PDA Job Trends in the Highlands

Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
Scotland > Highlands

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PDA in permanent job vacancies in the Highlands. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PDA over the 6 months leading up to 11 November 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing PDA 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Highlands 2.41% - -
As % of the Miscellaneous category 14.29% - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - -
Scotland median annual salary - - -

All Generic Skills
Highlands

PDA falls under the General and Transferable Skills category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring generic IT skills in the Highlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 14 7 1
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Highlands 16.87% 17.07% 16.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3 4 1
10th Percentile £32,000 £29,475 -
25th Percentile £33,500 £34,313 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £44,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +60.00% -
75th Percentile £44,875 £48,000 £28,750
90th Percentile £50,200 - -
Scotland median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £59,556
% change year-on-year -18.18% -7.65% +3.57%

PDA
Job Vacancy Trend in the Highlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PDA relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Highlands.

PDA job vacancy trend in the Highlands

PDA
Job Locations in the Highlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PDA within the Highlands region over the 6 months to 11 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Inverness - 2 - -
PDA
Scotland

PDA
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Highlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Driving Licence
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Quality Management
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) City & Guilds