Waterfall Contracts in Scotland

Waterfall Model
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring Waterfall skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Waterfall over the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 65 61 71
Rank change year-on-year -4 +10 +5
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 51 113 115
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 2.38% 4.23% 3.37%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.75% 4.60% 3.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 91 83
10th Percentile £350 £388 £403
25th Percentile £425 £438 £459
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £515
Median % change year-on-year - -2.91% +16.06%
75th Percentile £603 £551 £575
90th Percentile £658 £619 £625
UK median daily rate £550 £550 £535
% change year-on-year - +2.80% +12.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £85.00 -
UK median hourly rate £58.91 £66.49 £57.95
% change year-on-year -11.40% +14.73% +0.18%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

Waterfall falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,857 2,457 3,193
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 86.65% 91.95% 93.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,150 1,716 2,260
10th Percentile £221 £258 £250
25th Percentile £363 £400 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £464 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% - +11.76%
75th Percentile £573 £550 £550
90th Percentile £638 £638 £638
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 92 57 54
10th Percentile £12.30 £10.63 £15.04
25th Percentile £15.07 £11.25 £17.56
Median hourly rate £19.50 £15.99 £37.43
Median % change year-on-year +21.95% -57.28% -6.43%
75th Percentile £42.71 £43.75 £50.27
90th Percentile £60.75 £65.63 £57.05
UK median hourly rate £37.00 £35.65 £26.00
% change year-on-year +3.79% +37.12% +13.04%

Waterfall
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for Waterfall in Scotland

Waterfall
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for Waterfall in Scotland

Waterfall
Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Waterfall in Scotland over the 6 months to 12 June 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Waterfall in Scotland

Waterfall
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for Waterfall in Scotland

Waterfall
Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Waterfall within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 12 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
Glasgow -10 17 £550 +12.82% 5
Edinburgh +11 14 £550 +15.30% 4
Lanarkshire +3 2 - - 2
Perthshire -5 2 £700 +27.27%
Aberdeen -1 1 £325 -33.33% 1
Waterfall
UK

Waterfall
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 10 (19.61%) SharePoint
Applications
1 9 (17.65%) Microsoft Excel
1 9 (17.65%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 10 (19.61%) Azure
2 8 (15.69%) Microsoft 365
2 8 (15.69%) Yammer
3 3 (5.88%) Dynamics 365
3 3 (5.88%) IaaS
3 3 (5.88%) PaaS
3 3 (5.88%) SaaS
4 2 (3.92%) AWS
4 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.80%) ATM
2 2 (3.92%) LAN
2 2 (3.92%) WAN
Development Applications
1 4 (7.84%) JIRA
2 2 (3.92%) Cucumber
2 2 (3.92%) Cypress.io
2 2 (3.92%) Git
2 2 (3.92%) Jenkins
2 2 (3.92%) Selenium
2 2 (3.92%) Subversion
2 2 (3.92%) TeamCity
2 2 (3.92%) WebDriver
General
1 29 (56.86%) Social Skills
2 16 (31.37%) Finance
3 11 (21.57%) Analytical Skills
3 11 (21.57%) Organisational Skills
4 10 (19.61%) Banking
5 5 (9.80%) Publishing
6 4 (7.84%) Public Sector
7 3 (5.88%) Influencing Skills
7 3 (5.88%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 13 (25.49%) Project Manager
2 11 (21.57%) Architect
2 11 (21.57%) Change Manager
2 11 (21.57%) IT Manager
3 10 (19.61%) Analyst
4 8 (15.69%) Change Analyst
4 8 (15.69%) IT Change Manager
4 8 (15.69%) Solutions Architect
5 4 (7.84%) Senior
5 4 (7.84%) Training Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Data Integration Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Integration Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Integration Project Manager
6 3 (5.88%) Technical Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Azure Architect
7 2 (3.92%) Business Change Manager
7 2 (3.92%) IT Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Senior Analyst
7 2 (3.92%) Senior Manager
7 2 (3.92%) Senior Test Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (15.69%) Middleware
2 2 (3.92%) .NET
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.80%) e-Learning
1 5 (9.80%) Product Ownership
1 5 (9.80%) SWIFT Messaging Network
2 4 (7.84%) Operational Technology
3 3 (5.88%) Onboarding
4 2 (3.92%) Client/Server
4 2 (3.92%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.92%) Public Cloud
4 2 (3.92%) SCADA
5 1 (1.96%) Data Centre
5 1 (1.96%) Mainframe
5 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
5 1 (1.96%) Renewable Energy
5 1 (1.96%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 2 (3.92%) Linux
1 2 (3.92%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 51 (100.00%) Agile
2 25 (49.02%) Project Management
3 18 (35.29%) Change Management
4 14 (27.45%) Collaborative Working
5 13 (25.49%) Project Delivery
6 12 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
7 8 (15.69%) Cyber Resilience
8 7 (13.73%) Business Case
8 7 (13.73%) Infographics
8 7 (13.73%) Migration
9 6 (11.76%) Impact Assessments
9 6 (11.76%) Logistics
9 6 (11.76%) Microservices
10 5 (9.80%) Anti-Money Laundering
10 5 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (9.80%) Roadmaps
10 5 (9.80%) SDLC
10 5 (9.80%) Stakeholder Map
11 4 (7.84%) CRM
11 4 (7.84%) Data Migration
Programming Languages
1 2 (3.92%) C#
1 2 (3.92%) C++
1 2 (3.92%) Java
1 2 (3.92%) JavaScript
1 2 (3.92%) Perl
1 2 (3.92%) Python
1 2 (3.92%) Shell Script
1 2 (3.92%) SQL
1 2 (3.92%) VBA
1 2 (3.92%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 2 (3.92%) ISEB
1 2 (3.92%) ISTQB
1 2 (3.92%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
2 1 (1.96%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.92%) Disclosure Scotland
1 2 (3.92%) PMO
1 2 (3.92%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.96%) Virtual Desktop
Vendors
1 8 (15.69%) Microsoft
2 3 (5.88%) Alteryx
2 3 (5.88%) Cognizant
3 2 (3.92%) Databricks
3 2 (3.92%) Oracle
4 1 (1.96%) Autodesk
4 1 (1.96%) Citrix
4 1 (1.96%) IFS
4 1 (1.96%) SAP