Waterfall Model
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Waterfall skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Waterfall over the 6 months to 18 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
18 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 284 169 184
Rank change year-on-year -115 +15 +26
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 1,057 2,243 3,635
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.06% 2.26% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.24% 2.37% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 871 1,366 2,129
10th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,250 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £88,625 £83,800
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £54,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% +6.48% +8.00%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 85,135 94,784 153,905
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.22% 95.58% 95.76%
Number of salaries quoted 59,872 55,911 82,488
10th Percentile £29,089 £34,000 £33,635
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,180 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.10% +1.97% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%

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
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Waterfall.

Salary trend for Waterfall in the UK

Waterfall
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Waterfall over the 6 months to 18 May 2024.

Salary histogram for Waterfall in the UK

Waterfall
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the UK over the 6 months to 18 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -85 971 £55,000 -8.33% 227
UK excluding London -100 785 £54,000 -6.09% 173
Work from Home -129 390 £54,825 -7.90% 109
London -122 224 £67,500 - 61
South East -101 199 £54,000 -6.09% 45
North of England -39 193 £54,450 -6.92% 44
Midlands -50 174 £54,000 -1.82% 36
West Midlands -35 102 £55,000 - 20
South West -38 87 £50,000 -8.42% 22
Yorkshire +41 85 £62,500 +6.84% 17
East of England -7 81 £55,000 -8.33% 11
North West -92 77 £52,000 -13.33% 24
East Midlands -20 71 £54,000 -10.00% 16
Scotland -115 38 £55,000 -7.60% 9
North East +7 31 £52,500 +5.00% 4
Wales -22 8 £52,436 +23.38% 6
Northern Ireland +9 4 £72,500 +52.63%
Isle of Man - 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 43 (4.07%) SharePoint
2 29 (2.74%) Confluence
3 24 (2.27%) CMS
4 15 (1.42%) IIS
5 9 (0.85%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.47%) Kentico
8 4 (0.38%) Drupal
9 3 (0.28%) IBM Domino
9 3 (0.28%) SAS
10 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
10 2 (0.19%) NetWeaver
11 1 (0.095%) Appian
11 1 (0.095%) Liferay
Applications
1 66 (6.24%) Microsoft Project
2 35 (3.31%) Microsoft Office
3 27 (2.55%) Microsoft Excel
4 21 (1.99%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.76%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.47%) Trello
7 4 (0.38%) Maya
8 3 (0.28%) Adobe XD
8 3 (0.28%) InVision
8 3 (0.28%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 33 (3.12%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.85%) Unit4 Business World
3 6 (0.57%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (0.57%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.57%) Primavera
3 6 (0.57%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.47%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.38%) Magento
5 4 (0.38%) Oracle EBS
5 4 (0.38%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.28%) BPCS
6 3 (0.28%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.28%) SAP S/4HANA
7 2 (0.19%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.19%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.19%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.095%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.095%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.095%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 181 (17.12%) Azure
