Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PDA in contract job vacancies in Sheffield. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PDA over the 6 months leading up to 22 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 22 Aug 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 70 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| DemandTrendContract jobs citing PDA | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Sheffield | 0.17% | - | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 0.41% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £325 | - | - |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate | £325 | - | - |
All Generic Skills
Sheffield
PDA falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in Sheffield.
| DemandTrendContract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 246 | 125 | 97 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Sheffield | 42.49% | 30.12% | 26.22% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 149 | 71 | 63 |
| 10th Percentile | £319 | £400 | £434 |
| 25th Percentile | £363 | £425 | £463 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £438 | £520 | £575 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -15.87% | -9.57% | +5.02% |
| 75th Percentile | £523 | £614 | £688 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £645 | £700 |
| South Yorkshire median daily rate | £431 | £520 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -17.07% | -5.45% | +4.76% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | £15.00 | £41.25 | - |
| Median % change year-on-year | -63.64% | - | - |
| South Yorkshire median hourly rate | £15.00 | £41.25 | - |
| % change year-on-year | -63.64% | - | - |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield
Job postings citing PDA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Sheffield.
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Hourly Rate Trend in Sheffield
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing PDA.
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Sheffield 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: