The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term VLE in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VLE over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Cambridgeshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
Rank 48 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing VLE 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.366% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.515% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £424 £300 £250
% change year-on-year
+41.25% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £26.00 £9.50 £15.00
% change year-on-year
+173.68% -36.66%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
132 137 97
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 24.13% 19.97% 18.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 73 27
Average daily rate £269 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.41% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £225 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £430 £400 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 22 25
Average hourly rate £35.50 £42.50 £17.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-16.47% +139.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.00 £15.00 £10.27
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £36.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
VLE
East of England

VLE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing VLE across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cambridgeshire VLE Jobs Demand Trend

VLE
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing VLE across the Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire VLE Hourly Rate Trend

VLE
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing VLE also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VLE.

1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Sakai Project
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source

VLE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing VLE also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited VLE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Sakai Project
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Applications Specialist
1 2 (100.00%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Management Information System
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java