Personal Digital Assistant (PDA)
UK

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term PDA in permanent job vacancies. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PDA over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 873 968 1225
Rank change year-on-year +95 +257 -330
Permanent jobs citing PDA 23 2 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.023% 0.002% 0.005%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.066% 0.004% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 2
10th Percentile £31,250 - £36,625
25th Percentile £35,625 £42,500 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £38,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +16.13% -3.13%
75th Percentile - £47,500 £39,688
90th Percentile - - £39,875
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 - £38,750
% change year-on-year - - +29.17%

All Generic Skills
UK

PDA is in the General and Transferable Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for generic IT skills 34,768 44,861 72,647
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 35.46% 42.86% 47.13%
Number of salaries quoted 22,918 24,128 34,106
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,107 £34,500
25th Percentile £38,000 £46,250 £45,607
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £75,000 £86,250 £83,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £107,500 £102,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +5.00%

PDA
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PDA as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PDA in the UK

PDA
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PDA.

Salary trend for PDA in the UK

PDA
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PDA within the UK over the 6 months to 27 April 2024. 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
England +134 23 £40,000 -11.11% 37
London +144 13 £40,000 -11.11% 11
UK excluding London +23 10 £32,500 - 34
South East - 4 - - 6
East of England - 4 - - 5
South West 0 2 £32,500 - 4

PDA
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (69.57%) GIS
General
1 2 (8.70%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (8.70%) Law
1 2 (8.70%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 16 (69.57%) Network Technician
2 5 (21.74%) Security Engineer
2 5 (21.74%) Systems Engineer
3 2 (8.70%) Analyst
3 2 (8.70%) Systems Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Digital Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) IT Analyst
4 1 (4.35%) Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.35%) Life Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (69.57%) Validation
2 2 (8.70%) Decision-Making
2 2 (8.70%) Workflow
3 1 (4.35%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (4.35%) Continuous Improvement
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Degree