Waterfall Jobs

Waterfall Model
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Waterfall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Waterfall over the 6 months leading up to 3 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 184 248 169
Rank change year-on-year +64 -79 -2
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 821 1,111 2,457
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.62% 1.20% 2.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.74% 1.38% 2.34%
Number of salaries quoted 492 914 1,525
10th Percentile £46,250 £36,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £53,750 £46,250 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.09% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £68,750 £72,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £87,250 £85,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £54,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.48% -6.09% +4.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 47,277 80,571 105,171
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.52% 86.76% 95.68%
Number of salaries quoted 25,823 58,144 61,428
10th Percentile £31,250 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £44,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,033 £55,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.51% -10.57% +2.50%
75th Percentile £77,500 £73,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £99,404 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,600 £50,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +5.20% -8.26% +3.81%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in the UK

Waterfall
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Waterfall.

Salary trend for Waterfall in the UK

Waterfall
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Waterfall over the 6 months to 3 April 2025.

Salary histogram for Waterfall in the UK

Waterfall
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the UK over the 6 months to 3 April 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
England +43 715 £60,000 +9.09% 602
UK excluding London +81 639 £57,500 +6.48% 314
South East +87 215 £60,000 +11.11% 88
Work from Home -3 169 £59,278 +7.78% 293
London +8 150 £67,500 - 323
Midlands +35 142 £57,500 +6.48% 46
North of England +28 119 £54,793 -0.38% 87
West Midlands +31 93 £57,500 +6.48% 34
North West +34 77 £54,793 +7.44% 46
East Midlands +33 49 £54,000 - 10
South West +49 48 £55,687 +1.25% 31
Scotland +123 44 £55,000 - 21
East of England +12 37 £70,000 +28.44% 31
Yorkshire +41 36 £56,250 -10.00% 28
Wales +62 29 £60,000 +14.43% 6
North East +20 6 £44,250 -15.71% 13
Northern Ireland +33 5 £59,430 -18.03% 8

