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

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 275 165 184
Rank change year-on-year -110 +19 +29
Permanent jobs citing Waterfall 1,062 2,291 3,544
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.07% 2.26% 2.26%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.25% 2.36% 2.36%
Number of salaries quoted 881 1,387 2,115
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 £55,000
% change year-on-year -6.09% +4.55% +10.00%

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 84,809 96,894 150,102
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 85.57% 95.61% 95.67%
Number of salaries quoted 59,843 56,945 82,179
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,000 £33,500
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 £96,550
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 9 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 9 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 -84 976 £55,000 -8.33% 225
UK excluding London -96 792 £54,000 -6.09% 167
Work from Home -126 392 £53,683 -9.82% 136
London -125 222 £65,000 -5.55% 59
South East -104 205 £54,000 -6.09% 33
North of England -38 190 £54,000 -7.69% 40
Midlands -45 175 £54,000 -6.09% 46
West Midlands -43 103 £55,000 - 24
South West -38 89 £50,000 -4.76% 21
Yorkshire +42 84 £60,000 +3.45% 13
East of England +10 84 £55,000 -8.33% 9
North West -87 76 £51,837 -13.61% 25
East Midlands -33 71 £54,000 -10.20% 22
Scotland -119 36 £55,000 -7.97% 12
North East +7 30 £52,500 +5.00% 2
Wales -22 8 £52,436 +23.38% 4
Northern Ireland +15 4 £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 45 (4.24%) SharePoint
2 28 (2.64%) Confluence
3 25 (2.35%) CMS
4 16 (1.51%) IIS
5 8 (0.75%) Apache Spark
5 8 (0.75%) Microsoft Exchange
6 5 (0.47%) Kentico
7 4 (0.38%) Drupal
7 4 (0.38%) IBM Domino
8 3 (0.28%) SAS
9 2 (0.19%) BizTalk Server
9 2 (0.19%) NetWeaver
10 1 (0.094%) Appian
Applications
1 66 (6.21%) Microsoft Project
2 33 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
3 25 (2.35%) Microsoft Excel
4 19 (1.79%) MS Visio
5 8 (0.75%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 5 (0.47%) Trello
7 4 (0.38%) Adobe XD
7 4 (0.38%) InVision
7 4 (0.38%) Maya
7 4 (0.38%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 33 (3.11%) Dynamics CRM
2 9 (0.85%) Unit4 Business World
3 6 (0.56%) Dynamics AX
3 6 (0.56%) NetSuite
3 6 (0.56%) Primavera
3 6 (0.56%) 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 (0.094%) Adobe Campaign
8 1 (0.094%) Infor M3
8 1 (0.094%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 186 (17.51%) Azure
2 118 (11.11%) Power Platform
3 84 (7.91%) AWS
4 69 (6.50%) Dynamics 365
5 56 (5.27%) Microsoft 365
6 54 (5.08%) Azure DevOps
7 53 (4.99%) SaaS
8 40 (3.77%) PowerApps
9 39 (3.67%) Power Automate
10 17 (1.60%) GCP
11 16 (1.51%) PaaS
12 15 (1.41%) OCI
13 14 (1.32%) Snowflake
14 13 (1.22%) Azure Functions
14 13 (1.22%) Serverless
15 11 (1.04%) Azure Logic Apps
15 11 (1.04%) GitHub
16 9 (0.85%) AWS CloudFormation
16 9 (0.85%) Azure Service Bus
16 9 (0.85%) IaaS
Communications & Networking
1 16 (1.51%) DNS
2 15 (1.41%) Wi-Fi
3 14 (1.32%) Firewall
3 14 (1.32%) Wireless
4 13 (1.22%) DHCP
4 13 (1.22%) SNMP
