VLE Contracts in the North of England

Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VLE in contract job vacancies in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited VLE over the 6 months leading up to 16 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 164 - 203
Rank change year-on-year - - +43
Contract jobs citing VLE 1 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.030% - 0.018%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.097% - 0.059%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £350 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 - -
75th Percentile £450 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median daily rate £550 £475 £413
% change year-on-year +15.79% +15.15% +5.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £26.25
Median hourly rate - - £27.50
75th Percentile - - £28.75
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate - £17.22 £27.50
% change year-on-year - -37.38% -

All Generic Skills
North of England

VLE falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 1,026 1,227 1,701
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 31.06% 26.52% 30.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 656 748 1,137
10th Percentile £213 £266 £285
25th Percentile £364 £400 £405
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £495 £510
Median % change year-on-year -4.04% -2.94% +7.37%
75th Percentile £575 £585 £617
90th Percentile £650 £658 £688
England median daily rate £538 £550 £575
% change year-on-year -2.27% -4.35% +4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 156 80
10th Percentile £19.75 £12.15 £9.80
25th Percentile £23.93 £13.00 £10.63
Median hourly rate £29.52 £15.59 £16.85
Median % change year-on-year +89.38% -7.51% -10.61%
75th Percentile £53.77 £28.55 £40.85
90th Percentile £74.00 £47.47 £66.72
England median hourly rate £33.91 £32.56 £22.49
% change year-on-year +4.15% +44.80% -16.72%

VLE
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing VLE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for VLE in the North of England

VLE
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing VLE in the North of England.

Daily rate trend for VLE in the North of England

VLE
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing VLE in the North of England.

Hourly rate trend for VLE in the North of England

VLE
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing VLE within the North of England region over the 6 months to 16 May 2025. 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
Yorkshire - 1 £400 -
VLE
England

VLE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Azure API Management
1 1 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Logic Apps
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Integration Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) YAML
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Management
1 1 (100.00%) Code Quality
1 1 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Event-Driven
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Bicep
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Azure Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft