The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term PDA in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PDA over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Rank 744 757 686
Rank change year-on-year
+13 -71
Permanent jobs citing PDA 96 115 153
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.094% 0.100% 0.132%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.279% 0.297% 0.377%
Number of salaries quoted 85 93 128
Average salary £35,000 £30,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.75% -6.15%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,750 £21,000 £22,850
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £42,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £31,000 £25,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+21.56% -13.55%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
34409 38700 40634
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 33.82% 33.59% 35.10%
Number of salaries quoted 28525 32857 34227
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £49,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -8.16%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £29,000 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
PDA
UK

PDA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England PDA Jobs Demand Trend

PDA
Salary Trend

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

England PDA Salary Trend

PDA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PDA across the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

England PDA Salary Histogram

PDA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PDA within the England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +42 49 £35,000 -
South East +16 27 £31,000 +7.82%
Yorkshire -3 8 £36,000 +71.42%
East of England +1 7 £37,500 +31.57%
West Midlands -8 2 £52,500 +144.18%
North West -14 2 £32,625 +55.35%
South West -5 1 £42,000 +100.00%
PDA
UK

PDA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

1 133 (74.72%) Windows
2 93 (52.25%) Microsoft
3 90 (50.56%) Active Directory
3 90 (50.56%) MS Office
4 88 (49.44%) MS Excel
5 87 (48.88%) Blackberry
6 79 (44.38%) Windows XP
7 67 (37.64%) MS Exchange
8 59 (33.15%) MS PowerPoint
9 50 (28.09%) Exchange Server 2010
10 48 (26.97%) Reuters
10 48 (26.97%) Bloomberg
10 48 (26.97%) Exchange Server 2007
11 46 (25.84%) Windows Server 2008
12 43 (24.16%) Windows Server 2003
13 42 (23.60%) Banking
14 38 (21.35%) ITIL
15 35 (19.66%) C#
16 31 (17.42%) SQL Server
17 29 (16.29%) SQL
18 28 (15.73%) .NET
19 26 (14.61%) CRM
19 26 (14.61%) VPN
20 25 (14.04%) Windows 7
21 24 (13.48%) Mobile App
21 24 (13.48%) T-SQL
22 23 (12.92%) Web Services
23 22 (12.36%) Mac OS X
24 21 (11.80%) Microsoft Certification
24 21 (11.80%) SQL Server 2008

PDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the 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.

