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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 241 165 238
Rank change year-on-year -76 +73 -126
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 96 126 98
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.51% 1.41% 0.80%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.70% 1.60% 0.98%
Number of salaries quoted 51 74 53
10th Percentile £50,950 £44,300 £45,200
25th Percentile £56,250 £48,500 £52,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,500 £60,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.61% +5.22% +4.55%
75th Percentile £75,450 £73,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £96,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £59,925
% change year-on-year - +8.47% -4.12%

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 13,698 7,897 10,033
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.26% 88.21% 81.70%
Number of salaries quoted 9,727 4,245 5,277
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £39,766 £32,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £66,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% -1.32%

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 10 October 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 10 October 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 34 £65,000 - 44
Hampshire -53 25 £60,000 +4.35% 27
Berkshire +25 24 £65,000 -3.70% 18
Surrey -27 19 £57,500 +4.07% 11
Kent -17 10 £33,500 -34.31% 6
Buckinghamshire +4 9 £60,000 -32.39% 12
Isle of Wight -16 4 £66,300 -3.91% 8
Middlesex +5 3 £65,000 - 1
Oxfordshire -38 1 £92,500 +60.87% 14
West Sussex -39 1 £75,000 +20.00% 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 3 (3.13%) Confluence
2 1 (1.04%) JBoss
2 1 (1.04%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.04%) WebLogic
Applications
1 18 (18.75%) Microsoft Project
2 8 (8.33%) CATIA
3 4 (4.17%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.08%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.08%) MS Visio
5 1 (1.04%) Mathcad
5 1 (1.04%) Simulink
Business Applications
1 9 (9.38%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.04%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.04%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 22 (22.92%) Azure
2 16 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (5.21%) ClickUp
4 3 (3.13%) AWS
5 2 (2.08%) Dynamics 365
5 2 (2.08%) WhatsApp
6 1 (1.04%) Anthropic Claude
6 1 (1.04%) Boomi
6 1 (1.04%) GCP
6 1 (1.04%) iPaaS
6 1 (1.04%) Power Platform
6 1 (1.04%) SaaS
6 1 (1.04%) Serverless
6 1 (1.04%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.13%) LAN
1 3 (3.13%) Software-Defined Radio
1 3 (3.13%) WAN
2 2 (2.08%) 5G
2 2 (2.08%) ATM
2 2 (2.08%) Wireless
3 1 (1.04%) Internet
3 1 (1.04%) Intranet
3 1 (1.04%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.04%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.04%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 29 (30.21%) JIRA
2 8 (8.33%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (4.17%) Apache Continuum
4 1 (1.04%) GitLab
4 1 (1.04%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.04%) Zephyr
General
1 60 (62.50%) Finance
2 42 (43.75%) Social Skills
3 16 (16.67%) Aerospace
4 15 (15.63%) Analytical Skills
5 11 (11.46%) Telecoms
6 7 (7.29%) Influencing Skills
6 7 (7.29%) Organisational Skills
7 5 (5.21%) Law
7 5 (5.21%) Presentation Skills
7 5 (5.21%) Public Sector
8 3 (3.13%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 3 (3.13%) Police
9 2 (2.08%) Legal
9 2 (2.08%) Marketing
9 2 (2.08%) Retail
10 1 (1.04%) Automotive
10 1 (1.04%) Banking
10 1 (1.04%) Electronics
10 1 (1.04%) French Language
10 1 (1.04%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 34 (35.42%) Project Manager
2 21 (21.88%) Senior
3 18 (18.75%) Systems Engineer
4 14 (14.58%) Analyst
4 14 (14.58%) Business Analyst
5 12 (12.50%) IT Manager
6 11 (11.46%) IT Project Manager
