The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term VLE in IT contracts advertised for the City of London 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 City of London 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 201 216 244
Rank change year-on-year
+15 +28
Contract jobs citing VLE 2 2 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.031% 0.025% 0.010%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.099% 0.078% 0.025%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 0
Average daily rate £230 £332 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.61% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £424 £300 £250
% change year-on-year
+41.25% +20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £14.50
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
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
2018 2574 3936
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 31.64% 32.73% 40.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1496 1987 3043
Average daily rate £500 £500 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £313 £298 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 47 67 54
Average hourly rate £24.00 £21.50 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.62% +2.38%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.50 £13.38 £14.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £45.00 £44.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £22.50 £26.00
% change year-on-year
- -13.46%
VLE
London

VLE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London VLE Jobs Demand Trend

VLE
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing VLE across the City of London region.

City of London VLE Daily Rate 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 City of London region.

City of London VLE Hourly Rate Trend

VLE
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 6 (85.71%) Moodle
2 5 (71.43%) E-Learning
3 2 (28.57%) PHP
4 1 (14.29%) Twitter
4 1 (14.29%) Marketing
4 1 (14.29%) QA
4 1 (14.29%) Multimedia
4 1 (14.29%) Workflow

VLE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London 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 6 (85.71%) Moodle
General
1 1 (14.29%) Marketing
1 1 (14.29%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 4 (57.14%) E-Learning Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Moodle Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Designer
4 1 (14.29%) Instructional Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (71.43%) E-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (14.29%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Twitter
City of London
Job Title: Blackboard DeveloperContract: 3 monthsRate: £250 - £300 per dayLocation: HertfordshireStart: ASAP Key Skills: Blackboard v10 and above, Java, Developer Project Details: My client requires a Java Developer...
Real Staffing
Rate: £250 - £300 per day
Posted: 25 May 2013