England PDA Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) skills within the England 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Location Aberdeen Berkshire Birmingham Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheshire Chester City of London Cumbria Docklands, London Dorset Dudley East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Falkirk Hampshire Kent Lancashire London Maidstone Manchester Milton Keynes North East North West North Yorkshire Northallerton Oxfordshire Reading Rotherham Scotland Shropshire South East South West South Yorkshire Staffordshire Surrey Telford UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Woking Yorkshire	3 months to 7 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	437	497
Rank change on same period last year	+60
Matching contract IT job ads	111	135
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.158 %	0.136 %
As % of the category below	0.784 %	0.677 %
Daily rates quoted	16	15
Average minimum daily rate	£352	£287
Average daily rate	£364	£299
% change on same period last year	+21.69 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£311
UK excluding London average daily rate	£427	£268
% change on same period last year	+59.00 %
Hourly rates quoted	41	38
Average minimum hourly rate	£15.30	£18.11
Average hourly rate	£16.00	£19.36
% change on same period last year	-17.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£16.70	£20.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£14.79	£19.41
% change on same period last year	-23.79 %
Miscellaneous England
Matching contract IT job ads	14156	19943
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	20.12 %	20.14 %
Daily rates quoted	5551	7141
Average minimum daily rate	£438	£467
Average daily rate	£471	£500
% change on same period last year	-5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£504	£534
UK excluding London average daily rate	£349	£345
% change on same period last year	+1.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	1125	1582
Average minimum hourly rate	£24.19	£24.20
Average hourly rate	£26.11	£26.08
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£28.03	£27.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.85	£26.56
% change on same period last year	-6.42 %
PDA UK

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 England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

PDA
Daily Rate Trend

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

PDA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PDA across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

PDA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

PDA
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PDA across the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PDA within the England region over the 3 months to 7 October 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
London	+80	52	£348	+17.24 %
South East	+31	15	-	-
West Midlands	+17	13	-	-
North West	+17	10	-	-
South West	+35	9	-	-
East of England	+29	8	-	-
Yorkshire	+3	3	-	-
North East	+13	2	-	-
East Midlands	-1	1	-	-

PDA UK

PDA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

1 118 (49.37 %) Windows 2 63 (26.36 %) Blackberry 3 56 (23.43 %) Windows XP 4 52 (21.76 %) MS Office 5 46 (19.25 %) Windows Server 2003 6 40 (16.74 %) Windows Mobile 7 39 (16.32 %) Microsoft 8 38 (15.90 %) Active Directory 9 32 (13.39 %) Windows 2000 10 28 (11.72 %) VPN 11 26 (10.88 %) Security Cleared 12 25 (10.46 %) C# 13 24 (10.04 %) .NET 13 24 (10.04 %) Citrix 14 22 (9.205 %) MS Exchange

15 21 (8.787 %) MS Excel 16 20 (8.368 %) Government 17 19 (7.950 %) TCP/IP 18 18 (7.531 %) GPRS 18 18 (7.531 %) C++ 19 17 (7.113 %) LAN 20 16 (6.695 %) C 21 15 (6.276 %) SC Cleared 22 14 (5.858 %) Smartphone 22 14 (5.858 %) SQL Server 23 13 (5.439 %) Java 23 13 (5.439 %) Lotus Notes 23 13 (5.439 %) Cisco 23 13 (5.439 %) Internet 23 13 (5.439 %) Lotus

PDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England 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.

