Waterfall Contracts

Waterfall Model
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies 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 142 109 91
Rank change year-on-year -33 -18 +34
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 713 1,303 2,491
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.66% 2.32% 2.84%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.94% 2.59% 3.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 525 957 1,761
10th Percentile £381 £406 £400
25th Percentile £450 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year - +3.77% +11.58%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £725 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £506
% change year-on-year -4.55% +8.64% +9.46%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 9
10th Percentile £48.50 £43.83 £20.25
25th Percentile £50.00 £43.86 £48.49
Median hourly rate £58.91 £66.49 £53.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.40% +25.44% -8.38%
75th Percentile £62.96 £87.38 £63.00
90th Percentile £65.33 £97.73 £64.21
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.91 £83.00 £55.48
% change year-on-year -29.03% +49.62% -9.08%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

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 with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 36,802 50,277 79,372
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 85.47% 89.69% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,632 34,811 55,790
10th Percentile £300 £325 £345
25th Percentile £413 £438 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £538
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £644
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £488
% change year-on-year - +2.56% +9.18%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,530 1,673 1,868
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.72 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%
75th Percentile £60.75 £65.00 £50.00
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.12 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.91% +75.00% -4.76%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in the UK

Waterfall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in the UK

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in the UK

Waterfall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in the UK

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing Waterfall over the 6 months to 1 June 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for Waterfall in the UK

Waterfall
Top 17 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the UK 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
England -36 610 £575 +4.55% 228
UK excluding London -41 354 £525 -4.55% 172
London -20 307 £600 +6.67% 62
Work from Home -19 261 £575 +9.52% 142
North of England -8 107 £493 -14.35% 45
South East -35 83 £530 -3.64% 51
Scotland -10 55 £500 - 10
Midlands -14 55 £475 -13.64% 32
North West +1 51 £475 -13.64% 28
South West -37 49 £590 +7.27% 20
Yorkshire -6 47 £490 -18.33% 14
West Midlands -22 28 £519 -5.64% 17
East Midlands +8 27 £425 -22.37% 15
North East +19 11 £600 +29.73% 4
East of England -25 7 £428 -14.50% 11
Wales +19 3 £463 - 2
Northern Ireland +3 2 - - 1

