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

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 137 111 90
Rank change year-on-year -26 -21 +42
Contract jobs citing Waterfall 731 1,295 2,521
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 1.72% 2.27% 2.88%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.99% 2.52% 3.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 537 932 1,805
10th Percentile £381 £407 £400
25th Percentile £463 £463 £456
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £568 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +3.18% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £650 £638 £625
90th Percentile £750 £725 £713
UK excluding London median daily rate £525 £545 £500
% change year-on-year -3.67% +9.00% +11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 14
10th Percentile £48.50 £43.83 £24.68
25th Percentile £50.00 £43.86 £38.40
Median hourly rate £58.91 £66.49 £55.48
Median % change year-on-year -11.40% +19.85% +0.86%
75th Percentile £62.96 £87.38 £67.54
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% -0.35%

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 36,687 51,295 79,236
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 86.22% 89.83% 90.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 23,611 35,552 55,630
10th Percentile £300 £325 £343
25th Percentile £413 £438 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £530
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £738
UK excluding London median daily rate £500 £500 £476
% change year-on-year - +5.04% +8.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,428 1,693 1,906
10th Percentile £12.75 £10.77 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £16.13 £15.63
Median hourly rate £36.05 £36.00 £25.68
Median % change year-on-year +0.13% +40.19% +4.82%
75th Percentile £60.00 £65.00 £49.52
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year +7.14% +75.00% -6.98%

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 15 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 15 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 15 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 -29 619 £575 +4.55% 230
UK excluding London -37 362 £525 -3.67% 172
London -6 312 £600 +6.67% 59
Work from Home -3 277 £580 +10.48% 131
North of England -2 105 £500 -9.09% 43
South East -37 86 £550 - 42
Scotland +9 60 £500 - 13
Midlands -8 56 £488 -10.55% 39
Yorkshire +3 55 £506 -15.63% 14
South West -18 53 £590 +7.27% 19
North West -6 42 £465 -14.48% 27
West Midlands -10 31 £522 -5.09% 20
East Midlands +1 25 £425 -15.00% 19
North East +18 10 £600 +29.73% 2
East of England -18 7 £428 -14.50% 11
Wales +23 2 £600 +29.73% 5
Northern Ireland +7 2 - -

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 42 (5.75%) Confluence
2 33 (4.51%) SharePoint
3 8 (1.09%) Microsoft Exchange
4 4 (0.55%) CMS
5 3 (0.41%) Appian
5 3 (0.41%) ArcGIS
6 2 (0.27%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 2 (0.27%) 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 38 (5.20%) Microsoft Excel
2 34 (4.65%) Microsoft Project
3 33 (4.51%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 28 (3.83%) Microsoft Office
5 22 (3.01%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.27%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 22 (3.01%) SAP S/4HANA
2 15 (2.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 15 (2.05%) Loan IQ
3 7 (0.96%) Remedy ITSM
4 6 (0.82%) SAP PM
5 5 (0.68%) SAP BPC
5 5 (0.68%) SAP Hybris
6 4 (0.55%) Aladdin
6 4 (0.55%) Oracle EBS
6 4 (0.55%) Shopify
7 3 (0.41%) NetSuite
7 3 (0.41%) Primavera
7 3 (0.41%) SAP ERP
8 2 (0.27%) Payment Gateway
8 2 (0.27%) SAP CRM
8 2 (0.27%) SAP IS-U
9 1 (0.14%) IntelliMatch
9 1 (0.14%) Magento
9 1 (0.14%) Salesforce CRM
