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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
20 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 112 89
Rank change year-on-year -25 -23 +39
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 726 1,297 2,537
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.71% 2.26% 2.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.98% 2.52% 3.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 538 937 1,814
10th Percentile £381 £413 £400
25th Percentile £456 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £566 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.95% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £645 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £725 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £550 £500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +10.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 15
10th Percentile £48.50 £43.83 £26.15
25th Percentile £50.00 £43.86 £41.75
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 £66.03
90th Percentile £65.33 £97.73 £69.05
UK excluding London median hourly rate £58.91 £83.00 £60.48
% change year-on-year -29.03% +37.25% -0.89%

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 36,622 51,397 80,021
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.09% 89.76% 90.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,613 35,611 56,174
10th Percentile £300 £325 £344
25th Percentile £413 £439 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +7.07%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £480
% change year-on-year - +4.17% +9.09%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,439 1,690 1,913
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.77 £15.50
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +7.00%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.50
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.54%

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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 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
England -27 622 £575 +4.55% 252
UK excluding London -38 365 £525 -4.55% 188
London -15 307 £600 +5.49% 76
Work from Home -8 272 £580 +10.48% 120
North of England +8 112 £500 -9.09% 45
South East -31 86 £540 -1.82% 52
Midlands -23 57 £475 -12.04% 42
Yorkshire 0 54 £500 -16.67% 18
Scotland -3 54 £500 - 11
South West -21 54 £590 +7.03% 22
North West -2 50 £475 -11.63% 23
West Midlands -12 31 £522 -5.09% 24
East Midlands +5 26 £425 -15.00% 18
North East +19 10 £600 +29.73% 5
East of England -21 6 £428 -16.42% 8
Wales +21 3 £463 - 7
Northern Ireland +4 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 45 (6.20%) Confluence
2 33 (4.55%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.10%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.55%) CMS
5 3 (0.41%) Appian
5 3 (0.41%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.28%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.28%) nginx
7 1 (0.14%) Apache
7 1 (0.14%) Apache Solr
7 1 (0.14%) CICS
7 1 (0.14%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (0.14%) Skype for Business
Applications
1 36 (4.96%) Microsoft Excel
2 33 (4.55%) Microsoft Project
3 31 (4.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 27 (3.72%) Microsoft Office
5 23 (3.17%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.28%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (3.03%) SAP S/4HANA
2 17 (2.34%) Dynamics CRM
3 7 (0.96%) Loan IQ
3 7 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (0.83%) SAP PM
5 5 (0.69%) SAP BPC
5 5 (0.69%) SAP Hybris
6 4 (0.55%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
7 3 (0.41%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.41%) Primavera
7 3 (0.41%) SAP ERP
7 3 (0.41%) Shopify
8 2 (0.28%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.28%) SAP CRM
8 2 (0.28%) SAP IS-U
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Applications
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle ERP
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle HRMS
9 1 (0.14%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 135 (18.60%) Azure
