Hybrid/Remote PDA Contract Job Trends

Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
UK > Work from Home

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PDA in remote or hybrid contract work. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PDA over the 6 months leading up to 17 December 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 317 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PDA 3 0 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.029% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.084% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - -
UK median daily rate £456 £375 £210
% change year-on-year +21.67% +78.57% +5.00%

All Generic Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring generic IT skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 3,574 3,648 5,122
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 34.91% 31.04% 30.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,240 2,328 3,536
10th Percentile £329 £325 £325
25th Percentile £420 £421 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% - -
75th Percentile £638 £675 £673
90th Percentile £750 £800 £750
UK median daily rate £501 £538 £550
% change year-on-year -6.88% -2.27% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 65 121
10th Percentile £17.50 £17.25 £19.99
25th Percentile £21.25 £22.50 £22.00
Median hourly rate £45.46 £38.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +19.63% -24.00% -16.67%
75th Percentile £67.00 £66.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.06 £75.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £27.00 £33.27 £42.50
% change year-on-year -18.85% -21.72% +21.43%

PDA
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PDA and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

PDA job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

PDA
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PDA.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PDA

PDA
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PDA.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PDA

PDA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
2 1 (33.33%) GCP
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Azure Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (66.67%) Supply Chain Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Integration Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Middleware Architect
3 1 (33.33%) Mobile Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Logistics
2 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven
2 2 (66.67%) Event-Driven Architecture
2 2 (66.67%) Supply Chain Management
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (33.33%) Business Intelligence