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The table below looks at the demand for Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) skills within the Reading 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPersonal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank67-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.862 %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£290
% change on same period last year+47.12 %
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£14.79£19.78
% change on same period last year-25.24 %
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Reading
Matching contract IT job ads116111
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.162 %0.112 %
Daily rates quoted2852
Average minimum daily rate£328£317
Average daily rate£356£352
% change on same period last year+1.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£387
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£345
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
Hourly rates quoted198
Average minimum hourly rate£26.40£27.50
Average hourly rate£27.56£29.44
% change on same period last year-6.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.73£31.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.83£26.95
% change on same period last year-7.89 %
PDA BerkshirePDA
Berkshire

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading PDA Hourly Rate Trend

PDA
Top 15 Related IT Skills

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

15 (83.33 %)Windows
15 (83.33 %)Windows XP
15 (83.33 %)Windows Server 2003
15 (83.33 %)TestDirector
24 (66.67 %)StarTeam
24 (66.67 %)SC Cleared
24 (66.67 %)Borland
24 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
32 (33.33 %)MS Excel
32 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
41 (16.67 %)DV Cleared
41 (16.67 %)Smartphone
41 (16.67 %)LoadRunner
41 (16.67 %)WinRunner
41 (16.67 %)Government

PDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Reading IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (33.33 %)MS Excel
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (83.33 %)TestDirector
24 (66.67 %)StarTeam
31 (16.67 %)WinRunner
31 (16.67 %)LoadRunner
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Government
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (66.67 %)Tester
14 (66.67 %)Systems Tester
21 (16.67 %)Technical Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Support Analyst
21 (16.67 %)Technical Support
21 (16.67 %)Technical Support Analyst
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Smartphone
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (83.33 %)Windows
15 (83.33 %)Windows XP
15 (83.33 %)Windows Server 2003
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (66.67 %)SC Cleared
14 (66.67 %)Security Cleared
22 (33.33 %)Test Scripting
31 (16.67 %)DV Cleared
Reading IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (66.67 %)Borland