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 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 154 192 87
Rank change year-on-year +38 -105 +17
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 118 111 229
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 1.15% 1.15% 3.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.40% 1.32% 3.42%
Number of salaries quoted 62 71 193
10th Percentile £45,000 - £34,000
25th Percentile £51,250 £46,250 £50,075
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,575 £56,252 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.46% +2.28% -4.35%
75th Percentile £75,900 £69,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £87,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £67,500 £59,125 £60,000
% change year-on-year +14.16% -1.46% -2.44%

All Process and 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 8,437 8,389 6,702
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 81.87% 86.97% 92.76%
Number of salaries quoted 5,043 4,261 4,695
10th Percentile £27,500 £32,750 £30,500
25th Percentile £34,000 £43,750 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £54,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +5.50% -0.91%
75th Percentile £65,000 £73,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

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 16 December 2025.

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 December 2025. 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 +28 32 £70,250 +47.89% 12
Thames Valley +6 25 £65,000 +12.67% 35
Isle of Wight -3 20 £68,000 +13.33%
Berkshire +3 18 £61,000 +8.44% 22
Middlesex - 11 - - 3
West Sussex +2 10 £72,850 -8.94% 3
Surrey +5 8 £50,500 -12.17% 9
Kent -1 7 £77,850 +25.56% 9
Sussex - 5 £45,000 -
Oxfordshire +15 4 £66,250 +18.30% 4
Buckinghamshire +6 3 £65,000 -23.53% 9
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 12 (10.17%) Confluence
2 4 (3.39%) SharePoint
3 2 (1.69%) Apache Airflow
Applications
1 9 (7.63%) CATIA
2 7 (5.93%) Microsoft Project
3 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 5 (4.24%) Microsoft Office
3 5 (4.24%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (1.69%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (5.93%) SAP S/4HANA
2 5 (4.24%) Dynamics CRM
3 2 (1.69%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 20 (16.95%) Azure
2 17 (14.41%) Azure DevOps
3 15 (12.71%) Power Platform
4 11 (9.32%) Microsoft 365
5 7 (5.93%) Dynamics 365
6 5 (4.24%) SaaS
7 3 (2.54%) Entra ID
7 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Copilot
8 2 (1.69%) Smartsheet
9 1 (0.85%) AWS
9 1 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
9 1 (0.85%) Google Ads
9 1 (0.85%) PaaS
9 1 (0.85%) Salesforce Service Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.39%) Cisco ISE
2 2 (1.69%) SD-WAN
3 1 (0.85%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (10.17%) Power BI
2 3 (2.54%) DTS
2 3 (2.54%) MySQL
3 2 (1.69%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.85%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (0.85%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.85%) Elasticsearch
4 1 (0.85%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.85%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 34 (28.81%) JIRA
2 15 (12.71%) Rational DOORS
3 4 (3.39%) Subversion
4 3 (2.54%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.69%) Git
5 2 (1.69%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.85%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.85%) mountebank
6 1 (0.85%) REST Assured
General
1 36 (30.51%) Finance
2 33 (27.97%) Social Skills
3 19 (16.10%) Analytical Skills
4 11 (9.32%) Manufacturing
5 7 (5.93%) Retail
6 6 (5.08%) Marketing
7 4 (3.39%) Influencing Skills
8 3 (2.54%) Aerospace
8 3 (2.54%) Games
9 2 (1.69%) Advertising
9 2 (1.69%) Documentation Skills
9 2 (1.69%) Financial Institution
9 2 (1.69%) Law
9 2 (1.69%) Legal
9 2 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
9 2 (1.69%) Public Sector
9 2 (1.69%) Telecoms
10 1 (0.85%) Banking
