Hybrid/Remote Waterfall Job Trends

Waterfall Model
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring Waterfall skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 204 246 260
Rank change year-on-year +42 +14 -121
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 214 188 399
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.17% 1.31% 1.23%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.41% 1.38% 1.35%
Number of salaries quoted 157 125 332
10th Percentile £50,903 £43,833 £37,275
25th Percentile £52,500 £49,118 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £57,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.04% +6.48% -9.28%
75th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £92,203 £95,100 £83,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% +13.64% -8.33%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,177 13,659 29,626
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 82.75% 95.05% 91.11%
Number of salaries quoted 10,750 8,839 23,447
10th Percentile £33,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,498 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.50% +4.35% -8.00%
75th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - +9.09% -10.10%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Waterfall and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Waterfall job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

Waterfall
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Waterfall.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing Waterfall over the 6 months to 9 May 2026.

Waterfall salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

Waterfall
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 6 (2.80%) SharePoint
2 1 (0.47%) CMS
2 1 (0.47%) Confluence
2 1 (0.47%) Ethereum
2 1 (0.47%) Hyperledger
Applications
1 21 (9.81%) Microsoft Project
2 11 (5.14%) Microsoft Excel
3 9 (4.21%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.87%) MS Visio
5 2 (0.93%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle Smart View
Business Applications
1 13 (6.07%) SAP ERP
2 8 (3.74%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (2.80%) Oracle ERP
4 3 (1.40%) Elite 3E
5 1 (0.47%) Distributed Ledger
5 1 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
5 1 (0.47%) OpenText VIM for SAP
5 1 (0.47%) Oracle Subledger Accounting
5 1 (0.47%) Quorum
5 1 (0.47%) R3 Corda
Cloud Services
1 54 (25.23%) Azure
2 22 (10.28%) AWS
3 16 (7.48%) GCP
4 14 (6.54%) Power Platform
5 11 (5.14%) PaaS
6 10 (4.67%) Serverless
7 9 (4.21%) SaaS
8 8 (3.74%) Smartsheet
9 7 (3.27%) Azure DevOps
9 7 (3.27%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (2.34%) Azure Data Factory
10 5 (2.34%) Entra ID
11 4 (1.87%) IaaS
11 4 (1.87%) Microsoft Copilot
12 3 (1.40%) Asana
12 3 (1.40%) OCI
13 2 (0.93%) Dynamics 365
13 2 (0.93%) Lucidchart
13 2 (0.93%) Snowflake
14 1 (0.47%) Collibra
Communications & Networking
1 5 (2.34%) DHCP
1 5 (2.34%) DNS
2 3 (1.40%) Firewall
2 3 (1.40%) Intranet
2 3 (1.40%) LAN
2 3 (1.40%) Network Security
2 3 (1.40%) SD-WAN
2 3 (1.40%) Software-Defined Networking
2 3 (1.40%) SSL
2 3 (1.40%) VPN
2 3 (1.40%) WAN
2 3 (1.40%) Wireless
3 2 (0.93%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (6.07%) Power BI
2 7 (3.27%) Oracle Database
3 6 (2.80%) Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.34%) Azure SQL Data Warehouse
4 5 (2.34%) Data Lake
5 2 (0.93%) Metadata
5 2 (0.93%) SQL Server
6 1 (0.47%) Apache Cassandra
6 1 (0.47%) Big Data
6 1 (0.47%) Data Mart
6 1 (0.47%) MongoDB
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle BI Publisher
6 1 (0.47%) Oracle Reports
6 1 (0.47%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.47%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 27 (12.62%) JIRA
2 6 (2.80%) Jenkins
3 5 (2.34%) Git
4 1 (0.47%) Toad
General
1 92 (42.99%) Social Skills
2 87 (40.65%) Finance
3 45 (21.03%) Law
4 32 (14.95%) Analytical Skills
5 31 (14.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 31 (14.49%) Public Sector
6 22 (10.28%) Legal
7 15 (7.01%) Retail
8 12 (5.61%) Influencing Skills
9 11 (5.14%) Manufacturing
10 9 (4.21%) Banking
11 5 (2.34%) Organisational Skills
