Weighted Shortest Job First Contracts in England

Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for Weighted Shortest Job First skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Weighted Shortest Job First over the 6 months to 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 549 635 776
Rank change year-on-year +86 +141 -
Contract jobs citing Weighted Shortest Job First 2 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.005% 0.004% 0.001%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.006% 0.005% 0.002%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £763 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £775 - £420
75th Percentile £788 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £775 - £420

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

Weighted Shortest Job First 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 advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,623 42,710 64,053
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 85.71% 89.97% 90.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,632 29,989 45,672
10th Percentile £300 £325 £338
25th Percentile £413 £445 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £545
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +0.92% +9.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £768 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,323 1,520 1,714
10th Percentile £12.86 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.00 £15.74 £15.25
Median hourly rate £37.50 £37.32 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +0.48% +49.28% +11.11%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £49.48
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.05 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.25 £25.68
% change year-on-year +0.69% +41.16% +9.74%

Weighted Shortest Job First
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing Weighted Shortest Job First as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for Weighted Shortest Job First in England

Weighted Shortest Job First
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Weighted Shortest Job First in England.

Daily rate trend for Weighted Shortest Job First in England

Weighted Shortest Job First
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Weighted Shortest Job First within the England region over the 6 months to 1 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
London +94 2 £775 -
Weighted Shortest Job First
UK

Weighted Shortest Job First
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 2 (100.00%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Asana
1 2 (100.00%) Miro
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Agile Delivery Lead
1 2 (100.00%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) ADO
1 2 (100.00%) React
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Android
1 2 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Content Management
1 2 (100.00%) Cost Control
1 2 (100.00%) Full Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Kanban
1 2 (100.00%) Objectives and Key Results
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Management
1 2 (100.00%) PLM
1 2 (100.00%) Product Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Scaled Agile Framework
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 2 (100.00%) User Experience
1 2 (100.00%) UX Design
1 2 (100.00%) UX Research
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) ISO/IEC 12207
1 2 (100.00%) QA