 Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) |
| 3 months to
13 Oct 2008 | Same period last year |
| Rank | 145 | 166 |
| Rank change on same period last year |  +21 |
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1 | 1 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.001 % | 0.001 % |
| As % of the category below | 0.204 % | 0.151 % |
| 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 | £195 | £425 |
| % change on same period last year | -54.03 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 0 | 0 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | - | - |
| Average hourly rate | - | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
| Average maximum hourly rate | - | - |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £20.66 | - |
| % change on same period last year | - |
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| Matching contract IT job ads | 490 | 664 |
| As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled | 0.693 % | 0.672 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 144 | 190 |
| Average minimum daily rate | £331 | £310 |
| Average daily rate | £349 | £326 |
| % change on same period last year | +7.08 % |
| Average maximum daily rate | £367 | £341 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £336 | £322 |
| % change on same period last year | +4.19 % |
| Hourly rates quoted | 69 | 111 |
| Average minimum hourly rate | £23.52 | £24.18 |
| Average hourly rate | £25.68 | £25.83 |
| % change on same period last year | -0.56 % |
| Average maximum hourly rate | £27.84 | £27.47 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £25.36 | £25.96 |
| % change on same period last year | -2.33 % |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing MOS across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.