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 33 (4.02%) Confluence
2 12 (1.46%) Apache Spark
3 9 (1.10%) CMS
4 6 (0.73%) SharePoint
5 4 (0.49%) Apache
5 4 (0.49%) Umbraco
6 2 (0.24%) Apache Airflow
6 2 (0.24%) Appian
7 1 (0.12%) CICS
7 1 (0.12%) ColdFusion
7 1 (0.12%) Kentico
7 1 (0.12%) Magnolia
7 1 (0.12%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.12%) OpenEdge
7 1 (0.12%) SAS
7 1 (0.12%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.12%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 45 (5.48%) Microsoft Project
2 22 (2.68%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (1.95%) Microsoft Office
4 14 (1.71%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 12 (1.46%) MS Visio
6 8 (0.97%) Trello
7 1 (0.12%) Chatbot
7 1 (0.12%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 11 (1.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (0.97%) Oracle ERP
3 7 (0.85%) SAP S/4HANA
4 4 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
5 3 (0.37%) SAP ERP
6 2 (0.24%) Adobe Campaign
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle EBS
6 2 (0.24%) Oracle EBS R12
6 2 (0.24%) Siebel CRM
7 1 (0.12%) Distributed Ledger
7 1 (0.12%) Elite 3E
7 1 (0.12%) Finacle
7 1 (0.12%) NetSuite
7 1 (0.12%) ResourceLink
7 1 (0.12%) SAP MDG
7 1 (0.12%) SAP PP
7 1 (0.12%) SAP SD
7 1 (0.12%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 75 (9.14%) Azure
2 35 (4.26%) AWS
3 32 (3.90%) Azure DevOps
4 27 (3.29%) SaaS
5 22 (2.68%) Power Platform
6 20 (2.44%) Dynamics 365
7 17 (2.07%) GitHub
8 15 (1.83%) GCP
9 14 (1.71%) Microsoft 365
10 13 (1.58%) Power Automate
11 12 (1.46%) Serverless
12 9 (1.10%) IaaS
12 9 (1.10%) PaaS
12 9 (1.10%) Smartsheet
13 8 (0.97%) PowerApps
13 8 (0.97%) Snowflake
14 7 (0.85%) Azure Functions
14 7 (0.85%) Azure Logic Apps
14 7 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
14 7 (0.85%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.07%) Firewall
2 9 (1.10%) WAN
3 6 (0.73%) 5G
3 6 (0.73%) SD-WAN
4 5 (0.61%) Network Security
5 4 (0.49%) Wireless
6 3 (0.37%) Ethernet
7 2 (0.24%) DHCP
7 2 (0.24%) DNS
7 2 (0.24%) DWDM
7 2 (0.24%) GPON
7 2 (0.24%) IPv4
7 2 (0.24%) IPv6
7 2 (0.24%) MPLS
7 2 (0.24%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.12%) Broadband
8 1 (0.12%) LoRaWAN
8 1 (0.12%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
2 18 (2.19%) SQL Server
3 16 (1.95%) Power BI
4 15 (1.83%) Relational Database
5 12 (1.46%) Tableau
6 8 (0.97%) Big Data
7 7 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 6 (0.73%) Oracle Database
8 6 (0.73%) RDBMS
9 5 (0.61%) Amazon Redshift
9 5 (0.61%) NoSQL
9 5 (0.61%) Snowflake Schema
10 4 (0.49%) PostgreSQL
11 3 (0.37%) Azure SQL Database
11 3 (0.37%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 2 (0.24%) Apache Hive
12 2 (0.24%) Data Lake
12 2 (0.24%) DynamoDB
12 2 (0.24%) Oracle Database 12c
12 2 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 88 (10.72%) JIRA
2 21 (2.56%) eggPlant
3 13 (1.58%) Git
4 10 (1.22%) Selenium
5 6 (0.73%) Postman
6 5 (0.61%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.49%) HP UFT
7 4 (0.49%) Jenkins
7 4 (0.49%) JMeter
7 4 (0.49%) Oracle Forms
7 4 (0.49%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.49%) Visual Studio Code
8 3 (0.37%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.37%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.37%) Oracle APEX
9 2 (0.24%) Maven
9 2 (0.24%) Subversion
9 2 (0.24%) TestNG
9 2 (0.24%) TestRail
9 2 (0.24%) Zephyr
General
1 182 (22.17%) Social Skills
2 142 (17.30%) Finance
3 84 (10.23%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 28 (3.41%) Organisational Skills
6 27 (3.29%) Manufacturing
7 24 (2.92%) Retail
8 22 (2.68%) Law
9 21 (2.56%) Banking
10 16 (1.95%) Electronics
11 15 (1.83%) Presentation Skills
12 14 (1.71%) Public Sector
13 12 (1.46%) Marketing
14 11 (1.34%) Influencing Skills
15 9 (1.10%) Legal
16 7 (0.85%) Telecoms
17 5 (0.61%) French Language
18 4 (0.49%) Front Office
19 3 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
19 3 (0.37%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 264 (32.16%) Principal Engineer
2 217 (26.43%) Senior
3 147 (17.90%) Project Manager
4 133 (16.20%) Configuration Management Engineer
4 133 (16.20%) SCM Engineer
5 108 (13.15%) Analyst
6 98 (11.94%) Software Engineer
7 55 (6.70%) Business Analyst
8 53 (6.46%) Principal Software Engineer
9 48 (5.85%) Senior Analyst
10 47 (5.72%) Senior Manager
11 45 (5.48%) IT Manager
12 42 (5.12%) Test Analyst
13 40 (4.87%) IT Project Manager
13 40 (4.87%) Senior Software Engineer