2 116 (10.97%) Power Platform
3 83 (7.85%) AWS
4 68 (6.43%) Dynamics 365
5 54 (5.11%) Microsoft 365
6 53 (5.01%) SaaS
7 51 (4.82%) Azure DevOps
8 38 (3.60%) Power Automate
8 38 (3.60%) PowerApps
9 17 (1.61%) GCP
10 15 (1.42%) PaaS
11 14 (1.32%) OCI
11 14 (1.32%) Snowflake
12 12 (1.14%) Azure Functions
12 12 (1.14%) Serverless
13 11 (1.04%) GitHub
14 10 (0.95%) Azure Logic Apps
15 9 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
15 9 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
16 8 (0.76%) Boomi
Communications & Networking
1 15 (1.42%) DNS
2 14 (1.32%) Wireless
3 13 (1.23%) Firewall
3 13 (1.23%) Wi-Fi
4 12 (1.14%) DHCP
4 12 (1.14%) SNMP
5 10 (0.95%) LTE
5 10 (0.95%) TETRA
6 7 (0.66%) Network Security
7 5 (0.47%) Internet
7 5 (0.47%) SSL
8 2 (0.19%) Broadband
8 2 (0.19%) Ethernet
8 2 (0.19%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.19%) LAN
8 2 (0.19%) SAN
8 2 (0.19%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.19%) WAN
9 1 (0.095%) Extranet
9 1 (0.095%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 63 (5.96%) Power BI
2 41 (3.88%) SQL Server
3 18 (1.70%) Data Warehouse
4 17 (1.61%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.23%) Tableau
6 11 (1.04%) Big Data
6 11 (1.04%) Data Mining
6 11 (1.04%) MySQL
7 10 (0.95%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 9 (0.85%) Data Lake
8 9 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 8 (0.76%) Amazon Redshift
9 8 (0.76%) BigQuery
10 7 (0.66%) Metadata
10 7 (0.66%) PostgreSQL
11 5 (0.47%) Looker
11 5 (0.47%) NoSQL
12 4 (0.38%) Hadoop
12 4 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
12 4 (0.38%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 101 (9.56%) JIRA
2 55 (5.20%) Git
3 11 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 8 (0.76%) Subversion
5 7 (0.66%) JMeter
5 7 (0.66%) Selenium
6 6 (0.57%) Visual Studio
7 5 (0.47%) Cucumber
7 5 (0.47%) Cypress.io
8 4 (0.38%) AdminStudio
8 4 (0.38%) Appium
8 4 (0.38%) InstallShield
8 4 (0.38%) MSI
8 4 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
9 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
9 3 (0.28%) Eclipse
9 3 (0.28%) LoadRunner
9 3 (0.28%) Spinnaker
9 3 (0.28%) Zephyr
10 2 (0.19%) WebDriver
General
1 446 (42.19%) Social Skills
2 296 (28.00%) Finance
3 137 (12.96%) Analytical Skills
4 70 (6.62%) Public Sector
5 65 (6.15%) Retail
6 61 (5.77%) Law
7 58 (5.49%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 49 (4.64%) Presentation Skills
9 47 (4.45%) Organisational Skills
10 37 (3.50%) Influencing Skills
11 35 (3.31%) Marketing
12 29 (2.74%) Legal
13 25 (2.37%) Banking
13 25 (2.37%) Documentation Skills
13 25 (2.37%) Manufacturing
14 23 (2.18%) Billing
15 17 (1.61%) Electronics
16 15 (1.42%) Aviation
16 15 (1.42%) Financial Institution
17 13 (1.23%) Games
Job Titles
1 360 (34.06%) Project Manager
2 171 (16.18%) IT Manager
3 168 (15.89%) Analyst
4 153 (14.47%) Senior
5 152 (14.38%) IT Project Manager
6 139 (13.15%) Business Analyst
7 113 (10.69%) Lead
8 88 (8.33%) Developer
9 70 (6.62%) Senior Manager
10 61 (5.77%) Architect
11 56 (5.30%) Senior Project Manager
12 43 (4.07%) Consultant
13 41 (3.88%) Digital Project Manager
14 37 (3.50%) Solutions Architect
15 31 (2.93%) IT Analyst
15 31 (2.93%) Team Leader
16 29 (2.74%) Business IT Analyst
16 29 (2.74%) Delivery Manager
16 29 (2.74%) IT Business Analyst
17 27 (2.55%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (6.24%) .NET
2 55 (5.20%) React
3 30 (2.84%) HTML
4 26 (2.46%) .NET Framework
4 26 (2.46%) RESTful
5 24 (2.27%) CSS
6 21 (1.99%) REST
7 20 (1.89%) Entity Framework
8 16 (1.51%) ASP.NET
9 15 (1.42%) ASP.NET MVC
10 13 (1.23%) HTML5 Canvas
11 12 (1.14%) .NET Core
11 12 (1.14%) XML
12 10 (0.95%) GraphQL
12 10 (0.95%) Node.js
13 9 (0.85%) AngularJS
13 9 (0.85%) Web Services
14 8 (0.76%) EDI
14 8 (0.76%) OAuth
15 7 (0.66%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 98 (9.27%) Self-Motivation
2 50 (4.73%) Product Ownership
3 40 (3.78%) Onboarding
4 29 (2.74%) Low-Code
5 26 (2.46%) Enterprise Software
6 25 (2.37%) PMI
