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The table below looks at the demand for Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) skills within the Gloucestershire 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
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£427£268
% change on same period last year+59.00 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£14.96£19.41
% change on same period last year-22.89 %
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Gloucestershire
Matching contract IT job ads7847
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.110 %0.047 %
Daily rates quoted219
Average minimum daily rate£360£390
Average daily rate£373£416
% change on same period last year-10.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£442
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£345
% change on same period last year+1.19 %
Hourly rates quoted613
Average minimum hourly rate£29.38£32.93
Average hourly rate£29.88£34.27
% change on same period last year-12.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.38£35.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.99£26.29
% change on same period last year-4.93 %
PDA South WestPDA
South West

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

Gloucestershire PDA Demand Trend

PDA
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)VC++
11 (100.00 %)Embedded C
11 (100.00 %)Embedded C++
11 (100.00 %)Windows Mobile

PDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucestershire 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.

Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Software Engineer
11 (100.00 %)Embedded Software Engineer
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)Windows
11 (100.00 %)Windows Mobile
Gloucestershire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)C
11 (100.00 %)C++
11 (100.00 %)VC++
11 (100.00 %)Embedded C
11 (100.00 %)Embedded C++