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

6 months to
17 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 188 211
Rank change year-on-year -60 +23 -78
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 60 101 180
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.38% 1.18% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 1.33% 1.34%
Number of salaries quoted 45 64 138
10th Percentile £41,100 £45,000 £34,700
25th Percentile £48,750 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £62,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.00% +15.74% -6.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £74,500 £84,740 £77,500
England median annual salary £63,955 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -1.61% +18.18% -12.00%

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 11,300 7,588 13,410
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.76% 88.45% 81.50%
Number of salaries quoted 8,069 3,989 9,297
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,850 £28,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -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 17 July 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 17 July 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 -37 20 £55,000 +8.91% 7
Thames Valley +21 16 £55,000 +1.85% 8
Buckinghamshire -7 8 £50,042 -6.02% 2
Kent -16 8 £33,500 +4.69% 2
Berkshire +20 6 £64,500 -4.44% 6
Surrey -18 6 £57,500 -5.74% 11
West Sussex -31 5 £75,450 +20.72% 4
Isle of Wight -14 3 £66,300 -2.50%
Oxfordshire -16 2 £56,250 -2.17%
Middlesex - 2 £65,000 - 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 1 (1.67%) Apache
1 1 (1.67%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.67%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.67%) Confluence
1 1 (1.67%) SharePoint
Applications
1 8 (13.33%) CATIA
2 7 (11.67%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (5.00%) Microsoft Office
3 3 (5.00%) MS Visio
4 2 (3.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (8.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 13 (21.67%) Azure
2 8 (13.33%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (6.67%) ClickUp
4 2 (3.33%) Power Platform
4 2 (3.33%) WhatsApp
5 1 (1.67%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.67%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.00%) Software-Defined Radio
2 2 (3.33%) ATM
2 2 (3.33%) LAN
2 2 (3.33%) WAN
3 1 (1.67%) Cisco ISE
3 1 (1.67%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.33%) Power BI
2 1 (1.67%) Big Data
2 1 (1.67%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 22 (36.67%) JIRA
2 9 (15.00%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (6.67%) Apache Continuum
3 4 (6.67%) Zephyr
4 1 (1.67%) Subversion
4 1 (1.67%) Visual Studio
General
1 26 (43.33%) Finance
2 22 (36.67%) Social Skills
3 8 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (11.67%) Aerospace
5 4 (6.67%) Law
5 4 (6.67%) Retail
6 3 (5.00%) Automotive
6 3 (5.00%) Legal
7 2 (3.33%) Influencing Skills
7 2 (3.33%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (1.67%) Electronics
8 1 (1.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (1.67%) Legal Technology
8 1 (1.67%) Marketing
8 1 (1.67%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (1.67%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 16 (26.67%) Project Manager
2 13 (21.67%) Senior
3 12 (20.00%) Systems Engineer
4 9 (15.00%) Analyst
5 8 (13.33%) Business Analyst
6 7 (11.67%) IT Manager
6 7 (11.67%) IT Project Manager
7 5 (8.33%) Senior Systems Engineer
8 4 (6.67%) Business IT Analyst
8 4 (6.67%) IT Analyst
8 4 (6.67%) IT Business Analyst
8 4 (6.67%) Principal Engineer
8 4 (6.67%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 4 (6.67%) QA Engineer
9 3 (5.00%) CRM Manager
9 3 (5.00%) Data Migration Manager
9 3 (5.00%) Data Migration Project Manager
9 3 (5.00%) Dynamics CRM Project Manager
9 3 (5.00%) Migration Manager
9 3 (5.00%) Project Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.33%) Classic ASP
1 2 (3.33%) Kafka
2 1 (1.67%) Apache Camel
2 1 (1.67%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 11 (18.33%) Management Information System
2 8 (13.33%) Product Ownership
3 5 (8.33%) Driving Licence
4 4 (6.67%) Acoustics
4 4 (6.67%) Augmented Reality
4 4 (6.67%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (5.00%) FPGA
5 3 (5.00%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (3.33%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (3.33%) Operational Technology
6 2 (3.33%) PKI
6 2 (3.33%) Replication
6 2 (3.33%) SCADA
7 1 (1.67%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (1.67%) FMCG
7 1 (1.67%) GNSS
7 1 (1.67%) Learning Management System
7 1 (1.67%) Onboarding
7 1 (1.67%) Reference Data
7 1 (1.67%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.33%) Linux
1 2 (3.33%) Windows
2 1 (1.67%) Windows Server
2 1 (1.67%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (100.00%) Agile
2 23 (38.33%) Stakeholder Management
3 19 (31.67%) Project Management
4 16 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 14 (23.33%) DevOps
5 14 (23.33%) Systems Engineering
6 12 (20.00%) Project Delivery
7 11 (18.33%) Change Control
7 11 (18.33%) Problem-Solving
7 11 (18.33%) Software Engineering
7 11 (18.33%) Software Testing
7 11 (18.33%) Technical Leadership
7 11 (18.33%) User Stories
8 10 (16.67%) Change Management
8 10 (16.67%) Computer Science
8 10 (16.67%) CRM
8 10 (16.67%) Requirements Management
9 9 (15.00%) Test Scripting
10 8 (13.33%) Manual Testing
10 8 (13.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (15.00%) SQL
2 6 (10.00%) Python
3 3 (5.00%) Java
3 3 (5.00%) MATLAB
4 2 (3.33%) Ada
4 2 (3.33%) C
4 2 (3.33%) C#
4 2 (3.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 12 (20.00%) BPSS Clearance
1 12 (20.00%) Degree
2 8 (13.33%) SC Cleared
2 8 (13.33%) Security Cleared
3 5 (8.33%) ISTQB
4 4 (6.67%) PMI Certification
4 4 (6.67%) PMP
5 3 (5.00%) Chartered Engineer
6 2 (3.33%) Azure Certification
6 2 (3.33%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (3.33%) HNC
6 2 (3.33%) Master's Degree
6 2 (3.33%) MCSA
6 2 (3.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (1.67%) APMG
7 1 (1.67%) Computer Science Degree
7 1 (1.67%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 1 (1.67%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (18.33%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 9 (15.00%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 5 (8.33%) QA
4 3 (5.00%) PMO
5 1 (1.67%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (5.00%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.67%) Firmware
2 1 (1.67%) Terminal Server
2 1 (1.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (5.00%) SCCM
2 2 (3.33%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
3 1 (1.67%) SCOM
Vendors
1 9 (15.00%) IBM
2 8 (13.33%) Microsoft
3 6 (10.00%) ServiceNow
4 3 (5.00%) CA Agile Central
4 3 (5.00%) VMware
5 2 (3.33%) Atlassian
5 2 (3.33%) Cisco
5 2 (3.33%) Dell
5 2 (3.33%) Juniper
5 2 (3.33%) Oracle
5 2 (3.33%) SAP
5 2 (3.33%) Symantec
5 2 (3.33%) Veeam
5 2 (3.33%) Yahoo!
6 1 (1.67%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (1.67%) Databricks
6 1 (1.67%) McAfee
6 1 (1.67%) Sparx