Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) |
| 3 months to 1 Dec 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 316 | 400 |
| Rank change on same period last year | +84 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 56 | 63 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.089 % | 0.067 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.745 % | 0.512 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 18 | 17 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £366 | £278 |
| Average daily rate | £382 | £293 |
| % change on same period last year | +30.20 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £398 | £309 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £269 | £307 |
| % change on same period last year | -12.30 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 14 | 10 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £17.57 | £16.99 |
| Average hourly rate | £17.82 | £17.53 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.67 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £18.07 | £18.07 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £15.86 | £16.67 |
| % change on same period last year | -4.88 % |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 7513 | 12315 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 11.91 % | 13.11 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 3395 | 5384 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £443 | £495 |
| Average daily rate | £479 | £530 |
| % change on same period last year | -9.74 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £514 | £566 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £345 | £342 |
| % change on same period last year | +1.01 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 365 | 441 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £24.15 | £22.07 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.88 | £23.91 |
| % change on same period last year | +8.26 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.62 | £25.75 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.63 | £25.42 |
| % change on same period last year | +0.80 % |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing PDA across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.