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

6 months to
21 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 200 182 148
Rank change year-on-year -18 -34 -36
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 88 95 224
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.76% 1.19% 1.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.98% 1.32% 2.08%
Number of salaries quoted 42 61 188
10th Percentile £43,438 - £33,550
25th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £41,742
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £54,763
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £75,900 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £67,500 £61,250 £56,500
% change year-on-year +10.20% +8.41% -7.65%

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 8,999 7,181 10,783
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 78.00% 89.62% 86.06%
Number of salaries quoted 5,561 3,313 7,972
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,000 £27,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £36,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +15.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £74,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £81,250 £85,000 £78,750
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +13.64% -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 21 February 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 21 February 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 +10 29 £60,000 +1.48% 17
Hampshire -5 22 £75,900 +59.79% 19
Berkshire +8 20 £50,000 -15.43% 10
Middlesex - 11 - - 3
Kent -8 9 £68,750 - 8
Isle of Wight -9 8 £65,610 +9.35% 1
Buckinghamshire +5 6 £65,000 -23.53% 3
West Sussex -7 5 £105,000 +71.43% 3
Oxfordshire +4 3 £67,500 +11.57% 4
Sussex -4 2 £45,000 -40.00% 2
Surrey -17 2 £55,000 -4.35% 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 (3.41%) Confluence
2 2 (2.27%) Apache Airflow
2 2 (2.27%) SharePoint
Applications
1 12 (13.64%) CATIA
2 4 (4.55%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (3.41%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.27%) Microsoft Project
5 1 (1.14%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 6 (6.82%) SAP S/4HANA
2 3 (3.41%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (19.32%) Azure
2 14 (15.91%) Azure DevOps
3 13 (14.77%) Power Platform
4 11 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
5 4 (4.55%) Dynamics 365
5 4 (4.55%) SaaS
6 3 (3.41%) Entra ID
6 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Copilot
7 1 (1.14%) Google Ads
7 1 (1.14%) Lucidchart
7 1 (1.14%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.27%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.14%) HTTP
2 1 (1.14%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.50%) Power BI
2 3 (3.41%) DTS
3 1 (1.14%) Apache Cassandra
3 1 (1.14%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (1.14%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (1.14%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 24 (27.27%) JIRA
2 16 (18.18%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (4.55%) Subversion
4 3 (3.41%) Apache Continuum
5 1 (1.14%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.14%) Git
5 1 (1.14%) Jenkins
5 1 (1.14%) mountebank
5 1 (1.14%) REST Assured
5 1 (1.14%) Zephyr
General
1 28 (31.82%) Finance
2 20 (22.73%) Social Skills
3 18 (20.45%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (7.95%) Manufacturing
5 6 (6.82%) Marketing
6 3 (3.41%) Games
6 3 (3.41%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (3.41%) Influencing Skills
6 3 (3.41%) Law
6 3 (3.41%) Legal
6 3 (3.41%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.27%) Retail
8 1 (1.14%) Advertising
8 1 (1.14%) Banking
8 1 (1.14%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (22.73%) Lead
2 19 (21.59%) Analyst
3 18 (20.45%) Senior
4 11 (12.50%) Business Analyst
4 11 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
5 9 (10.23%) IT Analyst
6 8 (9.09%) Governance Analyst
6 8 (9.09%) IT Governance Analyst
6 8 (9.09%) Principal Engineer
6 8 (9.09%) Product Analyst
6 8 (9.09%) Project Analyst
6 8 (9.09%) Project Governance Analyst
7 7 (7.95%) Architect
7 7 (7.95%) Software Architect
8 6 (6.82%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 6 (6.82%) Test Leader
9 5 (5.68%) Project Manager
9 5 (5.68%) Systems Manager
10 4 (4.55%) Senior Business Analyst
10 4 (4.55%) Senior Systems Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (9.09%) Middleware
2 1 (1.14%) Kafka
2 1 (1.14%) Oracle Fusion
2 1 (1.14%) RabbitMQ
2 1 (1.14%) REST
2 1 (1.14%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.68%) Acoustics
1 5 (5.68%) Augmented Reality
2 4 (4.55%) Management Information System
2 4 (4.55%) Onboarding
3 3 (3.41%) Analytical Mindset
3 3 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (3.41%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (3.41%) Product Ownership
4 2 (2.27%) FMCG
4 2 (2.27%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.14%) FPGA
5 1 (1.14%) GNSS
5 1 (1.14%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.41%) Windows
1 3 (3.41%) Windows Server
1 3 (3.41%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 88 (100.00%) Agile
2 34 (38.64%) DevOps
3 23 (26.14%) Continuous Improvement
3 23 (26.14%) Mentoring
4 18 (20.45%) AI
4 18 (20.45%) Project Management
4 18 (20.45%) Software Engineering
5 17 (19.32%) Systems Engineering
6 16 (18.18%) Requirements Management
7 15 (17.05%) CI/CD
8 14 (15.91%) Technical Leadership
9 13 (14.77%) Coaching
10 12 (13.64%) Business Intelligence
10 12 (13.64%) SDLC
10 12 (13.64%) Validation
11 11 (12.50%) Analytical Thinking
11 11 (12.50%) Computer Science
11 11 (12.50%) Stakeholder Management
12 10 (11.36%) Integration Testing
12 10 (11.36%) ITSM
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.68%) SQL
2 2 (2.27%) Ada
2 2 (2.27%) Ada 95
2 2 (2.27%) Python
3 1 (1.14%) Java
3 1 (1.14%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 24 (27.27%) BPSS Clearance
2 21 (23.86%) Degree
3 10 (11.36%) Security Cleared
4 9 (10.23%) Chartered Engineer
5 8 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (5.68%) SC Cleared
7 4 (4.55%) DV Cleared
7 4 (4.55%) PMI Certification
7 4 (4.55%) PMP
8 3 (3.41%) ISTQB
9 2 (2.27%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 1 (1.14%) Master's Degree
10 1 (1.14%) Numerate Degree
10 1 (1.14%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 24 (27.27%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 16 (18.18%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 16 (18.18%) QA
3 13 (14.77%) PMO
4 2 (2.27%) Data Quality
5 1 (1.14%) GDPR
System Software
1 5 (5.68%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.41%) Active Directory
3 2 (2.27%) Terminal Server
4 1 (1.14%) Docker
4 1 (1.14%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (3.41%) Microsoft Intune
1 3 (3.41%) SCCM
1 3 (3.41%) SCOM
1 3 (3.41%) Terraform
2 1 (1.14%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 16 (18.18%) IBM
2 8 (9.09%) Microsoft
3 7 (7.95%) SAP
4 6 (6.82%) VMware
5 3 (3.41%) Dell
6 2 (2.27%) Cisco
6 2 (2.27%) Databricks
6 2 (2.27%) Juniper
6 2 (2.27%) McAfee
6 2 (2.27%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.14%) BT
7 1 (1.14%) CA Agile Central
7 1 (1.14%) Epicor
7 1 (1.14%) Oracle
7 1 (1.14%) ServiceNow