Application Development
1 28 (15.73%) .NET
2 23 (12.92%) Web Services
3 15 (8.427%) .NET Framework
4 14 (7.865%) ASP.NET
5 13 (7.303%) WPF
6 12 (6.742%) .NET Compact Framework
7 9 (5.056%) HTML
8 7 (3.933%) HTML5
9 4 (2.247%) Sencha Touch
9 4 (2.247%) XML
9 4 (2.247%) Silverlight
9 4 (2.247%) BAPI
10 3 (1.685%) Application Packaging
10 3 (1.685%) LINQ
10 3 (1.685%) XSLT
10 3 (1.685%) ASP.NET MVC
11 1 (0.562%) WinForms
11 1 (0.562%) jQuery
11 1 (0.562%) Apache Flex
11 1 (0.562%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 67 (37.64%) MS Exchange
2 50 (28.09%) Exchange Server 2010
3 48 (26.97%) Exchange Server 2007
4 14 (7.865%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 10 (5.618%) Exchange Server 2003
6 5 (2.809%) Lotus Notes
7 3 (1.685%) SharePoint
8 2 (1.124%) Windows Azure
8 2 (1.124%) WorkSite
9 1 (0.562%) OpenEdge
9 1 (0.562%) IIS
Applications
1 90 (50.56%) MS Office
2 88 (49.44%) MS Excel
3 59 (33.15%) MS PowerPoint
4 5 (2.809%) MS Project
5 4 (2.247%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 10 (5.618%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (2.247%) Maximo
3 1 (0.562%) assyst
Communications & Networking
1 26 (14.61%) VPN
2 17 (9.551%) LAN
3 16 (8.989%) TCP/IP
4 15 (8.427%) Firewall
5 12 (6.742%) Internet
5 12 (6.742%) Wireless
6 10 (5.618%) Wi-Fi
7 9 (5.056%) DNS
8 8 (4.494%) SAN
9 6 (3.371%) VoIP
10 4 (2.247%) DHCP
10 4 (2.247%) Network Security
11 3 (1.685%) WAN
11 3 (1.685%) Broadband
12 2 (1.124%) NAS
12 2 (1.124%) IP Telephony
13 1 (0.562%) GPRS
13 1 (0.562%) SMS
13 1 (0.562%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (17.42%) SQL Server
2 21 (11.80%) SQL Server 2008
3 11 (6.180%) SQL Server 2005
4 4 (2.247%) MySQL
5 1 (0.562%) Text Mining
5 1 (0.562%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 1 (0.562%) SQL Server Analysis Services
5 1 (0.562%) QlikView
5 1 (0.562%) Data Mining
5 1 (0.562%) DB2
Development Applications
1 11 (6.180%) Visual Studio
2 4 (2.247%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 42 (23.60%) Banking
2 19 (10.67%) Front Office
2 19 (10.67%) Back Office
3 15 (8.427%) Electronics
3 15 (8.427%) Telecoms
4 12 (6.742%) Games
4 12 (6.742%) Military
5 8 (4.494%) Finance
6 6 (3.371%) Law
7 5 (2.809%) Legal
8 4 (2.247%) Manufacturing
8 4 (2.247%) Aerospace
9 2 (1.124%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 52 (29.21%) Analyst
2 46 (25.84%) 3rd Line Support
3 35 (19.66%) Support Analyst
4 34 (19.10%) Developer
5 21 (11.80%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
6 20 (11.24%) 3rd Line Server Support
6 20 (11.24%) Server Support
7 17 (9.551%) IT Support
8 16 (8.989%) Software Developer
9 14 (7.865%) Architect
9 14 (7.865%) Desktop Support
9 14 (7.865%) C# Developer
10 9 (5.056%) Solutions Architect
10 9 (5.056%) Service Analyst
10 9 (5.056%) Support Engineer
11 8 (4.494%) Support Specialist
11 8 (4.494%) Service Desk Analyst
11 8 (4.494%) IT Support Analyst
12 6 (3.371%) Mobile Developer
12 6 (3.371%) Desktop Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 87 (48.88%) Blackberry
2 24 (13.48%) Mobile App
3 12 (6.742%) N-Tier
4 10 (5.618%) iPad
5 8 (4.494%) Chip and PIN
6 7 (3.933%) iPhone
6 7 (3.933%) Enterprise Software
7 5 (2.809%) Hedge funds
8 4 (2.247%) Thin Client
8 4 (2.247%) Fat Client
9 3 (1.685%) Handset
9 3 (1.685%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.685%) EPoS
10 2 (1.124%) Smartphone
10 2 (1.124%) Device Driver
11 1 (0.562%) Replication
11 1 (0.562%) Wiki
11 1 (0.562%) Computer Science
11 1 (0.562%) HP StorageWorks
Operating Systems
1 133 (74.72%) Windows
2 79 (44.38%) Windows XP
3 46 (25.84%) Windows Server 2008
4 43 (24.16%) Windows Server 2003
5 25 (14.04%) Windows 7
6 22 (12.36%) Mac OS X
7 13 (7.303%) Windows Phone
8 10 (5.618%) Android
9 9 (5.056%) Apple iOS
