Waterfall Model
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Waterfall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Waterfall over the 6 months to 5 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 162 154 174
Rank change year-on-year -8 +20 +68
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 1,155 2,940 2,816
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 2.16% 2.37% 2.21%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.30% 2.47% 2.32%
Number of salaries quoted 880 1,823 2,002
10th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £51,250 £50,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £61,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +6.96% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £70,000
90th Percentile £90,000 £90,000 £87,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% +5.00%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Waterfall is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 50,261 118,879 121,556
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 94.08% 95.74% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 36,398 72,456 81,203
10th Percentile £32,500 £34,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +9.09%
75th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £53,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -1.87% +7.00% +4.17%

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 5 December 2023.

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 5 December 2023. 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 -13 1,018 £60,000 -4.00% 330
UK excluding London -24 697 £55,000 - 243
Work from Home -13 492 £60,000 - 174
London +21 404 £70,000 - 110
South East +25 240 £55,000 -4.35% 69
North of England -46 136 £55,000 +0.32% 49
South West +10 97 £58,750 +11.90% 29
Midlands -23 89 £54,538 -5.15% 52
North West -3 69 £51,750 -5.91% 23
Yorkshire -35 59 £57,500 +9.52% 24
Scotland +42 56 £59,526 +6.99% 20
West Midlands -14 53 £54,538 -8.34% 40
East of England +79 39 £52,500 -4.55% 21
East Midlands +5 34 £54,000 -3.57% 12
Northern Ireland +54 20 £77,500 +40.91% 2
Wales +15 20 £60,000 - 9
North East +24 8 £52,500 -1.78% 2

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 53 (4.59%) SharePoint
2 51 (4.42%) Confluence
3 26 (2.25%) IIS
4 18 (1.56%) CMS
5 12 (1.04%) Anypoint
6 7 (0.61%) Apache Spark
6 7 (0.61%) SAS
7 4 (0.35%) Oracle Application Server
8 3 (0.26%) Adobe Experience Manager
9 2 (0.17%) IBM Domino
9 2 (0.17%) Sitecore CMS
9 2 (0.17%) Umbraco
10 1 (0.087%) EPiServer
10 1 (0.087%) JBoss
10 1 (0.087%) Kentico
10 1 (0.087%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.087%) OpenEdge
10 1 (0.087%) Tomcat
10 1 (0.087%) WebLogic
Applications
1 88 (7.62%) Microsoft Office
2 76 (6.58%) Microsoft Project
3 62 (5.37%) Microsoft Excel
4 37 (3.20%) MS Visio
5 30 (2.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 3 (0.26%) Trello
7 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.17%) InVision
7 2 (0.17%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 20 (1.73%) Dynamics CRM
2 12 (1.04%) Unit4 Business World
3 8 (0.69%) Dynamics NAV
3 8 (0.69%) SAP EWM
4 6 (0.52%) Oracle EBS
4 6 (0.52%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.43%) Dynamics AX
6 4 (0.35%) Oracle ERP
7 3 (0.26%) Maximo
7 3 (0.26%) Oracle Financials
7 3 (0.26%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 2 (0.17%) Magento
8 2 (0.17%) Remedy ITSM
8 2 (0.17%) SAP CO
8 2 (0.17%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.17%) SAP FI
8 2 (0.17%) SAP FI/CO
8 2 (0.17%) SAP Hybris
8 2 (0.17%) Workday HCM
9 1 (0.087%) Hyperion Planning
Cloud Services
1 215 (18.61%) Azure
2 114 (9.87%) SaaS
3 89 (7.71%) Power Platform
4 86 (7.45%) PaaS
5 81 (7.01%) IaaS
6 55 (4.76%) AWS
7 54 (4.68%) Microsoft 365
8 42 (3.64%) Azure DevOps
9 41 (3.55%) Dynamics 365
10 30 (2.60%) PowerApps
