The first table below looks at the demand for MOS in IT contracts advertised for the London 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Rank 360 402 423
Rank change year-on-year
+42 +21
Contract jobs citing MOS 17 13 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.078% 0.048% 0.061%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.536% 0.340% 0.462%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 3
Average daily rate £225 £168 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.92% -25.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £198 £150 £155
10% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £224 £235
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 £250 -
% change year-on-year
+70.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 5
Average hourly rate £21.00 £16.35 £19.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.44% -16.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.20 £14.47 £15.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £21.80 £18.23 £31.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £12.50 £11.00
% change year-on-year
- +13.63%
All Qualifications
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3169 3819 4114
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 14.63% 14.18% 13.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 1876 2288 2374
Average daily rate £425 £425 £425
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
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 121 119 141
Average hourly rate £22.50 £20.00 £20.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -3.61%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.25 £12.30 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £79.00 £40.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £22.50 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.22% -10.00%
MOS
England

MOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 London region.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London 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 London region.

London 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 London 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
City of London +12 5 £225 +39.75%
MOS
England

MOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 28 (87.50%) Law
2 27 (84.38%) Legal
3 24 (75.00%) MS Office
3 24 (75.00%) Windows
4 18 (56.25%) Microsoft
5 14 (43.75%) Windows 7
6 13 (40.63%) WorkSite
7 10 (31.25%) MS Excel
7 10 (31.25%) E-Learning
8 9 (28.13%) Windows XP
8 9 (28.13%) Blackberry
9 8 (25.00%) SharePoint
9 8 (25.00%) Document Management
10 7 (21.88%) Adobe
11 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
11 6 (18.75%) ITIL
11 6 (18.75%) MCDST
11 6 (18.75%) Adobe Captivate
11 6 (18.75%) CM System
12 4 (12.50%) Citrix
12 4 (12.50%) MCSE
13 3 (9.375%) A+ Certification
13 3 (9.375%) Cisco
13 3 (9.375%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
13 3 (9.375%) Time Management
14 2 (6.250%) Mathematics
14 2 (6.250%) Data Protection
14 2 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
14 2 (6.250%) Windows 2000 Server
14 2 (6.250%) XenApp

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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 (3.125%) COM
Application Platforms
1 13 (40.63%) WorkSite
2 8 (25.00%) SharePoint
3 6 (18.75%) CM System
4 3 (9.375%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (6.250%) SharePoint 2010
5 2 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2000
5 2 (6.250%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (6.250%) MS Exchange
6 1 (3.125%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 24 (75.00%) MS Office
2 10 (31.25%) MS Excel
3 6 (18.75%) Adobe Captivate
4 2 (6.250%) MS Project
5 1 (3.125%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (3.125%) Maya
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.250%) HTTP
1 2 (6.250%) TCP/IP
1 2 (6.250%) VPN
1 2 (6.250%) DNS
2 1 (3.125%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
1 2 (6.250%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (6.250%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (6.250%) SQL Server
General
1 28 (87.50%) Law
2 27 (84.38%) Legal
3 2 (6.250%) Finance
4 1 (3.125%) Marketing
4 1 (3.125%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 19 (59.38%) Trainer
1 19 (59.38%) Analyst
1 19 (59.38%) IT Trainer
2 8 (25.00%) Support Analyst
2 8 (25.00%) Service Analyst
2 8 (25.00%) Service Desk Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) Legal Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Help Desk Analyst
4 4 (12.50%) Technical Trainer
4 4 (12.50%) Legal IT Trainer
5 3 (9.375%) Desktop Analyst
5 3 (9.375%) Applications Support Analyst
5 3 (9.375%) Applications Support
6 2 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 2 (6.250%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (6.250%) Microsoft Trainer
7 1 (3.125%) Customer Engineer
7 1 (3.125%) Customer Support Engineer
7 1 (3.125%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (31.25%) E-Learning
2 9 (28.13%) Blackberry
3 2 (6.250%) Mathematics
3 2 (6.250%) Learning Management System
3 2 (6.250%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (3.125%) BBC
4 1 (3.125%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.125%) iPad
4 1 (3.125%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 24 (75.00%) Windows
2 14 (43.75%) Windows 7
3 9 (28.13%) Windows XP
4 2 (6.250%) Windows 2000 Server
4 2 (6.250%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (6.250%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (25.00%) Document Management
2 6 (18.75%) ITIL
3 3 (9.375%) Time Management
4 2 (6.250%) Data Protection
4 2 (6.250%) Incident Management
4 2 (6.250%) CRM
5 1 (3.125%) Business Development
5 1 (3.125%) Business Continuity
5 1 (3.125%) Service Management
5 1 (3.125%) Root Cause Analysis
Programming Languages
1 2 (6.250%) C
Qualifications
1 6 (18.75%) Microsoft Certification
1 6 (18.75%) MCDST
2 4 (12.50%) MCSE
3 3 (9.375%) A+ Certification
4 2 (6.250%) MCITP
5 1 (3.125%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.250%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (6.250%) XenApp
1 2 (6.250%) Active Directory
1 2 (6.250%) Terminal Services
Systems Management
1 2 (6.250%) Backup Exec
1 2 (6.250%) DameWare
2 1 (3.125%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 18 (56.25%) Microsoft
2 7 (21.88%) Adobe
3 4 (12.50%) Citrix
4 3 (9.375%) Cisco
5 2 (6.250%) Juniper
5 2 (6.250%) Veritas
6 1 (3.125%) SAP
6 1 (3.125%) McAfee
6 1 (3.125%) Open Text
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