7 10 (10.42%) Technical Manager
8 8 (8.33%) CRM Manager
8 8 (8.33%) Senior Manager
8 8 (8.33%) Telecoms Manager
9 7 (7.29%) Senior Systems Engineer
10 6 (6.25%) Junior
10 6 (6.25%) Junior Project Manager
10 6 (6.25%) Technical Project Manager
11 5 (5.21%) Engagement Manager
11 5 (5.21%) OSS Project Manager
11 5 (5.21%) Senior Engagement Manager
12 4 (4.17%) Junior IT Manager
12 4 (4.17%) Network Delivery Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.08%) ADO
1 2 (2.08%) Classic ASP
1 2 (2.08%) Kafka
2 1 (1.04%) Apache Camel
2 1 (1.04%) Middleware
2 1 (1.04%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 8 (8.33%) Management Information System
1 8 (8.33%) Self-Motivation
2 7 (7.29%) Augmented Reality
3 5 (5.21%) FPGA
4 4 (4.17%) IoT
4 4 (4.17%) Virtual Reality
5 3 (3.13%) Acoustics
5 3 (3.13%) Driving Licence
5 3 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (3.13%) Product Ownership
6 2 (2.08%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.08%) ASIC
6 2 (2.08%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (2.08%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.08%) PCIe
6 2 (2.08%) PKI
6 2 (2.08%) Replication
6 2 (2.08%) SCADA
6 2 (2.08%) SystemC
6 2 (2.08%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.13%) Linux
1 3 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (98.96%) Agile
2 41 (42.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 33 (34.38%) Project Management
4 32 (33.33%) Project Delivery
5 31 (32.29%) DevOps
6 27 (28.13%) Change Control
7 26 (27.08%) Change Management
7 26 (27.08%) Continuous Improvement
8 23 (23.96%) Budgeting and Forecasting
9 21 (21.88%) Cybersecurity
9 21 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
9 21 (21.88%) Supplier Management
10 19 (19.79%) Systems Engineering
11 18 (18.75%) Budget Management
12 17 (17.71%) Scrum
13 15 (15.63%) AI
13 15 (15.63%) Roadmaps
14 14 (14.58%) Business Case
14 14 (14.58%) PRINCE2
15 13 (13.54%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 8 (8.33%) SQL
2 6 (6.25%) Python
3 4 (4.17%) MATLAB
4 3 (3.13%) Java
5 2 (2.08%) Ada
5 2 (2.08%) C
5 2 (2.08%) C#
5 2 (2.08%) C++
5 2 (2.08%) PowerShell
5 2 (2.08%) SystemVerilog
6 1 (1.04%) Perl
Qualifications
1 36 (37.50%) Degree
2 16 (16.67%) Security Cleared
3 14 (14.58%) BPSS Clearance
4 13 (13.54%) PMI Certification
4 13 (13.54%) PMP
5 11 (11.46%) SC Cleared
6 7 (7.29%) Chartered Engineer
7 3 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
7 3 (3.13%) DV Cleared
7 3 (3.13%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 2 (2.08%) AWS Certification
8 2 (2.08%) Azure Certification
8 2 (2.08%) CTC Cleared
8 2 (2.08%) HNC
8 2 (2.08%) Master's Degree
8 2 (2.08%) MCSA
8 2 (2.08%) Microsoft Certification
9 1 (1.04%) CCA
9 1 (1.04%) HND
9 1 (1.04%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (11.46%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 10 (10.42%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 6 (6.25%) Data Quality
4 4 (4.17%) PMO
4 4 (4.17%) QA
5 3 (3.13%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.04%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.04%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.04%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (1.04%) NIST
6 1 (1.04%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.04%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (2.08%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.04%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.13%) BMC PATROL
2 2 (2.08%) SCCM
2 2 (2.08%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 15 (15.63%) Microsoft
2 9 (9.38%) Pega
3 8 (8.33%) IBM
4 6 (6.25%) CA Agile Central
5 5 (5.21%) Salesforce
6 3 (3.13%) Atlassian
6 3 (3.13%) ServiceNow
6 3 (3.13%) VMware
7 2 (2.08%) Dell
7 2 (2.08%) Oracle
7 2 (2.08%) Sparx
7 2 (2.08%) Symantec
7 2 (2.08%) Veeam
7 2 (2.08%) Yahoo!
8 1 (1.04%) Arista
8 1 (1.04%) BiZZdesign
8 1 (1.04%) Cisco
8 1 (1.04%) Juniper
8 1 (1.04%) Palo Alto
8 1 (1.04%) SAP