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 16 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 253 177 239
Rank change year-on-year -76 +62 -137
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 86 113 98
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.47% 1.26% 0.76%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 1.43% 0.94%
Number of salaries quoted 52 74 62
10th Percentile £50,000 £44,300 £46,350
25th Percentile £52,500 £48,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £60,000 £56,252
Median % change year-on-year +4.17% +6.66% +2.72%
75th Percentile £71,250 £73,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £87,250 £88,710 £78,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year - +13.04% -8.00%

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 13,160 7,905 10,436
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 71.65% 88.09% 80.89%
Number of salaries quoted 9,412 4,223 5,876
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,750 £41,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £82,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% -7.26%

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 16 September 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 16 September 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 -45 27 £60,000 +4.35% 18
Thames Valley +6 23 £64,500 +18.35% 32
Surrey -19 19 £57,500 +4.07% 29
Berkshire +31 14 £65,000 -3.70% 20
Kent -18 10 £33,500 -34.31% 10
Buckinghamshire +2 8 £53,750 -1.38% 11
Middlesex +18 3 £65,000 - 4
Isle of Wight -16 3 £66,300 -3.91%
West Sussex -35 1 £75,000 +20.00% 3
Oxfordshire -36 1 £57,500 +15.00% 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 (3.49%) Confluence
2 1 (1.16%) Apache
2 1 (1.16%) Apache Airflow
2 1 (1.16%) Apache Spark
2 1 (1.16%) JBoss
2 1 (1.16%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.16%) WebLogic
Applications
1 11 (12.79%) Microsoft Project
2 7 (8.14%) CATIA
3 4 (4.65%) Microsoft Office
4 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (2.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (2.33%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (11.63%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (1.16%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.16%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 15 (17.44%) Azure
2 8 (9.30%) Azure DevOps
3 5 (5.81%) ClickUp
4 2 (2.33%) AWS
4 2 (2.33%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (2.33%) WhatsApp
5 1 (1.16%) Anthropic Claude
5 1 (1.16%) Boomi
5 1 (1.16%) iPaaS
5 1 (1.16%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.16%) SaaS
5 1 (1.16%) Serverless
5 1 (1.16%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.49%) LAN
1 3 (3.49%) Software-Defined Radio
1 3 (3.49%) WAN
2 2 (2.33%) 5G
2 2 (2.33%) ATM
2 2 (2.33%) Wireless
3 1 (1.16%) Intranet
3 1 (1.16%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.16%) Big Data
1 1 (1.16%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (1.16%) Hadoop
1 1 (1.16%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 24 (27.91%) JIRA
2 8 (9.30%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (4.65%) Apache Continuum
4 2 (2.33%) Zephyr
5 1 (1.16%) GitLab
5 1 (1.16%) Visual Studio
General
1 49 (56.98%) Finance
2 37 (43.02%) Social Skills
3 17 (19.77%) Aerospace
4 14 (16.28%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (6.98%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (5.81%) Law
6 5 (5.81%) Presentation Skills
7 4 (4.65%) Public Sector
7 4 (4.65%) Retail
8 3 (3.49%) Automotive
8 3 (3.49%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (3.49%) Legal
8 3 (3.49%) Police
9 2 (2.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (2.33%) Marketing
9 2 (2.33%) Telecoms
10 1 (1.16%) Banking
10 1 (1.16%) Electronics
10 1 (1.16%) French Language
10 1 (1.16%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 27 (31.40%) Project Manager
