Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
England > South West
The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PDA in contract job vacancies in the South West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PDA over the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 19 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | - | 154 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | - | - |
| Contract jobs citing PDA | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West | - | - | 0.031% |
| As % of the Miscellaneous category | - | - | 0.11% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £210 |
| England median daily rate | £350 | £170 | £210 |
| % change year-on-year | +105.88% | -19.05% | +27.27% |
All Generic Skills
South West
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 the South West.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills | 640 | 765 | 877 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West | 32.42% | 28.87% | 27.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 389 | 436 | 631 |
| 10th Percentile | £225 | £213 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £364 | £450 | £416 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £538 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.33% | -2.27% | +4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £638 | £650 | £670 |
| 90th Percentile | £706 | £700 | £738 |
| England median daily rate | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | -2.22% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 64 | 105 | 52 |
| 10th Percentile | £6.00 | £16.37 | £18.05 |
| 25th Percentile | £16.85 | £66.25 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £31.00 | £70.00 | £71.50 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -55.71% | -2.10% | +30.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £48.30 | £72.50 | £83.40 |
| 90th Percentile | £75.00 | £75.00 | - |
| England median hourly rate | £33.03 | £57.35 | £45.88 |
| % change year-on-year | -42.41% | +25.00% | +81.06% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West
Job postings citing PDA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.
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Daily Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PDA.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the South West
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PDA.
