Tyne and Wear MOS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) in IT contracts within the Tyne and Wear region compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited MOS over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Location Belfast Berkshire Buckinghamshire City of London County Antrim England London Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne North East Northern Ireland Reading South East South West Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	28	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	6	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.008 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	15.00 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum daily rate	£175	-
Average daily rate	£175	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	£175	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£195	£425
% change on same period last year	-54.03 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.00	-
Average hourly rate	£23.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£18.44	£17.00
% change on same period last year	+8.48 %
Qualifications Tyne and Wear
Matching contract IT job ads	40	79
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.056 %	0.079 %
Daily rates quoted	11	23
Average minimum daily rate	£325	£297
Average daily rate	£337	£311
% change on same period last year	+8.33 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£326
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£323
% change on same period last year	+4.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	7
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.04	£17.94
Average hourly rate	£19.61	£21.94
% change on same period last year	-10.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.18	£25.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£25.40	£25.85
% change on same period last year	-1.74 %
MOS North East

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 Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Newcastle Upon Tyne	-	2	-	-
Newcastle	-	2	-	-

MOS North East

MOS
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 7 (100.00 %) MS Office 2 6 (85.71 %) Microsoft 3 4 (57.14 %) Legal 4 3 (42.86 %) Finance 4 3 (42.86 %) Windows 4 3 (42.86 %) MS Excel 5 2 (28.57 %) Intranet 5 2 (28.57 %) Internet 6 1 (14.29 %) Workflow 6 1 (14.29 %) Interwoven 6 1 (14.29 %) Education 6 1 (14.29 %) Law 6 1 (14.29 %) Document Management 6 1 (14.29 %) Degree 6 1 (14.29 %) Hummingbird

6 1 (14.29 %) E-Learning 6 1 (14.29 %) Business Continuity 6 1 (14.29 %) C

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 7 (100.00 %) MS Office 2 3 (42.86 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 2 (28.57 %) Intranet 1 2 (28.57 %) Internet
General 1 4 (57.14 %) Legal 2 3 (42.86 %) Finance 3 1 (14.29 %) Education 3 1 (14.29 %) Law	Job Titles 1 6 (85.71 %) Trainer 2 5 (71.43 %) IT Trainer
Miscellaneous 1 1 (14.29 %) E-Learning	Operating Systems 1 3 (42.86 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (14.29 %) Workflow 1 1 (14.29 %) Business Continuity 1 1 (14.29 %) Document Management	Programming Languages 1 1 (14.29 %) C
Qualifications 1 1 (14.29 %) Degree	Vendors 1 6 (85.71 %) Microsoft 2 1 (14.29 %) Interwoven 2 1 (14.29 %) Hummingbird