Waterfall Contracts in the West Midlands

Waterfall Model
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands 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 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 85 68 31
Rank change year-on-year -17 -37 +8
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 31 64 209
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.62% 2.78% 5.92%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 3.14% 6.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 31 158
10th Percentile £438 £488 £412
25th Percentile £475 £506 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £513
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +7.32% +26.54%
75th Percentile £650 £603 £557
90th Percentile £750 £638 £650
England median daily rate £575 £550 £531
% change year-on-year +4.55% +3.58% +11.79%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,602 2,036 3,178
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 83.79% 88.29% 90.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,062 1,391 2,325
10th Percentile £275 £263 £275
25th Percentile £371 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £513 £490
Median % change year-on-year -2.44% +4.59% +15.29%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 47 65
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.30 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.87
Median hourly rate £22.50 £19.00 £16.83
Median % change year-on-year +18.42% +12.93% +0.03%
75th Percentile £40.25 £28.13 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.75 £50.00 £21.40
England median hourly rate £37.18 £37.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year -0.85% +50.00% +6.38%

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

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in the West Midlands

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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in the West Midlands

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands

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

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in the West Midlands

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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 11 May 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
Birmingham +17 14 £500 -20.00% 10
Coventry +10 7 £600 +11.63% 2
Warwickshire -2 6 £750 +36.36% 5
Shropshire +19 2 £519 -8.14%
Worcestershire +9 1 £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 (3.23%) Confluence
1 1 (3.23%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (6.45%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (3.23%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (3.23%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 8 (25.81%) Azure
2 3 (9.68%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (9.68%) Dynamics 365
3 2 (6.45%) SuccessFactors
4 1 (3.23%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (12.90%) LAN
1 4 (12.90%) WAN
2 2 (6.45%) Cisco IOS
2 2 (6.45%) Internet
2 2 (6.45%) Junos
2 2 (6.45%) TCP/IP
2 2 (6.45%) VPN
3 1 (3.23%) Intranet
3 1 (3.23%) Intrusion Detection
3 1 (3.23%) Network Security
3 1 (3.23%) SD-WAN
Development Applications
1 6 (19.35%) JIRA
General
1 11 (35.48%) Social Skills
2 7 (22.58%) Finance
3 4 (12.90%) Analytical Skills
4 3 (9.68%) Automotive
4 3 (9.68%) Influencing Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Legal
5 1 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
5 1 (3.23%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 10 (32.26%) Project Manager
2 5 (16.13%) Architect
2 5 (16.13%) IT Manager
3 4 (12.90%) Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Business Analyst
3 4 (12.90%) Product Manager
4 3 (9.68%) IT Project Manager
4 3 (9.68%) Security Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Azure Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Cybersecurity Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Dynamics 365 Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Dynamics 365 Business Analyst
5 2 (6.45%) Engagement Manager
5 2 (6.45%) Enterprise Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Enterprise Security Architect
5 2 (6.45%) Network Engineer
5 2 (6.45%) Technical Architect
6 1 (3.23%) Infrastructure Project Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Senior Manager
6 1 (3.23%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (6.45%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.90%) Operational Technology
2 2 (6.45%) Data Structures
2 2 (6.45%) IoT
2 2 (6.45%) Management Information System
2 2 (6.45%) Public Cloud
3 1 (3.23%) Credit Risk
3 1 (3.23%) PMI
3 1 (3.23%) Self-Motivation
3 1 (3.23%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (6.45%) Linux
1 2 (6.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 30 (96.77%) Agile
2 14 (45.16%) Stakeholder Management
3 9 (29.03%) Project Management
4 8 (25.81%) Scrum
5 6 (19.35%) Asset Management
5 6 (19.35%) Change Control
6 5 (16.13%) Continuous Improvement
6 5 (16.13%) DevOps
6 5 (16.13%) Project Delivery
6 5 (16.13%) Translating Business Requirements
7 4 (12.90%) Business Analysis
7 4 (12.90%) Change Management
7 4 (12.90%) Digital Strategy
7 4 (12.90%) IT Strategy
7 4 (12.90%) PRINCE2
7 4 (12.90%) Problem-Solving
7 4 (12.90%) Product Management
7 4 (12.90%) Resource Allocation
8 3 (9.68%) GAP Analysis
8 3 (9.68%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.23%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Degree
1 4 (12.90%) PMI Certification
1 4 (12.90%) PMP
2 2 (6.45%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (6.45%) SC Cleared
2 2 (6.45%) Security Cleared
3 1 (3.23%) (ISC)2 CCSP
3 1 (3.23%) APMG
3 1 (3.23%) CCNA
3 1 (3.23%) CCNP
3 1 (3.23%) CCSP
3 1 (3.23%) CISSP
3 1 (3.23%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.90%) QA
2 1 (3.23%) NIST
2 1 (3.23%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (9.68%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.45%) Cisco
2 2 (6.45%) Databricks
2 2 (6.45%) Juniper
2 2 (6.45%) ServiceNow
3 1 (3.23%) Cadence
3 1 (3.23%) Planview
3 1 (3.23%) SAP