PDA Contracts in the Midlands

Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
England > Midlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PDA in contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PDA over the 6 months to 23 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 124 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PDA 6 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.22% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.71% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £163 - -
25th Percentile £167 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £178 - -
75th Percentile £192 - -
90th Percentile £198 - -
England median daily rate £195 £300 £230
% change year-on-year -35.00% +30.43% +43.75%

All Generic Skills
Midlands

PDA is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the Midlands with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 841 1,097 1,495
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Midlands 30.84% 31.60% 29.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 545 736 1,089
10th Percentile £213 £227 £213
25th Percentile £350 £372 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £475
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% - +17.28%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £729 £700 £675
England median daily rate £550 £575 £550
% change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 64 43 58
10th Percentile £10.57 £16.88 £12.27
25th Percentile £13.98 £18.13 £14.66
Median hourly rate £19.00 £22.50 £16.37
Median % change year-on-year -15.56% +37.43% +2.33%
75th Percentile £28.88 £53.13 £19.94
90th Percentile £58.75 £65.00 £22.90
England median hourly rate £28.50 £22.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year +26.67% -15.09% +1.92%

PDA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings citing PDA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for PDA in the Midlands

PDA
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PDA in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for PDA in the Midlands

PDA
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PDA in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for PDA in the Midlands

PDA
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PDA within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 23 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
East Midlands - 5 £160 - 4
West Midlands - 1 £195 - 2
PDA
England

PDA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Remedy ITSM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Wireless
2 1 (16.67%) PBX
2 1 (16.67%) PSTN
General
1 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 1 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support
1 1 (16.67%) 1st/2nd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support
1 1 (16.67%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Applications Support
1 1 (16.67%) Applications Support Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Field Support Technician
1 1 (16.67%) Support Analyst
1 1 (16.67%) Support Technician
Miscellaneous
1 5 (83.33%) Smartphone
2 1 (16.67%) BYOD
2 1 (16.67%) iPad
2 1 (16.67%) iPhone
2 1 (16.67%) Management Information System
2 1 (16.67%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (16.67%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (16.67%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 10
2 1 (16.67%) Windows 7
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (16.67%) Windows Server 2008
2 1 (16.67%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (16.67%) Customer Service
1 1 (16.67%) ERP
1 1 (16.67%) Inventory Management
1 1 (16.67%) ITSM
1 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
1 1 (16.67%) Test Scripting
1 1 (16.67%) WFM
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Dell
2 1 (16.67%) HP
2 1 (16.67%) Intel
2 1 (16.67%) Peregrine
2 1 (16.67%) Remedy