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This section looks at the demand for Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) skills within the North West 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 last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkPersonal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank255231
Rank change on same period last yearDown-24
Matching permanent IT job ads2161
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.027 %
As % of the category below1.103 %2.863 %
Salaries quoted1561
Average minimum salary£33,133£34,694
Average salary£34,067£43,069
% change on same period last year-20.90 %
Average maximum salary£35,000£51,444
UK excluding London average salary£35,182£33,551
% change on same period last year+4.86 %
Miscellaneous North WestMiscellaneous
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads19042131
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.934 %0.943 %
Salaries quoted15801833
Average minimum salary£35,179£32,892
Average salary£38,945£36,493
% change on same period last year+6.71 %
Average maximum salary£42,710£40,095
UK excluding London average salary£38,553£39,119
% change on same period last year-1.44 %
PDA EnglandPDA
England

PDA
Demand Trend

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

North West PDA Demand Trend

PDA
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs ads citing PDA across the North West region.

North West PDA Salary Trend

PDA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PDA across the North West region over the past 3 months.

North West 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 North West region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1ManchesterDown-1810£31,938-37.95 %
2CheshireUp+17£37,700+27.79 %
3LancashireDown-202£32,000+50.58 %
PDA EnglandPDA
England

PDA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the North West region citing PDA also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing PDA.

128 (56.00 %).NET
225 (50.00 %)C#
322 (44.00 %)Windows
421 (42.00 %)VB.NET
519 (38.00 %)ASP.NET
618 (36.00 %)SQL
618 (36.00 %)Unix
714 (28.00 %)SQL Server
811 (22.00 %)Windows Mobile
811 (22.00 %)Oracle
811 (22.00 %)XML
811 (22.00 %)J2ME
811 (22.00 %)Cognos
811 (22.00 %)ERP
99 (18.00 %)VB
107 (14.00 %)JavaScript
107 (14.00 %)VPN
116 (12.00 %)GPRS
116 (12.00 %)PHP
116 (12.00 %)IIS
116 (12.00 %)Firewall
116 (12.00 %)WatchGuard
116 (12.00 %)SQL Server 2005
125 (10.00 %).NET Framework
125 (10.00 %)ADO.NET
134 (8.000 %)ASP
134 (8.000 %)Windows XP
134 (8.000 %)Visual Studio
134 (8.000 %)Pensions
143 (6.000 %)AJAX

PDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the North West region citing PDA also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing PDA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
128 (56.00 %).NET
219 (38.00 %)ASP.NET
311 (22.00 %)XML
311 (22.00 %)J2ME
45 (10.00 %).NET Framework
45 (10.00 %)ADO.NET
54 (8.000 %)ASP
63 (6.000 %)AJAX
72 (4.000 %)HTML
72 (4.000 %)WinForms
72 (4.000 %)Adobe Flex
72 (4.000 %)CSS
72 (4.000 %)XSD
72 (4.000 %)XSL
72 (4.000 %)XSLT
81 (2.000 %)Silverlight
Application Platforms
16 (12.00 %)IIS
22 (4.000 %)Lotus Notes
22 (4.000 %)MS Exchange
22 (4.000 %)Exchange Server 2003
31 (2.000 %)WorkSite
Applications
12 (4.000 %)Photoshop
12 (4.000 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (2.000 %)MS Office
21 (2.000 %)MS Visio
Communications & Networking
17 (14.00 %)VPN
26 (12.00 %)GPRS
26 (12.00 %)Firewall
33 (6.000 %)Wi-Fi
33 (6.000 %)Wireless
33 (6.000 %)Internet
33 (6.000 %)3G
42 (4.000 %)LAN
42 (4.000 %)POP3
42 (4.000 %)WEP
42 (4.000 %)IMAP
51 (2.000 %)TCP/IP
51 (2.000 %)WAN
51 (2.000 %)SAN
51 (2.000 %)Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
114 (28.00 %)SQL Server
26 (12.00 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (6.000 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (4.000 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
14 (8.000 %)Visual Studio
22 (4.000 %)Flash
General
14 (8.000 %)Pensions
22 (4.000 %)Billing
22 (4.000 %)Telecoms
31 (2.000 %)Finance
31 (2.000 %)Government
31 (2.000 %)Legal
31 (2.000 %)Marketing
Job Titles
122 (44.00 %)Developer
216 (32.00 %)Analyst
312 (24.00 %).NET Developer
48 (16.00 %)C# Developer
48 (16.00 %)Support Analyst
57 (14.00 %)Business Analyst
66 (12.00 %)Infrastructure Analyst
66 (12.00 %)Infrastructure Support Analyst
75 (10.00 %)Programmer
84 (8.000 %)Applications Developer
84 (8.000 %)Senior Developer
84 (8.000 %)Senior Programmer
84 (8.000 %).NET Applications Developer
93 (6.000 %)ASP.NET Developer
93 (6.000 %)VB.NET Developer
102 (4.000 %)VB Developer
102 (4.000 %)Software Developer
102 (4.000 %)Product Manager
102 (4.000 %)Website Designer
102 (4.000 %)IT Manager
Miscellaneous
13 (6.000 %)Blackberry
13 (6.000 %)Statistics
22 (4.000 %)W3C
31 (2.000 %)Handset
31 (2.000 %)Asset Management
Operating Systems
122 (44.00 %)Windows
218 (36.00 %)Unix
311 (22.00 %)Windows Mobile
44 (8.000 %)Windows XP
51 (2.000 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
111 (22.00 %)ERP
22 (4.000 %)B2B
22 (4.000 %)Web Design
22 (4.000 %)ITIL
31 (2.000 %)Document Management
31 (2.000 %)Web Development
31 (2.000 %)Problem Management
31 (2.000 %)Product Marketing
31 (2.000 %)Project Management
31 (2.000 %)Service Delivery
Programming Languages
125 (50.00 %)C#
221 (42.00 %)VB.NET
318 (36.00 %)SQL
49 (18.00 %)VB
57 (14.00 %)JavaScript
66 (12.00 %)PHP
72 (4.000 %)C++
72 (4.000 %)VBScript
72 (4.000 %)ActionScript
72 (4.000 %)VB6
Qualifications
11 (2.000 %)MCP
11 (2.000 %)Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.000 %)SLA
System Software
12 (4.000 %)Active Directory
21 (2.000 %)Terminal Services
Vendors
111 (22.00 %)Oracle
111 (22.00 %)Cognos
26 (12.00 %)WatchGuard
33 (6.000 %)Toshiba
33 (6.000 %)Microsoft
42 (4.000 %)Adobe
42 (4.000 %)Lotus
51 (2.000 %)Dell
51 (2.000 %)Citrix
51 (2.000 %)Interwoven
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