11 22 (1.90%) GCP
12 17 (1.47%) Azure Logic Apps
13 14 (1.21%) GitHub
13 14 (1.21%) Power Automate
14 10 (0.87%) Azure Functions
14 10 (0.87%) Serverless
15 7 (0.61%) Intacct
16 6 (0.52%) Snowflake
16 6 (0.52%) WhatsApp
17 4 (0.35%) Azure Stack
Communications & Networking
1 39 (3.38%) SAN
2 30 (2.60%) Firewall
3 29 (2.51%) DNS
4 27 (2.34%) DHCP
5 25 (2.16%) SNMP
6 15 (1.30%) SD-WAN
6 15 (1.30%) WAN
7 11 (0.95%) 5G
7 11 (0.95%) Wi-Fi
8 8 (0.69%) Network Security
9 5 (0.43%) Intranet
10 2 (0.17%) Broadband
10 2 (0.17%) DKIM
10 2 (0.17%) DMARC
11 1 (0.087%) ATM
11 1 (0.087%) DMZ
11 1 (0.087%) Internet
11 1 (0.087%) Junos
11 1 (0.087%) LAN
11 1 (0.087%) MPLS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (5.63%) Power BI
2 42 (3.64%) SQL Server
3 18 (1.56%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (1.30%) Relational Database
4 15 (1.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 12 (1.04%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 10 (0.87%) Tableau
7 6 (0.52%) EDRMS
7 6 (0.52%) Oracle Database
8 5 (0.43%) Azure SQL Database
8 5 (0.43%) DB2
8 5 (0.43%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 4 (0.35%) Apache Hive
9 4 (0.35%) Big Data
9 4 (0.35%) Hadoop
9 4 (0.35%) MySQL
9 4 (0.35%) NoSQL
9 4 (0.35%) Oracle Database 12c
10 3 (0.26%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 101 (8.74%) JIRA
2 23 (1.99%) Git
3 18 (1.56%) MSI
4 16 (1.39%) AdminStudio
4 16 (1.39%) InstallShield
5 14 (1.21%) Jenkins
6 8 (0.69%) Selenium
7 6 (0.52%) RequisitePro
7 6 (0.52%) Subversion
7 6 (0.52%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (0.52%) TestRail
8 5 (0.43%) Oracle APEX
9 4 (0.35%) IntelliJ
9 4 (0.35%) JMeter
9 4 (0.35%) JUnit
9 4 (0.35%) Visual Studio Code
9 4 (0.35%) WebDriver
10 3 (0.26%) CppUnit
10 3 (0.26%) GitLab
10 3 (0.26%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 448 (38.79%) Social Skills
2 417 (36.10%) Finance
3 114 (9.87%) Presentation Skills
4 105 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
5 100 (8.66%) Retail
6 84 (7.27%) Banking
6 84 (7.27%) Public Sector
7 77 (6.67%) Analytical Skills
8 67 (5.80%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 47 (4.07%) Marketing
10 44 (3.81%) Influencing Skills
11 41 (3.55%) Legal
12 37 (3.20%) Back Office
13 36 (3.12%) Telecoms
14 32 (2.77%) Documentation Skills
15 30 (2.60%) Manufacturing
16 27 (2.34%) Law
17 22 (1.90%) Front Office
18 21 (1.82%) Electronics
19 18 (1.56%) Aviation
Job Titles
1 382 (33.07%) Project Manager
2 230 (19.91%) Analyst
3 192 (16.62%) Business Analyst
4 161 (13.94%) IT Manager
5 148 (12.81%) Senior
6 145 (12.55%) IT Project Manager
7 125 (10.82%) Architect
8 84 (7.27%) Lead
9 72 (6.23%) Developer
10 57 (4.94%) Infrastructure Architect
11 55 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
12 54 (4.68%) Senior Manager
13 48 (4.16%) Senior Project Manager
14 45 (3.90%) Senior Analyst
15 43 (3.72%) Software Project Manager
16 42 (3.64%) Senior Business Analyst
17 36 (3.12%) Delivery Manager
18 35 (3.03%) Consultant
19 33 (2.86%) IT Analyst
20 31 (2.68%) Business IT Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (5.45%) .NET
2 37 (3.20%) Middleware
3 33 (2.86%) HTML
4 26 (2.25%) XML
5 24 (2.08%) CSS
6 23 (1.99%) RESTful
7 22 (1.90%) JSON
8 21 (1.82%) .NET Framework
9 17 (1.47%) React
9 17 (1.47%) Web Services
10 16 (1.39%) Entity Framework
10 16 (1.39%) SOAP
11 14 (1.21%) HTML5 Canvas
12 13 (1.13%) .NET Core
12 13 (1.13%) ASP.NET
13 12 (1.04%) ASP.NET MVC
14 10 (0.87%) jQuery
14 10 (0.87%) REST
15 8 (0.69%) FIX Protocol
16 7 (0.61%) ASP.NET Web API
Miscellaneous
1 69 (5.97%) Self-Motivation
2 53 (4.59%) Virtual Team
3 51 (4.42%) Product Ownership
4 44 (3.81%) Private Cloud
5 39 (3.38%) Public Cloud
6 29 (2.51%) CMDB
7 26 (2.25%) Management Information System
8 20 (1.73%) FMCG
9 17 (1.47%) Low-Code
10 16 (1.39%) Enterprise Software
