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The table below looks at the demand for Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) skills within the Essex 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPersonal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank109120
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching permanent IT job ads87
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.381 %2.160 %
Salaries quoted87
Average minimum salary£31,375£30,000
Average salary£32,063£31,786
% change on same period last year+0.87 %
Average maximum salary£32,750£33,571
UK excluding London average salary£34,112£30,369
% change on same period last year+12.32 %
Essex IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
Essex
Matching permanent IT job ads336324
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.186 %0.136 %
Salaries quoted260269
Average minimum salary£40,074£37,675
Average salary£41,996£41,838
% change on same period last year+0.37 %
Average maximum salary£43,918£46,001
UK excluding London average salary£37,737£39,061
% change on same period last year-3.38 %
PDA East of EnglandPDA
East of England

PDA
Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex PDA Salary Trend

PDA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PDA across the Essex region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Essex PDA Salary Histogram

PDA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

19 (64.29 %).NET Framework
19 (64.29 %)C#
19 (64.29 %).NET
19 (64.29 %)SQL Server
26 (42.86 %)Oracle
26 (42.86 %)HTML
26 (42.86 %)JavaScript
26 (42.86 %)CSS
26 (42.86 %)XML
26 (42.86 %)SharePoint
26 (42.86 %)Client/Server
34 (28.57 %)Windows
34 (28.57 %)VB
43 (21.43 %)MySQL
43 (21.43 %)SQL Server 2000
43 (21.43 %)VB6
43 (21.43 %)SQL Server 2005
43 (21.43 %)Windows Mobile
52 (14.29 %)Pensions
52 (14.29 %)WinForms
52 (14.29 %)Multithreading
52 (14.29 %)VxWorks
52 (14.29 %)C
52 (14.29 %)VSS/SourceSafe
52 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
52 (14.29 %)VB.NET
52 (14.29 %)C++
61 (7.143 %)Delphi
61 (7.143 %)Java
61 (7.143 %)SQL

PDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Essex 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.

Essex IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (64.29 %).NET
19 (64.29 %).NET Framework
26 (42.86 %)HTML
26 (42.86 %)CSS
26 (42.86 %)XML
32 (14.29 %)WinForms
32 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
41 (7.143 %)JDBC
41 (7.143 %)JSP
41 (7.143 %)Spring
41 (7.143 %)JSF
41 (7.143 %)J2ME
41 (7.143 %)Hibernate
Essex IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (42.86 %)SharePoint
21 (7.143 %)Apache
Essex IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (7.143 %)MS Office
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (64.29 %)SQL Server
23 (21.43 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (21.43 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (21.43 %)MySQL
31 (7.143 %)SQLite
31 (7.143 %)MS Access
Essex IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (14.29 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Essex IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (14.29 %)Pensions
21 (7.143 %)Electronics
21 (7.143 %)Health
21 (7.143 %)Military
21 (7.143 %)Retail
Essex IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (78.57 %)Developer
26 (42.86 %)C# Developer
33 (21.43 %)Software Developer
41 (7.143 %)Junior
41 (7.143 %)Software Engineer
41 (7.143 %)Analyst
41 (7.143 %)Applications Developer
41 (7.143 %)Support Analyst
41 (7.143 %)Java Developer
41 (7.143 %).NET Developer
41 (7.143 %)Embedded Software Engineer
41 (7.143 %)IT Support Analyst
41 (7.143 %)Systems Developer
41 (7.143 %)Embedded Software Developer
41 (7.143 %)Junior Analyst
41 (7.143 %)C# Application Developer
41 (7.143 %)Junior Support Analyst
Essex IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (42.86 %)Client/Server
22 (14.29 %)Multithreading
Essex IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (28.57 %)Windows
23 (21.43 %)Windows Mobile
32 (14.29 %)VxWorks
41 (7.143 %)Windows 2000
41 (7.143 %)Windows XP
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (7.143 %)UML
11 (7.143 %)OOD
Essex IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (64.29 %)C#
26 (42.86 %)JavaScript
34 (28.57 %)VB
43 (21.43 %)VB6
52 (14.29 %)C
52 (14.29 %)VB.NET
52 (14.29 %)C++
61 (7.143 %)Delphi
61 (7.143 %)Java
61 (7.143 %)SQL
61 (7.143 %)Transact-SQL
Essex IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.143 %)HND
Essex IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (7.143 %)ISO9001
Essex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (42.86 %)Oracle
21 (7.143 %)HP
21 (7.143 %)Compaq
21 (7.143 %)Borland