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

6 months to
29 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 240 186 205
Rank change year-on-year -54 +19 -91
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 67 91 195
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.46% 1.18% 1.15%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.64% 1.30% 1.38%
Number of salaries quoted 42 52 155
10th Percentile £43,125 £46,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £47,813 £51,813 £40,968
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £65,000 £53,250
Median % change year-on-year -9.62% +22.07% -7.39%
75th Percentile £67,500 £77,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,685 £87,500 £78,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +18.18% -9.73%

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 10,456 6,980 14,154
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 72.16% 90.70% 83.22%
Number of salaries quoted 7,172 3,240 9,965
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,375 £27,675
25th Percentile £39,000 £36,000 £36,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £82,500 £77,650
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +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 29 May 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 29 May 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 +23 26 £55,000 +3.29% 11
Hampshire -36 23 £60,000 +16.50% 11
Berkshire +22 11 £48,750 - 7
Buckinghamshire -4 11 £52,500 -2.78% 4
Kent -29 7 £66,250 +107.03% 3
Isle of Wight -10 5 £60,810 -6.45%
Oxfordshire -13 4 £62,500 +31.58%
West Sussex -31 4 £75,900 +16.77% 2
Surrey -31 2 £50,000 -26.47% 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 3 (4.48%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.49%) Apache
2 1 (1.49%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.49%) SharePoint
Applications
1 14 (20.90%) CATIA
2 5 (7.46%) Microsoft Project
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.49%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.49%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 9 (13.43%) Azure
2 7 (10.45%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (5.97%) Power Platform
4 2 (2.99%) SaaS
5 1 (1.49%) ClickUp
5 1 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
5 1 (1.49%) Lucidchart
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.48%) Cisco ISE
2 1 (1.49%) Intranet
2 1 (1.49%) Software-Defined Radio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.99%) Power BI
2 1 (1.49%) Big Data
2 1 (1.49%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 28 (41.79%) JIRA
2 16 (23.88%) Rational DOORS
3 6 (8.96%) Apache Continuum
4 4 (5.97%) Zephyr
5 3 (4.48%) Subversion
General
1 20 (29.85%) Finance
1 20 (29.85%) Social Skills
2 12 (17.91%) Analytical Skills
3 6 (8.96%) Aerospace
4 5 (7.46%) Law
4 5 (7.46%) Retail
5 4 (5.97%) Legal
6 3 (4.48%) Automotive
6 3 (4.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 3 (4.48%) Public Sector
7 2 (2.99%) Influencing Skills
8 1 (1.49%) Marketing
8 1 (1.49%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 20 (29.85%) Senior
2 14 (20.90%) Systems Engineer
3 12 (17.91%) Analyst
4 11 (16.42%) Business Analyst
5 9 (13.43%) Lead
6 7 (10.45%) Project Manager
6 7 (10.45%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 6 (8.96%) Principal Engineer
7 6 (8.96%) Principal Systems Engineer
8 4 (5.97%) IT Manager
8 4 (5.97%) IT Project Manager
8 4 (5.97%) QA Engineer
9 3 (4.48%) Consultant
9 3 (4.48%) Project Consultant
9 3 (4.48%) Senior Analyst
9 3 (4.48%) Senior Business Analyst
9 3 (4.48%) Senior Software Test Engineer
9 3 (4.48%) Senior Test Engineer
9 3 (4.48%) Software Test Engineer
9 3 (4.48%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (2.99%) Middleware
2 1 (1.49%) Kafka
2 1 (1.49%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 11 (16.42%) Management Information System
2 9 (13.43%) Product Ownership
3 5 (7.46%) Acoustics
3 5 (7.46%) Augmented Reality
4 2 (2.99%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (2.99%) Driving Licence
4 2 (2.99%) FMCG
4 2 (2.99%) Onboarding
4 2 (2.99%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.49%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.49%) FPGA
5 1 (1.49%) GNSS
5 1 (1.49%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.49%) Reference Data
5 1 (1.49%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.48%) Windows
1 3 (4.48%) Windows Server
1 3 (4.48%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (100.00%) Agile
2 21 (31.34%) Continuous Improvement
3 17 (25.37%) Systems Engineering
4 16 (23.88%) Project Management
4 16 (23.88%) Requirements Management
4 16 (23.88%) Technical Leadership
5 15 (22.39%) DevOps
5 15 (22.39%) Software Engineering
6 14 (20.90%) Stakeholder Management
7 11 (16.42%) ITIL
7 11 (16.42%) Software Testing
7 11 (16.42%) User Stories
8 10 (14.93%) ITSM
8 10 (14.93%) Manual Testing
8 10 (14.93%) Test Automation
9 9 (13.43%) Computer Science
9 9 (13.43%) Project Delivery
9 9 (13.43%) Systems Thinking
10 8 (11.94%) CI/CD
10 8 (11.94%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 8 (11.94%) SQL
2 6 (8.96%) Python
3 3 (4.48%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 19 (28.36%) BPSS Clearance
2 15 (22.39%) Degree
3 8 (11.94%) Security Cleared
4 7 (10.45%) ISTQB
5 5 (7.46%) SC Cleared
6 4 (5.97%) Chartered Engineer
6 4 (5.97%) DV Cleared
6 4 (5.97%) PMI Certification
6 4 (5.97%) PMP
7 3 (4.48%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
8 2 (2.99%) Computer Science Degree
9 1 (1.49%) APMG
9 1 (1.49%) Master's Degree
9 1 (1.49%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (26.87%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 16 (23.88%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 5 (7.46%) QA
4 2 (2.99%) Data Quality
4 2 (2.99%) PMO
5 1 (1.49%) GDPR
System Software
1 3 (4.48%) Active Directory
1 3 (4.48%) Terminal Server
1 3 (4.48%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.49%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 3 (4.48%) SCCM
1 3 (4.48%) SCOM
2 2 (2.99%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (23.88%) IBM
2 5 (7.46%) ServiceNow
3 4 (5.97%) Cisco
3 4 (5.97%) Juniper
4 3 (4.48%) Databricks
4 3 (4.48%) McAfee
4 3 (4.48%) Microsoft
4 3 (4.48%) VMware
5 2 (2.99%) Oracle
5 2 (2.99%) SAP
6 1 (1.49%) BiZZdesign
6 1 (1.49%) CA Agile Central
6 1 (1.49%) Salesforce
6 1 (1.49%) Sparx