Birmingham MOS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) in IT contracts within the Birmingham region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MOS over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Location Belfast Birmingham Buckinghamshire City of London County Antrim East Midlands England London Midlands Milton Keynes Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire South East South West Swindon UK Warwickshire West Midlands Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Dec 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	62
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	2
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.002 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	2.299 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£235	£220
% change on same period last year	+6.81 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£14.82	£12.00
% change on same period last year	+23.48 %
Qualifications Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads	56	87
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.091 %	0.095 %
Daily rates quoted	12	19
Average minimum daily rate	£341	£380
Average daily rate	£355	£418
% change on same period last year	-15.11 %
Average maximum daily rate	£368	£456
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£327
% change on same period last year	+1.08 %
Hourly rates quoted	10	17
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.88	£24.12
Average hourly rate	£23.16	£25.56
% change on same period last year	-9.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.44	£27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.70	£25.15
% change on same period last year	+2.18 %
MOS West Midlands

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

MOS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MOS across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

MOS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MOS across the Birmingham region.