MOS Contracts in the City of London
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for MOS in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MOS over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the City of London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
 3 months to
23 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Rank 194 211 237
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +26
Contract jobs citing MOS 5 8 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.079% 0.102% 0.080%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.534% 0.747% 0.653%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 1
Average daily rate £225 £161 £138
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.75% +16.66%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £250 -
% change year-on-year
+70.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
Average hourly rate £22.00 £18.70 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.64% -4.10%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £12.50 £11.00
% change year-on-year
- +13.63%
All Qualifications
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category		 936 1071 1225
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 14.74% 13.61% 12.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 617 644 780
Average daily rate £425 £425 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £250 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 48 48 53
Average hourly rate £36.29 £17.87 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+103.13% -14.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £15.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £135.00 £23.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MOS
London

MOS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing MOS across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

City of London MOS Jobs Demand Trend

MOS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing MOS across the City of London region.

City of London MOS Daily Rate Trend

MOS
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing MOS across the City of London region.

City of London MOS Hourly Rate Trend

MOS
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing MOS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MOS.

1 12 (100.00%) MS Office
1 12 (100.00%) Law
2 11 (91.67%) Legal
3 8 (66.67%) Windows
4 7 (58.33%) MS Excel
5 6 (50.00%) WorkSite
6 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
6 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
7 4 (33.33%) E-Learning
8 3 (25.00%) Windows 7
8 3 (25.00%) Time Management
9 2 (16.67%) MS Project
9 2 (16.67%) HTTP
9 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
9 2 (16.67%) Learning Management System
10 1 (8.333%) Marketing
10 1 (8.333%) Business Development
10 1 (8.333%) Degree
10 1 (8.333%) Adobe Captivate
10 1 (8.333%) Multimedia
10 1 (8.333%) Document Management
10 1 (8.333%) SharePoint 2010
10 1 (8.333%) CM System
10 1 (8.333%) COM
10 1 (8.333%) Adobe
10 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
10 1 (8.333%) Maya

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing MOS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited MOS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (8.333%) COM
Application Platforms
1 6 (50.00%) WorkSite
2 2 (16.67%) SharePoint
3 1 (8.333%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (8.333%) CM System
Applications
1 12 (100.00%) MS Office
2 7 (58.33%) MS Excel
3 2 (16.67%) MS Project
4 1 (8.333%) Adobe Captivate
4 1 (8.333%) Maya
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) HTTP
General
1 12 (100.00%) Law
2 11 (91.67%) Legal
3 1 (8.333%) Marketing
3 1 (8.333%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 9 (75.00%) Analyst
2 7 (58.33%) Trainer
2 7 (58.33%) IT Trainer
3 5 (41.67%) Service Desk Analyst
3 5 (41.67%) Service Analyst
3 5 (41.67%) Legal Analyst
4 4 (33.33%) Technical Trainer
5 3 (25.00%) Desktop Analyst
5 3 (25.00%) Support Analyst
6 2 (16.67%) Help Desk Analyst
6 2 (16.67%) Legal IT Trainer
6 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (33.33%) E-Learning
2 2 (16.67%) Learning Management System
3 1 (8.333%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 8 (66.67%) Windows
2 5 (41.67%) Windows XP
3 3 (25.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (25.00%) Time Management
2 1 (8.333%) Business Development
2 1 (8.333%) Document Management
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (41.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (8.333%) Adobe
Afternoon / Evening Service Desk Analyst / Helpdesk Analyst
City, London
It will be essential that you will have good experience of all MS Office 2003/2010 applications especially Word (MOS qualifications would be ideal). You will also have...
DGH Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £180 - £210 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
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