The first table below looks at the demand for MOS in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MOS over the 3 months to 24 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 England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Rank 493 542 548
Rank change year-on-year
+49 +6
Contract jobs citing MOS 20 17 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.048% 0.032% 0.041%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.269% 0.183% 0.258%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 5 3
Average daily rate £225 £175 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57% -22.22%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £197 £151 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £248 £235
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £250 -
% change year-on-year
+70.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 3 8
Average hourly rate £21.00 £14.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.20 £12.80 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.80 £17.76 £25.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £12.50 £11.00
% change year-on-year
- +13.63%
All Qualifications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7438 9270 8898
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 17.89% 17.38% 15.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 3939 4900 4350
Average daily rate £375 £390 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.84% +4.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £224 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 422 511 609
Average hourly rate £23.00 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.54% -2.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £12.50 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MOS
UK

MOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England MOS Daily Rate Trend

MOS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MOS across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England MOS Daily Rate Histogram

MOS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England MOS Hourly Rate Trend

MOS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MOS within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +42 17 £225 +33.92%
South East +15 2 £425 -
South West - 1 £200 -
MOS
UK

MOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 30 (69.77%) MS Office
2 28 (65.12%) Windows
2 28 (65.12%) Law
2 28 (65.12%) Legal
3 26 (60.47%) Microsoft
4 18 (41.86%) Windows 7
5 16 (37.21%) MS Excel
6 13 (30.23%) WorkSite
7 10 (23.26%) E-Learning
7 10 (23.26%) ITIL
8 9 (20.93%) Windows XP
8 9 (20.93%) Blackberry
8 9 (20.93%) MCDST
9 8 (18.60%) Document Management
9 8 (18.60%) SharePoint
10 7 (16.28%) Adobe
11 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (13.95%) Adobe Captivate
11 6 (13.95%) CM System
12 5 (11.63%) MS PowerPoint
12 5 (11.63%) Active Directory
12 5 (11.63%) Finance
13 4 (9.302%) Citrix
13 4 (9.302%) MCSE
14 3 (6.977%) Business Analysis
14 3 (6.977%) Requirements Analysis
14 3 (6.977%) Business Process Improvement
14 3 (6.977%) Time Management
14 3 (6.977%) Business Transformation
14 3 (6.977%) Cisco

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England 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 (2.326%) COM
Application Platforms
1 13 (30.23%) WorkSite
2 8 (18.60%) SharePoint
3 6 (13.95%) CM System
4 3 (6.977%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (4.651%) MS Exchange
5 2 (4.651%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (4.651%) Exchange Server 2000
5 2 (4.651%) Exchange Server 2003
6 1 (2.326%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (2.326%) GroupWise
Applications
1 30 (69.77%) MS Office
2 16 (37.21%) MS Excel
3 6 (13.95%) Adobe Captivate
4 5 (11.63%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (4.651%) MS Project
6 1 (2.326%) Maya
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.651%) HTTP
1 2 (4.651%) TCP/IP
1 2 (4.651%) VPN
1 2 (4.651%) DNS
2 1 (2.326%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.651%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (4.651%) SQL Server
1 2 (4.651%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (4.651%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (2.326%) MS Access
General
1 28 (65.12%) Law
1 28 (65.12%) Legal
2 5 (11.63%) Finance
3 1 (2.326%) Multimedia
3 1 (2.326%) Local Government
3 1 (2.326%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 25 (58.14%) Analyst
2 23 (53.49%) Trainer
2 23 (53.49%) IT Trainer
3 11 (25.58%) Service Desk Analyst
3 11 (25.58%) Service Analyst
4 10 (23.26%) Support Analyst
5 5 (11.63%) Legal Analyst
6 4 (9.302%) Technical Trainer
6 4 (9.302%) Help Desk Analyst
6 4 (9.302%) Legal IT Trainer
7 3 (6.977%) Desktop Analyst
7 3 (6.977%) Applications Support Analyst
7 3 (6.977%) Business Analyst
7 3 (6.977%) Applications Support
7 3 (6.977%) Technical Analyst
8 2 (4.651%) Technical Support Analyst
8 2 (4.651%) Technical Support
8 2 (4.651%) 2nd Line Support
8 2 (4.651%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
8 2 (4.651%) Microsoft Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (23.26%) E-Learning
2 9 (20.93%) Blackberry
3 2 (4.651%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.651%) Mathematics
3 2 (4.651%) Learning Management System
4 1 (2.326%) iPad
4 1 (2.326%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.326%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.326%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 28 (65.12%) Windows
2 18 (41.86%) Windows 7
3 9 (20.93%) Windows XP
4 2 (4.651%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (4.651%) Windows 2000
4 2 (4.651%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (23.26%) ITIL
2 8 (18.60%) Document Management
3 3 (6.977%) Business Analysis
3 3 (6.977%) Requirements Analysis
3 3 (6.977%) Business Process Improvement
3 3 (6.977%) Time Management
3 3 (6.977%) Business Transformation
3 3 (6.977%) Service Management
3 3 (6.977%) Change Management
3 3 (6.977%) GAP Analysis
3 3 (6.977%) Migration
3 3 (6.977%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (4.651%) CRM
4 2 (4.651%) Data Protection
4 2 (4.651%) Incident Management
5 1 (2.326%) Business Development
5 1 (2.326%) ITIL V3
5 1 (2.326%) ITIL V2
5 1 (2.326%) Root Cause Analysis
5 1 (2.326%) Business Continuity
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.651%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (20.93%) MCDST
2 6 (13.95%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (9.302%) MCSE
4 3 (6.977%) ECDL
4 3 (6.977%) A+ Certification
5 2 (4.651%) MCITP
6 1 (2.326%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.651%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (11.63%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.651%) Terminal Services
2 2 (4.651%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (4.651%) Backup Exec
1 2 (4.651%) DameWare
2 1 (2.326%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 26 (60.47%) Microsoft
2 7 (16.28%) Adobe
3 4 (9.302%) Citrix
4 3 (6.977%) Cisco
5 2 (4.651%) Juniper
5 2 (4.651%) Veritas
6 1 (2.326%) SAP
6 1 (2.326%) McAfee
6 1 (2.326%) Open Text
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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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Business change, change management, business transformation... You MUST have business analysis experience, on mortgage projects... Very strong stakeholder management experience, first-rate verbal & written communication skills, strong business...
Clarity Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £400 - £475 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013