11 5 (2.34%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (2.34%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.87%) Documentation Skills
12 4 (1.87%) Financial Institution
13 2 (0.93%) Advertising
13 2 (0.93%) Billing
13 2 (0.93%) French Language
13 2 (0.93%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 65 (30.37%) Project Manager
2 59 (27.57%) Senior
3 52 (24.30%) Analyst
4 46 (21.50%) Business Analyst
5 36 (16.82%) IT Manager
6 35 (16.36%) IT Project Manager
7 30 (14.02%) Architect
8 23 (10.75%) Senior Analyst
9 22 (10.28%) Senior Business Analyst
9 22 (10.28%) Senior Manager
10 19 (8.88%) Lead
11 14 (6.54%) Technical Architect
12 13 (6.07%) SC Cleared Business Analyst
12 13 (6.07%) Solutions Architect
13 12 (5.61%) Digital Architect
13 12 (5.61%) Digital Solutions Architect
14 11 (5.14%) Technical Manager
15 10 (4.67%) Senior Project Manager
16 9 (4.21%) QA Manager
17 8 (3.74%) Senior Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (6.54%) Middleware
2 5 (2.34%) OAuth
2 5 (2.34%) OpenID
2 5 (2.34%) SAML
3 1 (0.47%) .NET
3 1 (0.47%) ADO
3 1 (0.47%) AngularJS
3 1 (0.47%) Node.js
3 1 (0.47%) React
3 1 (0.47%) Smart Contracts
Miscellaneous
1 21 (9.81%) Driving Licence
1 21 (9.81%) Product Ownership
2 14 (6.54%) Cloud Native
2 14 (6.54%) Enterprise Software
3 9 (4.21%) Legacy Systems
4 7 (3.27%) Onboarding
5 6 (2.80%) Hybrid Cloud
6 5 (2.34%) Cyberattack
7 4 (1.87%) EPoS
8 3 (1.40%) Analytical Mindset
8 3 (1.40%) Data Centre
8 3 (1.40%) Legacy Applications
8 3 (1.40%) PKI
8 3 (1.40%) PMI
9 2 (0.93%) Data Structures
9 2 (0.93%) FMCG
9 2 (0.93%) Management Information System
9 2 (0.93%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.93%) Self-Motivation
10 1 (0.47%) Learning Management System
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.80%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 212 (99.07%) Agile
2 83 (38.79%) Stakeholder Management
3 74 (34.58%) Project Delivery
4 62 (28.97%) Project Management
5 52 (24.30%) DevOps
6 49 (22.90%) Coaching
7 48 (22.43%) ERP
8 47 (21.96%) Mentoring
9 41 (19.16%) Business Analysis
10 38 (17.76%) Stakeholder Engagement
11 36 (16.82%) Continuous Improvement
11 36 (16.82%) PRINCE2
12 33 (15.42%) Scrum
12 33 (15.42%) User Stories
13 28 (13.08%) Change Management
13 28 (13.08%) Risk Management
13 28 (13.08%) Roadmaps
14 27 (12.62%) Business Case
14 27 (12.62%) Migration
15 23 (10.75%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 10 (4.67%) SQL
2 6 (2.80%) Clojure
3 5 (2.34%) Python
4 3 (1.40%) C#
5 2 (0.93%) Java
6 1 (0.47%) Delphi
6 1 (0.47%) JavaScript
6 1 (0.47%) PHP
6 1 (0.47%) PL/SQL
6 1 (0.47%) Scala
6 1 (0.47%) T-SQL
6 1 (0.47%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 39 (18.22%) Degree
1 39 (18.22%) Security Cleared
2 23 (10.75%) PMI Certification
3 20 (9.35%) PMP
4 16 (7.48%) SC Cleared
5 12 (5.61%) Computer Science Degree
6 7 (3.27%) ISTQB
6 7 (3.27%) Oracle Certification
7 5 (2.34%) CISSP
7 5 (2.34%) GIAC
7 5 (2.34%) ISACA
7 5 (2.34%) SANS
8 4 (1.87%) BC Cleared
8 4 (1.87%) IIBA
8 4 (1.87%) Master's Degree
9 3 (1.40%) AWS Certification
9 3 (1.40%) CCSA
9 3 (1.40%) CCSE
9 3 (1.40%) Cisco Certification
9 3 (1.40%) JNCIP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (8.41%) QA
2 8 (3.74%) Data Quality
3 7 (3.27%) PMO
4 5 (2.34%) GDPR
4 5 (2.34%) GRC
4 5 (2.34%) NIST
5 4 (1.87%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.47%) Accessibility
6 1 (0.47%) GxP
6 1 (0.47%) IFRS
6 1 (0.47%) IFRS 17
6 1 (0.47%) P3O
6 1 (0.47%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.47%) SLA
6 1 (0.47%) Solvency II
System Software
1 6 (2.80%) Docker
2 5 (2.34%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 9 (4.21%) Ansible
2 6 (2.80%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.87%) Terraform
4 3 (1.40%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 31 (14.49%) Microsoft
2 26 (12.15%) SAP
3 24 (11.21%) Oracle
4 15 (7.01%) ServiceNow
5 7 (3.27%) Databricks
6 6 (2.80%) Google
6 6 (2.80%) IFS
7 5 (2.34%) ForgeRock
7 5 (2.34%) IBM
7 5 (2.34%) Okta
8 3 (1.40%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.40%) Cisco
8 3 (1.40%) Fortinet
8 3 (1.40%) Palo Alto
9 2 (0.93%) TOWER Software
10 1 (0.47%) Concur
10 1 (0.47%) Informatica
10 1 (0.47%) OpenAI
10 1 (0.47%) Revolut
10 1 (0.47%) Workday