The first table below looks at the demand for MOS in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited MOS over the 3 months to 17 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 currently tracked.

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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Rank 510 559 564
Rank change year-on-year
+49 +5
Contract jobs citing MOS 20 19 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.043% 0.033% 0.039%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.239% 0.188% 0.248%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 1
Average daily rate £225 £161 £225
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+39.53% -28.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 5 8
Average hourly rate £22.45 £18.70 £17.85
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.05% +4.76%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.49 £13.10 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.41 £21.00 £25.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.90 £16.75 £11.00
% change year-on-year
+48.65% +52.27%
All Qualifications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
8360 10099 9690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.02% 17.33% 15.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 4481 5262 4618
Average daily rate £375 £378 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.66% +0.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £215 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £540 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 455 547 662
Average hourly rate £22.50 £22.00 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.27% -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 £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%

MOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 within the UK.

MOS Daily Rate Trend

MOS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MOS within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

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 within the UK.

MOS Hourly Rate Trend

MOS
Top 11 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 UK over the 3 months to 17 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
England +50 20 £225 +39.53%
London +24 16 £225 +39.53%
City of London +7 4 £225 +52.54%
South East +23 2 £425 -
Oxfordshire - 2 £425 -
East of England +14 1 - -
South West - 1 £200 -
Wiltshire - 1 £200 -
Cambridgeshire - 1 - -
Swindon - 1 £200 -
Cambridge - 1 - -

MOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 31 (67.39%) MS Office
2 28 (60.87%) Microsoft
3 27 (58.70%) Law
3 27 (58.70%) Legal
3 27 (58.70%) Windows
4 18 (39.13%) Windows 7
5 17 (36.96%) MS Excel
6 12 (26.09%) ITIL
6 12 (26.09%) WorkSite
7 10 (21.74%) E-Learning
8 9 (19.57%) Blackberry
8 9 (19.57%) MCDST
9 8 (17.39%) Document Management
9 8 (17.39%) Windows XP
9 8 (17.39%) SharePoint
10 7 (15.22%) Adobe
10 7 (15.22%) MS PowerPoint
11 6 (13.04%) Adobe Captivate
11 6 (13.04%) CM System
11 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
12 5 (10.87%) Active Directory
12 5 (10.87%) Service Management
12 5 (10.87%) Finance
13 4 (8.696%) Citrix
13 4 (8.696%) ECDL
13 4 (8.696%) MCSE
14 3 (6.522%) A+ Certification
14 3 (6.522%) Cisco
14 3 (6.522%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
14 3 (6.522%) Migration

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK 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 (2.174%) COM
Application Platforms
1 12 (26.09%) WorkSite
2 8 (17.39%) SharePoint
3 6 (13.04%) CM System
4 3 (6.522%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
5 2 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2000
5 2 (4.348%) Exchange Server 2003
5 2 (4.348%) MS Exchange
5 2 (4.348%) SAS
5 2 (4.348%) SharePoint 2010
6 1 (2.174%) GroupWise
6 1 (2.174%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 31 (67.39%) MS Office
2 17 (36.96%) MS Excel
3 7 (15.22%) MS PowerPoint
4 6 (13.04%) Adobe Captivate
5 2 (4.348%) MS Project
6 1 (2.174%) Maya
Business Applications
1 2 (4.348%) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.348%) HTTP
1 2 (4.348%) TCP/IP
1 2 (4.348%) VPN
1 2 (4.348%) DNS
2 1 (2.174%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (4.348%) SQL Server
1 2 (4.348%) SQL Server 2000
1 2 (4.348%) SQL Server 2005
1 2 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (2.174%) MS Access
General
1 27 (58.70%) Law
1 27 (58.70%) Legal
2 5 (10.87%) Finance
3 1 (2.174%) Multimedia
3 1 (2.174%) Local Government
3 1 (2.174%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 26 (56.52%) Analyst
2 24 (52.17%) Trainer
2 24 (52.17%) IT Trainer
3 10 (21.74%) Service Desk Analyst
3 10 (21.74%) Service Analyst
4 9 (19.57%) Support Analyst
5 4 (8.696%) Help Desk Analyst
5 4 (8.696%) Legal Analyst
5 4 (8.696%) Technical Trainer
5 4 (8.696%) Legal IT Trainer
6 3 (6.522%) Technical Analyst
6 3 (6.522%) Applications Support
6 3 (6.522%) Applications Support Analyst
6 3 (6.522%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.348%) Technical Support
7 2 (4.348%) 2nd Line Support
7 2 (4.348%) Release Analyst
7 2 (4.348%) Technical Support Analyst
7 2 (4.348%) Change Analyst
7 2 (4.348%) Desktop Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 10 (21.74%) E-Learning
2 9 (19.57%) Blackberry
3 2 (4.348%) Learning Management System
3 2 (4.348%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (4.348%) Mathematics
4 1 (2.174%) Video Conferencing
4 1 (2.174%) iPad
4 1 (2.174%) Management Information System
4 1 (2.174%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 27 (58.70%) Windows
2 18 (39.13%) Windows 7
3 8 (17.39%) Windows XP
4 2 (4.348%) Windows Server 2003
4 2 (4.348%) Windows 2000 Server
4 2 (4.348%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) ITIL
2 8 (17.39%) Document Management
3 5 (10.87%) Service Management
4 3 (6.522%) Change Management
4 3 (6.522%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (6.522%) Migration
4 3 (6.522%) Stakeholder Management
4 3 (6.522%) Business Analysis
4 3 (6.522%) Requirements Analysis
4 3 (6.522%) Business Process Improvement
4 3 (6.522%) Time Management
4 3 (6.522%) Business Transformation
5 2 (4.348%) Release Management
5 2 (4.348%) Data Protection
5 2 (4.348%) Incident Management
5 2 (4.348%) CRM
5 2 (4.348%) ERP
5 2 (4.348%) Configuration Management
6 1 (2.174%) Business Continuity
6 1 (2.174%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (4.348%) C
Qualifications
1 9 (19.57%) MCDST
2 6 (13.04%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (8.696%) MCSE
3 4 (8.696%) ECDL
4 3 (6.522%) A+ Certification
5 2 (4.348%) MCITP
6 1 (2.174%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.348%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (10.87%) Active Directory
2 2 (4.348%) Terminal Services
2 2 (4.348%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 2 (4.348%) DameWare
1 2 (4.348%) Backup Exec
2 1 (2.174%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 28 (60.87%) Microsoft
2 7 (15.22%) Adobe
3 4 (8.696%) Citrix
4 3 (6.522%) Cisco
5 2 (4.348%) Oracle
5 2 (4.348%) Juniper
5 2 (4.348%) CA
5 2 (4.348%) Veritas
6 1 (2.174%) McAfee
6 1 (2.174%) Open Text
6 1 (2.174%) SAP
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: £20 - £24 per hour
Posted: 16 May 2013