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The table below looks at the demand for Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited PDA over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPersonal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008		Same period last year
Rank193165
Rank change on same period last yearDown-28
Matching contract IT job ads1328
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.018 %0.028 %
As % of the category below0.468 %1.057 %
Daily rates quoted65
Average minimum daily rate£345£226
Average daily rate£360£241
% change on same period last year+49.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£374£256
UK excluding London average daily rate£427£268
% change on same period last year+59.00 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00£15.00
Average hourly rate£20.25£15.00
% change on same period last year+35.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.50£15.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.96£19.41
% change on same period last year-22.89 %
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads27782650
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.911 %2.678 %
Daily rates quoted16421174
Average minimum daily rate£465£501
Average daily rate£510£538
% change on same period last year-5.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£555£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£345
% change on same period last year+1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted6652
Average minimum hourly rate£21.98£24.37
Average hourly rate£24.38£25.84
% change on same period last year-5.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.78£27.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.99£26.29
% change on same period last year-4.93 %
PDA LondonPDA
London

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.

PDA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PDA across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

City of London PDA Demand Trend

PDA
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London PDA Daily Rate Trend

PDA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PDA across the City of London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

City of London PDA Daily Rate Histogram

PDA
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing PDA across the City of London region.

City of London PDA Hourly Rate Trend

PDA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing PDA 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 PDA.

110 (62.50 %)Windows
29 (56.25 %)Citrix
29 (56.25 %)Wireless
36 (37.50 %)Microsoft
36 (37.50 %)Law
45 (31.25 %)MS Office
45 (31.25 %)Windows XP
54 (25.00 %)Active Directory
54 (25.00 %)Blackberry
54 (25.00 %)Windows Mobile
54 (25.00 %)Finance
63 (18.75 %)Wi-Fi
63 (18.75 %)SLA
72 (12.50 %)Lotus Notes
72 (12.50 %)MS Excel
72 (12.50 %)SharePoint
72 (12.50 %)Lotus
72 (12.50 %)ITIL
72 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (12.50 %)SharePoint Server 2007
72 (12.50 %)Legal
81 (6.250 %)Banking
81 (6.250 %)Retail
81 (6.250 %)Insurance
81 (6.250 %)MS PowerPoint
81 (6.250 %)FrontPage
81 (6.250 %)Investment Management
81 (6.250 %)Smartphone
81 (6.250 %)Retail Banking
81 (6.250 %)Marketing

PDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing PDA 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 PDA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (12.50 %)Lotus Notes
12 (12.50 %)SharePoint
12 (12.50 %)SharePoint Server 2007
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (31.25 %)MS Office
22 (12.50 %)MS Excel
31 (6.250 %)MS Visio
31 (6.250 %)Acrobat
31 (6.250 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (6.250 %)MS Project
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (56.25 %)Wireless
23 (18.75 %)Wi-Fi
31 (6.250 %)Broadband
31 (6.250 %)GPRS
31 (6.250 %)GSM
31 (6.250 %)LAN
31 (6.250 %)VPN
31 (6.250 %)Internet
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.250 %)FrontPage
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (37.50 %)Law
24 (25.00 %)Finance
32 (12.50 %)Legal
41 (6.250 %)Banking
41 (6.250 %)Retail
41 (6.250 %)Insurance
41 (6.250 %)Retail Banking
41 (6.250 %)Marketing
41 (6.250 %)Front Office
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (31.25 %)Technical Specialist
22 (12.50 %)Architect
22 (12.50 %)Desktop Support
22 (12.50 %)Analyst
22 (12.50 %)Support Analyst
31 (6.250 %)1st Line Support
31 (6.250 %)Support Engineer
31 (6.250 %)2nd Line Support
31 (6.250 %)Desktop Support Analyst
31 (6.250 %)IT Trainer
31 (6.250 %)Helpdesk Support
31 (6.250 %)IT Support Analyst
31 (6.250 %)Solutions Architect
31 (6.250 %)Trainer
31 (6.250 %)Desktop Analyst
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (25.00 %)Blackberry
21 (6.250 %)Management Information System
21 (6.250 %)Smartphone
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (62.50 %)Windows
25 (31.25 %)Windows XP
34 (25.00 %)Windows Mobile
42 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (6.250 %)Windows 2000
51 (6.250 %)UNIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (12.50 %)ITIL
21 (6.250 %)Investment Management
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.250 %)Degree
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (18.75 %)SLA
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (25.00 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (6.250 %)Norton AntiVirus
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (56.25 %)Citrix
26 (37.50 %)Microsoft
32 (12.50 %)Lotus
41 (6.250 %)Apple
41 (6.250 %)Reuters
41 (6.250 %)Bloomberg
41 (6.250 %)Intel
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