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The table below looks at the demand for Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) skills within the South West 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPersonal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008		Same period last year
Rank128157
Rank change on same period last yearUp+29
Matching contract IT job ads76
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.006 %
As % of the category below1.270 %0.752 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£321£303
% change on same period last year+6.02 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£14.25£15.00
Average hourly rate£14.63£17.50
% change on same period last year-16.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£15.00£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£15.44£16.60
% change on same period last year-7.01 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
South West
Matching contract IT job ads551798
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.868 %0.855 %
Daily rates quoted134167
Average minimum daily rate£316£329
Average daily rate£337£352
% change on same period last year-4.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£358£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£343
% change on same period last year+0.33 %
Hourly rates quoted92122
Average minimum hourly rate£26.05£27.66
Average hourly rate£27.83£30.09
% change on same period last year-7.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.61£32.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.46£25.58
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
PDA EnglandPDA
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 South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South West 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 South West region.

South West 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 South West region.

South West PDA Hourly Rate Trend

PDA
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing PDA across the South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

South West PDA Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South West region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last		Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads		Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months		Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BristolNew entry-2£350-
WiltshireDown-51--
DorsetNew entry-1--
PDA EnglandPDA
England

PDA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

18 (53.33 %)Windows
25 (33.33 %)Windows Mobile
33 (20.00 %)Windows CE
33 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
33 (20.00 %)UML
33 (20.00 %)C#
33 (20.00 %)Windows XP
33 (20.00 %)Pocket PC
42 (13.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
42 (13.33 %)Test Scripting
42 (13.33 %)Wi-Fi
42 (13.33 %)Telecoms
42 (13.33 %)OOD
42 (13.33 %)Bluetooth
42 (13.33 %)GPRS
42 (13.33 %)OO
42 (13.33 %)Mac OS X
51 (6.667 %)Apple
51 (6.667 %)Process Management
51 (6.667 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (6.667 %)Blackberry
51 (6.667 %)VC++
51 (6.667 %)CRM
51 (6.667 %)C++
51 (6.667 %)SQL Server
51 (6.667 %)MS Project
51 (6.667 %)MS Office
51 (6.667 %)PRINCE2
51 (6.667 %)VPN
51 (6.667 %)Active Directory

PDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (6.667 %)MS Project
11 (6.667 %)MS Office
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (13.33 %)Wi-Fi
12 (13.33 %)Bluetooth
12 (13.33 %)GPRS
21 (6.667 %)VPN
21 (6.667 %)Broadband
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (6.667 %)SQL Server
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)FrontPage
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (13.33 %)Telecoms
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (26.67 %)Field Engineer
22 (13.33 %)Team Leader
22 (13.33 %)Developer
22 (13.33 %)Analyst
31 (6.667 %)Consultant
31 (6.667 %)Software Architect
31 (6.667 %)Support Analyst
31 (6.667 %)Support Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Architect
31 (6.667 %)Project Manager
31 (6.667 %)Business Analyst
31 (6.667 %)Tester
31 (6.667 %)Desktop Support
31 (6.667 %)IT Support Engineer
31 (6.667 %)Desktop Analyst
31 (6.667 %)CRM Business Analyst
31 (6.667 %)Test Team Leader
31 (6.667 %)Desktop Support Analyst
31 (6.667 %)C# Developer
31 (6.667 %)Software Designer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (20.00 %)Pocket PC
21 (6.667 %)Blackberry
21 (6.667 %)Dutch Language
21 (6.667 %)Swedish Language
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (53.33 %)Windows
25 (33.33 %)Windows Mobile
33 (20.00 %)Windows CE
33 (20.00 %)Windows 2000
33 (20.00 %)Windows XP
42 (13.33 %)Mac OS X
51 (6.667 %)Windows Server 2003
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (20.00 %)UML
22 (13.33 %)User Acceptance Testing
22 (13.33 %)Test Scripting
22 (13.33 %)OOD
22 (13.33 %)OO
31 (6.667 %)Process Management
31 (6.667 %)CRM
31 (6.667 %)PRINCE2
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (20.00 %)C#
21 (6.667 %)VC++
21 (6.667 %)C++
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (6.667 %)Active Directory
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (6.667 %)Apple
11 (6.667 %)Citrix
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