The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term PDA in IT jobs advertised for the Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Rank 94 69 76
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +7
Permanent jobs citing PDA 2 8 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 0.169% 0.940% 0.938%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.500% 4.000% 4.018%
Number of salaries quoted 0 8 9
Average salary - £24,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -36.00%
UK excluding London average salary £31,000 £25,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+21.56% -13.55%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Glasgow
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
400 200 224
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Glasgow 33.90% 23.50% 23.36%
Number of salaries quoted 225 129 169
Average salary £45,000 £34,000 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+32.35% -6.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £58,250 £45,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
PDA
Scotland

PDA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow PDA Salary Trend

PDA
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) Lotus
2 6 (75.00%) MS Excel
2 6 (75.00%) Windows XP
2 6 (75.00%) MS Office
2 6 (75.00%) Windows
2 6 (75.00%) Lotus Notes
2 6 (75.00%) Dutch Language
3 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
4 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (12.50%) C
4 1 (12.50%) Java
4 1 (12.50%) SQL
4 1 (12.50%) MCSE
4 1 (12.50%) J2ME
4 1 (12.50%) J2SE
4 1 (12.50%) XML
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) MCP
4 1 (12.50%) MCDST
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) Java EE
4 1 (12.50%) Degree
4 1 (12.50%) Finance
4 1 (12.50%) French Language
4 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing

PDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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 1 (12.50%) J2ME
1 1 (12.50%) J2SE
1 1 (12.50%) XML
1 1 (12.50%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 6 (75.00%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) MS Excel
1 6 (75.00%) MS Office
General
1 6 (75.00%) Dutch Language
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) French Language
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Service Analyst
1 5 (62.50%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) Developer
2 1 (12.50%) 2nd Line Support
2 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (12.50%) Technical Support
2 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
Operating Systems
1 6 (75.00%) Windows XP
1 6 (75.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) ITIL
1 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
1 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 1 (12.50%) C
1 1 (12.50%) Java
1 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (12.50%) MCSE
1 1 (12.50%) MCP
1 1 (12.50%) MCDST
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (25.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) Lotus
Glasgow, Scotland
To provide Windows XP, MS Office, Lotus Notes and industry specific software support and basic user administration as required in order support the user-base... Microsoft Office 2007...
RSG-PLC
Posted: 16 May 2013
Glasgow, Lanarkshire
To provide Windows XP, MS Office, Lotus Notes and industry specific software support and basic user administration as required in order support the user-base... In-depth knowledge...
Sanderson
Posted: 15 May 2013