14 39 (4.75%) Test Engineer
15 38 (4.63%) Senior Project Manager
15 38 (4.63%) Senior Software Test Engineer
15 38 (4.63%) Senior Test Engineer
15 38 (4.63%) Software Test Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (2.19%) .NET
2 15 (1.83%) HTML
2 15 (1.83%) REST
3 11 (1.34%) RESTful
4 10 (1.22%) CSS
4 10 (1.22%) Web Services
5 9 (1.10%) AngularJS
6 8 (0.97%) ASP.NET Web API
6 8 (0.97%) JSON
6 8 (0.97%) React
6 8 (0.97%) XML
7 7 (0.85%) .NET Framework
7 7 (0.85%) SOAP
8 6 (0.73%) Bootstrap
8 6 (0.73%) Tailwind CSS
9 5 (0.61%) Kafka
9 5 (0.61%) Playwright
9 5 (0.61%) RabbitMQ
10 4 (0.49%) GStreamer
10 4 (0.49%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 26 (3.17%) Product Ownership
2 20 (2.44%) Management Information System
3 16 (1.95%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (0.97%) Data Protection Act
4 8 (0.97%) PMI
5 7 (0.85%) Algorithms
5 7 (0.85%) Legacy Systems
5 7 (0.85%) Virtual Team
6 6 (0.73%) Data Centre
6 6 (0.73%) Greenfield Project
6 6 (0.73%) Mobile App
6 6 (0.73%) Self-Driving Car
6 6 (0.73%) Social Media
7 5 (0.61%) Client/Server
7 5 (0.61%) Cloud Native
7 5 (0.61%) Onboarding
8 4 (0.49%) CUDA
8 4 (0.49%) IoT
8 4 (0.49%) Legacy Applications
8 4 (0.49%) Video\Live Streaming
Operating Systems
1 13 (1.58%) Windows
2 8 (0.97%) Linux
3 6 (0.73%) Android
3 6 (0.73%) Windows Vista
4 4 (0.49%) Apple iOS
5 2 (0.24%) Windows Server
6 1 (0.12%) AIX
6 1 (0.12%) CentOS
6 1 (0.12%) Debian
6 1 (0.12%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.12%) Unix
6 1 (0.12%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 661 (80.51%) Agile
2 267 (32.52%) Stakeholder Management
3 250 (30.45%) Project Management
4 210 (25.58%) Configuration Management
5 207 (25.21%) Software Engineering
6 162 (19.73%) Computer Science
7 159 (19.37%) Coaching
8 154 (18.76%) UML
9 145 (17.66%) Release Management
10 143 (17.42%) Project Delivery
11 141 (17.17%) Software Testing
12 139 (16.93%) Mathematics
13 135 (16.44%) Physics
14 132 (16.08%) Scrum
15 121 (14.74%) SDLC
16 102 (12.42%) PRINCE2
17 101 (12.30%) Test Automation
18 96 (11.69%) Problem-Solving
19 71 (8.65%) Continuous Improvement
20 60 (7.31%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 51 (6.21%) SQL
2 44 (5.36%) Ada
3 41 (4.99%) Python
4 24 (2.92%) JavaScript
5 23 (2.80%) C#
5 23 (2.80%) Java
6 10 (1.22%) C
7 9 (1.10%) Bash
7 9 (1.10%) C++
7 9 (1.10%) PL/SQL
7 9 (1.10%) T-SQL
8 8 (0.97%) TypeScript
9 4 (0.49%) VBA
10 3 (0.37%) Apex Code
10 3 (0.37%) PowerShell
11 2 (0.24%) Go
11 2 (0.24%) Kotlin
11 2 (0.24%) R
12 1 (0.12%) ActionScript 2.0
12 1 (0.12%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 428 (52.13%) Degree
2 185 (22.53%) Chartered Engineer
3 173 (21.07%) BPSS Clearance
4 78 (9.50%) PMP
5 57 (6.94%) PMI Certification
6 44 (5.36%) Security Cleared
7 34 (4.14%) SC Cleared
8 24 (2.92%) ISTQB
9 18 (2.19%) Computer Science Degree
9 18 (2.19%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 11 (1.34%) Master's Degree
11 7 (0.85%) Azure Certification
11 7 (0.85%) DBS Check
12 6 (0.73%) Microsoft Certification
12 6 (0.73%) PRINCE2 Certification
13 4 (0.49%) ISEB
13 4 (0.49%) SAP Certification
14 3 (0.37%) CISSP
14 3 (0.37%) ITIL Certification
14 3 (0.37%) MBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 75 (9.14%) ISO/IEC 12207
2 53 (6.46%) PMO
3 48 (5.85%) QA
4 14 (1.71%) Data Quality
5 6 (0.73%) GDPR
6 4 (0.49%) Accessibility
6 4 (0.49%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.37%) NIST
8 2 (0.24%) HIPAA
8 2 (0.24%) NCSC
9 1 (0.12%) Basel III
9 1 (0.12%) Cyber Essentials
9 1 (0.12%) ISO 9001
9 1 (0.12%) MiFID
9 1 (0.12%) P3O
9 1 (0.12%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.12%) PSD2
9 1 (0.12%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 6 (0.73%) Docker
1 6 (0.73%) Embedded Firmware
1 6 (0.73%) Firmware
2 2 (0.24%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.12%) VMware ESXi
3 1 (0.12%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (0.73%) Kubernetes
2 3 (0.37%) Ansible
2 3 (0.37%) Microsoft Intune
3 2 (0.24%) HP Quality Center
3 2 (0.24%) Terraform
4 1 (0.12%) CA Service Virtualization
4 1 (0.12%) HP ALM
Vendors
1 133 (16.20%) Micro Focus
2 82 (9.99%) Microsoft
3 72 (8.77%) Siemens
4 35 (4.26%) Oracle
5 30 (3.65%) Atlassian
6 24 (2.92%) Salesforce
7 21 (2.56%) Keysight
8 20 (2.44%) Google
9 15 (1.83%) SAP
10 9 (1.10%) IBM
10 9 (1.10%) ServiceNow
11 5 (0.61%) Blue Prism
11 5 (0.61%) Databricks
11 5 (0.61%) Informatica
11 5 (0.61%) UiPath
12 4 (0.49%) Guidewire
12 4 (0.49%) NVIDIA
13 3 (0.37%) Red Hat
13 3 (0.37%) VMware
14 2 (0.24%) Nokia