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 47 (6.59%) Confluence
2 33 (4.63%) SharePoint
3 7 (0.98%) Microsoft Exchange
4 5 (0.70%) CMS
5 3 (0.42%) Appian
5 3 (0.42%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.28%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) CICS
7 1 (0.14%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.14%) JBoss
Applications
1 36 (5.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 29 (4.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 28 (3.93%) Microsoft Project
4 23 (3.23%) MS Visio
5 22 (3.09%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 21 (2.95%) SAP S/4HANA
2 13 (1.82%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.98%) Remedy ITSM
4 5 (0.70%) SAP BPC
4 5 (0.70%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.70%) SAP PM
5 4 (0.56%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.56%) SAP Hybris
6 3 (0.42%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.42%) Primavera
7 2 (0.28%) Aladdin
7 2 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
7 2 (0.28%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.28%) SAP CRM
7 2 (0.28%) SAP IS-U
7 2 (0.28%) Shopify
8 1 (0.14%) IntelliMatch
8 1 (0.14%) Magento
8 1 (0.14%) SAP EWM
8 1 (0.14%) SAP FI/CO
Cloud Services
1 139 (19.50%) Azure
2 48 (6.73%) Azure DevOps
3 43 (6.03%) SaaS
4 38 (5.33%) AWS
5 25 (3.51%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (3.51%) Power Platform
6 24 (3.37%) PaaS
7 20 (2.81%) Dynamics 365
8 18 (2.52%) IaaS
9 14 (1.96%) GCP
9 14 (1.96%) PowerApps
10 13 (1.82%) GitHub
11 8 (1.12%) Yammer
12 7 (0.98%) Boomi
13 5 (0.70%) OCI
13 5 (0.70%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.70%) Power Automate
13 5 (0.70%) SuccessFactors
14 4 (0.56%) Smartsheet
14 4 (0.56%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.38%) LAN
1 17 (2.38%) WAN
2 9 (1.26%) ATM
3 8 (1.12%) 3G
3 8 (1.12%) 4G
3 8 (1.12%) Internet
4 7 (0.98%) VPN
5 5 (0.70%) VSAN
6 3 (0.42%) 5G
6 3 (0.42%) Intrusion Detection
6 3 (0.42%) SAN
6 3 (0.42%) SD-WAN
6 3 (0.42%) TCP/IP
6 3 (0.42%) Wi-Fi
7 2 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
7 2 (0.28%) DNS
7 2 (0.28%) Junos
7 2 (0.28%) SNA
8 1 (0.14%) PuTTY
8 1 (0.14%) WinSCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.37%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.52%) Power BI
3 9 (1.26%) Data Warehouse
3 9 (1.26%) DB2
4 7 (0.98%) PostgreSQL
5 5 (0.70%) Geospatial Data
5 5 (0.70%) GIS
5 5 (0.70%) Relational Database
6 4 (0.56%) Azure SQL Database
6 4 (0.56%) Data Lake
7 3 (0.42%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.28%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.28%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.28%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.28%) Tableau
9 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.14%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
9 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 99 (13.88%) JIRA
2 18 (2.52%) Git
2 18 (2.52%) Jenkins
2 18 (2.52%) Postman
3 13 (1.82%) Selenium
3 13 (1.82%) Visual Studio
4 11 (1.54%) LoadRunner
5 9 (1.26%) JMeter
6 8 (1.12%) NUnit
7 7 (0.98%) Appium
7 7 (0.98%) Oracle APEX
8 6 (0.84%) Bitbucket
8 6 (0.84%) Cucumber
8 6 (0.84%) Cypress.io
8 6 (0.84%) SonarQube
9 5 (0.70%) Subversion
10 4 (0.56%) Gatling
10 4 (0.56%) Team Foundation Server
11 3 (0.42%) SoapUI
11 3 (0.42%) WebDriver
General
1 280 (39.27%) Social Skills
2 247 (34.64%) Finance
3 97 (13.60%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (11.50%) Banking
5 62 (8.70%) Public Sector
6 43 (6.03%) Influencing Skills
7 36 (5.05%) Manufacturing
8 28 (3.93%) Telecoms
9 27 (3.79%) Marketing
10 23 (3.23%) Organisational Skills
11 18 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
12 17 (2.38%) Legal
13 16 (2.24%) Military
14 15 (2.10%) Electronics
15 14 (1.96%) Retail
16 12 (1.68%) Back Office
17 8 (1.12%) Investment Banking
18 6 (0.84%) Retail Banking
19 5 (0.70%) Automotive
19 5 (0.70%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 180 (25.25%) Project Manager
2 142 (19.92%) Analyst
3 85 (11.92%) Senior
4 84 (11.78%) Business Analyst
5 80 (11.22%) Architect
6 50 (7.01%) Developer
7 48 (6.73%) Lead
8 43 (6.03%) IT Manager
8 43 (6.03%) Senior Manager
9 41 (5.75%) Solutions Architect
10 33 (4.63%) Delivery Manager
11 28 (3.93%) Test Manager
12 25 (3.51%) Programme Manager
12 25 (3.51%) Senior Project Manager
13 24 (3.37%) Senior Analyst
14 21 (2.95%) IT Project Manager
14 21 (2.95%) Technical Architect
15 19 (2.66%) Infrastructure Manager
15 19 (2.66%) Technical Manager
16 16 (2.24%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 38 (5.33%) Middleware
