The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term PDA in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PDA over the 3 months to 23 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Rank 553 587 592
Rank change year-on-year
+34 +5
Permanent jobs citing PDA 51 54 50
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.117% 0.101% 0.085%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.294% 0.254% 0.201%
Number of salaries quoted 51 43 49
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £43,500 £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
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
17358 21267 24836
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 39.86% 39.67% 42.30%
Number of salaries quoted 14309 18236 20702
Average salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.76% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £32,500 £33,000
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £90,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
PDA
England

PDA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London PDA Salary Trend

PDA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PDA across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 23 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
City of London +4 5 £30,000 -29.41%
Uxbridge - 2 £35,000 -
PDA
England

PDA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 75 (92.59%) Windows
2 70 (86.42%) MS Office
3 68 (83.95%) Blackberry
4 66 (81.48%) MS Excel
5 65 (80.25%) Windows XP
6 63 (77.78%) Microsoft
7 61 (75.31%) Active Directory
8 56 (69.14%) MS PowerPoint
9 49 (60.49%) MS Exchange
10 47 (58.02%) Reuters
10 47 (58.02%) Bloomberg
11 46 (56.79%) Exchange Server 2010
12 45 (55.56%) Exchange Server 2007
13 42 (51.85%) Banking
14 34 (41.98%) Windows Server 2008
15 30 (37.04%) Windows Server 2003
16 22 (27.16%) Mac OS X
17 18 (22.22%) ITIL
18 16 (19.75%) Dell
19 14 (17.28%) HP
20 13 (16.05%) TCP/IP
20 13 (16.05%) VPN
21 10 (12.35%) Wireless
21 10 (12.35%) Back Office
21 10 (12.35%) Windows 7
22 9 (11.11%) iPad
22 9 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
22 9 (11.11%) Front Office
22 9 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
22 9 (11.11%) Citrix

PDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the London 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 2 (2.469%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.235%) .NET
2 1 (1.235%) ADO
2 1 (1.235%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 49 (60.49%) MS Exchange
2 46 (56.79%) Exchange Server 2010
3 45 (55.56%) Exchange Server 2007
4 6 (7.407%) Exchange Server 2003
5 5 (6.173%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
6 2 (2.469%) WorkSite
7 1 (1.235%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 70 (86.42%) MS Office
2 66 (81.48%) MS Excel
3 56 (69.14%) MS PowerPoint
4 4 (4.938%) MS Project
4 4 (4.938%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 13 (16.05%) TCP/IP
1 13 (16.05%) VPN
2 10 (12.35%) Wireless
3 9 (11.11%) Wi-Fi
4 7 (8.642%) Internet
5 4 (4.938%) SAN
5 4 (4.938%) DNS
5 4 (4.938%) LAN
6 3 (3.704%) VoIP
7 2 (2.469%) Network Security
7 2 (2.469%) NAS
7 2 (2.469%) SMS
7 2 (2.469%) Broadband
7 2 (2.469%) IP Telephony
8 1 (1.235%) Firewall
8 1 (1.235%) WAN
8 1 (1.235%) DHCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (2.469%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.235%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (1.235%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.235%) DB2
2 1 (1.235%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (1.235%) SQL Server Analysis Services
General
1 42 (51.85%) Banking
2 10 (12.35%) Back Office
3 9 (11.11%) Front Office
4 6 (7.407%) Law
5 5 (6.173%) Legal
6 2 (2.469%) Telecoms
6 2 (2.469%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 41 (50.62%) 3rd Line Support
2 32 (39.51%) Analyst
3 25 (30.86%) Support Analyst
4 20 (24.69%) Server Support
4 20 (24.69%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
4 20 (24.69%) 3rd Line Server Support
5 8 (9.877%) Desktop Support
6 7 (8.642%) Support Specialist
7 4 (4.938%) IT Support
7 4 (4.938%) Support Engineer
7 4 (4.938%) Service Analyst
7 4 (4.938%) Technical Engineer
8 3 (3.704%) Desktop Support Engineer
8 3 (3.704%) Service Desk Analyst
8 3 (3.704%) Desktop Engineer
8 3 (3.704%) VoIP Specialist
8 3 (3.704%) Desktop Support Specialist
9 2 (2.469%) Trainer
9 2 (2.469%) 1st Line Support
9 2 (2.469%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 68 (83.95%) Blackberry
2 9 (11.11%) iPad
3 5 (6.173%) Hedge funds
4 3 (3.704%) Thin Client
4 3 (3.704%) Fat Client
5 2 (2.469%) EPoS
5 2 (2.469%) Device Driver
5 2 (2.469%) Handset
6 1 (1.235%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 75 (92.59%) Windows
2 65 (80.25%) Windows XP
3 34 (41.98%) Windows Server 2008
4 30 (37.04%) Windows Server 2003
5 22 (27.16%) Mac OS X
6 10 (12.35%) Windows 7
7 5 (6.173%) Linux
7 5 (6.173%) Windows 2000
7 5 (6.173%) Windows Vista
8 3 (3.704%) Windows 2000 Server
9 2 (2.469%) Windows 8
9 2 (2.469%) Windows Server 2012
10 1 (1.235%) Windows NT
10 1 (1.235%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (22.22%) ITIL
2 9 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 7 (8.642%) Incident Management
4 6 (7.407%) Document Management
5 5 (6.173%) Business Continuity
6 3 (3.704%) Practice Management
6 3 (3.704%) Project Management
6 3 (3.704%) Migration
6 3 (3.704%) Service Management
6 3 (3.704%) CRM
7 2 (2.469%) Release Management
7 2 (2.469%) Performance Management
7 2 (2.469%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (2.469%) Process Improvement
7 2 (2.469%) Business Process Improvement
7 2 (2.469%) PRINCE
7 2 (2.469%) Configuration Management
7 2 (2.469%) Service Delivery
7 2 (2.469%) Asset Management
8 1 (1.235%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (8.642%) SQL
2 1 (1.235%) Java
2 1 (1.235%) T-SQL
2 1 (1.235%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 7 (8.642%) Microsoft Certification
2 5 (6.173%) Cisco Certification
2 5 (6.173%) CCNA
3 4 (4.938%) HP AIS
3 4 (4.938%) MCSA
3 4 (4.938%) A+ Certification
3 4 (4.938%) IBM Certification
3 4 (4.938%) MCDST
4 2 (2.469%) Network+ Certification
5 1 (1.235%) MCITP
5 1 (1.235%) MOS
5 1 (1.235%) MCSE
5 1 (1.235%) MCP
5 1 (1.235%) CCA
5 1 (1.235%) Citrix Certification
5 1 (1.235%) SC Cleared
5 1 (1.235%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (3.704%) SLA
2 2 (2.469%) QA
2 2 (2.469%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 61 (75.31%) Active Directory
2 3 (3.704%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (3.704%) XenApp
3 2 (2.469%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 2 (2.469%) XenDesktop
3 2 (2.469%) vSphere
3 2 (2.469%) Terminal Server
4 1 (1.235%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 2 (2.469%) Backup Exec
2 1 (1.235%) MAILsweeper
2 1 (1.235%) Norton AntiVirus
2 1 (1.235%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 63 (77.78%) Microsoft
2 47 (58.02%) Reuters
2 47 (58.02%) Bloomberg
3 16 (19.75%) Dell
4 14 (17.28%) HP
5 9 (11.11%) Citrix
5 9 (11.11%) Apple
6 5 (6.173%) VMware
7 4 (4.938%) DataCore
7 4 (4.938%) Cisco
7 4 (4.938%) IBM
7 4 (4.938%) McAfee
7 4 (4.938%) Interwoven
7 4 (4.938%) Avaya
8 3 (3.704%) Altiris
8 3 (3.704%) Mitel
9 1 (1.235%) Oracle
9 1 (1.235%) SAP
9 1 (1.235%) Intel
9 1 (1.235%) Symantec