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 28 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 252 177 230
Rank change year-on-year -75 +53 -122
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 83 118 130
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.47% 1.30% 0.93%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 1.49% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 55 77 91
10th Percentile £43,125 £44,600 £44,500
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,500
Median % change year-on-year - +8.11% +0.91%
75th Percentile £67,875 £73,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,860 £85,700 £78,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £56,252
% change year-on-year - +15.55% -10.00%

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 12,541 7,936 11,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.32% 87.76% 80.65%
Number of salaries quoted 9,010 4,272 7,016
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,750 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,250 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,200 £81,250 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £56,460
% change year-on-year +9.09% -2.59% -8.94%

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 28 August 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 28 August 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
Hampshire -48 27 £55,000 -4.35% 14
Thames Valley +22 22 £64,500 +21.13% 19
Surrey -17 17 £57,500 +4.07% 13
Berkshire +32 11 £65,000 -3.70% 13
Buckinghamshire +3 10 £51,292 -5.01% 5
Kent -17 8 £33,500 -34.31% 5
Isle of Wight -13 3 £66,300 -2.50%
West Sussex -32 3 £75,000 +20.00% 5
Middlesex - 3 £65,000 - 3
Oxfordshire -28 1 £57,500 +15.00% 2
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 (3.61%) Confluence
2 1 (1.20%) Apache
2 1 (1.20%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.20%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.20%) JBoss
2 1 (1.20%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.20%) WebLogic
Applications
1 10 (12.05%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (9.64%) CATIA
3 4 (4.82%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.41%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (8.43%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.20%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.20%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 15 (18.07%) Azure
2 8 (9.64%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (6.02%) ClickUp
4 2 (2.41%) AWS
4 2 (2.41%) WhatsApp
5 1 (1.20%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (1.20%) Boomi
5 1 (1.20%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.20%) iPaaS
5 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.20%) SaaS
5 1 (1.20%) Serverless
5 1 (1.20%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.61%) LAN
1 3 (3.61%) Software-Defined Radio
1 3 (3.61%) WAN
2 2 (2.41%) ATM
3 1 (1.20%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (1.20%) Intranet
3 1 (1.20%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.20%) Big Data
1 1 (1.20%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.20%) Hadoop
1 1 (1.20%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 26 (31.33%) JIRA
2 9 (10.84%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (4.82%) Apache Continuum
4 3 (3.61%) Zephyr
5 1 (1.20%) GitLab
5 1 (1.20%) Subversion
5 1 (1.20%) Visual Studio
General
1 47 (56.63%) Finance
2 39 (46.99%) Social Skills
3 15 (18.07%) Aerospace
4 14 (16.87%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (6.02%) Law
5 5 (6.02%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (6.02%) Presentation Skills
6 4 (4.82%) Influencing Skills
6 4 (4.82%) Retail
7 3 (3.61%) Automotive
7 3 (3.61%) Legal
7 3 (3.61%) Police
7 3 (3.61%) Public Sector
8 2 (2.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (1.20%) Banking
9 1 (1.20%) Electronics
9 1 (1.20%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.20%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (30.12%) Project Manager
2 19 (22.89%) Senior
3 17 (20.48%) Systems Engineer
