VLE Contracts in England
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term VLE in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited VLE over the 3 months to 21 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 England 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
Rank 495 543 546
Rank change year-on-year
+48 +3
Contract jobs citing VLE 17 14 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.040% 0.026% 0.016%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.150% 0.103% 0.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 9 1
Average daily rate £246 £350 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.64% +40.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £424 £325 £250
% change year-on-year
+30.38% +30.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 2
Average hourly rate £26.00 £9.50 £14.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+173.68% -35.59%
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
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category		 11357 13564 16214
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 26.85% 25.35% 29.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 7008 8146 9772
Average daily rate £440 £435 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.14% -17.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £260 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £600 £608 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £345 £340
% change year-on-year
+1.44% +1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 506 624 681
Average hourly rate £24.00 £22.50 £23.36
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -3.68%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.79 £12.48 £11.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £47.50 £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £23.00 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-4.34% -13.20%
VLE
UK

VLE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England 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 England region.

England VLE Hourly Rate Trend

VLE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VLE within the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		 Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		 Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
East of England - 6 - -
London +13 5 £246 -29.64%
South East +25 2 - -
West Midlands - 2 - -
East Midlands 0 1 - -
North East - 1 - -
VLE
UK

VLE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 23 (67.65%) Moodle
2 17 (50.00%) E-Learning
3 10 (29.41%) HTML
4 9 (26.47%) CSS
5 7 (20.59%) PHP
6 6 (17.65%) SQL
6 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
7 5 (14.71%) Web Development
8 4 (11.76%) Wiki
8 4 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (11.76%) jQuery
8 4 (11.76%) MySQL
8 4 (11.76%) Windows
8 4 (11.76%) Java
8 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
9 3 (8.824%) Photoshop
9 3 (8.824%) MS Excel
9 3 (8.824%) Windows Server 2003
9 3 (8.824%) Intranet
9 3 (8.824%) Adobe Illustrator
9 3 (8.824%) Web Design
9 3 (8.824%) VMware Infrastructure
9 3 (8.824%) Degree
9 3 (8.824%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 3 (8.824%) VMware
9 3 (8.824%) Multimedia
9 3 (8.824%) Learning Management System
10 2 (5.882%) CSS3
10 2 (5.882%) Enterprise Software
10 2 (5.882%) TOGAF

VLE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 Development
1 10 (29.41%) HTML
2 9 (26.47%) CSS
3 4 (11.76%) jQuery
4 2 (5.882%) CSS3
4 2 (5.882%) Django
4 2 (5.882%) YUI
4 2 (5.882%) HTML5
4 2 (5.882%) Web Services
5 1 (2.941%) XML
5 1 (2.941%) XSLT
5 1 (2.941%) .NET
5 1 (2.941%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 23 (67.65%) Moodle
2 1 (2.941%) MS Exchange
2 1 (2.941%) CMS
2 1 (2.941%) Exchange Server 2010
2 1 (2.941%) Sakai Project
Applications
1 3 (8.824%) Photoshop
1 3 (8.824%) MS Excel
1 3 (8.824%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (5.882%) Fireworks
3 1 (2.941%) MS Office
3 1 (2.941%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.824%) Intranet
2 1 (2.941%) SAN
2 1 (2.941%) VoIP
2 1 (2.941%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (11.76%) MySQL
1 4 (11.76%) SQL Server
2 3 (8.824%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (5.882%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.941%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (2.941%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (2.941%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (5.882%) Dreamweaver
General
1 3 (8.824%) Multimedia
2 2 (5.882%) Marketing
2 2 (5.882%) Finance
Job Titles
1 16 (47.06%) Developer
2 9 (26.47%) E-Learning Developer
3 7 (20.59%) Designer
4 5 (14.71%) Moodle Developer
5 3 (8.824%) Web Designer
5 3 (8.824%) SQL DBA
5 3 (8.824%) Web Developer
5 3 (8.824%) DBA
5 3 (8.824%) Instructional Designer
6 2 (5.882%) Technical Developer
6 2 (5.882%) Technical Architect
6 2 (5.882%) Software Engineer
6 2 (5.882%) Coordinator
6 2 (5.882%) Architect
7 1 (2.941%) Project Manager
7 1 (2.941%) Trainer
7 1 (2.941%) Network Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) Applications Specialist
7 1 (2.941%) Server Engineer
7 1 (2.941%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (50.00%) E-Learning
2 4 (11.76%) Wiki
3 3 (8.824%) Learning Management System
4 2 (5.882%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.941%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.941%) Blog
5 1 (2.941%) Freedom of Information
5 1 (2.941%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.76%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (11.76%) Windows
2 3 (8.824%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (5.882%) Linux
4 1 (2.941%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (14.71%) Web Development
2 3 (8.824%) Web Design
3 2 (5.882%) TOGAF
3 2 (5.882%) MVC
3 2 (5.882%) OO
4 1 (2.941%) ITIL
4 1 (2.941%) Project Management
4 1 (2.941%) Migration
4 1 (2.941%) Workflow
4 1 (2.941%) Disaster Recovery
4 1 (2.941%) Network Management
4 1 (2.941%) Online Marketing
4 1 (2.941%) Data Protection
4 1 (2.941%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (20.59%) PHP
2 6 (17.65%) SQL
2 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
3 4 (11.76%) Java
4 2 (5.882%) Python
5 1 (2.941%) PL/SQL
5 1 (2.941%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.941%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 3 (8.824%) Degree
2 1 (2.941%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (2.941%) MCSE
2 1 (2.941%) MCITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.941%) QA
System Software
1 3 (8.824%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (2.941%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.941%) ISA Server
2 1 (2.941%) Forefront TMG
2 1 (2.941%) VMware ESX
Vendors
1 3 (8.824%) VMware
2 2 (5.882%) Blackboard
3 1 (2.941%) Cisco
3 1 (2.941%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.941%) Adobe
3 1 (2.941%) HP
3 1 (2.941%) Oracle
3 1 (2.941%) Business Objects
3 1 (2.941%) Twitter
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