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 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 | - | - | |
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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:
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