Manchester MOS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) in IT contracts within the Manchester 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 8 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 Manchester Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Northern Ireland Preston Reading South East South West Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Welwyn Garden City Wiltshire	3 months to 8 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£360	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.93	£18.00
% change on same period last year	-5.95 %
Qualifications Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads	145	152
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.191 %	0.159 %
Daily rates quoted	30	31
Average minimum daily rate	£321	£334
Average daily rate	£337	£348
% change on same period last year	-3.04 %
Average maximum daily rate	£353	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£339
% change on same period last year	-2.62 %
Hourly rates quoted	17	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£34.75	£20.10
Average hourly rate	£37.31	£21.74
% change on same period last year	+71.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.87	£23.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.13	£25.71
% change on same period last year	-2.24 %
MOS North West

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.

MOS
Demand Trend

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

MOS
Daily Rate Trend

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

MOS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MOS
Top 2 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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 3 (100.00 %) MS Office 1 3 (100.00 %) ECDL

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Applications 1 3 (100.00 %) MS Office	Job Titles 1 3 (100.00 %) Trainer 2 2 (66.67 %) IT Trainer
Qualifications 1 3 (100.00 %) ECDL