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 vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 234 280 160
Rank change year-on-year +46 -120 +7
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 202 238 539
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.24% 1.02% 2.19%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.33% 1.16% 2.30%
Number of salaries quoted 148 167 456
10th Percentile £46,600 £43,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £50,038 £50,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £57,000 £58,725
Median % change year-on-year +0.88% -2.94% -1.30%
75th Percentile £73,750 £73,850 £76,250
90th Percentile £83,250 £110,000 £88,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £58,250 £60,500
% change year-on-year +11.59% -3.72% +0.83%

All Process and 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 15,185 20,575 23,400
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 93.17% 87.78% 95.29%
Number of salaries quoted 8,609 12,675 19,261
10th Percentile £30,000 £35,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £40,750 £45,000 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.00% +1.71%
75th Percentile £78,750 £80,000 £81,250
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

Waterfall
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Waterfall trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

Waterfall
Salary Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

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

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote work options citing Waterfall

Waterfall
Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing Waterfall over the 6 months to 18 September 2025.

Waterfall salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 14 (6.93%) Appian
1 14 (6.93%) Confluence
2 4 (1.98%) SharePoint
3 1 (0.50%) CMS
3 1 (0.50%) ColdFusion
3 1 (0.50%) Headless CMS
3 1 (0.50%) OpenEdge
Applications
1 26 (12.87%) Microsoft Project
2 21 (10.40%) MS Visio
3 13 (6.44%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (4.95%) Trello
5 7 (3.47%) Microsoft Excel
6 5 (2.48%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 5 (2.48%) Elite 3E
2 2 (0.99%) Adobe Campaign
2 2 (0.99%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.50%) Aladdin
3 1 (0.50%) Primavera
3 1 (0.50%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 44 (21.78%) Azure
2 42 (20.79%) Azure DevOps
3 26 (12.87%) Power Platform
4 23 (11.39%) AWS
5 21 (10.40%) Azure Service Bus
5 21 (10.40%) PaaS
6 18 (8.91%) SaaS
7 16 (7.92%) Azure AI
7 16 (7.92%) Azure ExpressRoute
7 16 (7.92%) Azure Key Vault
7 16 (7.92%) Azure Monitor
7 16 (7.92%) Entra ID
7 16 (7.92%) IaaS
7 16 (7.92%) Power Automate
8 10 (4.95%) Dynamics 365
9 7 (3.47%) Amazon CloudWatch
9 7 (3.47%) Amazon EC2
9 7 (3.47%) Amazon S3
9 7 (3.47%) Virtual Private Cloud
10 5 (2.48%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 17 (8.42%) Firewall
2 16 (7.92%) DNS
2 16 (7.92%) SD-WAN
2 16 (7.92%) VPN
2 16 (7.92%) WAN
3 1 (0.50%) Broadband
3 1 (0.50%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (9.90%) MySQL
2 19 (9.41%) Power BI
3 16 (7.92%) Data Lake
4 7 (3.47%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (3.47%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.48%) Data Warehouse
6 4 (1.98%) SQL Server
7 3 (1.49%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 1 (0.50%) Electronic Patient Records
8 1 (0.50%) Oracle Database
8 1 (0.50%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 36 (17.82%) JIRA
2 17 (8.42%) Git
3 4 (1.98%) Selenium
4 3 (1.49%) Team Foundation Server
5 1 (0.50%) Oracle APEX
5 1 (0.50%) Subversion
General
1 106 (52.48%) Social Skills
2 81 (40.10%) Finance
3 37 (18.32%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (11.39%) Law
5 14 (6.93%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 14 (6.93%) Legal
6 13 (6.44%) Presentation Skills
7 8 (3.96%) Retail
8 6 (2.97%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (2.48%) Influencing Skills
10 4 (1.98%) Documentation Skills
10 4 (1.98%) Public Sector
10 4 (1.98%) Publishing
11 3 (1.49%) Manufacturing
11 3 (1.49%) Marketing
11 3 (1.49%) Military
12 2 (0.99%) Banking
