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

6 months to
8 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 211 165 183
Rank change year-on-year -46 +18 -63
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 76 87 219
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.56% 1.30% 1.42%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.76% 1.44% 1.67%
Number of salaries quoted 45 58 184
10th Percentile £43,125 - £32,950
25th Percentile £48,750 £46,250 £39,166
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +6.48% -6.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £69,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,710 £87,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +8.33% +9.09% -10.57%

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 10,024 6,027 13,103
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 73.91% 89.93% 84.85%
Number of salaries quoted 6,463 3,274 9,578
10th Percentile £29,000 £30,000 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,000 £40,748 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +10.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £83,750 £83,750 £78,750
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 8 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 8 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 +6 28 £54,750 -2.23% 13
Hampshire -30 25 £60,000 +26.32% 12
Berkshire +21 15 £50,000 -4.76% 9
Buckinghamshire -19 9 £50,084 -25.25% 3
Isle of Wight -5 7 £65,610 +9.35% 1
Kent -34 7 £67,500 - 3
West Sussex -26 5 £75,900 +12.44% 4
Oxfordshire -9 4 £62,500 +11.61% 1
Surrey -24 3 £55,000 -4.35% 7
Middlesex - 1 - - 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 (3.95%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.32%) Apache
2 1 (1.32%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.32%) Confluence
Applications
1 15 (19.74%) CATIA
2 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.32%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.32%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 10 (13.16%) Azure
2 7 (9.21%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (5.26%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.63%) Microsoft 365
4 2 (2.63%) SaaS
5 1 (1.32%) ClickUp
5 1 (1.32%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.32%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.32%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.95%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.32%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.63%) Power BI
2 1 (1.32%) Big Data
2 1 (1.32%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 29 (38.16%) JIRA
2 19 (25.00%) Rational DOORS
3 5 (6.58%) Apache Continuum
4 4 (5.26%) Subversion
5 3 (3.95%) Zephyr
General
1 19 (25.00%) Social Skills
2 14 (18.42%) Finance
3 12 (15.79%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.26%) Law
5 3 (3.95%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (3.95%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.95%) Legal
5 3 (3.95%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.95%) Retail
6 1 (1.32%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 19 (25.00%) Senior
2 14 (18.42%) Analyst
2 14 (18.42%) Systems Engineer
3 13 (17.11%) Lead
4 12 (15.79%) Business Analyst
5 9 (11.84%) Principal Engineer
6 7 (9.21%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 6 (7.89%) Architect
7 6 (7.89%) Project Manager
7 6 (7.89%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 6 (7.89%) Software Architect
8 5 (6.58%) IT Manager
8 5 (6.58%) IT Project Manager
9 4 (5.26%) Requirements Manager
9 4 (5.26%) Senior Analyst
9 4 (5.26%) Senior Business Analyst
9 4 (5.26%) Systems Manager
10 3 (3.95%) IT Analyst
10 3 (3.95%) Senior Manager
10 3 (3.95%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (9.21%) Middleware
2 1 (1.32%) Kafka
2 1 (1.32%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 7 (9.21%) Management Information System
1 7 (9.21%) Product Ownership
2 6 (7.89%) Acoustics
2 6 (7.89%) Augmented Reality
3 2 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (2.63%) Driving Licence
3 2 (2.63%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (2.63%) FMCG
3 2 (2.63%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.63%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.32%) FPGA
4 1 (1.32%) GNSS
4 1 (1.32%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (1.32%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 4 (5.26%) Windows
1 4 (5.26%) Windows Server
1 4 (5.26%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (100.00%) Agile
2 24 (31.58%) DevOps
3 22 (28.95%) Continuous Improvement
4 20 (26.32%) Requirements Management
4 20 (26.32%) Systems Engineering
5 18 (23.68%) Software Engineering
6 17 (22.37%) Technical Leadership
7 16 (21.05%) Mentoring
8 14 (18.42%) Project Management
9 12 (15.79%) CI/CD
9 12 (15.79%) ITIL
9 12 (15.79%) ITSM
10 11 (14.47%) Computer Science
10 11 (14.47%) SDLC
10 11 (14.47%) Stakeholder Management
11 10 (13.16%) Systems Thinking
11 10 (13.16%) UML
11 10 (13.16%) User Stories
12 9 (11.84%) Project Delivery
12 9 (11.84%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (10.53%) SQL
2 3 (3.95%) Python
3 2 (2.63%) Ada
3 2 (2.63%) Ada 95
4 1 (1.32%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 26 (34.21%) BPSS Clearance
2 19 (25.00%) Degree
3 10 (13.16%) Security Cleared
4 8 (10.53%) Chartered Engineer
5 7 (9.21%) Computer Science Degree
6 6 (7.89%) ISTQB
7 5 (6.58%) SC Cleared
8 4 (5.26%) DV Cleared
9 3 (3.95%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
9 3 (3.95%) PMI Certification
9 3 (3.95%) PMP
10 1 (1.32%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.32%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (1.32%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (34.21%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 19 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 6 (7.89%) QA
4 3 (3.95%) PMO
5 2 (2.63%) Data Quality
6 1 (1.32%) GDPR
System Software
1 4 (5.26%) Active Directory
1 4 (5.26%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.95%) Terminal Server
3 1 (1.32%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (5.26%) SCCM
1 4 (5.26%) SCOM
2 2 (2.63%) Terraform
3 1 (1.32%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 19 (25.00%) IBM
2 5 (6.58%) VMware
3 4 (5.26%) ServiceNow
4 3 (3.95%) Cisco
4 3 (3.95%) Databricks
4 3 (3.95%) Juniper
4 3 (3.95%) McAfee
4 3 (3.95%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.63%) Oracle
5 2 (2.63%) SAP
6 1 (1.32%) Salesforce