2 50 (6.89%) Azure DevOps
3 44 (6.06%) SaaS
4 36 (4.96%) AWS
5 25 (3.44%) Microsoft 365
6 24 (3.31%) Power Platform
7 23 (3.17%) Dynamics 365
7 23 (3.17%) PaaS
8 19 (2.62%) IaaS
9 14 (1.93%) PowerApps
10 12 (1.65%) GCP
10 12 (1.65%) GitHub
11 8 (1.10%) Yammer
12 7 (0.96%) Boomi
13 5 (0.69%) OCI
13 5 (0.69%) OneDrive
13 5 (0.69%) Power Automate
13 5 (0.69%) SAP Commerce Cloud
13 5 (0.69%) Smartsheet
13 5 (0.69%) SuccessFactors
Communications & Networking
1 17 (2.34%) LAN
2 15 (2.07%) WAN
3 9 (1.24%) ATM
3 9 (1.24%) Internet
4 7 (0.96%) 3G
4 7 (0.96%) 4G
5 5 (0.69%) VPN
5 5 (0.69%) VSAN
6 4 (0.55%) DNS
6 4 (0.55%) SAN
7 3 (0.41%) 5G
7 3 (0.41%) DHCP
7 3 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
7 3 (0.41%) SD-WAN
7 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
8 2 (0.28%) Cisco IOS
8 2 (0.28%) Junos
8 2 (0.28%) SNA
8 2 (0.28%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.14%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (3.31%) SQL Server
2 17 (2.34%) Power BI
3 10 (1.38%) DB2
4 8 (1.10%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.83%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.69%) Geospatial Data
6 5 (0.69%) GIS
7 4 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.55%) Data Lake
7 4 (0.55%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.28%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.28%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.28%) Qlik Sense
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%) MySQL
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.14%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 100 (13.77%) JIRA
2 17 (2.34%) Git
3 16 (2.20%) Postman
4 15 (2.07%) Jenkins
5 13 (1.79%) Visual Studio
6 11 (1.52%) Selenium
7 10 (1.38%) LoadRunner
8 9 (1.24%) JMeter
9 8 (1.10%) NUnit
10 6 (0.83%) Cucumber
10 6 (0.83%) Cypress.io
10 6 (0.83%) Subversion
11 5 (0.69%) Appium
11 5 (0.69%) Oracle APEX
12 4 (0.55%) Bitbucket
12 4 (0.55%) SonarQube
12 4 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
13 3 (0.41%) SoapUI
13 3 (0.41%) TeamCity
13 3 (0.41%) WebDriver
General
1 287 (39.53%) Social Skills
2 249 (34.30%) Finance
3 99 (13.64%) Analytical Skills
4 82 (11.29%) Banking
5 63 (8.68%) Public Sector
6 39 (5.37%) Influencing Skills
7 34 (4.68%) Manufacturing
8 28 (3.86%) Telecoms
9 26 (3.58%) Marketing
10 23 (3.17%) Organisational Skills
11 20 (2.75%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (2.48%) Legal
13 16 (2.20%) Military
14 15 (2.07%) Electronics
15 13 (1.79%) Back Office
15 13 (1.79%) Retail
16 10 (1.38%) Investment Banking
17 9 (1.24%) Financial Institution
18 7 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
18 7 (0.96%) Law
Job Titles
1 186 (25.62%) Project Manager
2 142 (19.56%) Analyst
3 85 (11.71%) Business Analyst
4 79 (10.88%) Architect
5 78 (10.74%) Senior
6 51 (7.02%) Lead
7 47 (6.47%) Developer
8 40 (5.51%) IT Manager
8 40 (5.51%) Solutions Architect
9 37 (5.10%) Senior Manager
10 34 (4.68%) Delivery Manager
11 28 (3.86%) Test Manager
12 27 (3.72%) Programme Manager
13 24 (3.31%) Senior Project Manager
14 23 (3.17%) Senior Analyst
15 20 (2.75%) Technical Architect
15 20 (2.75%) Technical Manager
16 18 (2.48%) Infrastructure Manager
16 18 (2.48%) IT Project Manager
17 16 (2.20%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (5.10%) Middleware
2 31 (4.27%) .NET
3 14 (1.93%) AngularJS
4 13 (1.79%) GraphQL
5 12 (1.65%) REST
6 11 (1.52%) Web Services
7 10 (1.38%) SOAP
8 9 (1.24%) React
8 9 (1.24%) RESTful
9 8 (1.10%) Spring Boot
10 7 (0.96%) Kafka
10 7 (0.96%) Playwright
10 7 (0.96%) Spring
10 7 (0.96%) XML
11 6 (0.83%) Node.js
12 5 (0.69%) .NET Framework
12 5 (0.69%) ADO
12 5 (0.69%) Flash
12 5 (0.69%) HTML
12 5 (0.69%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 35 (4.82%) Product Ownership
2 22 (3.03%) Management Information System
3 19 (2.62%) Data Centre
3 19 (2.62%) Public Cloud
4 12 (1.65%) Mainframe
5 11 (1.52%) Mobile App
5 11 (1.52%) Onboarding
6 10 (1.38%) Operational Technology
7 8 (1.10%) Data Protection Act
7 8 (1.10%) Enterprise Software
7 8 (1.10%) Legacy Systems
7 8 (1.10%) PMI
7 8 (1.10%) SWIFT Messaging Network
8 7 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