2 34 (4.77%) .NET
3 13 (1.82%) AngularJS
4 12 (1.68%) GraphQL
5 11 (1.54%) REST
5 11 (1.54%) RESTful
6 10 (1.40%) React
6 10 (1.40%) Web Services
7 9 (1.26%) SOAP
8 8 (1.12%) XML
9 7 (0.98%) .NET Framework
9 7 (0.98%) Node.js
9 7 (0.98%) Playwright
9 7 (0.98%) Spring Boot
10 6 (0.84%) HTML
10 6 (0.84%) Spring
11 5 (0.70%) ADO
11 5 (0.70%) Flash
11 5 (0.70%) Kafka
11 5 (0.70%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 37 (5.19%) Product Ownership
2 22 (3.09%) Public Cloud
3 18 (2.52%) Data Centre
3 18 (2.52%) Management Information System
4 14 (1.96%) Onboarding
5 13 (1.82%) Mobile App
6 11 (1.54%) Mainframe
7 9 (1.26%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.12%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.12%) Operational Technology
8 8 (1.12%) PMI
8 8 (1.12%) Renewable Energy
8 8 (1.12%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 7 (0.98%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (0.98%) Life Science
10 6 (0.84%) Virtual Team
11 5 (0.70%) Clustering
11 5 (0.70%) e-Learning
11 5 (0.70%) Self-Motivation
12 4 (0.56%) Security Posture
Operating Systems
1 31 (4.35%) Windows
2 28 (3.93%) Linux
3 11 (1.54%) Android
4 9 (1.26%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.98%) Unix
6 4 (0.56%) VMS
6 4 (0.56%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.28%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.14%) AIX
8 1 (0.14%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 664 (93.13%) Agile
2 231 (32.40%) Project Management
3 175 (24.54%) Stakeholder Management
4 145 (20.34%) Project Delivery
5 115 (16.13%) Scrum
6 106 (14.87%) Problem-Solving
7 99 (13.88%) DevOps
8 83 (11.64%) PRINCE2
9 74 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 74 (10.38%) Migration
10 69 (9.68%) SDLC
11 61 (8.56%) Test Automation
12 58 (8.13%) Business Analysis
13 55 (7.71%) Change Management
13 55 (7.71%) Roadmaps
14 52 (7.29%) Programme Management
15 46 (6.45%) Business Case
16 45 (6.31%) CRM
16 45 (6.31%) Kanban
16 45 (6.31%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 60 (8.42%) SQL
2 32 (4.49%) Java
3 22 (3.09%) Python
4 16 (2.24%) C#
5 14 (1.96%) JavaScript
6 12 (1.68%) TypeScript
7 10 (1.40%) C
7 10 (1.40%) C++
8 8 (1.12%) PL/SQL
9 7 (0.98%) PowerShell
10 5 (0.70%) Data Analysis Expressions
11 4 (0.56%) Kotlin
11 4 (0.56%) Perl
12 3 (0.42%) ABAP
12 3 (0.42%) Go
12 3 (0.42%) R
12 3 (0.42%) Shell Script
12 3 (0.42%) Swift
13 2 (0.28%) VBA
13 2 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 97 (13.60%) Security Cleared
2 93 (13.04%) Degree
3 81 (11.36%) SC Cleared
4 39 (5.47%) PMI Certification
5 38 (5.33%) PMP
6 34 (4.77%) DV Cleared
7 20 (2.81%) ISTQB
8 15 (2.10%) Computer Science Degree
9 13 (1.82%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.26%) BPSS Clearance
11 8 (1.12%) Chartered Engineer
11 8 (1.12%) Cisco Certification
12 7 (0.98%) CBAP
12 7 (0.98%) CISSP
12 7 (0.98%) ISEB
13 6 (0.84%) APMP
13 6 (0.84%) CCNA
14 5 (0.70%) CISM
14 5 (0.70%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (0.56%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 47 (6.59%) PMO
1 47 (6.59%) QA
2 15 (2.10%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.12%) GDPR
4 5 (0.70%) Data Quality
4 5 (0.70%) HL7
4 5 (0.70%) NIST
4 5 (0.70%) PCI DSS
5 4 (0.56%) PSD2
5 4 (0.56%) SLA
6 3 (0.42%) EMIR
6 3 (0.42%) GRC
6 3 (0.42%) IFRS
6 3 (0.42%) IFRS 17
6 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 12207
6 3 (0.42%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 3 (0.42%) Solvency II
7 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
7 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
7 2 (0.28%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 18 (2.52%) Docker
2 13 (1.82%) VMware Infrastructure
3 9 (1.26%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.70%) VMware ESXi
5 3 (0.42%) Virtual Servers
6 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
6 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 14 (1.96%) Ansible
2 9 (1.26%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.84%) Terraform
4 5 (0.70%) vCenter Server
5 4 (0.56%) MOM
5 4 (0.56%) OPNET
5 4 (0.56%) PowerCLI
6 2 (0.28%) HP ALM
7 1 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 84 (11.78%) Microsoft
2 69 (9.68%) SAP
3 42 (5.89%) Oracle
4 22 (3.09%) Salesforce
5 19 (2.66%) ServiceNow
6 18 (2.52%) Cisco
7 15 (2.10%) Atlassian
8 13 (1.82%) VMware
9 10 (1.40%) Databricks
9 10 (1.40%) Google
10 7 (0.98%) BMC
10 7 (0.98%) Cadence
10 7 (0.98%) Remedy
11 6 (0.84%) CA Agile Central
11 6 (0.84%) Checkmarx
12 5 (0.70%) Workday
13 4 (0.56%) Adobe
13 4 (0.56%) Cognizant
13 4 (0.56%) Guidewire
14 3 (0.42%) Juniper