PDA Job Trends in the North West

Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
England > North West

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PDA in permanent job vacancies in the North West. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that cited PDA over the 6 months leading up to 31 October 2026, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Rank	253	-	-
Rank change year-on-year	-	-	-
Permanent jobs citing PDA	13	0	0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West	0.10%	-	-
As % of the Miscellaneous category	0.43%	-	-
Number of salaries quoted	1	0	0
10^th Percentile	-	-	-
25^th Percentile	£33,250	-	-
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£34,500	-	-
75^th Percentile	£35,750	-	-
90^th Percentile	-	-	-
England median annual salary	£39,000	£27,500	-
% change year-on-year	+41.82%	-	-

All Generic Skills
North West

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 citing generic IT skills in the North West.

	6 months to 31 Oct 2026	Same period 2025	Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies citing generic IT skills	3,010	1,959	2,063
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West	23.36%	39.74%	29.75%
Number of salaries quoted	1,932	938	874
10^th Percentile	£30,000	£27,000	£31,250
25^th Percentile	£38,750	£32,500	£41,250
Median annual salary (50^th Percentile)	£55,000	£49,250	£52,500
Median % change year-on-year	+11.68%	-6.19%	-5.30%
75^th Percentile	£70,400	£63,750	£65,000
90^th Percentile	£90,000	£80,000	£80,000
England median annual salary	£55,000	£55,000	£60,000
% change year-on-year	-	-8.33%	-4.00%

PDA Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

PDA Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing PDA.

PDA Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PDA within the North West region over the 6 months to 31 October 2026. 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	Job Ads Past 6 Months	Median Salary Past 6 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Jobs
Manchester	-	12	-	-	4
Lancashire	-	1	£34,500	-	1
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PDA Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 31 October 2026, job vacancies citing PDA also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region citing PDA.

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	SC Cleared	92.3%	12
1	Security Cleared	92.3%	12
1	Systems Engineering	92.3%	12
1	Thales	92.3%	12
5	Business Case	69.2%	9
5	Validation	69.2%	9
5	Verification and Validation	69.2%	9
8	Degree	53.8%	7
9	Signal Processing	38.5%	5
9	Strategic Thinking	38.5%	5
11	Customer Requirements	30.8%	4
11	HND	30.8%	4
13	Architectural Design	23.1%	3
13	Budget Responsibility	23.1%	3
13	Chartered Engineer	23.1%	3
13	Collaborative Working	23.1%	3
13	IBM	23.1%	3
13	Impact Analysis	23.1%	3
13	QA	23.1%	3
13	Rational DOORS	23.1%	3
13	Requirements Management	23.1%	3
22	DBS Check	7.7%	1
22	Microsoft	7.7%	1
22	Microsoft Excel	7.7%	1

PDA Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Miscellaneous

Rank	Skill	Share	Job Ads
1	Self-Motivation	23.1%	3
2	CCTV	7.7%	1
2	Driving Licence	7.7%	1
2	EFT	7.7%	1