Waterfall Jobs in the West Midlands

Waterfall Model
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 108 157 117
Rank change year-on-year +49 -40 -27
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 87 103 164
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 2.08% 1.37% 2.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.28% 1.67% 2.73%
Number of salaries quoted 27 90 104
10th Percentile £46,250 £38,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £49,750 £42,813 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,500 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £68,400 £89,225 £79,775
England median annual salary £65,000 £55,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year +18.18% -8.33% +3.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,809 6,182 5,998
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.12% 82.39% 96.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1,534 4,565 3,136
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £37,313 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £64,375 £67,500
90th Percentile £79,050 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in the West Midlands

Waterfall
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for Waterfall in the West Midlands

Waterfall
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Waterfall in the West Midlands

Waterfall
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 22 May 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
Warwickshire +28 38 £54,500 +0.93% 11
Birmingham -5 17 £61,525 +11.86% 24
Coventry - 13 £57,875 - 19
Walsall +3 3 £55,000 +15.79% 1
Shropshire - 3 £47,500 - 22
Solihull +6 2 - - 1
Staffordshire +20 1 £45,724 -29.28% 19
Wolverhampton +13 1 £70,000 +6.87% 10
Dudley - 1 £45,000 -
West Bromwich - 1 £69,500 -
Waterfall
England

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 1 (1.15%) CMS
1 1 (1.15%) ColdFusion
1 1 (1.15%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (8.05%) Microsoft Project
2 1 (1.15%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (1.15%) Trello
Cloud Services
1 10 (11.49%) Azure
2 6 (6.90%) SaaS
3 4 (4.60%) AWS
3 4 (4.60%) Azure DevOps
4 3 (3.45%) Azure Service Bus
4 3 (3.45%) PaaS
4 3 (3.45%) Power Platform
5 2 (2.30%) Asana
5 2 (2.30%) Azure AI
5 2 (2.30%) Azure ExpressRoute
5 2 (2.30%) Azure Key Vault
5 2 (2.30%) Azure Monitor
5 2 (2.30%) Entra ID
5 2 (2.30%) IaaS
5 2 (2.30%) Power Automate
6 1 (1.15%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (1.15%) GitHub
6 1 (1.15%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.30%) DNS
1 2 (2.30%) Firewall
1 2 (2.30%) SD-WAN
1 2 (2.30%) VPN
1 2 (2.30%) WAN
2 1 (1.15%) Modbus
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (3.45%) MySQL
2 2 (2.30%) Data Lake
2 2 (2.30%) Data Mining
2 2 (2.30%) Power BI
3 1 (1.15%) DataStage
3 1 (1.15%) DB2
3 1 (1.15%) QualityStage
3 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.15%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (9.20%) JIRA
2 3 (3.45%) Git
3 1 (1.15%) Subversion
General
1 15 (17.24%) Social Skills
2 14 (16.09%) Finance
3 5 (5.75%) Public Sector
4 4 (4.60%) Law
5 3 (3.45%) Influencing Skills
5 3 (3.45%) Organisational Skills
6 2 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (2.30%) Banking
6 2 (2.30%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (2.30%) Manufacturing
6 2 (2.30%) Retail
7 1 (1.15%) Aerospace
7 1 (1.15%) Back Office
7 1 (1.15%) Electronics
7 1 (1.15%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 49 (56.32%) Principal Engineer
2 16 (18.39%) Project Manager
3 8 (9.20%) Analyst
4 7 (8.05%) Business Analyst
5 6 (6.90%) Senior
6 5 (5.75%) Lead
7 4 (4.60%) IT Manager
7 4 (4.60%) IT Project Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Senior Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Senior Project Manager
7 4 (4.60%) Transformation Manager
8 3 (3.45%) Architect
8 3 (3.45%) Transformation Project Manager
9 2 (2.30%) Cloud Architect
9 2 (2.30%) Data Business Analyst
9 2 (2.30%) Data Scientist
9 2 (2.30%) PMO Lead
9 2 (2.30%) PMO Manager
9 2 (2.30%) Senior Data Scientist
9 2 (2.30%) Senior Transformation Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (1.15%) .NET
1 1 (1.15%) .NET Framework
1 1 (1.15%) ADO
1 1 (1.15%) AngularJS
1 1 (1.15%) Bootstrap
1 1 (1.15%) ColdBox
1 1 (1.15%) CSS
1 1 (1.15%) HTML
1 1 (1.15%) jQuery
1 1 (1.15%) JSON
1 1 (1.15%) Laravel
1 1 (1.15%) React
1 1 (1.15%) RESTful
1 1 (1.15%) SOAP
1 1 (1.15%) Tailwind CSS
1 1 (1.15%) Vue
1 1 (1.15%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.60%) Legacy Applications
2 3 (3.45%) Legacy Systems
2 3 (3.45%) NHS
3 2 (2.30%) Algorithms
3 2 (2.30%) Data Centre
3 2 (2.30%) Management Information System
3 2 (2.30%) PKI
4 1 (1.15%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.15%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.15%) Housing Association
4 1 (1.15%) Low-Code
4 1 (1.15%) SCADA
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.15%) CentOS
1 1 (1.15%) Debian
1 1 (1.15%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (100.00%) Agile
2 55 (63.22%) SDLC
3 53 (60.92%) Software Engineering
4 48 (55.17%) Software Testing
5 24 (27.59%) Project Management
6 17 (19.54%) Project Delivery
7 13 (14.94%) Stakeholder Management
8 11 (12.64%) PRINCE2
9 10 (11.49%) Change Management
10 8 (9.20%) Analytics
10 8 (9.20%) Business Analysis
10 8 (9.20%) Scrum
11 7 (8.05%) Budget Management
12 6 (6.90%) DevOps
12 6 (6.90%) Problem-Solving
13 5 (5.75%) Migration
13 5 (5.75%) Resource Allocation
13 5 (5.75%) User Stories
14 4 (4.60%) Artificial Intelligence
14 4 (4.60%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 5 (5.75%) Python
2 4 (4.60%) Java
2 4 (4.60%) SQL
3 2 (2.30%) Bicep
3 2 (2.30%) C++
3 2 (2.30%) JavaScript
3 2 (2.30%) PowerShell
3 2 (2.30%) R
4 1 (1.15%) C#
4 1 (1.15%) PHP
Qualifications
1 57 (65.52%) Degree
2 48 (55.17%) BPSS Clearance
3 8 (9.20%) PMI Certification
3 8 (9.20%) PMP
4 4 (4.60%) Azure Certification
5 2 (2.30%) CISSP
5 2 (2.30%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (2.30%) DBS Check
6 1 (1.15%) CBAP
6 1 (1.15%) ISEB
6 1 (1.15%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.20%) PMO
2 4 (4.60%) QA
3 2 (2.30%) GDPR
3 2 (2.30%) HIPAA
3 2 (2.30%) NIST
4 1 (1.15%) ISO 9001
4 1 (1.15%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (1.15%) P3O
System Software
1 2 (2.30%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 2 (2.30%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 49 (56.32%) Siemens
2 4 (4.60%) Databricks
3 2 (2.30%) IBM
3 2 (2.30%) Meraki
3 2 (2.30%) Microsoft
4 1 (1.15%) Guidewire
4 1 (1.15%) Red Hat