5 10 (0.94%) LTE
5 10 (0.94%) 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%) HTTPS
8 2 (0.19%) LAN
8 2 (0.19%) SAN
8 2 (0.19%) WAN
9 1 (0.094%) Cisco IOS
9 1 (0.094%) Extranet
9 1 (0.094%) HTTP
9 1 (0.094%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (6.03%) Power BI
2 41 (3.86%) SQL Server
3 19 (1.79%) Data Warehouse
4 15 (1.41%) Relational Database
5 13 (1.22%) Tableau
6 12 (1.13%) MySQL
7 11 (1.04%) Data Mining
8 10 (0.94%) Big Data
8 10 (0.94%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 9 (0.85%) Data Lake
9 9 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 8 (0.75%) Amazon Redshift
10 8 (0.75%) BigQuery
11 7 (0.66%) Metadata
12 6 (0.56%) PostgreSQL
13 5 (0.47%) Looker
14 4 (0.38%) DTS
14 4 (0.38%) NoSQL
14 4 (0.38%) Semantic Layer
14 4 (0.38%) Spark SQL
Development Applications
1 102 (9.60%) JIRA
2 56 (5.27%) Git
3 11 (1.04%) Jenkins
4 9 (0.85%) Subversion
5 8 (0.75%) JMeter
5 8 (0.75%) Selenium
6 5 (0.47%) Cucumber
6 5 (0.47%) Cypress.io
7 4 (0.38%) AdminStudio
7 4 (0.38%) Appium
7 4 (0.38%) InstallShield
7 4 (0.38%) MSI
7 4 (0.38%) Team Foundation Server
7 4 (0.38%) Visual Studio
8 3 (0.28%) Bitbucket
8 3 (0.28%) Eclipse
8 3 (0.28%) IntelliJ
8 3 (0.28%) LoadRunner
8 3 (0.28%) WebDriver
8 3 (0.28%) Zephyr
General
1 445 (41.90%) Social Skills
2 299 (28.15%) Finance
3 135 (12.71%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (6.69%) Public Sector
5 61 (5.74%) Law
6 60 (5.65%) Retail
7 59 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 48 (4.52%) Organisational Skills
9 47 (4.43%) Presentation Skills
10 37 (3.48%) Influencing Skills
11 36 (3.39%) Marketing
12 29 (2.73%) Documentation Skills
13 28 (2.64%) Legal
14 23 (2.17%) Manufacturing
15 22 (2.07%) Billing
16 21 (1.98%) Banking
17 17 (1.60%) Aviation
17 17 (1.60%) Electronics
18 15 (1.41%) Financial Institution
19 13 (1.22%) Games
Job Titles
1 363 (34.18%) Project Manager
2 177 (16.67%) IT Manager
3 171 (16.10%) Analyst
4 158 (14.88%) IT Project Manager
5 155 (14.60%) Senior
6 144 (13.56%) Business Analyst
7 114 (10.73%) Lead
8 90 (8.47%) Developer
9 72 (6.78%) Senior Manager
10 61 (5.74%) Architect
11 57 (5.37%) Senior Project Manager
12 42 (3.95%) Consultant
13 40 (3.77%) Digital Project Manager
14 38 (3.58%) Solutions Architect
15 31 (2.92%) Team Leader
16 30 (2.82%) Delivery Manager
16 30 (2.82%) IT Analyst
17 28 (2.64%) Business IT Analyst
17 28 (2.64%) IT Business Analyst
18 27 (2.54%) Programme Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 66 (6.21%) .NET
2 55 (5.18%) React
3 31 (2.92%) HTML
4 27 (2.54%) .NET Framework
4 27 (2.54%) RESTful
5 25 (2.35%) CSS
6 21 (1.98%) Entity Framework
6 21 (1.98%) REST
7 17 (1.60%) ASP.NET
8 16 (1.51%) ASP.NET MVC
9 15 (1.41%) HTML5 Canvas
10 12 (1.13%) .NET Core
10 12 (1.13%) XML
11 10 (0.94%) GraphQL
12 9 (0.85%) AngularJS
12 9 (0.85%) EDI
12 9 (0.85%) Web Services
13 8 (0.75%) Node.js
13 8 (0.75%) OAuth
13 8 (0.75%) Oracle Fusion
Miscellaneous
1 98 (9.23%) Self-Motivation
2 49 (4.61%) Product Ownership
3 41 (3.86%) Onboarding
4 30 (2.82%) Low-Code
5 25 (2.35%) Enterprise Software
6 24 (2.26%) PMI
7 21 (1.98%) Management Information System
8 13 (1.22%) CMDB
9 11 (1.04%) Data Structures
9 11 (1.04%) Enterprise Cloud
9 11 (1.04%) Virtual Team
10 10 (0.94%) Data Centre
11 9 (0.85%) Driving Licence
11 9 (0.85%) FMCG
12 7 (0.66%) Greenfield Project
12 7 (0.66%) Online Banking
13 6 (0.56%) Blog
13 6 (0.56%) Cloud Native
13 6 (0.56%) Mobile App
13 6 (0.56%) Renewable Energy
Operating Systems
1 32 (3.01%) Windows
2 23 (2.17%) Linux
3 16 (1.51%) Windows Server
4 10 (0.94%) Android
5 6 (0.56%) Apple iOS
5 6 (0.56%) Unix
6 4 (0.38%) Windows 10
6 4 (0.38%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.19%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 1,032 (97.18%) Agile
2 444 (41.81%) Project Management
3 291 (27.40%) Project Delivery
4 224 (21.09%) Stakeholder Management
5 215 (20.24%) Scrum
6 168 (15.82%) PRINCE2
7 157 (14.78%) Problem-Solving
8 137 (12.90%) Continuous Improvement
9 134 (12.62%) DevOps
10 129 (12.15%) Change Management
11 120 (11.30%) Mentoring
12 106 (9.98%) Risk Management
12 106 (9.98%) Roadmaps
13 97 (9.13%) Business Case
14 94 (8.85%) Business Analysis
15 80 (7.53%) Business Intelligence
16 77 (7.25%) Coaching
16 77 (7.25%) SDLC
17 72 (6.78%) CRM
17 72 (6.78%) Decision-Making
Programming Languages
1 110 (10.36%) SQL
2 99 (9.32%) JavaScript
3 86 (8.10%) C#
4 55 (5.18%) Java
5 37 (3.48%) Python
6 34 (3.20%) PHP
7 23 (2.17%) TypeScript
8 14 (1.32%) C++
9 10 (0.94%) Data Analysis Expressions
9 10 (0.94%) Kotlin
10 9 (0.85%) C
11 7 (0.66%) T-SQL
12 6 (0.56%) PowerShell
13 5 (0.47%) Bicep
13 5 (0.47%) R
13 5 (0.47%) VB
14 4 (0.38%) Ruby
14 4 (0.38%) Scala
15 3 (0.28%) ABAP
15 3 (0.28%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 203 (19.11%) Degree
2 92 (8.66%) Security Cleared
3 78 (7.34%) PMI Certification
3 78 (7.34%) SC Cleared
4 68 (6.40%) PMP
5 52 (4.90%) DV Cleared
6 22 (2.07%) Computer Science Degree
7 19 (1.79%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
8 17 (1.60%) PRINCE2 Certification
9 15 (1.41%) BPSS Clearance
10 12 (1.13%) CIMA
11 11 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
12 10 (0.94%) CAPM
12 10 (0.94%) DBS Check
13 9 (0.85%) Azure Certification
13 9 (0.85%) Master's Degree
14 7 (0.66%) ACCA
15 5 (0.47%) ITIL Certification
16 4 (0.38%) CBAP
17 3 (0.28%) CSPO
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (8.19%) PMO
1 87 (8.19%) QA
2 21 (1.98%) Data Quality
3 11 (1.04%) Accessibility
3 11 (1.04%) GDPR
4 4 (0.38%) NIST
4 4 (0.38%) SLA
5 2 (0.19%) DO-178B
5 2 (0.19%) P3O
5 2 (0.19%) PMBOK
6 1 (0.094%) Actionable Recommendations
6 1 (0.094%) GRC
6 1 (0.094%) GxP
6 1 (0.094%) IFRS
System Software
1 23 (2.17%) Active Directory
2 8 (0.75%) VMware Infrastructure
3 6 (0.56%) 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
Systems Management
1 13 (1.22%) 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 (0.094%) Ansible
5 1 (0.094%) HP ALM
5 1 (0.094%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 183 (17.23%) Microsoft
2 45 (4.24%) Salesforce
3 38 (3.58%) Oracle
4 37 (3.48%) SAP
5 23 (2.17%) ServiceNow
6 18 (1.69%) BT
7 17 (1.60%) Google
8 13 (1.22%) Dynatrace
9 9 (0.85%) Civica
9 9 (0.85%) Northgate
9 9 (0.85%) YouTube
10 8 (0.75%) MuleSoft
10 8 (0.75%) VMware
11 7 (0.66%) Workday
12 6 (0.56%) Adobe
12 6 (0.56%) Databricks
12 6 (0.56%) Sage
13 5 (0.47%) Automation Anywhere
13 5 (0.47%) iManage
13 5 (0.47%) Sparx