Waterfall Contracts with Work from Home Options

Waterfall Model
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 2 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 103 91
Rank change year-on-year -22 -12 +30
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 261 559 1,272
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 1.78% 2.31% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.04% 2.57% 3.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 205 416 916
10th Percentile £411 £400 £391
25th Percentile £475 £461 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year +9.52% - +8.25%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £725 £712
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £530
% change year-on-year - +3.77% +11.58%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.25
Median hourly rate £50.00 - £63.00
75th Percentile £56.00 - -
90th Percentile £59.60 - £67.20
UK median hourly rate £58.91 £66.49 £53.00
% change year-on-year -11.40% +25.44% -8.38%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,824 21,734 40,250
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 87.57% 89.66% 91.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,646 15,426 29,289
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £438
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £543 £525
Median % change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% +6.06%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 572 503 517
10th Percentile £14.89 £18.49 £14.50
25th Percentile £24.19 £25.85 £20.75
Median hourly rate £43.00 £52.50 £40.00
Median % change year-on-year -18.10% +31.25% +66.67%
75th Percentile £60.00 £67.50 £58.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £78.60 £71.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +9.70%

Waterfall
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing Waterfall as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Waterfall trend for jobs with a WFH option

Waterfall
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Waterfall.

Waterfall daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing Waterfall over the 6 months to 2 June 2024.

Waterfall daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

Waterfall
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing Waterfall.

Waterfall hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 17 (6.51%) Confluence
2 12 (4.60%) SharePoint
3 3 (1.15%) Appian
3 3 (1.15%) ArcGIS
3 3 (1.15%) CMS
3 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.38%) JBoss
Applications
1 14 (5.36%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (4.60%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 11 (4.21%) Microsoft Project
4 8 (3.07%) Microsoft Office
5 7 (2.68%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 7 (2.68%) SAP S/4HANA
2 6 (2.30%) Dynamics CRM
3 4 (1.53%) Oracle EBS
4 3 (1.15%) SAP BPC
5 2 (0.77%) Payment Gateway
5 2 (0.77%) SAP Hybris
6 1 (0.38%) Loan IQ
6 1 (0.38%) NetSuite
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.38%) Oracle HRMS
6 1 (0.38%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.38%) SAP PM
Cloud Services
1 55 (21.07%) Azure
2 21 (8.05%) SaaS
3 17 (6.51%) Azure DevOps
4 14 (5.36%) AWS
5 11 (4.21%) Power Platform
6 10 (3.83%) Microsoft 365
7 7 (2.68%) Dynamics 365
7 7 (2.68%) IaaS
7 7 (2.68%) PaaS
8 6 (2.30%) GCP
8 6 (2.30%) PowerApps
9 5 (1.92%) OneDrive
10 4 (1.53%) OCI
10 4 (1.53%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 4 (1.53%) Smartsheet
11 3 (1.15%) Boomi
12 2 (0.77%) GitHub
12 2 (0.77%) Power Automate
12 2 (0.77%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 2 (0.77%) Yammer
Communications & Networking
1 10 (3.83%) LAN
2 9 (3.45%) WAN
3 8 (3.07%) 3G
3 8 (3.07%) 4G
4 7 (2.68%) ATM
5 4 (1.53%) Internet
6 3 (1.15%) 5G
6 3 (1.15%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.77%) SAN
7 2 (0.77%) SD-WAN
7 2 (0.77%) SNA
7 2 (0.77%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.38%) BGP
8 1 (0.38%) DHCP
8 1 (0.38%) DNS
8 1 (0.38%) Intranet
8 1 (0.38%) OSPF
8 1 (0.38%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.38%) VRRP
8 1 (0.38%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (3.07%) SQL Server
2 6 (2.30%) Power BI
3 4 (1.53%) DB2
4 3 (1.15%) Geospatial Data
4 3 (1.15%) GIS
5 1 (0.38%) Big Data
5 1 (0.38%) Data Warehouse
5 1 (0.38%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 1 (0.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 37 (14.18%) JIRA
2 7 (2.68%) Oracle APEX
3 5 (1.92%) Git
3 5 (1.92%) Postman
4 4 (1.53%) Cypress.io
4 4 (1.53%) Jenkins
4 4 (1.53%) Selenium
5 3 (1.15%) Appium
5 3 (1.15%) NUnit
5 3 (1.15%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.77%) Bitbucket
6 2 (0.77%) SonarQube
6 2 (0.77%) Subversion
6 2 (0.77%) Visual Studio Team System
7 1 (0.38%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.38%) JMeter
7 1 (0.38%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (0.38%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.38%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.38%) Zephyr
General
1 110 (42.15%) Finance
2 96 (36.78%) Social Skills
3 34 (13.03%) Banking
4 29 (11.11%) Manufacturing
5 25 (9.58%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (9.20%) Marketing
6 24 (9.20%) Public Sector
7 20 (7.66%) Influencing Skills
8 16 (6.13%) Telecoms
9 15 (5.75%) Electronics
10 8 (3.07%) Legal
10 8 (3.07%) Military
11 5 (1.92%) Retail
12 4 (1.53%) Aerospace
13 3 (1.15%) Back Office
13 3 (1.15%) Documentation Skills
13 3 (1.15%) Law
13 3 (1.15%) Organisational Skills
13 3 (1.15%) Presentation Skills
14 2 (0.77%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 74 (28.35%) Project Manager
2 49 (18.77%) Analyst
3 42 (16.09%) Architect
4 39 (14.94%) Business Analyst
5 32 (12.26%) Senior
6 21 (8.05%) Solutions Architect
7 19 (7.28%) Developer
7 19 (7.28%) Senior Manager
8 18 (6.90%) IT Manager
9 17 (6.51%) Senior Project Manager
10 16 (6.13%) Technical Architect
11 15 (5.75%) Test Manager
12 11 (4.21%) Senior Analyst
13 10 (3.83%) Delivery Manager
14 9 (3.45%) Consultant
14 9 (3.45%) IT Project Manager
14 9 (3.45%) Lead
15 8 (3.07%) Azure Architect
15 8 (3.07%) Infrastructure Manager
15 8 (3.07%) Senior Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (8.81%) Middleware
2 12 (4.60%) .NET
3 5 (1.92%) GraphQL
3 5 (1.92%) Spring Boot
3 5 (1.92%) Web Services
4 4 (1.53%) AngularJS
4 4 (1.53%) Oracle Fusion
