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

6 months to
2 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 203 218
Rank change year-on-year -54 +15 -92
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 57 86 189
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.37% 1.05% 1.05%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 1.18% 1.29%
Number of salaries quoted 41 55 145
10th Percentile £41,250 £45,200 £34,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £65,000 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.54% +20.37% -6.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £73,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £85,500 £78,250
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 11,020 7,309 14,678
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.91% 89.38% 81.58%
Number of salaries quoted 7,842 3,724 10,195
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £27,857
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 £82,500 £78,750
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 2 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 2 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
Thames Valley +22 18 £55,000 +3.29% 12
Hampshire -44 18 £60,000 +18.81% 14
Buckinghamshire -3 10 £51,292 -3.68% 1
Kent -23 8 £49,250 +53.91% 5
Berkshire +14 6 £64,500 - 9
Surrey -18 4 £56,250 -12.45% 17
West Sussex -33 4 £75,900 +21.44% 5
Isle of Wight -10 3 £66,300 -2.50%
Oxfordshire -16 2 £56,250 -2.17% 2
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 (1.75%) Apache
1 1 (1.75%) Apache Airflow
1 1 (1.75%) Apache Spark
1 1 (1.75%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (15.79%) CATIA
2 5 (8.77%) Microsoft Project
3 3 (5.26%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (5.26%) MS Visio
4 2 (3.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 1 (1.75%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 3 (5.26%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 12 (21.05%) Azure
2 7 (12.28%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (7.02%) ClickUp
4 2 (3.51%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.75%) Lucidchart
5 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.51%) Cisco ISE
1 2 (3.51%) LAN
1 2 (3.51%) Software-Defined Radio
1 2 (3.51%) WAN
2 1 (1.75%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.51%) Power BI
2 1 (1.75%) Big Data
2 1 (1.75%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 21 (36.84%) JIRA
2 10 (17.54%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (7.02%) Apache Continuum
3 4 (7.02%) Zephyr
4 2 (3.51%) Subversion
General
1 23 (40.35%) Finance
2 18 (31.58%) Social Skills
3 7 (12.28%) Aerospace
3 7 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Retail
5 3 (5.26%) Automotive
5 3 (5.26%) Law
6 2 (3.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (3.51%) Influencing Skills
6 2 (3.51%) Legal
6 2 (3.51%) Public Sector
7 1 (1.75%) Electronics
7 1 (1.75%) Legal Technology
7 1 (1.75%) Marketing
7 1 (1.75%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 14 (24.56%) Senior
2 11 (19.30%) Project Manager
2 11 (19.30%) Systems Engineer
3 10 (17.54%) Analyst
4 9 (15.79%) Business Analyst
5 6 (10.53%) IT Manager
5 6 (10.53%) IT Project Manager
6 5 (8.77%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Business IT Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) IT Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) IT Business Analyst
7 4 (7.02%) Lead
7 4 (7.02%) Principal Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) Principal Systems Engineer
7 4 (7.02%) QA Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Project Consultant
8 3 (5.26%) Senior Software Test Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Senior Test Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Software Test Engineer
8 3 (5.26%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (3.51%) Classic ASP
2 1 (1.75%) Kafka
2 1 (1.75%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 9 (15.79%) Management Information System
1 9 (15.79%) Product Ownership
2 4 (7.02%) Acoustics
2 4 (7.02%) Augmented Reality
2 4 (7.02%) Driving Licence
3 3 (5.26%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (5.26%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (3.51%) FPGA
4 2 (3.51%) Industry 4.0
4 2 (3.51%) Operational Technology
4 2 (3.51%) PKI
4 2 (3.51%) Replication
4 2 (3.51%) SCADA
4 2 (3.51%) Virtual Team
5 1 (1.75%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (1.75%) FMCG
5 1 (1.75%) GNSS
5 1 (1.75%) Learning Management System
5 1 (1.75%) Onboarding
5 1 (1.75%) Reference Data
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.51%) Windows
1 2 (3.51%) Windows Server
1 2 (3.51%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 57 (100.00%) Agile
2 19 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
3 18 (31.58%) Project Management
3 18 (31.58%) Stakeholder Management
4 12 (21.05%) Systems Engineering
4 12 (21.05%) User Stories
5 11 (19.30%) DevOps
5 11 (19.30%) Requirements Management
5 11 (19.30%) Technical Leadership
6 10 (17.54%) Project Delivery
6 10 (17.54%) Software Engineering
6 10 (17.54%) Software Testing
7 9 (15.79%) Computer Science
7 9 (15.79%) Manual Testing
7 9 (15.79%) Test Automation
7 9 (15.79%) Test Scripting
8 8 (14.04%) Change Control
8 8 (14.04%) ITIL
8 8 (14.04%) Problem-Solving
8 8 (14.04%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (17.54%) SQL
2 4 (7.02%) Python
3 3 (5.26%) MATLAB
4 2 (3.51%) C#
4 2 (3.51%) Java
4 2 (3.51%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 13 (22.81%) BPSS Clearance
2 12 (21.05%) Degree
3 7 (12.28%) Security Cleared
4 6 (10.53%) ISTQB
4 6 (10.53%) SC Cleared
5 4 (7.02%) PMI Certification
5 4 (7.02%) PMP
6 3 (5.26%) Chartered Engineer
7 2 (3.51%) Azure Certification
7 2 (3.51%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (3.51%) HNC
7 2 (3.51%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
7 2 (3.51%) Master's Degree
7 2 (3.51%) MCSA
7 2 (3.51%) Microsoft Certification
8 1 (1.75%) APMG
8 1 (1.75%) Computer Science Degree
8 1 (1.75%) DV Cleared
8 1 (1.75%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (21.05%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 10 (17.54%) ISO/IEC 15288
3 5 (8.77%) QA
4 2 (3.51%) PMO
System Software
1 4 (7.02%) Active Directory
2 2 (3.51%) Terminal Server
2 2 (3.51%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (1.75%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 4 (7.02%) SCCM
2 2 (3.51%) SCOM
2 2 (3.51%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 10 (17.54%) IBM
2 6 (10.53%) Microsoft
3 5 (8.77%) ServiceNow
4 4 (7.02%) VMware
5 3 (5.26%) CA Agile Central
5 3 (5.26%) Cisco
5 3 (5.26%) Juniper
6 2 (3.51%) Dell
6 2 (3.51%) McAfee
6 2 (3.51%) Symantec
6 2 (3.51%) Veeam
7 1 (1.75%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (1.75%) Databricks
7 1 (1.75%) Oracle
7 1 (1.75%) SAP
7 1 (1.75%) Sparx