12 2 (0.99%) Financial Institution
12 2 (0.99%) French Language
12 2 (0.99%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 58 (28.71%) Project Manager
2 52 (25.74%) Analyst
3 36 (17.82%) Business Analyst
4 31 (15.35%) IT Manager
5 30 (14.85%) IT Project Manager
6 25 (12.38%) Senior
7 18 (8.91%) Architect
8 17 (8.42%) Developer
9 16 (7.92%) Cloud Architect
10 14 (6.93%) Appian Developer
11 13 (6.44%) Senior Analyst
12 12 (5.94%) Senior Business Analyst
13 8 (3.96%) Senior Developer
14 7 (3.47%) Development Manager
14 7 (3.47%) Java Development Manager
14 7 (3.47%) Lead
14 7 (3.47%) Principal Developer
15 6 (2.97%) Coordinator
16 5 (2.48%) Programme Manager
16 5 (2.48%) Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (3.96%) .NET
1 8 (3.96%) JSON
1 8 (3.96%) React
2 6 (2.97%) ADO
3 5 (2.48%) .NET Framework
4 4 (1.98%) CSS
4 4 (1.98%) HTML
4 4 (1.98%) XML
5 3 (1.49%) .NET Core
5 3 (1.49%) AngularJS
5 3 (1.49%) ASP.NET
6 2 (0.99%) ASP.NET Web Forms
6 2 (0.99%) EDI
6 2 (0.99%) Middleware
6 2 (0.99%) Playwright
7 1 (0.50%) ASP.NET Web API
7 1 (0.50%) Bootstrap
7 1 (0.50%) FHIR
7 1 (0.50%) SOAP
7 1 (0.50%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.91%) Data Centre
2 17 (8.42%) NHS
2 17 (8.42%) Product Ownership
3 8 (3.96%) Social Media
4 7 (3.47%) Driving Licence
5 5 (2.48%) Management Information System
6 4 (1.98%) Analytical Mindset
7 3 (1.49%) Life Science
7 3 (1.49%) Onboarding
7 3 (1.49%) PMI
8 2 (0.99%) Client/Server
8 2 (0.99%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.99%) FMCG
8 2 (0.99%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (0.99%) Pharmacovigilance
8 2 (0.99%) Renewable Energy
8 2 (0.99%) Self-Motivation
9 1 (0.50%) Housing Association
9 1 (0.50%) Legacy Systems
9 1 (0.50%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.95%) Windows
2 2 (0.99%) Linux
3 1 (0.50%) AIX
3 1 (0.50%) CentOS
3 1 (0.50%) Debian
3 1 (0.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (98.02%) Agile
2 102 (50.50%) Project Management
3 78 (38.61%) Project Delivery
4 66 (32.67%) Stakeholder Management
5 49 (24.26%) DevOps
6 48 (23.76%) Change Management
7 46 (22.77%) Business Case
8 41 (20.30%) Stakeholder Engagement
9 39 (19.31%) Continuous Improvement
10 38 (18.81%) Risk Management
11 36 (17.82%) PRINCE2
12 30 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
13 28 (13.86%) Roadmaps
13 28 (13.86%) Scrum
14 27 (13.37%) Software Delivery
15 26 (12.87%) Analytics
16 25 (12.38%) SDLC
17 24 (11.88%) Business Analysis
18 23 (11.39%) Artificial Intelligence
18 23 (11.39%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 37 (18.32%) SQL
2 20 (9.90%) PowerShell
3 16 (7.92%) Bicep
4 14 (6.93%) C#
4 14 (6.93%) JavaScript
5 12 (5.94%) Java
5 12 (5.94%) Python
6 1 (0.50%) C++
6 1 (0.50%) PHP
6 1 (0.50%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 41 (20.30%) Degree
2 26 (12.87%) DBS Check
3 21 (10.40%) PMP
4 17 (8.42%) Azure Certification
5 16 (7.92%) PMI Certification
5 16 (7.92%) Security Cleared
6 13 (6.44%) SC Cleared
7 5 (2.48%) ISTQB
8 3 (1.49%) APMG
8 3 (1.49%) Computer Science Degree
9 2 (0.99%) IIBA
9 2 (0.99%) Master's Degree
9 2 (0.99%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
10 1 (0.50%) CISM
10 1 (0.50%) CISSP
10 1 (0.50%) CRISC
10 1 (0.50%) CSPO
10 1 (0.50%) DV Cleared
10 1 (0.50%) MCSD
10 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 41 (20.30%) QA
2 16 (7.92%) PMO
3 6 (2.97%) Data Quality
4 4 (1.98%) GDPR
5 3 (1.49%) Accessibility
6 2 (0.99%) GxP
7 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
7 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 1 (0.50%) Def Stans
7 1 (0.50%) HL7
7 1 (0.50%) ISO 19650
7 1 (0.50%) NCSC
7 1 (0.50%) P3O
System Software
1 16 (7.92%) Virtual Machines
Systems Management
1 16 (7.92%) Single Sign-On
2 1 (0.50%) Terraform
Vendors
1 42 (20.79%) Microsoft
2 16 (7.92%) Databricks
2 16 (7.92%) Meraki
3 7 (3.47%) Cisco
4 6 (2.97%) Salesforce
5 5 (2.48%) iManage
5 5 (2.48%) SAP
6 3 (1.49%) IBM
6 3 (1.49%) JD Edwards
6 3 (1.49%) Oracle
7 2 (0.99%) Aderant
7 2 (0.99%) Adobe
7 2 (0.99%) Intapp
7 2 (0.99%) Marketo
7 2 (0.99%) MuleSoft
8 1 (0.50%) BT
8 1 (0.50%) Optimizely
8 1 (0.50%) Red Hat
8 1 (0.50%) Sparx
8 1 (0.50%) Workday