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

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 263 163 178
Rank change year-on-year -100 +15 +39
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 1,100 2,343 3,578
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.12% 2.26% 2.29%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.30% 2.36% 2.39%
Number of salaries quoted 906 1,414 2,158
10th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £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 £72,500 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £88,750 £82,885
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £57,500 £54,150
% change year-on-year -6.09% +6.19% +8.30%

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 84,746 99,225 149,638
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.94% 95.61% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 59,834 58,281 83,297
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £61,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -10.57% +2.50% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £81,750 £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 3 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 3 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 -78 1,010 £55,000 -8.33% 231
UK excluding London -94 818 £54,000 -6.09% 175
Work from Home -99 419 £54,325 -8.74% 123
London -110 234 £65,000 -6.47% 62
South East -93 212 £54,000 -6.09% 45
North of England -41 197 £54,900 -5.34% 39
Midlands -36 178 £54,000 -5.26% 39
West Midlands -43 104 £55,000 - 22
South West -36 92 £50,000 -4.76% 23
Yorkshire +36 87 £60,000 +4.35% 12
East of England +7 86 £54,000 -10.00% 10
North West -83 80 £52,000 -13.33% 26
East Midlands -25 73 £54,000 -10.20% 17
Scotland -116 38 £55,000 -7.97% 13
North East +7 30 £52,500 +5.00% 1
Wales -18 9 £52,436 +23.38% 4
Northern Ireland +18 5 £72,500 +52.63% 1
Isle of Man - 1 - - 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 (4.27%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.55%) Confluence
3 25 (2.27%) CMS
4 17 (1.55%) IIS
5 12 (1.09%) Anypoint
6 8 (0.73%) Apache Spark
6 8 (0.73%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.45%) Kentico
8 4 (0.36%) Drupal
8 4 (0.36%) IBM Domino
9 2 (0.18%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.18%) NetWeaver
9 2 (0.18%) SAS
10 1 (0.091%) Appian
10 1 (0.091%) EPiServer
Applications
1 66 (6.00%) Microsoft Project
2 33 (3.00%) Microsoft Office
3 26 (2.36%) Microsoft Excel
4 19 (1.73%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.73%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.45%) Trello
7 4 (0.36%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.36%) InVision
7 4 (0.36%) Maya
7 4 (0.36%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 34 (3.09%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.82%) Unit4 Business World
3 6 (0.55%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (0.55%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.55%) Primavera
3 6 (0.55%) SAP ERP
4 5 (0.45%) Dynamics NAV
5 4 (0.36%) Magento
5 4 (0.36%) SAP S/4HANA
5 4 (0.36%) Workday HCM
6 3 (0.27%) BPCS
6 3 (0.27%) Dynamics GP
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle EBS
6 3 (0.27%) Oracle ERP
7 2 (0.18%) Elite 3E
7 2 (0.18%) Salesforce CRM
7 2 (0.18%) SAP FI
7 2 (0.18%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
8 1 (0.091%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.091%) SAP PSCD
Cloud Services
1 192 (17.45%) Azure
2 121 (11.00%) Power Platform
3 86 (7.82%) AWS
4 71 (6.45%) Dynamics 365
5 57 (5.18%) Microsoft 365
6 56 (5.09%) Azure DevOps
6 56 (5.09%) SaaS
7 42 (3.82%) PowerApps
8 40 (3.64%) Power Automate
9 16 (1.45%) GCP
9 16 (1.45%) OCI
9 16 (1.45%) PaaS
10 14 (1.27%) Azure Functions
10 14 (1.27%) Serverless
10 14 (1.27%) Snowflake