9 1 (0.14%) SAP EWM
Cloud Services
1 135 (18.47%) Azure
2 51 (6.98%) Azure DevOps
3 44 (6.02%) SaaS
4 37 (5.06%) AWS
5 25 (3.42%) Microsoft 365
5 25 (3.42%) Power Platform
6 23 (3.15%) PaaS
7 20 (2.74%) Dynamics 365
8 19 (2.60%) IaaS
9 14 (1.92%) PowerApps
10 12 (1.64%) GCP
10 12 (1.64%) GitHub
11 8 (1.09%) Yammer
12 5 (0.68%) OCI
12 5 (0.68%) OneDrive
12 5 (0.68%) Power Automate
12 5 (0.68%) SAP Commerce Cloud
12 5 (0.68%) Smartsheet
12 5 (0.68%) SuccessFactors
13 4 (0.55%) Snowflake
Communications & Networking
1 14 (1.92%) LAN
2 12 (1.64%) WAN
3 9 (1.23%) ATM
4 8 (1.09%) Internet
5 7 (0.96%) 3G
5 7 (0.96%) 4G
6 5 (0.68%) VSAN
7 4 (0.55%) DNS
7 4 (0.55%) SAN
7 4 (0.55%) VPN
8 3 (0.41%) 5G
8 3 (0.41%) DHCP
8 3 (0.41%) Intrusion Detection
8 3 (0.41%) SD-WAN
8 3 (0.41%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.27%) Cisco IOS
9 2 (0.27%) Firewall
9 2 (0.27%) Junos
9 2 (0.27%) Network Security
9 2 (0.27%) SNA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (3.42%) SQL Server
2 18 (2.46%) Power BI
3 10 (1.37%) DB2
4 8 (1.09%) Data Warehouse
5 6 (0.82%) PostgreSQL
6 5 (0.68%) Data Lake
6 5 (0.68%) Geospatial Data
6 5 (0.68%) GIS
7 4 (0.55%) Azure SQL Database
7 4 (0.55%) Relational Database
8 2 (0.27%) BigQuery
8 2 (0.27%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.27%) Qlik Sense
8 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.27%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (0.27%) Tableau
9 1 (0.14%) BusinessObjects
9 1 (0.14%) MySQL
9 1 (0.14%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.14%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 98 (13.41%) JIRA
2 17 (2.33%) Git
3 16 (2.19%) Jenkins
3 16 (2.19%) Postman
4 13 (1.78%) Visual Studio
5 11 (1.50%) Selenium
6 10 (1.37%) LoadRunner
7 9 (1.23%) JMeter
8 8 (1.09%) NUnit
9 6 (0.82%) Cucumber
9 6 (0.82%) Cypress.io
9 6 (0.82%) Subversion
10 5 (0.68%) Appium
10 5 (0.68%) Oracle APEX
11 4 (0.55%) Bitbucket
11 4 (0.55%) SonarQube
11 4 (0.55%) Team Foundation Server
12 3 (0.41%) SoapUI
12 3 (0.41%) TeamCity
12 3 (0.41%) WebDriver
General
1 288 (39.40%) Social Skills
2 251 (34.34%) Finance
3 96 (13.13%) Analytical Skills
4 81 (11.08%) Banking
5 63 (8.62%) Public Sector
6 36 (4.92%) Manufacturing
7 33 (4.51%) Influencing Skills
8 30 (4.10%) Telecoms
9 26 (3.56%) Marketing
10 25 (3.42%) Organisational Skills
11 22 (3.01%) Presentation Skills
12 18 (2.46%) Legal
13 17 (2.33%) Financial Institution
14 16 (2.19%) Military
15 15 (2.05%) Electronics
16 14 (1.92%) Back Office
17 13 (1.78%) Retail
18 11 (1.50%) Investment Banking
19 7 (0.96%) Inclusion and Diversity
19 7 (0.96%) Law
Job Titles
1 186 (25.44%) Project Manager
2 142 (19.43%) Analyst
3 87 (11.90%) Business Analyst
4 79 (10.81%) Senior
5 74 (10.12%) Architect
6 51 (6.98%) Developer
6 51 (6.98%) Lead
7 44 (6.02%) IT Manager
8 37 (5.06%) Senior Manager
9 36 (4.92%) Solutions Architect
10 34 (4.65%) Delivery Manager
11 28 (3.83%) Test Manager
12 27 (3.69%) Programme Manager
13 24 (3.28%) Senior Project Manager
14 23 (3.15%) Senior Analyst
15 21 (2.87%) Technical Manager
16 20 (2.74%) IT Project Manager
17 19 (2.60%) Infrastructure Manager
17 19 (2.60%) Technical Architect
18 17 (2.33%) Technical Project Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (4.79%) Middleware
2 31 (4.24%) .NET
3 14 (1.92%) AngularJS
3 14 (1.92%) GraphQL
4 12 (1.64%) Web Services
5 9 (1.23%) React
5 9 (1.23%) REST
5 9 (1.23%) RESTful
5 9 (1.23%) Spring Boot
6 8 (1.09%) Apache Camel
6 8 (1.09%) Kafka
6 8 (1.09%) Spring
7 7 (0.96%) Playwright
7 7 (0.96%) XML
8 6 (0.82%) Node.js
8 6 (0.82%) SOAP
9 5 (0.68%) ADO
9 5 (0.68%) Flash
9 5 (0.68%) HTML
9 5 (0.68%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 39 (5.34%) Product Ownership
2 23 (3.15%) Management Information System
