The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term PDA in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PDA over the 3 months to 17 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Rank 155 140 141
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +1
Permanent jobs citing PDA 2 14 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.064% 0.407% 0.436%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.218% 1.561% 1.667%
Number of salaries quoted 0 14 14
Average salary - £25,000 £30,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -18.69%
UK excluding London average salary £31,000 £25,250 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+22.77% -14.40%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
917 897 900
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 29.30% 26.08% 26.18%
Number of salaries quoted 525 625 633
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
PDA
UK

PDA
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland PDA Salary Trend

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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 17 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
Renfrewshire +10 1 - -
Glasgow -26 1 - -
PDA
UK

PDA
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
1 6 (75.00%) Dutch Language
2 5 (62.50%) Lotus
2 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
2 5 (62.50%) Windows XP
2 5 (62.50%) MS Office
2 5 (62.50%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (12.50%) J2ME
3 1 (12.50%) J2SE
3 1 (12.50%) XML
3 1 (12.50%) C
3 1 (12.50%) Java
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
3 1 (12.50%) LAN
3 1 (12.50%) PBX
3 1 (12.50%) WLAN
3 1 (12.50%) WAN
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) Project Management
3 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
3 1 (12.50%) HP
3 1 (12.50%) Java EE
3 1 (12.50%) Degree
3 1 (12.50%) Wireless
3 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 1 (12.50%) Unit Testing

PDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland 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%) XML
1 1 (12.50%) J2ME
1 1 (12.50%) J2SE
1 1 (12.50%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) Lotus Notes
Applications
1 5 (62.50%) MS Office
1 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (12.50%) LAN
1 1 (12.50%) PBX
1 1 (12.50%) WLAN
1 1 (12.50%) WAN
1 1 (12.50%) Wireless
General
1 6 (75.00%) Dutch Language
2 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
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%) Service Manager
2 1 (12.50%) Help Desk Support
2 1 (12.50%) 1st Line Support
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Windows
1 5 (62.50%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) Project 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%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (12.50%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (75.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (62.50%) Lotus
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) HP
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