Virtual Learning Environment (VLE)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term VLE in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited VLE over the 6 months to 2 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
2 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 845 926 1204
Rank change year-on-year +81 +278 -292
Permanent jobs citing VLE 32 52 21
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.032% 0.050% 0.013%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.092% 0.12% 0.028%
Number of salaries quoted 29 24 21
10th Percentile £25,200 £30,787 £28,189
25th Percentile £34,500 £38,572 £30,076
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,350 £48,599 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -0.51% +49.54% -18.75%
75th Percentile £52,500 £53,292 £39,023
90th Percentile £55,500 £74,450 £41,342
UK excluding London median annual salary £25,200 £31,959 £32,500
% change year-on-year -21.15% -1.66% -

All Generic Skills
UK

VLE is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,962 44,378 73,876
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.48% 42.75% 47.31%
Number of salaries quoted 23,044 23,979 34,135
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,375 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £84,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

VLE
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing VLE as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for VLE in the UK

VLE
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing VLE.

Salary trend for VLE in the UK

VLE
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing VLE over the 6 months to 2 May 2024.

Salary histogram for VLE in the UK

VLE
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing VLE within the UK over the 6 months to 2 May 2024. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +70 27 £48,350 +0.51% 16
London +106 13 £48,350 -0.51% 5
UK excluding London -3 13 £25,200 -21.15% 12
North of England +52 10 £25,200 -21.15% 2
Work from Home +95 9 £50,000 +11.11% 2
Yorkshire +97 7 £25,200 -21.15% 1
North West - 3 - - 1
West Midlands +26 2 £55,000 +15.52% 1
Midlands +9 2 £55,000 +15.52% 6
South East +15 1 £37,550 - 3

VLE
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 15 (46.88%) Moodle
2 5 (15.63%) WordPress
3 3 (9.38%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 2 (6.25%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (3.13%) AWS
2 1 (3.13%) Azure
General
1 16 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 7 (21.88%) Marketing
3 6 (18.75%) Multimedia
4 1 (3.13%) Legal
Job Titles
1 14 (43.75%) Developer
2 6 (18.75%) Multimedia Specialist
2 6 (18.75%) Systems Developer
3 4 (12.50%) Moodle Developer
4 3 (9.38%) Analyst
4 3 (9.38%) Coordinator
4 3 (9.38%) Senior
4 3 (9.38%) Support Analyst
5 2 (6.25%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 2 (6.25%) Java Developer
5 2 (6.25%) Learning Technologist
5 2 (6.25%) Technologist
6 1 (3.13%) Animator
6 1 (3.13%) Development Manager
6 1 (3.13%) IT Support
6 1 (3.13%) Lead
6 1 (3.13%) Logistics Officer
6 1 (3.13%) Support Officer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (40.63%) CSS
1 13 (40.63%) HTML
2 2 (6.25%) React
2 2 (6.25%) Spring
2 2 (6.25%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.75%) Learning Management System
2 5 (15.63%) e-Learning
2 5 (15.63%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.13%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.13%) Apple iOS
1 1 (3.13%) Mac OS
1 1 (3.13%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (28.13%) Agile
2 8 (25.00%) Web Development
3 7 (21.88%) Mathematics
3 7 (21.88%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (15.63%) DevOps
5 4 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 4 (12.50%) Customer Service
5 4 (12.50%) Software Testing
6 3 (9.38%) Content Management
6 3 (9.38%) Customer Experience
6 3 (9.38%) Customer-Centricity
6 3 (9.38%) Data Analysis
6 3 (9.38%) ITIL
6 3 (9.38%) Service Management
7 2 (6.25%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (6.25%) Microservices
7 2 (6.25%) Software Engineering
7 2 (6.25%) TDD
7 2 (6.25%) User Experience
7 2 (6.25%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 13 (40.63%) JavaScript
2 7 (21.88%) PHP
3 6 (18.75%) Java
4 4 (12.50%) C#
4 4 (12.50%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (34.38%) Degree
2 7 (21.88%) DBS Check
3 4 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (21.88%) WCAG
2 3 (9.38%) Accessibility
2 3 (9.38%) SLA
3 1 (3.13%) GDPR
3 1 (3.13%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.13%) Jamf Pro
Vendors
1 3 (9.38%) Blackboard
2 1 (3.13%) Google