11 12 (1.09%) Azure Logic Apps
12 11 (1.00%) GitHub
13 9 (0.82%) AWS CloudFormation
13 9 (0.82%) Azure Service Bus
13 9 (0.82%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 17 (1.55%) DNS
1 17 (1.55%) Wi-Fi
2 15 (1.36%) Firewall
3 14 (1.27%) DHCP
3 14 (1.27%) SNMP
3 14 (1.27%) Wireless
4 10 (0.91%) LTE
4 10 (0.91%) TETRA
5 7 (0.64%) Network Security
6 5 (0.45%) Internet
6 5 (0.45%) SSL
7 2 (0.18%) Broadband
7 2 (0.18%) HTTPS
7 2 (0.18%) LAN
7 2 (0.18%) SAN
7 2 (0.18%) WAN
8 1 (0.091%) Cisco IOS
8 1 (0.091%) Extranet
8 1 (0.091%) HTTP
8 1 (0.091%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 66 (6.00%) Power BI
2 42 (3.82%) SQL Server
3 19 (1.73%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (1.36%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.18%) Tableau
6 12 (1.09%) MySQL
7 11 (1.00%) Data Mining
7 11 (1.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 10 (0.91%) Big Data
8 10 (0.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 9 (0.82%) Data Lake
10 8 (0.73%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.73%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.64%) PostgreSQL
12 6 (0.55%) Metadata
13 5 (0.45%) EDRMS
13 5 (0.45%) Looker
13 5 (0.45%) NoSQL
14 4 (0.36%) DTS
14 4 (0.36%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 104 (9.45%) JIRA
2 58 (5.27%) Git
3 12 (1.09%) Jenkins
4 11 (1.00%) Subversion
5 9 (0.82%) JMeter
5 9 (0.82%) Selenium
6 5 (0.45%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.45%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.36%) AdminStudio
7 4 (0.36%) Appium
7 4 (0.36%) InstallShield
7 4 (0.36%) IntelliJ
7 4 (0.36%) MSI
7 4 (0.36%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.36%) Visual Studio
7 4 (0.36%) Visual Studio Code
7 4 (0.36%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.27%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.27%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.27%) LoadRunner
General
1 464 (42.18%) Social Skills
2 310 (28.18%) Finance
3 137 (12.45%) Analytical Skills
4 85 (7.73%) Public Sector
5 64 (5.82%) Law
6 62 (5.64%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 61 (5.55%) Retail
8 50 (4.55%) Organisational Skills
9 49 (4.45%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (3.36%) Marketing
11 36 (3.27%) Influencing Skills
12 32 (2.91%) Documentation Skills
13 29 (2.64%) Legal
14 24 (2.18%) Banking
15 23 (2.09%) Manufacturing
16 22 (2.00%) Billing
17 18 (1.64%) Aviation
17 18 (1.64%) Electronics
18 15 (1.36%) Financial Institution
19 13 (1.18%) Games
Job Titles
1 368 (33.45%) Project Manager
2 182 (16.55%) IT Manager
3 178 (16.18%) Analyst
4 162 (14.73%) IT Project Manager
5 158 (14.36%) Senior
6 152 (13.82%) Business Analyst
7 116 (10.55%) Lead
8 95 (8.64%) Developer
9 75 (6.82%) Architect
10 73 (6.64%) Senior Manager
11 57 (5.18%) Senior Project Manager
12 52 (4.73%) Solutions Architect
13 45 (4.09%) Consultant
14 40 (3.64%) Digital Project Manager
15 32 (2.91%) Team Leader
16 30 (2.73%) Delivery Manager
16 30 (2.73%) IT Analyst
17 28 (2.55%) Business IT Analyst
17 28 (2.55%) IT Business Analyst
18 27 (2.45%) Senior Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 68 (6.18%) .NET
2 55 (5.00%) React
3 33 (3.00%) HTML
4 28 (2.55%) .NET Framework
4 28 (2.55%) RESTful
5 26 (2.36%) CSS
6 22 (2.00%) Entity Framework
6 22 (2.00%) REST
7 18 (1.64%) ASP.NET
8 17 (1.55%) ASP.NET MVC
8 17 (1.55%) HTML5 Canvas
9 12 (1.09%) .NET Core
9 12 (1.09%) XML
10 11 (1.00%) GraphQL
11 10 (0.91%) Web Services
12 9 (0.82%) AngularJS
12 9 (0.82%) EDI
12 9 (0.82%) Oracle Fusion
13 8 (0.73%) Node.js
13 8 (0.73%) OAuth
Miscellaneous
1 100 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
2 49 (4.45%) Product Ownership
3 41 (3.73%) Onboarding
4 31 (2.82%) Low-Code
5 26 (2.36%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (2.18%) PMI