2 21 (24.42%) Senior
3 17 (19.77%) Systems Engineer
4 13 (15.12%) Analyst
5 12 (13.95%) Business Analyst
6 10 (11.63%) IT Manager
6 10 (11.63%) IT Project Manager
7 8 (9.30%) CRM Manager
8 7 (8.14%) Senior Manager
8 7 (8.14%) Senior Systems Engineer
9 5 (5.81%) Engagement Manager
9 5 (5.81%) Junior
9 5 (5.81%) Junior Project Manager
9 5 (5.81%) Senior Engagement Manager
10 4 (4.65%) Consultant
11 3 (3.49%) CRM Project Manager
11 3 (3.49%) Senior Test Engineer
11 3 (3.49%) Software Test Engineer
11 3 (3.49%) Technical Analyst
11 3 (3.49%) Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (3.49%) Kafka
2 2 (2.33%) ADO
2 2 (2.33%) Classic ASP
3 1 (1.16%) Apache Camel
3 1 (1.16%) Middleware
3 1 (1.16%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 10 (11.63%) Management Information System
2 6 (6.98%) Augmented Reality
3 5 (5.81%) FPGA
4 4 (4.65%) Driving Licence
4 4 (4.65%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (4.65%) Product Ownership
4 4 (4.65%) Self-Motivation
5 3 (3.49%) Acoustics
5 3 (3.49%) IoT
5 3 (3.49%) Virtual Reality
6 2 (2.33%) Algorithms
6 2 (2.33%) ASIC
6 2 (2.33%) Industry 4.0
6 2 (2.33%) Operational Technology
6 2 (2.33%) PCIe
6 2 (2.33%) PKI
6 2 (2.33%) Replication
6 2 (2.33%) SCADA
6 2 (2.33%) SystemC
6 2 (2.33%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 3 (3.49%) Linux
2 2 (2.33%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (100.00%) Agile
2 36 (41.86%) Stakeholder Management
3 26 (30.23%) Project Management
4 25 (29.07%) Project Delivery
5 23 (26.74%) Change Management
6 22 (25.58%) DevOps
7 20 (23.26%) Continuous Improvement
7 20 (23.26%) Problem-Solving
8 19 (22.09%) Systems Engineering
9 18 (20.93%) Change Control
10 15 (17.44%) CRM
11 14 (16.28%) AI
12 13 (15.12%) Budgeting and Forecasting
12 13 (15.12%) Business Case
12 13 (15.12%) Roadmaps
12 13 (15.12%) Technical Leadership
13 12 (13.95%) Computer Science
14 11 (12.79%) Cybersecurity
14 11 (12.79%) Requirements Management
14 11 (12.79%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 9 (10.47%) SQL
2 6 (6.98%) Python
3 3 (3.49%) Java
3 3 (3.49%) MATLAB
4 2 (2.33%) Ada
4 2 (2.33%) C
4 2 (2.33%) C#
4 2 (2.33%) C++
4 2 (2.33%) PowerShell
4 2 (2.33%) SystemVerilog
Qualifications
1 27 (31.40%) Degree
2 15 (17.44%) BPSS Clearance
2 15 (17.44%) Security Cleared
3 10 (11.63%) SC Cleared
4 6 (6.98%) Chartered Engineer
5 5 (5.81%) PMI Certification
5 5 (5.81%) PMP
6 3 (3.49%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (3.49%) DV Cleared
7 2 (2.33%) Azure Certification
7 2 (2.33%) CTC Cleared
7 2 (2.33%) HNC
7 2 (2.33%) ISTQB
7 2 (2.33%) Master's Degree
7 2 (2.33%) MCSA
7 2 (2.33%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (2.33%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 1 (1.16%) CCA
8 1 (1.16%) HND
8 1 (1.16%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (12.79%) ISO/IEC 15288
2 10 (11.63%) ISO/IEC 12207
3 6 (6.98%) Data Quality
3 6 (6.98%) PMO
4 4 (4.65%) QA
5 3 (3.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (1.16%) Accessibility
6 1 (1.16%) ISO 9001
6 1 (1.16%) ISO/IEC 20000
6 1 (1.16%) NIST
6 1 (1.16%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (1.16%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 2 (2.33%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.16%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 3 (3.49%) BMC PATROL
2 2 (2.33%) SCCM
2 2 (2.33%) Symantec Endpoint Protection
Vendors
1 14 (16.28%) Microsoft
2 8 (9.30%) IBM
3 6 (6.98%) CA Agile Central
4 5 (5.81%) Salesforce
4 5 (5.81%) ServiceNow
5 3 (3.49%) Atlassian
5 3 (3.49%) Oracle
5 3 (3.49%) VMware
6 2 (2.33%) Cisco
6 2 (2.33%) Dell
6 2 (2.33%) Juniper
6 2 (2.33%) SAP
6 2 (2.33%) Sparx
6 2 (2.33%) Symantec
6 2 (2.33%) Veeam
6 2 (2.33%) Yahoo!
7 1 (1.16%) Arista
7 1 (1.16%) BiZZdesign
7 1 (1.16%) Databricks
7 1 (1.16%) Palo Alto