1 (1.27%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 25 (31.65%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 19 (24.05%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 5 (6.33%) QA
4 3 (3.80%) PMO
5 2 (2.53%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.27%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (5.06%) Active Directory
1 4 (5.06%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.80%) Terminal Server
3 1 (1.27%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (5.06%) SCCM
1 4 (5.06%) SCOM
2 2 (2.53%) Terraform
3 1 (1.27%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (24.05%) IBM
2 5 (6.33%) VMware
3 4 (5.06%) Cisco
3 4 (5.06%) Juniper
3 4 (5.06%) Microsoft
3 4 (5.06%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.80%) Databricks
4 3 (3.80%) McAfee
5 2 (2.53%) Oracle
5 2 (2.53%) SAP
6 1 (1.27%) Salesforce