Waterfall Contracts in Berkshire

Waterfall Model
South East > Berkshire

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Berkshire with a requirement for Waterfall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Waterfall over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 100 49 50
Rank change year-on-year -51 +1 +31
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 21 68 92
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Berkshire 1.09% 3.84% 3.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 4.28% 4.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 53 62
10th Percentile £446 £425 £364
25th Percentile £511 £481 £460
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £575 £525
Median % change year-on-year - +9.52% +7.69%
75th Percentile £615 £650 £608
90th Percentile £690 £685 £674
South East median daily rate £530 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -3.64% +4.76% +8.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £53.00
South East median hourly rate £58.91 £103.50 £50.79
% change year-on-year -43.09% +103.78% -7.40%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Berkshire

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

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,694 1,590 2,136
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Berkshire 87.77% 89.73% 89.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 856 993 1,350
10th Percentile £235 £349 £267
25th Percentile £375 £425 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £500
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% +5.00% +7.41%
75th Percentile £608 £638 £588
90th Percentile £675 £702 £650
South East median daily rate £510 £504 £500
% change year-on-year +1.29% +0.70% +8.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 104 53 38
10th Percentile £17.15 £18.50 £13.00
25th Percentile £41.25 £26.13 £17.00
Median hourly rate £60.80 £63.00 £21.03
Median % change year-on-year -3.49% +199.64% -0.12%
75th Percentile £71.89 £74.79 £34.97
90th Percentile £87.46 £79.19 £67.72
South East median hourly rate £47.50 £52.50 £21.99
% change year-on-year -9.52% +138.80% -20.05%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in Berkshire

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in Berkshire.

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in Berkshire

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Daily Rate Histogram in Berkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Berkshire over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in Berkshire

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Berkshire

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Waterfall in Berkshire.

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in Berkshire

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Contract Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 1 June 2024. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading -41 13 £530 -7.83% 7
Wokingham +1 3 £575 -8.00% 1
Bracknell -16 1 £775 +29.17% 1
Waterfall
South East

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (4.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 3 (14.29%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 4 (19.05%) SaaS
2 2 (9.52%) PaaS
3 1 (4.76%) Azure
3 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) JIRA
2 1 (4.76%) Android Studio
2 1 (4.76%) Postman
2 1 (4.76%) Selenium
2 1 (4.76%) SoapUI
2 1 (4.76%) SpecFlow
2 1 (4.76%) Visual Studio
2 1 (4.76%) WebDriver
2 1 (4.76%) Xcode
General
1 12 (57.14%) Social Skills
2 8 (38.10%) Finance
3 6 (28.57%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (19.05%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (9.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (9.52%) Influencing Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Marketing
6 1 (4.76%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (4.76%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (52.38%) Project Manager
2 5 (23.81%) Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Product Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Senior
3 4 (19.05%) Senior Manager
3 4 (19.05%) Senior Project Manager
4 3 (14.29%) IT Analyst
5 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Lead
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Infrastructure Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Senior Infrastructure Project Manager
5 2 (9.52%) Test Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Applications Tester
6 1 (4.76%) Finance Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) QA Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) SAP Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Technical Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Technical Project Manager
6 1 (4.76%) Tester
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (9.52%) HTML
1 2 (9.52%) Web Services
2 1 (4.76%) .NET
2 1 (4.76%) .NET Framework
2 1 (4.76%) JSON
2 1 (4.76%) RESTful
2 1 (4.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (23.81%) PMI
2 3 (14.29%) Data Centre
3 2 (9.52%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (9.52%) Life Science
3 2 (9.52%) NHS
3 2 (9.52%) Product Ownership
4 1 (4.76%) Management Information System
4 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
4 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.76%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (90.48%) Agile
2 8 (38.10%) Project Management
3 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 5 (23.81%) Programme Delivery
5 4 (19.05%) PRINCE2
5 4 (19.05%) Programme Management
5 4 (19.05%) Scaled Agile Framework
5 4 (19.05%) Scrum
5 4 (19.05%) Test Automation
6 3 (14.29%) CI/CD
6 3 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 3 (14.29%) Customer Experience
6 3 (14.29%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (14.29%) DevOps
6 3 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (14.29%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (14.29%) SDLC
6 3 (14.29%) Software Testing
7 2 (9.52%) Customer Service
7 2 (9.52%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) C#
1 1 (4.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 7 (33.33%) PMI Certification
2 3 (14.29%) Degree
2 3 (14.29%) ISTQB
3 2 (9.52%) APMP
3 2 (9.52%) PgMP
3 2 (9.52%) PMP
4 1 (4.76%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (9.52%) HL7
1 2 (9.52%) QA
2 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
2 1 (4.76%) PMO
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Microsoft
2 1 (4.76%) Adobe
2 1 (4.76%) Atlassian
2 1 (4.76%) SAP