10 8 (4.494%) Windows Vista
11 7 (3.933%) Linux
11 7 (3.933%) Windows 8
12 6 (3.371%) Mac OS
12 6 (3.371%) Windows 2000
13 5 (2.809%) Windows Mobile
14 4 (2.247%) BlackBerry OS
15 3 (1.685%) UNIX
15 3 (1.685%) Windows 2000 Server
16 2 (1.124%) Windows Server 2012
17 1 (0.562%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (21.35%) ITIL
2 26 (14.61%) CRM
3 16 (8.989%) MVC
4 15 (8.427%) Incident Management
4 15 (8.427%) Project Management
5 13 (7.303%) OO
6 12 (6.742%) E-Commerce
6 12 (6.742%) ERP
7 11 (6.180%) Disaster Recovery
8 9 (5.056%) User Acceptance Testing
9 8 (4.494%) Service Delivery
10 7 (3.933%) Problem Management
11 6 (3.371%) Mobile Device Management
11 6 (3.371%) Service Management
11 6 (3.371%) Document Management
11 6 (3.371%) Change Management
12 5 (2.809%) Business Continuity
12 5 (2.809%) Logistics
13 4 (2.247%) Communications Security
13 4 (2.247%) MODAF
Programming Languages
1 35 (19.66%) C#
2 29 (16.29%) SQL
3 24 (13.48%) T-SQL
4 8 (4.494%) VB.NET
5 7 (3.933%) Java
6 5 (2.809%) C++
7 4 (2.247%) JavaScript
7 4 (2.247%) PHP
8 3 (1.685%) VB6
8 3 (1.685%) XPath
8 3 (1.685%) PowerShell
8 3 (1.685%) VB
9 2 (1.124%) Python
9 2 (1.124%) Tcl
9 2 (1.124%) XAML
10 1 (0.562%) Progress 4GL
10 1 (0.562%) Perl
10 1 (0.562%) VBScript
10 1 (0.562%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 21 (11.80%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (7.303%) MCSE
3 11 (6.180%) MCP
4 5 (2.809%) SC Cleared
4 5 (2.809%) Security Cleared
4 5 (2.809%) MCDST
4 5 (2.809%) A+ Certification
4 5 (2.809%) CCNA
4 5 (2.809%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (2.247%) HP AIS
5 4 (2.247%) MCSA
5 4 (2.247%) IBM Certification
6 3 (1.685%) Degree
7 2 (1.124%) CCA
7 2 (1.124%) Citrix Certification
7 2 (1.124%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (0.562%) MOS
8 1 (0.562%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.562%) MCITP
8 1 (0.562%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (3.371%) SLA
2 1 (0.562%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.562%) QA
2 1 (0.562%) BS7799
2 1 (0.562%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 90 (50.56%) Active Directory
2 6 (3.371%) VMware Infrastructure
3 4 (2.247%) vSphere
4 3 (1.685%) XenApp
5 2 (1.124%) XenDesktop
5 2 (1.124%) MetaFrame
5 2 (1.124%) Terminal Server
5 2 (1.124%) Terminal Services
5 2 (1.124%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 1 (0.562%) Microsoft App-V
6 1 (0.562%) VMware ESX
6 1 (0.562%) Samba
6 1 (0.562%) NFS
Systems Management
1 3 (1.685%) Unicenter
2 2 (1.124%) Backup Exec
3 1 (0.562%) SCCM
3 1 (0.562%) MAILsweeper
3 1 (0.562%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 93 (52.25%) Microsoft
2 48 (26.97%) Reuters
2 48 (26.97%) Bloomberg
3 19 (10.67%) Dell
4 17 (9.551%) HP
5 11 (6.180%) Apple
6 10 (5.618%) Citrix
7 8 (4.494%) Mitel
7 8 (4.494%) VMware
8 7 (3.933%) Remedy
9 6 (3.371%) Cisco
10 5 (2.809%) Sage
10 5 (2.809%) Lotus
10 5 (2.809%) Avaya
10 5 (2.809%) Oracle
10 5 (2.809%) SAP
11 4 (2.247%) Sencha
11 4 (2.247%) DataCore
11 4 (2.247%) Syclo
11 4 (2.247%) Appcelerator
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You'll work very closely with the senior management bringing new technologies to clients such as innovative cloud based solutions as well as new hardware (such as PDA'...
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
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Salary: From £38,000 to £42,000 per annum
Posted: 29 April 2013
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Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
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Salary: £24000 - £37000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
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