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 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 167 192 106
Rank change year-on-year +25 -86 -8
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 111 109 220
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.07% 1.19% 2.62%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.36% 2.97%
Number of salaries quoted 55 69 189
10th Percentile £45,500 £46,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £52,375 £48,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +4.55% -4.35%
75th Percentile £81,475 £70,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £101,500 £87,500 £74,000
England median annual salary £67,500 £60,000 £59,526
% change year-on-year +12.50% +0.80% -4.76%

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 8,358 8,025 7,414
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 80.33% 87.90% 88.20%
Number of salaries quoted 4,950 3,884 5,148
10th Percentile £27,750 £33,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,828 £45,000 £39,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £58,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.79% +9.43% -3.64%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 8 January 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 8 January 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 +28 29 £75,900 +59.79% 15
Thames Valley +16 29 £65,000 +9.94% 16
Berkshire +18 21 £54,500 -5.53% 11
Isle of Wight -4 18 £65,575 +9.29%
Middlesex - 11 - - 1
Kent -14 8 £77,850 +44.17% 7
West Sussex +4 6 £105,000 +78.72% 1
Surrey 0 6 £50,500 -12.17% 3
Buckinghamshire +2 5 £65,000 -23.53% 2
Sussex - 4 £45,000 - 1
Oxfordshire +11 3 £67,500 +20.54% 3
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 10 (9.01%) Confluence
2 4 (3.60%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.80%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 10 (9.01%) CATIA
2 6 (5.41%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.50%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.50%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.90%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (6.31%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.50%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.80%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 18 (16.22%) Azure
2 15 (13.51%) Azure DevOps
2 15 (13.51%) Power Platform
3 11 (9.91%) Microsoft 365
4 7 (6.31%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (3.60%) SaaS
6 3 (2.70%) Entra ID
6 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (0.90%) Azure Service Bus
7 1 (0.90%) Google Ads
7 1 (0.90%) PaaS
7 1 (0.90%) Salesforce Service Cloud
7 1 (0.90%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.80%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (0.90%) HTTP
2 1 (0.90%) SD-WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.81%) Power BI
2 3 (2.70%) DTS
3 1 (0.90%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (0.90%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (0.90%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (0.90%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 31 (27.93%) JIRA
2 16 (14.41%) Rational DOORS
3 3 (2.70%) Apache Continuum
3 3 (2.70%) Subversion
4 2 (1.80%) Jenkins
5 1 (0.90%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.90%) Git
5 1 (0.90%) mountebank
5 1 (0.90%) REST Assured
5 1 (0.90%) SoapUI
General
1 36 (32.43%) Finance
2 27 (24.32%) Social Skills
3 20 (18.02%) Analytical Skills
4 10 (9.01%) Manufacturing
5 7 (6.31%) Retail
6 6 (5.41%) Marketing
7 4 (3.60%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.70%) Games
8 3 (2.70%) Law
8 3 (2.70%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.80%) Advertising
9 2 (1.80%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (1.80%) Legal
9 2 (1.80%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.90%) Aerospace
10 1 (0.90%) Banking
10 1 (0.90%) Financial Institution
10 1 (0.90%) Organisational Skills
10 1 (0.90%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 25 (22.52%) Senior
2 24 (21.62%) Analyst
3 20 (18.02%) Lead
4 15 (13.51%) Business Analyst
5 11 (9.91%) Architect
5 11 (9.91%) Principal Engineer
5 11 (9.91%) Software Architect
6 9 (8.11%) Systems Engineer
7 8 (7.21%) Governance Analyst
7 8 (7.21%) IT Analyst
7 8 (7.21%) IT Governance Analyst
7 8 (7.21%) Product Analyst
7 8 (7.21%) Project Analyst
7 8 (7.21%) Project Governance Analyst
7 8 (7.21%) Project Manager
8 7 (6.31%) Principal Software Engineer
8 7 (6.31%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (6.31%) Senior Business Analyst
8 7 (6.31%) Software Engineer
9 6 (5.41%) Test Leader
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (9.91%) Middleware
2 1 (0.90%) .NET
2 1 (0.90%) .NET Framework
2 1 (0.90%) Kafka
2 1 (0.90%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (0.90%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (0.90%) REST
2 1 (0.90%) SAP Fiori
2 1 (0.90%) SOAP
2 1 (0.90%) WireMock
2 1 (0.90%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.31%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.70%) Acoustics
2 3 (2.70%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (2.70%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (2.70%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (2.70%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.90%) FMCG
4 1 (0.90%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (2.70%) Windows
1 3 (2.70%) Windows Server
1 3 (2.70%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 111 (100.00%) Agile
2 39 (35.14%) DevOps
3 25 (22.52%) Continuous Improvement
3 25 (22.52%) Mentoring
4 24 (21.62%) Configuration Management
5 23 (20.72%) Computer Science
6 22 (19.82%) UML
7 21 (18.92%) Software Engineering
8 19 (17.12%) Project Management
9 18 (16.22%) AI
10 16 (14.41%) Project Delivery
10 16 (14.41%) SDLC
10 16 (14.41%) Systems Engineering
11 15 (13.51%) CI/CD
11 15 (13.51%) Requirements Management
11 15 (13.51%) Stakeholder Management
11 15 (13.51%) Validation
12 14 (12.61%) Problem-Solving
13 13 (11.71%) Business Intelligence
13 13 (11.71%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 7 (6.31%) Ada
1 7 (6.31%) Ada 95
2 6 (5.41%) SQL
3 3 (2.70%) Python
4 1 (0.90%) C#
4 1 (0.90%) Java
4 1 (0.90%) JavaScript
4 1 (0.90%) MATLAB
4 1 (0.90%) R
Qualifications
1 37 (33.33%) Degree
2 34 (30.63%) BPSS Clearance
3 20 (18.02%) Chartered Engineer
4 16 (14.41%) Computer Science Degree
5 12 (10.81%) Security Cleared
6 7 (6.31%) SC Cleared
7 6 (5.41%) DV Cleared
8 5 (4.50%) PMI Certification
8 5 (4.50%) PMP
9 4 (3.60%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (1.80%) APMP
10 2 (1.80%) ISTQB
11 1 (0.90%) ACCA
11 1 (0.90%) CCNA
11 1 (0.90%) CIMA
11 1 (0.90%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.90%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.90%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (27.93%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 20 (18.02%) QA
3 17 (15.32%) PMO
4 14 (12.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 2 (1.80%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.90%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.90%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (4.50%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 2 (1.80%) Terminal Server
4 1 (0.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.70%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (2.70%) SCCM
1 3 (2.70%) SCOM
1 3 (2.70%) Terraform
2 1 (0.90%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (14.41%) IBM
2 11 (9.91%) Microsoft
3 8 (7.21%) SAP
4 6 (5.41%) VMware
5 4 (3.60%) Salesforce
6 3 (2.70%) Cisco
6 3 (2.70%) Dell
7 2 (1.80%) Databricks
7 2 (1.80%) Juniper
7 2 (1.80%) McAfee
7 2 (1.80%) ServiceNow
8 1 (0.90%) BT
8 1 (0.90%) CA Agile Central
8 1 (0.90%) Epicor
8 1 (0.90%) Meraki
8 1 (0.90%) Oracle