Waterfall Contracts in Edinburgh

Waterfall Model
Scotland > Edinburgh

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh 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 31 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
31 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 62 65 62
Rank change year-on-year +3 -3 +4
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 14 37 75
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 1.62% 3.14% 3.95%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.90% 3.35% 4.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 24 51
10th Percentile £491 £408 £413
25th Percentile £500 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £483 £525
Median % change year-on-year +13.81% -7.95% +10.53%
75th Percentile £647 £591 £580
90th Percentile £750 £620 £625
Scotland median daily rate £500 £500 £500
% change year-on-year - - +15.61%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

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 Edinburgh with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 738 1,106 1,785
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 85.32% 93.97% 94.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 434 776 1,224
10th Percentile £214 £225 £272
25th Percentile £363 £400 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £480
Median % change year-on-year - -1.04% +12.94%
75th Percentile £556 £538 £570
90th Percentile £656 £604 £638
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +11.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 33 6 13
10th Percentile £13.30 £11.83 £15.53
25th Percentile £16.25 £14.30 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.17 £19.49 £26.00
Median % change year-on-year -1.64% -25.04% -52.27%
75th Percentile £60.75 £21.57 £48.75
90th Percentile - £37.71 £53.20
Scotland median hourly rate £19.50 £14.50 £37.43
% change year-on-year +34.48% -61.26% -6.43%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

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

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

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

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in Edinburgh

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Daily Rate Histogram in Edinburgh

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Edinburgh over the 6 months to 31 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (50.00%) Azure
2 3 (21.43%) Dynamics 365
2 3 (21.43%) IaaS
2 3 (21.43%) PaaS
2 3 (21.43%) SaaS
3 2 (14.29%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) LAN
1 2 (14.29%) WAN
2 1 (7.14%) ATM
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) Cucumber
1 2 (14.29%) Cypress.io
1 2 (14.29%) Git
1 2 (14.29%) Jenkins
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
1 2 (14.29%) Selenium
1 2 (14.29%) Subversion
1 2 (14.29%) TeamCity
1 2 (14.29%) WebDriver
General
1 10 (71.43%) Social Skills
2 6 (42.86%) Finance
3 5 (35.71%) Banking
4 4 (28.57%) Public Sector
5 3 (21.43%) Retail Banking
6 2 (14.29%) Influencing Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (42.86%) Project Manager
2 4 (28.57%) Architect
3 3 (21.43%) Data Integration Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Integration Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Integration Project Manager
3 3 (21.43%) Senior
4 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Azure Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Cloud Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Functional Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Functional Test Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Senior Test Analyst
4 2 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Technical Architect
4 2 (14.29%) Test Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) Automation Test Analyst
5 1 (7.14%) IT Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Senior Manager
5 1 (7.14%) Transition Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (28.57%) Middleware
2 2 (14.29%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Client/Server
1 2 (14.29%) Mobile App
1 2 (14.29%) Public Cloud
2 1 (7.14%) Data Centre
2 1 (7.14%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) SWIFT Messaging Network
Operating Systems
1 2 (14.29%) Linux
1 2 (14.29%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) Agile
2 5 (35.71%) Migration
2 5 (35.71%) Project Delivery
2 5 (35.71%) Stakeholder Management
3 4 (28.57%) CRM
4 3 (21.43%) Analytics
4 3 (21.43%) Business Case
4 3 (21.43%) Data Migration
4 3 (21.43%) Data Transformation
4 3 (21.43%) ETL
4 3 (21.43%) Project Management
4 3 (21.43%) Story Points
4 3 (21.43%) User Stories
5 2 (14.29%) ATDD
5 2 (14.29%) DevOps
5 2 (14.29%) Machine Learning
5 2 (14.29%) Microservices
5 2 (14.29%) Operational Acceptance Testing
5 2 (14.29%) Software Delivery
5 2 (14.29%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 2 (14.29%) C#
1 2 (14.29%) C++
1 2 (14.29%) Java
1 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
1 2 (14.29%) Shell Script
1 2 (14.29%) SQL
1 2 (14.29%) VBA
1 2 (14.29%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (14.29%) ISEB
1 2 (14.29%) ISTQB
1 2 (14.29%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (14.29%) QA
System Software
1 1 (7.14%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Alteryx
1 3 (21.43%) Cognizant
2 2 (14.29%) Databricks
3 1 (7.14%) Citrix