4 14 (16.87%) Analyst
5 13 (15.66%) Business Analyst
6 11 (13.25%) IT Manager
6 11 (13.25%) IT Project Manager
7 6 (7.23%) Senior Manager
7 6 (7.23%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 5 (6.02%) CRM Manager
8 5 (6.02%) Junior
8 5 (6.02%) Junior Project Manager
9 4 (4.82%) Consultant
9 4 (4.82%) Principal Engineer
9 4 (4.82%) Principal Systems Engineer
10 3 (3.61%) Data Manager
10 3 (3.61%) IT Business Analyst
10 3 (3.61%) Technical Analyst
10 3 (3.61%) Technical Business Analyst
10 3 (3.61%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.61%) Kafka
2 2 (2.41%) ADO
2 2 (2.41%) Classic ASP
3 1 (1.20%) Apache Camel
3 1 (1.20%) Middleware
3 1 (1.20%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.05%) Management Information System
2 7 (8.43%) Product Ownership
3 6 (7.23%) Augmented Reality
4 5 (6.02%) Driving Licence
5 4 (4.82%) Acoustics
5 4 (4.82%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (4.82%) Self-Motivation
6 3 (3.61%) FPGA
7 2 (2.41%) Industry 4.0
7 2 (2.41%) IoT
7 2 (2.41%) Operational Technology
7 2 (2.41%) PKI
7 2 (2.41%) Replication
7 2 (2.41%) SCADA
7 2 (2.41%) Virtual Reality
8 1 (1.20%) Data Centre
8 1 (1.20%) Learning Management System
8 1 (1.20%) Public Cloud
8 1 (1.20%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.61%) Linux
1 3 (3.61%) Windows
2 1 (1.20%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.20%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (100.00%) Agile
2 37 (44.58%) Stakeholder Management
3 24 (28.92%) Project Delivery
4 23 (27.71%) Project Management
5 22 (26.51%) DevOps
6 20 (24.10%) Change Management
6 20 (24.10%) Continuous Improvement
7 19 (22.89%) Systems Engineering
8 17 (20.48%) Change Control
9 15 (18.07%) Problem-Solving
10 13 (15.66%) Budget Management
10 13 (15.66%) Business Case
10 13 (15.66%) CRM
11 12 (14.46%) Budgeting and Forecasting
11 12 (14.46%) Computer Science
11 12 (14.46%) Requirements Management
11 12 (14.46%) Risk Management
11 12 (14.46%) Software Engineering
11 12 (14.46%) Technical Leadership
12 11 (13.25%) Commercial Awareness
Programming Languages
1 10 (12.05%) SQL
2 6 (7.23%) Python
3 3 (3.61%) Java
3 3 (3.61%) MATLAB
4 2 (2.41%) Ada
4 2 (2.41%) C
4 2 (2.41%) C#
4 2 (2.41%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 24 (28.92%) Degree
2 15 (18.07%) BPSS Clearance
3 14 (16.87%) Security Cleared
4 10 (12.05%) SC Cleared
5 5 (6.02%) Chartered Engineer
5 5 (6.02%) PMI Certification
5 5 (6.02%) PMP
6 4 (4.82%) ISTQB
7 3 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.61%) DV Cleared
8 2 (2.41%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.41%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (2.41%) HNC
8 2 (2.41%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.41%) MCSA
8 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.20%) CCA
9 1 (1.20%) HND
9 1 (1.20%) MBA
9 1 (1.20%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (13.25%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 11 (13.25%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 6 (7.23%) QA
3 5 (6.02%) PMO
4 3 (3.61%) Data Quality
5 2 (2.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.20%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.20%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.20%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (1.20%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 3 (3.61%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.20%) Hyper-V
2 1 (1.20%) Terminal Server
2 1 (1.20%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (3.61%) SCCM
2 2 (2.41%) BMC PATROL
2 2 (2.41%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 1 (1.20%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (15.66%) Microsoft
2 9 (10.84%) IBM
3 6 (7.23%) ServiceNow
4 5 (6.02%) CA Agile Central
5 4 (4.82%) VMware
6 3 (3.61%) Atlassian
6 3 (3.61%) Cisco
6 3 (3.61%) Juniper
6 3 (3.61%) Oracle
7 2 (2.41%) Dell
7 2 (2.41%) Salesforce
7 2 (2.41%) SAP
7 2 (2.41%) Sparx
7 2 (2.41%) Symantec
7 2 (2.41%) Veeam
7 2 (2.41%) Yahoo!
8 1 (1.20%) Arista
8 1 (1.20%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (1.20%) Databricks
8 1 (1.20%) Palo Alto