7 22 (2.08%) Management Information System
8 13 (1.23%) CMDB
9 12 (1.14%) Data Structures
9 12 (1.14%) Virtual Team
10 10 (0.95%) Driving Licence
10 10 (0.95%) Enterprise Cloud
11 9 (0.85%) Data Centre
11 9 (0.85%) FMCG
12 8 (0.76%) Online Banking
13 7 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (0.66%) Mobile App
14 6 (0.57%) Algorithms
14 6 (0.57%) Cloud Native
14 6 (0.57%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.03%) Windows
2 21 (1.99%) Linux
3 15 (1.42%) Windows Server
4 9 (0.85%) Android
5 6 (0.57%) Unix
6 5 (0.47%) Apple iOS
7 4 (0.38%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.38%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.19%) Solaris
8 2 (0.19%) VxWorks
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,024 (96.88%) Agile
2 441 (41.72%) Project Management
3 296 (28.00%) Project Delivery
4 226 (21.38%) Stakeholder Management
5 213 (20.15%) Scrum
6 163 (15.42%) PRINCE2
7 158 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
8 140 (13.25%) Continuous Improvement
9 137 (12.96%) DevOps
10 127 (12.02%) Change Management
11 117 (11.07%) Mentoring
12 107 (10.12%) Roadmaps
13 106 (10.03%) Risk Management
14 95 (8.99%) Business Case
15 91 (8.61%) Business Analysis
16 78 (7.38%) Business Intelligence
17 76 (7.19%) Coaching
17 76 (7.19%) SDLC
18 74 (7.00%) Decision-Making
19 71 (6.72%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 110 (10.41%) SQL
2 96 (9.08%) JavaScript
3 84 (7.95%) C#
4 55 (5.20%) Java
5 37 (3.50%) Python
6 34 (3.22%) PHP
7 22 (2.08%) TypeScript
8 14 (1.32%) C++
9 10 (0.95%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 9 (0.85%) C
10 9 (0.85%) Kotlin
11 7 (0.66%) PowerShell
11 7 (0.66%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.47%) Bicep
12 5 (0.47%) R
12 5 (0.47%) VB
13 4 (0.38%) Ruby
13 4 (0.38%) Scala
14 3 (0.28%) Apex Code
14 3 (0.28%) Swift
Qualifications
1 206 (19.49%) Degree
2 87 (8.23%) Security Cleared
3 81 (7.66%) PMI Certification
4 75 (7.10%) SC Cleared
5 69 (6.53%) PMP
6 49 (4.64%) DV Cleared
7 22 (2.08%) Computer Science Degree
8 19 (1.80%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 16 (1.51%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 13 (1.23%) BPSS Clearance
10 13 (1.23%) CIMA
11 10 (0.95%) ACCA
11 10 (0.95%) CAPM
11 10 (0.95%) DBS Check
11 10 (0.95%) Microsoft Certification
12 9 (0.85%) Azure Certification
12 9 (0.85%) Master's Degree
13 5 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
14 4 (0.38%) CBAP
15 3 (0.28%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 92 (8.70%) QA
2 86 (8.14%) PMO
3 21 (1.99%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.04%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.04%) GDPR
5 4 (0.38%) NIST
5 4 (0.38%) SLA
6 2 (0.19%) DO-178B
6 2 (0.19%) P3O
6 2 (0.19%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.095%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.095%) GRC
7 1 (0.095%) GxP
7 1 (0.095%) IFRS
System Software
1 22 (2.08%) Active Directory
2 10 (0.95%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.57%) Docker
4 4 (0.38%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.28%) Firmware
5 3 (0.28%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.28%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.19%) Apache Flume
6 2 (0.19%) VirtualBox
Systems Management
1 12 (1.14%) SCOM
2 11 (1.04%) Terraform
3 4 (0.38%) Kubernetes
3 4 (0.38%) SCCM
3 4 (0.38%) WSUS
4 2 (0.19%) MIIS
5 1 (0.095%) Ansible
5 1 (0.095%) FTK
5 1 (0.095%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.095%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 180 (17.03%) Microsoft
2 45 (4.26%) Salesforce
3 38 (3.60%) Oracle
3 38 (3.60%) SAP
4 21 (1.99%) BT
4 21 (1.99%) ServiceNow
5 17 (1.61%) Google
6 12 (1.14%) Dynatrace
7 10 (0.95%) MuleSoft
7 10 (0.95%) VMware
8 9 (0.85%) Civica
8 9 (0.85%) Northgate
8 9 (0.85%) YouTube
9 7 (0.66%) Workday
10 6 (0.57%) Adobe
10 6 (0.57%) Databricks
11 5 (0.47%) Automation Anywhere
11 5 (0.47%) iManage
11 5 (0.47%) Sage
11 5 (0.47%) Sparx