MOS Contracts in England

Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for MOS qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 535 640 777
Rank change year-on-year +105 +137 -151
Contract jobs citing MOS 3 8 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.008% 0.016% 0.017%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.026% 0.058% 0.078%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 5
10th Percentile - - £214
25th Percentile - - £258
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £610 £170 £425
Median % change year-on-year +258.82% -60.00% -5.29%
75th Percentile - - £500
90th Percentile - - £545
UK median daily rate £610 £170 £425
% change year-on-year +258.82% -60.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 6
10th Percentile £16.40 - £9.75
25th Percentile £16.63 £16.25 £11.14
Median hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £16.41
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% +6.67% -6.26%
75th Percentile £19.13 £19.00 £18.75
90th Percentile £19.20 £19.15 £49.38
UK median hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £16.41
% change year-on-year +2.86% +6.67% -6.26%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

MOS is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 11,509 13,878 15,373
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 31.22% 27.75% 21.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,093 9,286 10,105
10th Percentile £310 £331 £319
25th Percentile £425 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% +4.76% +6.60%
75th Percentile £650 £650 £638
90th Percentile £750 £750 £713
UK median daily rate £535 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -2.73% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 983 746 688
10th Percentile £14.00 £15.00 £13.41
25th Percentile £18.07 £20.00 £18.75
Median hourly rate £40.00 £52.50 £38.90
Median % change year-on-year -23.81% +34.98% +2.36%
75th Percentile £62.50 £68.25 £55.88
90th Percentile £76.64 £80.25 £67.59
UK median hourly rate £40.00 £54.00 £42.00
% change year-on-year -25.93% +28.57% +10.82%

MOS
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing MOS as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for MOS in England

MOS
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing MOS in England.

Daily rate trend for MOS in England

MOS
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing MOS in England.

Hourly rate trend for MOS in England

MOS
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MOS within the England region over the 6 months to 4 May 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North of England +22 2 - - 4
North West +17 2 - - 2
London +100 1 £610 - 1
MOS
UK

MOS
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (66.67%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Cloud Computing
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
1 2 (66.67%) Mimecast
General
1 3 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Aerospace
2 1 (33.33%) Law
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Service Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Service Desk Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Commercial Manager
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Windows
1 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) Incident Management
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) Workflow
2 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (33.33%) Software Licensing
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) Degree
1 2 (66.67%) MCP
1 2 (66.67%) MCSE
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
1 2 (66.67%) ServiceNow
1 2 (66.67%) Sophos