7 21 (1.91%) Management Information System
8 14 (1.27%) CMDB
9 12 (1.09%) Enterprise Cloud
10 11 (1.00%) Data Structures
10 11 (1.00%) Virtual Team
11 10 (0.91%) Data Centre
12 9 (0.82%) Driving Licence
12 9 (0.82%) FMCG
13 7 (0.64%) Greenfield Project
13 7 (0.64%) Online Banking
14 6 (0.55%) Blog
14 6 (0.55%) Mobile App
14 6 (0.55%) Renewable Energy
15 5 (0.45%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 34 (3.09%) Windows
2 24 (2.18%) Linux
3 17 (1.55%) Windows Server
4 11 (1.00%) Android
5 7 (0.64%) Apple iOS
6 6 (0.55%) Unix
7 4 (0.36%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.36%) Windows 7
8 2 (0.18%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,071 (97.36%) Agile
2 450 (40.91%) Project Management
3 308 (28.00%) Project Delivery
4 237 (21.55%) Stakeholder Management
5 224 (20.36%) Scrum
6 172 (15.64%) PRINCE2
7 161 (14.64%) Problem-Solving
8 140 (12.73%) Continuous Improvement
9 135 (12.27%) DevOps
10 132 (12.00%) Change Management
11 122 (11.09%) Mentoring
12 120 (10.91%) Risk Management
13 111 (10.09%) Business Analysis
14 106 (9.64%) Roadmaps
15 99 (9.00%) Business Case
16 86 (7.82%) Decision-Making
17 85 (7.73%) Business Intelligence
18 81 (7.36%) SDLC
19 79 (7.18%) Coaching
20 76 (6.91%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 114 (10.36%) SQL
2 103 (9.36%) JavaScript
3 89 (8.09%) C#
4 57 (5.18%) Java
5 38 (3.45%) Python
6 34 (3.09%) PHP
7 24 (2.18%) TypeScript
8 16 (1.45%) C++
9 10 (0.91%) C
9 10 (0.91%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 10 (0.91%) Kotlin
10 8 (0.73%) T-SQL
11 6 (0.55%) Bicep
11 6 (0.55%) PowerShell
12 5 (0.45%) R
12 5 (0.45%) VB
13 4 (0.36%) ABAP
13 4 (0.36%) Ruby
13 4 (0.36%) Scala
14 3 (0.27%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 205 (18.64%) Degree
2 98 (8.91%) Security Cleared
3 84 (7.64%) SC Cleared
4 76 (6.91%) PMI Certification
5 66 (6.00%) PMP
6 57 (5.18%) DV Cleared
7 24 (2.18%) Computer Science Degree
8 18 (1.64%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
9 17 (1.55%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 16 (1.45%) BPSS Clearance
11 13 (1.18%) Microsoft Certification
12 12 (1.09%) CIMA
13 10 (0.91%) CAPM
13 10 (0.91%) DBS Check
13 10 (0.91%) Master's Degree
14 9 (0.82%) Azure Certification
15 7 (0.64%) ACCA
16 6 (0.55%) ITIL Certification
17 4 (0.36%) CBAP
17 4 (0.36%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (7.91%) QA
2 86 (7.82%) PMO
3 20 (1.82%) Data Quality
4 11 (1.00%) Accessibility
4 11 (1.00%) GDPR
5 4 (0.36%) NIST
5 4 (0.36%) SLA
6 2 (0.18%) DO-178B
6 2 (0.18%) P3O
6 2 (0.18%) PMBOK
7 1 (0.091%) Actionable Recommendations
7 1 (0.091%) GRC
7 1 (0.091%) GxP
7 1 (0.091%) IFRS
7 1 (0.091%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 24 (2.18%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.73%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.64%) Docker
4 4 (0.36%) Microsoft App-V
5 3 (0.27%) Embedded Firmware
5 3 (0.27%) Firmware
5 3 (0.27%) Virtual Desktop
5 3 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
6 2 (0.18%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 14 (1.27%) SCOM
2 11 (1.00%) Terraform
3 5 (0.45%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.36%) SCCM
4 4 (0.36%) WSUS
5 2 (0.18%) MIIS
6 1 (0.091%) Ansible
6 1 (0.091%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.091%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 189 (17.18%) Microsoft
2 57 (5.18%) Salesforce
3 40 (3.64%) Oracle
4 39 (3.55%) SAP
5 24 (2.18%) ServiceNow
6 20 (1.82%) MuleSoft
7 18 (1.64%) BT
8 16 (1.45%) Google
9 14 (1.27%) Dynatrace
10 9 (0.82%) Civica
10 9 (0.82%) Northgate
10 9 (0.82%) YouTube
11 8 (0.73%) Sage
11 8 (0.73%) VMware
12 7 (0.64%) Workday
13 6 (0.55%) Adobe
13 6 (0.55%) Databricks
14 5 (0.45%) Automation Anywhere
14 5 (0.45%) iManage
14 5 (0.45%) Sparx