The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term PDA in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited PDA over the 3 months to 24 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Rank 407 418 379
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -39
Permanent jobs citing PDA 26 21 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.117% 0.088% 0.196%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.381% 0.297% 0.669%
Number of salaries quoted 22 21 36
Average salary £31,000 £27,500 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.72% +3.77%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,200 £24,000 £17,000
10% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £42,500 £35,500
UK excluding London average salary £31,000 £25,500 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+21.56% -13.55%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
6818 7081 6725
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 30.81% 29.77% 29.31%
Number of salaries quoted 5646 6040 5851
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East PDA Salary Trend

PDA
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing PDA across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Surrey - 10 £31,000 -
Hampshire -11 7 £30,000 -11.76%
Buckinghamshire - 4 £26,000 -
West Sussex -15 3 - -
Berkshire +3 1 £35,000 +94.44%
Middlesex - 1 £37,500 -
PDA
England

PDA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 32 (64.00%) Windows
2 19 (38.00%) Microsoft
3 16 (32.00%) SQL Server
3 16 (32.00%) MS Office
4 15 (30.00%) MS Excel
4 15 (30.00%) Active Directory
4 15 (30.00%) Electronics
5 13 (26.00%) Windows 7
5 13 (26.00%) MS Exchange
5 13 (26.00%) ITIL
6 12 (24.00%) Telecoms
6 12 (24.00%) Military
7 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 11 (22.00%) Windows XP
7 11 (22.00%) MCSE
8 10 (20.00%) VPN
8 10 (20.00%) MCP
8 10 (20.00%) LAN
8 10 (20.00%) Blackberry
8 10 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
8 10 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
8 10 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
8 10 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
8 10 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
8 10 (20.00%) Front Office
8 10 (20.00%) Back Office
9 9 (18.00%) .NET
9 9 (18.00%) C#
10 8 (16.00%) Chip and PIN
10 8 (16.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server

PDA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 9 (18.00%) .NET
2 3 (6.000%) HTML
2 3 (6.000%) XSLT
2 3 (6.000%) .NET Framework
2 3 (6.000%) WPF
2 3 (6.000%) LINQ
2 3 (6.000%) HTML5
3 2 (4.000%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 13 (26.00%) MS Exchange
2 8 (16.00%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 3 (6.000%) Lotus Notes
3 3 (6.000%) Exchange Server 2003
4 2 (4.000%) Exchange Server 2010
4 2 (4.000%) Windows Azure
4 2 (4.000%) SharePoint
Applications
1 16 (32.00%) MS Office
2 15 (30.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 10 (20.00%) VPN
1 10 (20.00%) LAN
2 5 (10.00%) Internet
3 3 (6.000%) DNS
3 3 (6.000%) TCP/IP
4 2 (4.000%) SAN
5 1 (2.000%) GPRS
5 1 (2.000%) DHCP
5 1 (2.000%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (32.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
2 10 (20.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 3 (6.000%) MySQL
General
1 15 (30.00%) Electronics
2 12 (24.00%) Telecoms
2 12 (24.00%) Military
3 10 (20.00%) Front Office
3 10 (20.00%) Back Office
4 4 (8.000%) Finance
4 4 (8.000%) Aerospace
4 4 (8.000%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 16 (32.00%) Analyst
2 12 (24.00%) Architect
3 11 (22.00%) IT Support
4 9 (18.00%) Support Analyst
5 8 (16.00%) Solutions Architect
5 8 (16.00%) IT Support Analyst
6 7 (14.00%) Developer
7 5 (10.00%) Service Desk Technician
8 4 (8.000%) Service Desk Analyst
8 4 (8.000%) Mobile Developer
8 4 (8.000%) Systems Architect
8 4 (8.000%) Service Analyst
8 4 (8.000%) Desktop Support
9 3 (6.000%) Software Developer
9 3 (6.000%) Applications Developer
9 3 (6.000%) 2nd Line Support
9 3 (6.000%) Support Engineer
9 3 (6.000%) Desktop Engineer
9 3 (6.000%) IT Support Engineer
9 3 (6.000%) Desktop Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (20.00%) Blackberry
2 8 (16.00%) Chip and PIN
3 6 (12.00%) Mobile App
4 3 (6.000%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (2.000%) iPhone
5 1 (2.000%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 32 (64.00%) Windows
2 13 (26.00%) Windows 7
3 11 (22.00%) Windows XP
4 10 (20.00%) Windows Server 2003
4 10 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 5 (10.00%) Mac OS
6 3 (6.000%) Windows Vista
7 2 (4.000%) UNIX
8 1 (2.000%) Linux
8 1 (2.000%) Android
8 1 (2.000%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (2.000%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (26.00%) ITIL
2 10 (20.00%) Disaster Recovery
3 8 (16.00%) Incident Management
4 5 (10.00%) Change Management
4 5 (10.00%) Problem Management
5 4 (8.000%) MODAF
5 4 (8.000%) Communications Security
5 4 (8.000%) Information Management
6 3 (6.000%) MVC
6 3 (6.000%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (4.000%) BDD
7 2 (4.000%) Refactoring
7 2 (4.000%) Multithreading
7 2 (4.000%) Revenue Management
7 2 (4.000%) TDD
7 2 (4.000%) Service Management
7 2 (4.000%) E-Commerce
7 2 (4.000%) OOP
7 2 (4.000%) OOA/OOD
7 2 (4.000%) OO
Programming Languages
1 9 (18.00%) C#
2 6 (12.00%) Java
2 6 (12.00%) VB.NET
3 4 (8.000%) C++
3 4 (8.000%) SQL
4 3 (6.000%) PHP
4 3 (6.000%) VB
4 3 (6.000%) JavaScript
4 3 (6.000%) VB6
4 3 (6.000%) XPath
5 2 (4.000%) Tcl
6 1 (2.000%) Perl
6 1 (2.000%) VBScript
6 1 (2.000%) Python
6 1 (2.000%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 11 (22.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 11 (22.00%) MCSE
2 10 (20.00%) MCP
3 3 (6.000%) SC Cleared
3 3 (6.000%) Security Cleared
4 1 (2.000%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.000%) SLA
System Software
1 15 (30.00%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.000%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (4.000%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 3 (6.000%) Unicenter
2 1 (2.000%) SCCM
Vendors
1 19 (38.00%) Microsoft
2 7 (14.00%) Remedy
3 5 (10.00%) Sage
3 5 (10.00%) Mitel
4 3 (6.000%) CA
4 3 (6.000%) Lotus
5 2 (4.000%) VMware
5 2 (4.000%) Cisco
6 1 (2.000%) HP
6 1 (2.000%) Dell
6 1 (2.000%) Apple
6 1 (2.000%) Motorola
6 1 (2.000%) Novell
6 1 (2.000%) Altiris
South East - field-based
Responsibilities: Field Service - Installing, maintaining and diagnosing of digital Hi Tech equipment faults, using a PDA device and laptop provided for completion of job sheets and part numbers...
1st Choice Jobs
Salary: £0 - £25,000 per year
Posted: 24 May 2013
South East
Responsibilities: Field Service - Installing, maintaining and diagnosing of digital Hi Tech equipment faults, using a PDA device and laptop provided for completion of job sheets and part numbers...
1st Choice Computer Appointments Ltd
Salary: £25,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Ringwood, Hampshire
You'll work very closely with the senior management bringing new technologies to clients such as innovative cloud based solutions as well as new hardware (such as PDA'...
Connectus
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Net, C#, VB.Net, SQL Server, HTML, JavaScript. Software Developer (C#, .Net) - an exciting new opportunity with a global brand name in technology and electronics... Experience of development...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013