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The table below looks at the demand for Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) skills within the Hertfordshire 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 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPersonal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-91
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads04
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.000 %1.316 %
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£269£307
% change on same period last year-12.30 %
Hourly rates quoted04
Average minimum hourly rate-£16.25
Average hourly rate-£16.38
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.86£17.93
% change on same period last year-11.55 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads115304
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.185 %0.326 %
Daily rates quoted26129
Average minimum daily rate£359£293
Average daily rate£382£312
% change on same period last year+22.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£330
UK excluding London average daily rate£345£345
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted2537
Average minimum hourly rate£28.02£29.74
Average hourly rate£29.24£31.31
% change on same period last year-6.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.45£32.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.41£25.59
% change on same period last year-0.69 %
PDA East of EnglandPDA
East of England

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire PDA Daily Rate Trend

PDA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire PDA Hourly Rate Trend

PDA
Top 5 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)Oracle
11 (100.00 %)Oracle Forms
11 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
11 (100.00 %)Oracle ADF

PDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %).NET
11 (100.00 %)Oracle ADF
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)Oracle 10g
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)Oracle Forms
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Oracle Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Oracle