City of London MOS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) in IT contracts within the City of London region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited MOS over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Location Belfast Berkshire City of London County Antrim East of England England Guildford Hertfordshire Lancashire London North West Northern Ireland Preston Reading South East Surrey UK Welwyn Garden City	3 months to 18 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	182	196
Rank change on same period last year	+14
Matching contract IT job ads	41	3
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.054 %	0.003 %
As % of the category below	4.875 %	0.435 %
Daily rates quoted	9	0
Average minimum daily rate	£196	-
Average daily rate	£212	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£228	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	10	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£19.60	£20.00
Average hourly rate	£21.45	£20.00
% change on same period last year	+7.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.30	£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.64	£18.00
% change on same period last year	-7.54 %
Qualifications City of London
Matching contract IT job ads	841	690
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.117 %	0.708 %
Daily rates quoted	390	322
Average minimum daily rate	£366	£389
Average daily rate	£393	£417
% change on same period last year	-5.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£420	£445
UK excluding London average daily rate	£330	£339
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	63	36
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.06	£18.14
Average hourly rate	£24.77	£19.06
% change on same period last year	+29.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.47	£19.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.90	£25.48
% change on same period last year	-2.29 %
MOS London

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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MOS across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MOS across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 July 2008.

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, 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 65 (98.48 %) Law 2 64 (96.97 %) Legal 3 58 (87.88 %) MS Office 4 43 (65.15 %) Document Management 5 37 (56.06 %) MS Excel 6 32 (48.48 %) Interwoven 7 28 (42.42 %) Hummingbird 8 27 (40.91 %) WorkSite 9 25 (37.88 %) Project Management 10 22 (33.33 %) Windows 11 20 (30.30 %) Active Directory 12 19 (28.79 %) Windows XP 13 9 (13.64 %) ITIL 13 9 (13.64 %) Service Management 13 9 (13.64 %) MS PowerPoint

13 9 (13.64 %) Time Management 14 5 (7.576 %) Microsoft 15 4 (6.061 %) Billing 15 4 (6.061 %) Blackberry 16 2 (3.030 %) Microsoft Certification 16 2 (3.030 %) Open Text 16 2 (3.030 %) MCT 16 2 (3.030 %) Windows Vista 16 2 (3.030 %) Banking 17 1 (1.515 %) Laserform 17 1 (1.515 %) MCDST 17 1 (1.515 %) Security Cleared 17 1 (1.515 %) MS Exchange 17 1 (1.515 %) SharePoint 17 1 (1.515 %) Business Continuity

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, 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 Platforms 1 27 (40.91 %) WorkSite 2 1 (1.515 %) SharePoint 2 1 (1.515 %) MS Exchange	Applications 1 58 (87.88 %) MS Office 2 37 (56.06 %) MS Excel 3 9 (13.64 %) MS PowerPoint
General 1 65 (98.48 %) Law 2 64 (96.97 %) Legal 3 4 (6.061 %) Billing 4 2 (3.030 %) Banking	Job Titles 1 42 (63.64 %) Trainer 1 42 (63.64 %) IT Trainer 2 15 (22.73 %) Analyst 3 13 (19.70 %) Support Analyst 4 5 (7.576 %) Desktop Support 4 5 (7.576 %) Helpdesk Analyst 4 5 (7.576 %) 1st Line Support 4 5 (7.576 %) Helpdesk Support 5 4 (6.061 %) 2nd Line Support 6 3 (4.545 %) Legal Analyst 6 3 (4.545 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst 6 3 (4.545 %) Desktop Analyst 6 3 (4.545 %) Desktop Support Analyst 7 2 (3.030 %) Legal IT Trainer 8 1 (1.515 %) Technical Analyst 8 1 (1.515 %) Web Analyst 8 1 (1.515 %) Technical Support Analyst 8 1 (1.515 %) Technical Support
Miscellaneous 1 4 (6.061 %) Blackberry	Operating Systems 1 22 (33.33 %) Windows 2 19 (28.79 %) Windows XP 3 2 (3.030 %) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies 1 43 (65.15 %) Document Management 2 25 (37.88 %) Project Management 3 9 (13.64 %) Service Management 3 9 (13.64 %) Time Management 3 9 (13.64 %) ITIL 4 1 (1.515 %) Security Cleared 4 1 (1.515 %) Business Continuity	Qualifications 1 2 (3.030 %) MCT 1 2 (3.030 %) Microsoft Certification 2 1 (1.515 %) MCDST
System Software 1 20 (30.30 %) Active Directory	Vendors 1 32 (48.48 %) Interwoven 2 28 (42.42 %) Hummingbird 3 5 (7.576 %) Microsoft 4 2 (3.030 %) Open Text 5 1 (1.515 %) Laserform