10 16 (1.39%) Shadow IT
11 14 (1.21%) PMI
11 14 (1.21%) Reference Data
12 12 (1.04%) Cloud Native
12 12 (1.04%) Greenfield Project
13 11 (0.95%) Onboarding
14 10 (0.87%) Data Structures
14 10 (0.87%) Equities
15 9 (0.78%) Enterprise Cloud
15 9 (0.78%) Fixed Income
Operating Systems
1 124 (10.74%) Windows
2 81 (7.01%) Linux
3 32 (2.77%) Windows Server
4 20 (1.73%) Windows 10
5 18 (1.56%) Windows 7
6 16 (1.39%) Android
7 13 (1.13%) Apple iOS
8 3 (0.26%) Unix
8 3 (0.26%) zOS
9 1 (0.087%) CentOS
9 1 (0.087%) Fedora
9 1 (0.087%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 1 (0.087%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,107 (95.84%) Agile
2 475 (41.13%) Project Management
3 357 (30.91%) Project Delivery
4 291 (25.19%) Stakeholder Management
5 200 (17.32%) Business Analysis
6 190 (16.45%) Scrum
7 166 (14.37%) Mentoring
8 157 (13.59%) Problem-Solving
9 149 (12.90%) PRINCE2
10 121 (10.48%) Coaching
11 120 (10.39%) SDLC
12 110 (9.52%) DevOps
13 109 (9.44%) ITIL
14 96 (8.31%) Continuous Improvement
15 95 (8.23%) Requirements Analysis
16 92 (7.97%) Business Intelligence
16 92 (7.97%) Change Management
17 91 (7.88%) Service Management
18 87 (7.53%) Service Delivery
18 87 (7.53%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 150 (12.99%) SQL
2 75 (6.49%) C#
3 55 (4.76%) JavaScript
4 47 (4.07%) Java
5 27 (2.34%) Python
6 23 (1.99%) PowerShell
7 19 (1.65%) VB
8 18 (1.56%) C++
9 15 (1.30%) TypeScript
10 11 (0.95%) T-SQL
11 10 (0.87%) PHP
12 8 (0.69%) C
13 6 (0.52%) PL/SQL
14 5 (0.43%) COBOL
15 4 (0.35%) Data Analysis Expressions
15 4 (0.35%) XMLA
16 3 (0.26%) ABAP
16 3 (0.26%) Kotlin
16 3 (0.26%) PL/1
16 3 (0.26%) REXX
Qualifications
1 209 (18.10%) Degree
2 193 (16.71%) Security Cleared
3 142 (12.29%) SC Cleared
4 129 (11.17%) DV Cleared
5 52 (4.50%) PMI Certification
6 49 (4.24%) PMP
7 48 (4.16%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (1.65%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 13 (1.13%) ISTQB
9 13 (1.13%) Microsoft Certification
10 10 (0.87%) ISEB
10 10 (0.87%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 8 (0.69%) BPSS Clearance
12 7 (0.61%) IIBA
12 7 (0.61%) Master's Degree
13 6 (0.52%) APMP
14 5 (0.43%) DBS Check
14 5 (0.43%) ISTQB Advanced Certification
14 5 (0.43%) ITIL Certification
15 4 (0.35%) APMG
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 66 (5.71%) PMO
2 51 (4.42%) QA
3 14 (1.21%) Data Quality
4 7 (0.61%) GDPR
4 7 (0.61%) ISO 9001
5 5 (0.43%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.35%) Accessibility
7 3 (0.26%) Cyber Essentials
8 2 (0.17%) COBIT
8 2 (0.17%) GRC
8 2 (0.17%) IEC 61508
8 2 (0.17%) SLA
9 1 (0.087%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
9 1 (0.087%) NIST
9 1 (0.087%) PCI DSS
9 1 (0.087%) PMBOK
9 1 (0.087%) WCAG
System Software
1 50 (4.33%) Active Directory
2 16 (1.39%) Microsoft App-V
2 16 (1.39%) VMware Infrastructure
3 12 (1.04%) Docker
4 8 (0.69%) IAG
5 2 (0.17%) Apache Flume
5 2 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
5 2 (0.17%) Firmware
6 1 (0.087%) NFS
6 1 (0.087%) Samba
Systems Management
1 46 (3.98%) Terraform
2 41 (3.55%) Ansible
3 25 (2.16%) SCOM
4 18 (1.56%) SCCM
5 17 (1.47%) Kubernetes
6 16 (1.39%) WSUS
7 6 (0.52%) HP Quality Center
8 3 (0.26%) Grafana
9 1 (0.087%) HP ALM
9 1 (0.087%) Microsoft Intune
9 1 (0.087%) Nagios
9 1 (0.087%) OpenNMS
9 1 (0.087%) Progress Chef
9 1 (0.087%) Puppet
9 1 (0.087%) Single Sign-On
9 1 (0.087%) ZABBIX
Vendors
1 211 (18.27%) Microsoft
2 81 (7.01%) Oracle
3 78 (6.75%) ServiceNow
4 54 (4.68%) SAP
5 49 (4.24%) Salesforce
6 28 (2.42%) Dynatrace
7 27 (2.34%) Google
8 19 (1.65%) MuleSoft
8 19 (1.65%) VMware
9 18 (1.56%) Autodesk
10 14 (1.21%) IBM
11 12 (1.04%) Civica
11 12 (1.04%) Northgate
12 10 (0.87%) Databricks
12 10 (0.87%) Sage
13 7 (0.61%) Atlassian
13 7 (0.61%) HP
14 6 (0.52%) Sitecore
14 6 (0.52%) Workday
15 4 (0.35%) Alteryx