Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
West Midlands > Shropshire
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PDA in contract job vacancies in Shropshire. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PDA over the 6 months leading up to 14 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 14 Oct 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 45 | - | - |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing PDA | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| As % of all contract jobs in Shropshire | 0.49% | - | - |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | 2.63% | - | - |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | - |
| 25th Percentile | £481 | - | - |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £488 | - | - |
| 75th Percentile | £494 | - | - |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | - |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £488 | - | - |
All Generic Skills
Shropshire
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 Shropshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 38 | 15 | 20 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire | 18.63% | 16.67% | 37.74% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 22 | 14 | 12 |
| 10th Percentile | £211 | £135 | - |
| 25th Percentile | £253 | £146 | £465 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £463 | £239 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +93.51% | -52.20% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £300 | £573 |
| 90th Percentile | £539 | £320 | £586 |
| West Midlands median daily rate | £500 | £550 | £510 |
| % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +7.84% | +2.00% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Median hourly rate | - | £23.60 | - |
| West Midlands median hourly rate | £30.00 | £24.18 | £27.50 |
| % change year-on-year | +24.07% | -12.07% | +41.03% |
PDA
Job Vacancy Trend in Shropshire
Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PDA relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Shropshire.
PDA
Daily Rate Trend in Shropshire
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Shropshire citing PDA.
PDA
Contract Job Locations in Shropshire
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PDA within the Shropshire region over the 6 months to 14 October 2025. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Telford | - | 1 | £488 | - | |
| PDA West Midlands |
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PDA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Shropshire by Category
The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:
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