The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term PDA in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited PDA over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Scotland region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Rank 97 96 110
Rank change year-on-year
-1 +14
Contract jobs citing PDA 17 9 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.700% 0.339% 0.036%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.857% 2.079% 0.260%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 0
Average daily rate £356 £120 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+196.87% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £351 £125 £300
% change year-on-year
+181.00% -58.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £18.50 £11.50 £11.50
% change year-on-year
+60.86% -
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
595 433 384
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 24.51% 16.31% 13.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 278 183 171
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £272 £196 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £343 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.18% +0.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 34 16
Average hourly rate £15.77 £26.00 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.34% -13.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.42 £11.25 £12.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £36.00 £32.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £24.50 £27.00
% change year-on-year
-8.16% -9.25%
PDA
UK

PDA
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing PDA across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Scotland PDA Jobs Demand Trend

PDA
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland PDA Daily Rate Trend

PDA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland PDA Hourly Rate Trend

PDA
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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Glasgow -11 10 £351 -
Renfrewshire - 5 £360 -
West Lothian - 2 - -
PDA
UK

PDA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 11 (55.00%) Windows
2 10 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
4 7 (35.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 7 (35.00%) Test Scripting
4 7 (35.00%) TestDirector
4 7 (35.00%) Windows Server 2003
5 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
5 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
5 6 (30.00%) SQL
5 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
6 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
6 4 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
6 4 (20.00%) McAfee ePO
6 4 (20.00%) HTML5
6 4 (20.00%) WinRunner
6 4 (20.00%) VMware
6 4 (20.00%) VMware ESX
6 4 (20.00%) Clustering
6 4 (20.00%) AIX
6 4 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
6 4 (20.00%) Veritas
6 4 (20.00%) Netcool
6 4 (20.00%) McAfee
6 4 (20.00%) Citrix
7 3 (15.00%) J2ME
7 3 (15.00%) J2SE
7 3 (15.00%) XML
7 3 (15.00%) C
7 3 (15.00%) Java

PDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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 4 (20.00%) HTML5
2 3 (15.00%) XML
2 3 (15.00%) J2ME
2 3 (15.00%) J2SE
2 3 (15.00%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.00%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (5.000%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (10.00%) MS Office
2 1 (5.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.000%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.000%) GIS
Development Applications
1 7 (35.00%) TestDirector
2 4 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
2 4 (20.00%) WinRunner
General
1 3 (15.00%) German Language
2 1 (5.000%) Finance
2 1 (5.000%) Dutch Language
Job Titles
1 7 (35.00%) Developer
2 6 (30.00%) Test Engineer
3 2 (10.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (5.000%) Tester
4 1 (5.000%) Desktop Support
4 1 (5.000%) Help Desk Support
4 1 (5.000%) IT Support Technician
4 1 (5.000%) Desktop Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) 1st Line Support Technician
4 1 (5.000%) IT Support
4 1 (5.000%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (5.000%) Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) Support Technician
4 1 (5.000%) Support Analyst
4 1 (5.000%) 1st Line Support
4 1 (5.000%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (5.000%) Desktop Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (20.00%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 11 (55.00%) Windows
2 10 (50.00%) Windows XP
3 7 (35.00%) Windows Server 2003
3 7 (35.00%) Windows Server 2008
4 4 (20.00%) AIX
5 3 (15.00%) Windows 7
6 2 (10.00%) Apple iOS
7 1 (5.000%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (35.00%) Test Scripting
2 4 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 3 (15.00%) Unit Testing
3 3 (15.00%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (5.000%) Incident Management
4 1 (5.000%) ITIL
4 1 (5.000%) CAD
Programming Languages
1 6 (30.00%) SQL
2 3 (15.00%) C
2 3 (15.00%) Java
3 2 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (10.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (40.00%) Security Cleared
2 6 (30.00%) SC Cleared
3 1 (5.000%) DV Cleared
3 1 (5.000%) MCP
3 1 (5.000%) MCSE
3 1 (5.000%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (5.000%) MCDST
System Software
1 6 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 4 (20.00%) VMware ESX
Systems Management
1 4 (20.00%) Netcool
1 4 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
1 4 (20.00%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 6 (30.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (20.00%) Citrix
2 4 (20.00%) Veritas
2 4 (20.00%) McAfee
2 4 (20.00%) VMware
3 2 (10.00%) Lotus
4 1 (5.000%) HP
4 1 (5.000%) Compaq
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