10 1 (0.85%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 1 (0.85%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 26 (22.03%) Analyst
2 25 (21.19%) Senior
3 19 (16.10%) Lead
4 15 (12.71%) Business Analyst
5 13 (11.02%) Architect
5 13 (11.02%) Software Architect
6 11 (9.32%) Principal Engineer
7 10 (8.47%) Project Manager
8 8 (6.78%) Governance Analyst
8 8 (6.78%) IT Analyst
8 8 (6.78%) IT Governance Analyst
8 8 (6.78%) Product Analyst
8 8 (6.78%) Project Analyst
8 8 (6.78%) Project Governance Analyst
8 8 (6.78%) Systems Engineer
9 7 (5.93%) Principal Software Engineer
9 7 (5.93%) Senior Analyst
9 7 (5.93%) Senior Business Analyst
9 7 (5.93%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
9 7 (5.93%) Test Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (11.02%) Middleware
2 3 (2.54%) XML
3 2 (1.69%) SOAP
4 1 (0.85%) .NET
4 1 (0.85%) .NET Framework
4 1 (0.85%) CakePHP
4 1 (0.85%) CSS
4 1 (0.85%) HTML
4 1 (0.85%) JSON
4 1 (0.85%) Kafka
4 1 (0.85%) Laravel
4 1 (0.85%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (0.85%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (0.85%) REST
4 1 (0.85%) RESTful
4 1 (0.85%) SAP Fiori
4 1 (0.85%) WireMock
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.93%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.54%) Acoustics
2 3 (2.54%) Augmented Reality
2 3 (2.54%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (2.54%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.69%) Analytical Mindset
3 2 (1.69%) Renewable Energy
3 2 (1.69%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (0.85%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (0.85%) FMCG
4 1 (0.85%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.24%) Windows
1 5 (4.24%) Windows Server
1 5 (4.24%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 118 (100.00%) Agile
2 41 (34.75%) DevOps
3 26 (22.03%) Computer Science
3 26 (22.03%) Configuration Management
3 26 (22.03%) Continuous Improvement
3 26 (22.03%) Mentoring
4 25 (21.19%) UML
5 21 (17.80%) Project Management
6 20 (16.95%) SDLC
6 20 (16.95%) Software Engineering
7 17 (14.41%) AI
7 17 (14.41%) Problem-Solving
7 17 (14.41%) Project Delivery
7 17 (14.41%) Stakeholder Management
8 16 (13.56%) Requirements Management
9 15 (12.71%) Systems Engineering
9 15 (12.71%) Test Automation
9 15 (12.71%) Validation
10 14 (11.86%) User Acceptance Testing
11 13 (11.02%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 11 (9.32%) SQL
2 7 (5.93%) Ada
2 7 (5.93%) Ada 95
3 5 (4.24%) Python
4 3 (2.54%) C#
5 2 (1.69%) JavaScript
5 2 (1.69%) PowerShell
5 2 (1.69%) R
6 1 (0.85%) Java
6 1 (0.85%) MATLAB
6 1 (0.85%) PHP
Qualifications
1 39 (33.05%) Degree
2 33 (27.97%) BPSS Clearance
3 22 (18.64%) Chartered Engineer
4 18 (15.25%) Computer Science Degree
5 15 (12.71%) Security Cleared
6 10 (8.47%) SC Cleared
7 7 (5.93%) DV Cleared
8 6 (5.08%) PMI Certification
8 6 (5.08%) PMP
9 4 (3.39%) ISTQB
9 4 (3.39%) Numerate Degree
10 2 (1.69%) APMP
10 2 (1.69%) CCNA
10 2 (1.69%) Cisco Certification
11 1 (0.85%) ACCA
11 1 (0.85%) CIMA
11 1 (0.85%) ISEB
11 1 (0.85%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
11 1 (0.85%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (27.12%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 21 (17.80%) QA
3 17 (14.41%) PMO
4 13 (11.02%) ISO/IEC 15288
5 2 (1.69%) Accessibility
5 2 (1.69%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.85%) GDPR
System Software
1 7 (5.93%) VMware Infrastructure
2 5 (4.24%) Active Directory
3 4 (3.39%) Terminal Server
4 1 (0.85%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (4.24%) SCCM
1 5 (4.24%) SCOM
2 3 (2.54%) Microsoft Intune
2 3 (2.54%) Terraform
3 1 (0.85%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 15 (12.71%) IBM
2 12 (10.17%) Microsoft
3 9 (7.63%) SAP
4 8 (6.78%) VMware
5 6 (5.08%) Cisco
6 4 (3.39%) Juniper
6 4 (3.39%) McAfee
6 4 (3.39%) Salesforce
7 3 (2.54%) Dell
7 3 (2.54%) Oracle
8 2 (1.69%) Databricks
8 2 (1.69%) Meraki
8 2 (1.69%) ServiceNow
9 1 (0.85%) BT
9 1 (0.85%) CA Agile Central
9 1 (0.85%) Epicor
9 1 (0.85%) Guidewire