8 7 (0.96%) Derivative
8 7 (0.96%) Life Science
9 6 (0.83%) Renewable Energy
10 5 (0.69%) Clustering
10 5 (0.69%) e-Learning
10 5 (0.69%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 33 (4.55%) Windows
2 27 (3.72%) Linux
3 11 (1.52%) Android
4 9 (1.24%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.96%) Unix
6 5 (0.69%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.55%) VMS
8 3 (0.41%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.28%) zOS
10 1 (0.14%) AIX
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 670 (92.29%) Agile
2 234 (32.23%) Project Management
3 174 (23.97%) Stakeholder Management
4 146 (20.11%) Project Delivery
5 116 (15.98%) Scrum
6 112 (15.43%) Problem-Solving
7 100 (13.77%) DevOps
8 90 (12.40%) PRINCE2
9 84 (11.57%) Migration
10 74 (10.19%) Continuous Improvement
11 68 (9.37%) SDLC
12 60 (8.26%) Change Management
13 58 (7.99%) Business Analysis
14 56 (7.71%) Roadmaps
14 56 (7.71%) Test Automation
15 52 (7.16%) Programme Management
16 51 (7.02%) Business Case
17 46 (6.34%) Decision-Making
17 46 (6.34%) Kanban
17 46 (6.34%) Risk Management
Programming Languages
1 66 (9.09%) SQL
2 36 (4.96%) Java
3 24 (3.31%) Python
4 17 (2.34%) C#
5 12 (1.65%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.65%) TypeScript
6 10 (1.38%) C
6 10 (1.38%) C++
7 7 (0.96%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.83%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.69%) Data Analysis Expressions
10 4 (0.55%) Go
10 4 (0.55%) Perl
11 3 (0.41%) ABAP
11 3 (0.41%) Kotlin
11 3 (0.41%) R
11 3 (0.41%) Shell Script
12 2 (0.28%) Swift
12 2 (0.28%) VBA
12 2 (0.28%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 96 (13.22%) Degree
2 95 (13.09%) Security Cleared
3 78 (10.74%) SC Cleared
4 38 (5.23%) PMI Certification
5 37 (5.10%) PMP
6 33 (4.55%) DV Cleared
7 20 (2.75%) ISTQB
8 14 (1.93%) Computer Science Degree
9 11 (1.52%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.24%) APMP
10 9 (1.24%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.10%) Chartered Engineer
12 7 (0.96%) CCNA
12 7 (0.96%) CISSP
12 7 (0.96%) ISEB
12 7 (0.96%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 6 (0.83%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.83%) CBAP
14 5 (0.69%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (0.55%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 53 (7.30%) PMO
2 46 (6.34%) QA
3 14 (1.93%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.24%) GDPR
5 5 (0.69%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.69%) HL7
5 5 (0.69%) NIST
5 5 (0.69%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.69%) SLA
6 4 (0.55%) PSD2
7 3 (0.41%) EMIR
7 3 (0.41%) GRC
7 3 (0.41%) IFRS
7 3 (0.41%) IFRS 17
7 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 12207
7 3 (0.41%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 3 (0.41%) Solvency II
8 2 (0.28%) Actionable Recommendations
8 2 (0.28%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.28%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
System Software
1 16 (2.20%) Docker
2 12 (1.65%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.96%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.69%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.28%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (1.38%) Ansible
2 7 (0.96%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.69%) vCenter Server
4 4 (0.55%) MOM
4 4 (0.55%) Terraform
5 2 (0.28%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.28%) OPNET
5 2 (0.28%) PowerCLI
6 1 (0.14%) Grafana
6 1 (0.14%) HP Quality Center
6 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Intune
6 1 (0.14%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.14%) Puppet
6 1 (0.14%) SCCM
6 1 (0.14%) SCOM
6 1 (0.14%) WSUS
Vendors
1 91 (12.53%) Microsoft
2 69 (9.50%) SAP
3 40 (5.51%) Oracle
4 23 (3.17%) Salesforce
5 21 (2.89%) ServiceNow
6 18 (2.48%) Cisco
7 13 (1.79%) Atlassian
8 12 (1.65%) VMware
9 9 (1.24%) Databricks
10 8 (1.10%) Google
11 7 (0.96%) BMC
11 7 (0.96%) Cadence
11 7 (0.96%) Remedy
12 6 (0.83%) CA Agile Central
12 6 (0.83%) IBM
13 5 (0.69%) Adobe
13 5 (0.69%) Workday
14 4 (0.55%) Cognizant
14 4 (0.55%) Guidewire
14 4 (0.55%) Juniper