North West E-Learning Contracts

This section looks at the demand for E-Learning (eLearning, Electronic Learning) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited E-Learning over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

E-Learning (eLearning, Electronic Learning)
Location Alderley Edge Avon Basingstoke Bath Bedfordshire Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheadle Cheshire Chester City of London Coventry Devon East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire England Glasgow Gloucestershire Hampshire Hendon Hertfordshire Kent Leeds Lincolnshire Liverpool London Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Oxfordshire Portsmouth Reading Scotland Sheffield Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Suffolk Surrey Swansea Thames Valley UK Wales Warwickshire West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	126	124
Rank change on same period last year	-2
Matching contract IT job ads	18	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.024 %	0.010 %
As % of the category below	1.844 %	1.679 %
Daily rates quoted	3	0
Average minimum daily rate	£307	-
Average daily rate	£335	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£363	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£352	£339
% change on same period last year	+3.73 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£8.50	£30.00
Average hourly rate	£9.03	£35.00
% change on same period last year	-74.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£9.55	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.95	£27.89
% change on same period last year	-10.54 %
Miscellaneous North West
Matching contract IT job ads	976	536
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.287 %	0.569 %
Daily rates quoted	188	71
Average minimum daily rate	£368	£275
Average daily rate	£388	£294
% change on same period last year	+31.72 %
Average maximum daily rate	£408	£314
UK excluding London average daily rate	£362	£350
% change on same period last year	+3.34 %
Hourly rates quoted	135	113
Average minimum hourly rate	£14.35	£18.65
Average hourly rate	£16.59	£20.73
% change on same period last year	-20.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.82	£22.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.27	£28.32
% change on same period last year	-14.29 %
E-Learning England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

E-Learning
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing E-Learning across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

E-Learning
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing E-Learning across the North West region.

E-Learning
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing E-Learning across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

E-Learning
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing E-Learning across the North West region.

E-Learning
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing E-Learning within the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	-16	11	£328	-
Merseyside	-	3	-	-
Cheshire	-19	3	£350	-

E-Learning England

E-Learning
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing E-Learning 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 E-Learning.

1 12 (36.36 %) Flash 2 11 (33.33 %) ActionScript 2 11 (33.33 %) Photoshop 2 11 (33.33 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 10 (30.30 %) Health 4 8 (24.24 %) SQL 5 7 (21.21 %) CSS 5 7 (21.21 %) XML 6 6 (18.18 %) Java 6 6 (18.18 %) .NET 6 6 (18.18 %) XHTML 6 6 (18.18 %) SCORM 6 6 (18.18 %) Education 7 5 (15.15 %) Adobe 7 5 (15.15 %) VB.NET

7 5 (15.15 %) ASP.NET 8 4 (12.12 %) ImageReady 8 4 (12.12 %) Fireworks 8 4 (12.12 %) MS PowerPoint 8 4 (12.12 %) Pensions 8 4 (12.12 %) Animation 8 4 (12.12 %) Government 8 4 (12.12 %) Construction 9 3 (9.091 %) W3C 9 3 (9.091 %) Graphic Design 9 3 (9.091 %) Project Management 9 3 (9.091 %) HTML 9 3 (9.091 %) JavaScript 10 2 (6.061 %) PHP 10 2 (6.061 %) ASP

E-Learning
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing E-Learning 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 E-Learning. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 7 (21.21 %) CSS 1 7 (21.21 %) XML 2 6 (18.18 %) .NET 2 6 (18.18 %) XHTML 3 5 (15.15 %) ASP.NET 4 3 (9.091 %) HTML 5 2 (6.061 %) ASP 6 1 (3.030 %) XSLT 6 1 (3.030 %) WebServices 6 1 (3.030 %) .NET Framework	Application Platforms 1 1 (3.030 %) ColdFusion
Applications 1 11 (33.33 %) Photoshop 1 11 (33.33 %) Adobe Illustrator 2 4 (12.12 %) MS PowerPoint 2 4 (12.12 %) ImageReady 2 4 (12.12 %) Fireworks	Communications & Networking 1 2 (6.061 %) Internet 2 1 (3.030 %) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (3.030 %) SQL Server 1 1 (3.030 %) Data Mining 1 1 (3.030 %) SQL Server 2000	Development Applications 1 12 (36.36 %) Flash
General 1 10 (30.30 %) Health 2 6 (18.18 %) Education 3 4 (12.12 %) Government 3 4 (12.12 %) Pensions 3 4 (12.12 %) Construction 3 4 (12.12 %) Animation 4 3 (9.091 %) Graphic Design 5 2 (6.061 %) Retail	Job Titles 1 18 (54.55 %) Developer 2 5 (15.15 %) .NET Developer 2 5 (15.15 %) VB.NET Developer 2 5 (15.15 %) Flash Developer 2 5 (15.15 %) E-Learning Developer 3 3 (9.091 %) ActionScript Developer 3 3 (9.091 %) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer 3 3 (9.091 %) ASP.NET Developer 3 3 (9.091 %) Project Manager 4 2 (6.061 %) Senior Consultant 4 2 (6.061 %) Consultant 4 2 (6.061 %) Training Consultant 5 1 (3.030 %) Instructional Designer 5 1 (3.030 %) Interactive Developer 5 1 (3.030 %) GUI Designer 5 1 (3.030 %) Flash Programmer 5 1 (3.030 %) Programmer 5 1 (3.030 %) Graduate 5 1 (3.030 %) Web Developer
Miscellaneous 1 6 (18.18 %) SCORM 2 3 (9.091 %) W3C 3 1 (3.030 %) NHS 3 1 (3.030 %) VLE	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (9.091 %) Project Management 2 1 (3.030 %) Information Management 2 1 (3.030 %) Systems Analysis 2 1 (3.030 %) Web Development 2 1 (3.030 %) PRINCE2 2 1 (3.030 %) OO 2 1 (3.030 %) E-Commerce
Programming Languages 1 11 (33.33 %) ActionScript 2 8 (24.24 %) SQL 3 6 (18.18 %) Java 4 5 (15.15 %) VB.NET 5 3 (9.091 %) JavaScript 6 2 (6.061 %) PHP 6 2 (6.061 %) Python 6 2 (6.061 %) Lingo	Qualifications 1 2 (6.061 %) Degree
Vendors 1 5 (15.15 %) Adobe 2 1 (3.030 %) Macromedia 2 1 (3.030 %) Microsoft