4 4 (1.53%) REST
4 4 (1.53%) RESTful
4 4 (1.53%) SOAP
4 4 (1.53%) Spring
4 4 (1.53%) XML
5 3 (1.15%) Playwright
5 3 (1.15%) React
6 2 (0.77%) ADO
6 2 (0.77%) FIDO
6 2 (0.77%) JSON
6 2 (0.77%) JSP
6 2 (0.77%) Node.js
6 2 (0.77%) RAML
Miscellaneous
1 11 (4.21%) Public Cloud
2 9 (3.45%) Data Centre
3 8 (3.07%) Product Ownership
4 7 (2.68%) SWIFT Messaging Network
5 6 (2.30%) Mainframe
6 5 (1.92%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (1.92%) Enterprise Software
6 5 (1.92%) Management Information System
6 5 (1.92%) Onboarding
7 4 (1.53%) Data Protection Act
7 4 (1.53%) Life Science
7 4 (1.53%) Mobile App
8 3 (1.15%) Operational Technology
8 3 (1.15%) Robotics
9 2 (0.77%) Contactless
9 2 (0.77%) Digital Wallet
9 2 (0.77%) Low-Code
9 2 (0.77%) Reference Data
9 2 (0.77%) Renewable Energy
9 2 (0.77%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 17 (6.51%) Windows
2 16 (6.13%) Linux
3 5 (1.92%) Android
3 5 (1.92%) Unix
4 3 (1.15%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.15%) VMS
5 1 (0.38%) Windows 10
5 1 (0.38%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 244 (93.49%) Agile
2 80 (30.65%) Project Management
3 74 (28.35%) Stakeholder Management
4 53 (20.31%) Project Delivery
5 42 (16.09%) Scrum
6 40 (15.33%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (14.56%) DevOps
8 33 (12.64%) PRINCE2
9 30 (11.49%) Business Analysis
10 26 (9.96%) SDLC
11 25 (9.58%) Programme Management
12 24 (9.20%) Migration
13 21 (8.05%) Business Case
13 21 (8.05%) Business Intelligence
14 20 (7.66%) Requirements Gathering
15 19 (7.28%) Change Management
15 19 (7.28%) Digital Marketing
16 18 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
16 18 (6.90%) Data Analysis
17 17 (6.51%) ERP
Programming Languages
1 24 (9.20%) SQL
2 13 (4.98%) Java
3 11 (4.21%) JavaScript
4 7 (2.68%) PL/SQL
5 5 (1.92%) C
6 4 (1.53%) C#
6 4 (1.53%) Python
7 3 (1.15%) ABAP
7 3 (1.15%) C++
7 3 (1.15%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.77%) Kotlin
8 2 (0.77%) Perl
9 1 (0.38%) Bash
9 1 (0.38%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 1 (0.38%) Go
9 1 (0.38%) Shell Script
9 1 (0.38%) VB
9 1 (0.38%) VBA
9 1 (0.38%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 31 (11.88%) Degree
2 28 (10.73%) Security Cleared
3 22 (8.43%) SC Cleared
4 19 (7.28%) PMP
5 17 (6.51%) DV Cleared
6 16 (6.13%) PMI Certification
7 12 (4.60%) ISTQB
8 6 (2.30%) CISSP
9 5 (1.92%) Computer Science Degree
10 4 (1.53%) CISM
10 4 (1.53%) CRISC
11 3 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
11 3 (1.15%) ISEB
11 3 (1.15%) Microsoft Certification
12 2 (0.77%) APMP
13 1 (0.38%) AWS Certification
13 1 (0.38%) CBAP
13 1 (0.38%) IIBA
13 1 (0.38%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
13 1 (0.38%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (8.05%) QA
2 8 (3.07%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.07%) GDPR
2 8 (3.07%) PMO
3 5 (1.92%) PCI DSS
4 4 (1.53%) PSD2
5 3 (1.15%) Data Quality
6 2 (0.77%) Def Stans
6 2 (0.77%) HL7
6 2 (0.77%) NIST
7 1 (0.38%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.38%) Disclosure Scotland
7 1 (0.38%) Dodd-Frank
7 1 (0.38%) EMIR
7 1 (0.38%) HIPAA
7 1 (0.38%) ISO 9001
7 1 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.38%) MiFID
7 1 (0.38%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.38%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (1.53%) Docker
2 3 (1.15%) Virtual Servers
3 2 (0.77%) VMware Infrastructure
4 1 (0.38%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.38%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 3 (1.15%) Ansible
2 1 (0.38%) Microsoft Intune
2 1 (0.38%) Terraform
Vendors
1 34 (13.03%) SAP
2 31 (11.88%) Microsoft
3 28 (10.73%) Oracle
4 12 (4.60%) ServiceNow
5 10 (3.83%) Salesforce
6 9 (3.45%) Databricks
7 3 (1.15%) ESRI
7 3 (1.15%) Google
7 3 (1.15%) Workday
8 2 (0.77%) CA Agile Central
8 2 (0.77%) Checkmarx
8 2 (0.77%) Cisco
8 2 (0.77%) Citrix
8 2 (0.77%) PayPal
8 2 (0.77%) VMware
9 1 (0.38%) Arista
9 1 (0.38%) Blue Prism
9 1 (0.38%) Extreme Networks
9 1 (0.38%) IFS
9 1 (0.38%) Perfecto Mobile