3 18 (2.46%) Data Centre
4 17 (2.33%) Public Cloud
5 12 (1.64%) Mainframe
5 12 (1.64%) Operational Technology
6 11 (1.50%) Mobile App
7 10 (1.37%) Derivative
7 10 (1.37%) Onboarding
8 8 (1.09%) Data Protection Act
8 8 (1.09%) Enterprise Software
8 8 (1.09%) Legacy Systems
8 8 (1.09%) PMI
8 8 (1.09%) SWIFT Messaging Network
9 7 (0.96%) Analytical Mindset
9 7 (0.96%) Life Science
10 6 (0.82%) Fixed Income
10 6 (0.82%) Renewable Energy
11 5 (0.68%) Clustering
11 5 (0.68%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 37 (5.06%) Windows
2 31 (4.24%) Linux
3 11 (1.50%) Android
4 9 (1.23%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.96%) Unix
6 5 (0.68%) Windows 10
7 4 (0.55%) VMS
8 3 (0.41%) Windows 7
9 2 (0.27%) zOS
10 1 (0.14%) AIX
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server
10 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 674 (92.20%) Agile
2 235 (32.15%) Project Management
3 172 (23.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 153 (20.93%) Project Delivery
5 116 (15.87%) Scrum
6 113 (15.46%) Problem-Solving
7 101 (13.82%) DevOps
8 91 (12.45%) PRINCE2
9 86 (11.76%) Migration
10 71 (9.71%) Continuous Improvement
11 70 (9.58%) SDLC
12 63 (8.62%) Change Management
13 56 (7.66%) Business Analysis
13 56 (7.66%) Test Automation
14 54 (7.39%) Roadmaps
15 53 (7.25%) Programme Management
16 51 (6.98%) Business Case
17 49 (6.70%) Decision-Making
18 48 (6.57%) Risk Management
19 47 (6.43%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 73 (9.99%) SQL
2 41 (5.61%) Java
3 24 (3.28%) Python
4 17 (2.33%) C#
5 12 (1.64%) JavaScript
5 12 (1.64%) TypeScript
6 10 (1.37%) C
6 10 (1.37%) C++
7 7 (0.96%) PL/SQL
8 6 (0.82%) PowerShell
9 5 (0.68%) 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 (0.27%) Swift
12 2 (0.27%) VBA
12 2 (0.27%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 96 (13.13%) Security Cleared
2 94 (12.86%) Degree
3 79 (10.81%) SC Cleared
4 36 (4.92%) PMI Certification
5 35 (4.79%) PMP
6 34 (4.65%) DV Cleared
7 19 (2.60%) ISTQB
8 13 (1.78%) Computer Science Degree
9 12 (1.64%) Master's Degree
10 9 (1.23%) APMP
10 9 (1.23%) Cisco Certification
11 8 (1.09%) Chartered Engineer
12 7 (0.96%) CCNA
12 7 (0.96%) CISSP
12 7 (0.96%) ISEB
13 6 (0.82%) BPSS Clearance
13 6 (0.82%) CBAP
13 6 (0.82%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
14 5 (0.68%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
15 4 (0.55%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 55 (7.52%) PMO
2 45 (6.16%) QA
3 10 (1.37%) Accessibility
4 9 (1.23%) GDPR
5 5 (0.68%) Data Quality
5 5 (0.68%) HL7
5 5 (0.68%) NIST
5 5 (0.68%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.68%) SLA
6 4 (0.55%) EMIR
6 4 (0.55%) PSD2
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 (0.27%) Disclosure Scotland
8 2 (0.27%) Dodd-Frank
8 2 (0.27%) MiFID
System Software
1 16 (2.19%) Docker
2 12 (1.64%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (0.96%) VMware NSX
4 5 (0.68%) VMware ESXi
5 4 (0.55%) Virtual Servers
6 2 (0.27%) Active Directory
7 1 (0.14%) Microsoft Virtual Server
7 1 (0.14%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 10 (1.37%) Ansible
2 7 (0.96%) Kubernetes
3 5 (0.68%) vCenter Server
4 4 (0.55%) MOM
4 4 (0.55%) Terraform
5 2 (0.27%) HP ALM
5 2 (0.27%) OPNET
5 2 (0.27%) 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 92 (12.59%) Microsoft
2 71 (9.71%) SAP
3 40 (5.47%) Oracle
4 23 (3.15%) Salesforce
5 22 (3.01%) ServiceNow
6 17 (2.33%) Cisco
7 14 (1.92%) Atlassian
8 12 (1.64%) IBM
8 12 (1.64%) VMware
9 8 (1.09%) Databricks
9 8 (1.09%) Google
10 7 (0.96%) BMC
10 7 (0.96%) Cadence
10 7 (0.96%) Remedy
11 6 (0.82%) CA Agile Central
11 6 (0.82%) Workday
12 5 (0.68%) Adobe
13 4 (0.55%) Cognizant
13 4 (0.55%) Guidewire
13 4 (0.55%) Juniper