Application Development 1 24 (10.04 %) .NET 2 9 (3.766 %) .NET Framework 3 8 (3.347 %) HTML 3 8 (3.347 %) J2EE 3 8 (3.347 %) Hibernate 3 8 (3.347 %) Struts 4 7 (2.929 %) Spring 5 6 (2.510 %) WebServices 5 6 (2.510 %) XML 6 4 (1.674 %) XSLT 6 4 (1.674 %) ASP 6 4 (1.674 %) ASP.NET 7 3 (1.255 %) WAP 8 2 (0.837 %) Oracle ADF 8 2 (0.837 %) EJB 8 2 (0.837 %) CSS 8 2 (0.837 %) JSP 8 2 (0.837 %) Servlets 9 1 (0.418 %) Swing 9 1 (0.418 %) XHTML	Application Platforms 1 22 (9.205 %) MS Exchange 2 13 (5.439 %) Lotus Notes 3 9 (3.766 %) Exchange Server 2003 4 5 (2.092 %) Exchange Server 2007 4 5 (2.092 %) Exchange Server 2000 4 5 (2.092 %) SharePoint 5 3 (1.255 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 2 (0.837 %) IIS 7 1 (0.418 %) Apache 7 1 (0.418 %) Blackberry Enterprise Server 7 1 (0.418 %) CMS 7 1 (0.418 %) Exchange Server 5.5 7 1 (0.418 %) Office Communications Server
Applications 1 52 (21.76 %) MS Office 2 21 (8.787 %) MS Excel 3 4 (1.674 %) MS PowerPoint 4 3 (1.255 %) Photoshop 4 3 (1.255 %) MS Visio 4 3 (1.255 %) Acrobat 5 2 (0.837 %) Adobe Illustrator 5 2 (0.837 %) MS Project 6 1 (0.418 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 1 (0.418 %) Oracle CRM 1 1 (0.418 %) Summit
Communications & Networking 1 28 (11.72 %) VPN 2 19 (7.950 %) TCP/IP 3 18 (7.531 %) GPRS 4 17 (7.113 %) LAN 5 13 (5.439 %) Wireless 5 13 (5.439 %) Internet 6 10 (4.184 %) Wi-Fi 7 6 (2.510 %) SSL 8 5 (2.092 %) DNS 8 5 (2.092 %) 3G 9 4 (1.674 %) Bluetooth 10 3 (1.255 %) Broadband 10 3 (1.255 %) VoIP 10 3 (1.255 %) WLAN 10 3 (1.255 %) Firewall 11 2 (0.837 %) Intrusion Detection 11 2 (0.837 %) Cisco PIX 11 2 (0.837 %) Network Security 11 2 (0.837 %) WAN 11 2 (0.837 %) DHCP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 14 (5.858 %) SQL Server 2 5 (2.092 %) SQL Server 2005 3 4 (1.674 %) SQL Server 2000 4 3 (1.255 %) RDBMS 4 3 (1.255 %) Oracle 10g 5 2 (0.837 %) Datawarehouse 6 1 (0.418 %) SQL Server 7 6 1 (0.418 %) DB2 6 1 (0.418 %) MS Access
Development Applications 1 4 (1.674 %) TestDirector 2 3 (1.255 %) StarTeam 2 3 (1.255 %) Visual Studio 2 3 (1.255 %) Oracle Forms 3 2 (0.837 %) Flash 3 2 (0.837 %) FrontPage 4 1 (0.418 %) JDeveloper	General 1 20 (8.368 %) Government 2 12 (5.021 %) Telecoms 3 10 (4.184 %) Finance 4 7 (2.929 %) Law 5 6 (2.510 %) Retail 6 5 (2.092 %) Legal 6 5 (2.092 %) Electronics 7 3 (1.255 %) Marketing 7 3 (1.255 %) Back Office 7 3 (1.255 %) Insurance 7 3 (1.255 %) Health 8 2 (0.837 %) Police 8 2 (0.837 %) Banking 8 2 (0.837 %) Local Government 8 2 (0.837 %) Auditing 9 1 (0.418 %) Retail Banking 9 1 (0.418 %) Billing 9 1 (0.418 %) Front Office 9 1 (0.418 %) Education 9 1 (0.418 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 54 (22.59 %) Analyst 2 42 (17.57 %) Developer 3 38 (15.90 %) Support Analyst 4 24 (10.04 %) Desktop Support 5 18 (7.531 %) Support Engineer 6 16 (6.695 %) Architect 6 16 (6.695 %) Project Manager 7 13 (5.439 %) 2nd Line Support 7 13 (5.439 %) .NET Developer 7 13 (5.439 %) Helpdesk Support 8 12 (5.021 %) Desktop Support Analyst 8 12 (5.021 %) Desktop Analyst 9 11 (4.603 %) C# Developer 10 10 (4.184 %) Service Desk Analyst 10 10 (4.184 %) Service Analyst 11 9 (3.766 %) 1st Line Support 11 9 (3.766 %) Software Engineer 11 9 (3.766 %) Java Developer 11 9 (3.766 %) Desktop Engineer 12 8 (3.347 %) J2EE Developer	Miscellaneous 1 63 (26.36 %) Blackberry 2 14 (5.858 %) Smartphone 3 6 (2.510 %) Video Conferencing 4 3 (1.255 %) Pocket PC 4 3 (1.255 %) Management Information System 5 2 (0.837 %) EPoS 5 2 (0.837 %) Handset 5 2 (0.837 %) German Language 5 2 (0.837 %) Swedish Language 6 1 (0.418 %) Welsh Language 6 1 (0.418 %) Blog 6 1 (0.418 %) Russian Language 6 1 (0.418 %) Spanish Language 6 1 (0.418 %) BBC 6 1 (0.418 %) DTV 6 1 (0.418 %) Mathematics 6 1 (0.418 %) Psychology 6 1 (0.418 %) Computer Science 6 1 (0.418 %) Arabic Language 6 1 (0.418 %) Dutch Language
Operating Systems 1 118 (49.37 %) Windows 2 56 (23.43 %) Windows XP 3 46 (19.25 %) Windows Server 2003 4 40 (16.74 %) Windows Mobile 5 32 (13.39 %) Windows 2000 6 10 (4.184 %) Windows Vista 7 8 (3.347 %) Windows 2000 Server 8 7 (2.929 %) UNIX 9 5 (2.092 %) Windows NT 9 5 (2.092 %) Linux 9 5 (2.092 %) Windows CE 10 4 (1.674 %) Mac OS X 11 3 (1.255 %) NetWare 12 1 (0.418 %) Palm OS 12 1 (0.418 %) Windows Server 2008	Processes & Methodologies 1 26 (10.88 %) Security Cleared 2 15 (6.276 %) SC Cleared 3 12 (5.021 %) ITIL 4 9 (3.766 %) Project Management 5 7 (2.929 %) PRINCE2 5 7 (2.929 %) OO 5 7 (2.929 %) Document Management 6 6 (2.510 %) UML 7 5 (2.092 %) Logistics 7 5 (2.092 %) Test Scripting 7 5 (2.092 %) BC Cleared 8 4 (1.674 %) Supplier Management 8 4 (1.674 %) E-Commerce 9 3 (1.255 %) Business Analysis 9 3 (1.255 %) Asset Management 10 2 (0.837 %) Agile Software Development 10 2 (0.837 %) CRM 10 2 (0.837 %) Time Management 10 2 (0.837 %) WFM 10 2 (0.837 %) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages 1 25 (10.46 %) C# 2 18 (7.531 %) C++ 3 16 (6.695 %) C 4 13 (5.439 %) Java 5 12 (5.021 %) SQL 6 11 (4.603 %) VB.NET 7 7 (2.929 %) VB 8 6 (2.510 %) JavaScript 9 4 (1.674 %) VC++ 10 3 (1.255 %) VB6 11 2 (0.837 %) Embedded C 11 2 (0.837 %) Embedded C++ 12 1 (0.418 %) Assembly Language 12 1 (0.418 %) XPath 12 1 (0.418 %) Transact-SQL	Qualifications 1 4 (1.674 %) Degree 2 3 (1.255 %) Microsoft Certification 3 2 (0.837 %) MCSE 4 1 (0.418 %) MCSA 4 1 (0.418 %) CCNA 4 1 (0.418 %) ISEB 4 1 (0.418 %) Citrix Certification 4 1 (0.418 %) CISSP 4 1 (0.418 %) Cisco Certification 4 1 (0.418 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 1 (0.418 %) ITIL Certification 4 1 (0.418 %) PMP 4 1 (0.418 %) CCSA 4 1 (0.418 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 4 1 (0.418 %) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 6 (2.510 %) SLA 2 2 (0.837 %) ISO9001 3 1 (0.418 %) QA	System Software 1 38 (15.90 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.418 %) ISA Server 2 1 (0.418 %) Backup Exec
Systems Management 1 5 (2.092 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 1 (0.418 %) Norton AntiVirus 2 1 (0.418 %) OVSD 2 1 (0.418 %) OpenView	Vendors 1 39 (16.32 %) Microsoft 2 24 (10.04 %) Citrix 3 13 (5.439 %) Lotus 3 13 (5.439 %) Cisco 4 10 (4.184 %) Dell 5 8 (3.347 %) Borland 6 7 (2.929 %) HP 7 6 (2.510 %) Intel 7 6 (2.510 %) Oracle 8 5 (2.092 %) SAP 8 5 (2.092 %) Novell 8 5 (2.092 %) Remedy 9 3 (1.255 %) Adobe 10 2 (0.837 %) Apple 10 2 (0.837 %) Reuters 10 2 (0.837 %) Bloomberg 11 1 (0.418 %) Symantec 11 1 (0.418 %) Nortel 11 1 (0.418 %) Interwoven 11 1 (0.418 %) IBM