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This section looks at the demand for Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PDA over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPersonal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank240256
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching permanent IT job ads3036
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.015 %
As % of the category below1.142 %1.387 %
Salaries quoted2932
Average minimum salary£31,235£27,938
Average salary£33,066£31,555
% change on same period last year+4.79 %
Average maximum salary£34,897£35,172
UK excluding London average salary£33,596£31,375
% change on same period last year+7.07 %
East of England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads26262596
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.413 %1.082 %
Salaries quoted22092152
Average minimum salary£34,666£36,702
Average salary£37,934£40,206
% change on same period last year-5.65 %
Average maximum salary£41,202£43,711
UK excluding London average salary£37,872£39,233
% change on same period last year-3.46 %
PDA EnglandPDA
England

PDA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing PDA across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

East of England PDA Demand Trend

PDA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing PDA across the East of England region.

East of England PDA Salary Trend

PDA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PDA across the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

East of England PDA Salary Histogram

PDA
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PDA within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HertfordshireUp+1819£31,447-9.55 %
EssexUp+88£32,469+0.87 %
CambridgeshireDown-57£38,143+25.40 %
NorfolkUp+81--
PDA EnglandPDA
England

PDA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the East of England region citing PDA also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited PDA.

119 (36.54 %)C#
119 (36.54 %).NET
119 (36.54 %)SQL Server
119 (36.54 %)Windows
217 (32.69 %).NET Framework
316 (30.77 %)Blackberry
413 (25.00 %)Oracle
510 (19.23 %)Electronics
510 (19.23 %)MS Office
510 (19.23 %)HTML
510 (19.23 %)JavaScript
510 (19.23 %)Windows 2000
510 (19.23 %)XML
510 (19.23 %)CSS
510 (19.23 %)SharePoint
510 (19.23 %)Client/Server
510 (19.23 %)Windows XP
510 (19.23 %)Active Directory
510 (19.23 %)HP
69 (17.31 %)Avaya
69 (17.31 %)DNS
69 (17.31 %)SLA
69 (17.31 %)Dell
69 (17.31 %)Nortel
69 (17.31 %)Citrix
69 (17.31 %)ADSL
69 (17.31 %)ISDN
69 (17.31 %)DHCP
69 (17.31 %)SQL
69 (17.31 %)CAD

PDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the East of England region citing PDA also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited PDA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (36.54 %).NET
217 (32.69 %).NET Framework
310 (19.23 %)XML
310 (19.23 %)HTML
310 (19.23 %)CSS
44 (7.692 %)ASP.NET
44 (7.692 %)WinForms
53 (5.769 %)Silverlight
62 (3.846 %)WPF
62 (3.846 %)EDI
62 (3.846 %)ASP
71 (1.923 %)JDBC
71 (1.923 %)JSP
71 (1.923 %)WebServices
71 (1.923 %)Hibernate
71 (1.923 %)J2ME
71 (1.923 %)Spring
71 (1.923 %)JSF
71 (1.923 %)WCF
East of England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (19.23 %)SharePoint
24 (7.692 %)MS Exchange
24 (7.692 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (1.923 %)Apache
East of England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (19.23 %)MS Office
24 (7.692 %)Pro/ENGINEER
31 (1.923 %)MS Excel
31 (1.923 %)MS Visio
East of England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (3.846 %)Oracle CRM
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (17.31 %)ADSL
19 (17.31 %)ISDN
19 (17.31 %)DHCP
19 (17.31 %)DNS
28 (15.38 %)3G
28 (15.38 %)GSM
34 (7.692 %)TETRA
42 (3.846 %)Cisco PIX
42 (3.846 %)Internet
51 (1.923 %)TCP/IP
East of England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
119 (36.54 %)SQL Server
25 (9.615 %)SQL Server 2000
33 (5.769 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (5.769 %)MS Access
33 (5.769 %)MySQL
41 (1.923 %)SQLite
41 (1.923 %)SQL Server 2008
East of England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (3.846 %)VSS/SourceSafe
12 (3.846 %)Oracle Forms
East of England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (19.23 %)Electronics
28 (15.38 %)Manufacturing
34 (7.692 %)Pensions
41 (1.923 %)Back Office
41 (1.923 %)Health
41 (1.923 %)Police
41 (1.923 %)Military
41 (1.923 %)Retail
East of England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
121 (40.38 %)Developer
211 (21.15 %)C# Developer
310 (19.23 %)Support Engineer
49 (17.31 %)Analyst
49 (17.31 %)Desktop Support
49 (17.31 %)Field Engineer
49 (17.31 %)Desktop Support Engineer
49 (17.31 %)Technical Support Engineer
49 (17.31 %)Technical Engineer
49 (17.31 %)Mechanical Engineer
49 (17.31 %)Desktop Engineer
49 (17.31 %)Technical Support
58 (15.38 %)Mechanical Design Engineer
58 (15.38 %)Design Engineer
64 (7.692 %)Software Developer
64 (7.692 %)Support Analyst
64 (7.692 %)Senior Mechanical Engineer
64 (7.692 %)Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
73 (5.769 %)Senior Developer
73 (5.769 %)Technical Analyst
East of England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
116 (30.77 %)Blackberry
210 (19.23 %)Client/Server
34 (7.692 %)Replication
42 (3.846 %)Smartphone
42 (3.846 %)Multithreading
51 (1.923 %)Mathematics
51 (1.923 %)Computer Science
East of England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
119 (36.54 %)Windows
210 (19.23 %)Windows 2000
210 (19.23 %)Windows XP
35 (9.615 %)Windows Mobile
42 (3.846 %)VxWorks
51 (1.923 %)UNIX
51 (1.923 %)Windows Server 2003
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (17.31 %)CAD
24 (7.692 %)Business Intelligence
24 (7.692 %)ERP
32 (3.846 %)CRM
41 (1.923 %)Disaster Recovery
41 (1.923 %)Integration Testing
41 (1.923 %)OOD
41 (1.923 %)SOA
41 (1.923 %)ITIL
41 (1.923 %)UML
East of England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (36.54 %)C#
210 (19.23 %)JavaScript
39 (17.31 %)SQL
47 (13.46 %)VB
56 (11.54 %)VB.NET
65 (9.615 %)VB6
74 (7.692 %)C++
83 (5.769 %)C
92 (3.846 %)Java
101 (1.923 %)Delphi
101 (1.923 %)VBA
101 (1.923 %)VC++
101 (1.923 %)Transact-SQL
East of England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (3.846 %)MCP
12 (3.846 %)MCSD
12 (3.846 %)Microsoft Certification
21 (1.923 %)ITIL Certification
21 (1.923 %)Degree
21 (1.923 %)HND
East of England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (17.31 %)SLA
21 (1.923 %)ISO9001
East of England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
110 (19.23 %)Active Directory
East of England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (25.00 %)Oracle
210 (19.23 %)HP
39 (17.31 %)Dell
39 (17.31 %)Nortel
39 (17.31 %)Citrix
39 (17.31 %)Avaya
44 (7.692 %)Sage
52 (3.846 %)Cisco
61 (1.923 %)Microsoft
61 (1.923 %)Compaq
61 (1.923 %)Borland