MOS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) in IT contracts across the UK 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 last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Location Birmingham City of London East of England England Hertfordshire London Manchester Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Salford South East South West Surrey Swindon Tyne and Wear UK Welwyn Garden City West Midlands West Sussex Wiltshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	547	561
Rank change on same period last year	+14
Matching contract IT job ads	47	50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.060 %	0.056 %
As % of the category below	0.614 %	0.585 %
Daily rates quoted	6	17
Average minimum daily rate	£223	£170
Average daily rate	£234	£180
% change on same period last year	+29.86 %
Average maximum daily rate	£244	£190
UK excluding London average daily rate	£323	£166
% change on same period last year	+94.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	21	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.28	£17.00
Average hourly rate	£19.66	£17.66
% change on same period last year	+11.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£21.04	£18.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.59	£14.81
% change on same period last year	+11.98 %
Qualifications UK
Matching contract IT job ads	7660	8552
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	9.827 %	9.607 %
Daily rates quoted	2458	2386
Average minimum daily rate	£335	£342
Average daily rate	£357	£363
% change on same period last year	-1.56 %
Average maximum daily rate	£379	£383
UK excluding London average daily rate	£328	£331
% change on same period last year	-1.04 %
Hourly rates quoted	777	902
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.96	£23.85
Average hourly rate	£25.60	£25.37
% change on same period last year	+0.92 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£27.25	£26.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.84	£25.88
% change on same period last year	-4.03 %

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 the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing MOS across the UK 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 contract IT jobs ads citing MOS across the UK.

MOS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MOS across the UK over the past 3 months.

MOS
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing MOS across the UK.

MOS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MOS across the UK over the past 3 months.

MOS
Top 20 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MOS within the UK over the past 3 months.

Rank	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
1	England	+35	47	£234	+29.86 %
2	London	+38	35	£166	-13.38 %
3	City of London	-7	30	£148	-26.25 %
4	North West	-10	3	-	-
4	Manchester	-13	3	-	-
4	Hertfordshire	-	3	-	-
4	East of England	-9	3	-	-
5	Surrey	-	2	£300	-
5	West Sussex	-	2	£300	-
5	South East	+35	2	£300	+64.38 %
5	Welwyn Garden City	-	2	-	-
6	Birmingham	+4	1	-	-
6	North East	-	1	-	-
6	South West	+5	1	-	-
6	Tyne and Wear	-	1	-	-
6	West Midlands	-3	1	-	-
6	Wiltshire	-	1	-	-
6	Newcastle Upon Tyne	-	1	-	-
6	Salford	-	1	-	-
6	Swindon	-	1	-	-

MOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing MOS also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MOS.

1 79 (82.29 %) MS Office 2 61 (63.54 %) Law 3 59 (61.46 %) Legal 4 40 (41.67 %) MS Excel 5 32 (33.33 %) Document Management 6 29 (30.21 %) Windows 6 29 (30.21 %) Interwoven 7 28 (29.17 %) Hummingbird 8 23 (23.96 %) WorkSite 8 23 (23.96 %) Project Management 9 22 (22.92 %) Active Directory 10 20 (20.83 %) Windows XP 11 19 (19.79 %) Microsoft 12 15 (15.63 %) MS PowerPoint 13 12 (12.50 %) Service Management

14 11 (11.46 %) ITIL 15 10 (10.42 %) Microsoft Certification 16 9 (9.375 %) DeltaView 17 8 (8.333 %) ECDL 17 8 (8.333 %) Documentum 17 8 (8.333 %) Time Management 18 6 (6.250 %) Migration 19 5 (5.208 %) MS Visio 19 5 (5.208 %) NHS 19 5 (5.208 %) MCP 20 4 (4.167 %) Blackberry 20 4 (4.167 %) MCT 20 4 (4.167 %) SharePoint 20 4 (4.167 %) Windows Server 2003 21 3 (3.125 %) MS Exchange

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing MOS also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing MOS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (2.083 %) .NET 1 2 (2.083 %) ASP.NET 1 2 (2.083 %) XML	Application Platforms 1 23 (23.96 %) WorkSite 2 8 (8.333 %) Documentum 3 4 (4.167 %) SharePoint 4 3 (3.125 %) MS Exchange 5 2 (2.083 %) IIS 5 2 (2.083 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 1 (1.042 %) Exchange Server 5.5 6 1 (1.042 %) Exchange Server 2000
Applications 1 79 (82.29 %) MS Office 2 40 (41.67 %) MS Excel 3 15 (15.63 %) MS PowerPoint 4 9 (9.375 %) DeltaView 5 5 (5.208 %) MS Visio 6 2 (2.083 %) InfoPath	Business Applications 1 2 (2.083 %) Microsoft CRM
Communications & Networking 1 3 (3.125 %) VoIP 2 1 (1.042 %) WAN 2 1 (1.042 %) Intranet 2 1 (1.042 %) IP Telephony 2 1 (1.042 %) LAN 2 1 (1.042 %) SMS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (2.083 %) SQL Server 1 2 (2.083 %) SQL Server 7 1 2 (2.083 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 2 (2.083 %) Visual Studio	General 1 61 (63.54 %) Law 2 59 (61.46 %) Legal 3 3 (3.125 %) Government 4 2 (2.083 %) Finance 5 1 (1.042 %) Aerospace 5 1 (1.042 %) Automotive 5 1 (1.042 %) Electric 5 1 (1.042 %) Criminal Justice 5 1 (1.042 %) Retail 5 1 (1.042 %) Pharmaceutical 5 1 (1.042 %) Electronics 5 1 (1.042 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 53 (55.21 %) Trainer 2 49 (51.04 %) IT Trainer 3 22 (22.92 %) Analyst 4 19 (19.79 %) Support Analyst 5 8 (8.333 %) Helpdesk Analyst 6 6 (6.250 %) Helpdesk Support 6 6 (6.250 %) Legal IT Trainer 7 5 (5.208 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst 7 5 (5.208 %) Desktop Support 8 4 (4.167 %) 2nd Line Support 9 3 (3.125 %) Legal Analyst 9 3 (3.125 %) Desktop Support Analyst 9 3 (3.125 %) Desktop Analyst 9 3 (3.125 %) Developer 9 3 (3.125 %) 1st Line Support 10 2 (2.083 %) IT Consultant 10 2 (2.083 %) Consultant 10 2 (2.083 %) Solutions Architect 10 2 (2.083 %) Architect 10 2 (2.083 %) Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 5 (5.208 %) NHS 2 4 (4.167 %) Blackberry 3 3 (3.125 %) E-Learning 4 1 (1.042 %) Management Information System
Operating Systems 1 29 (30.21 %) Windows 2 20 (20.83 %) Windows XP 3 4 (4.167 %) Windows Server 2003 4 1 (1.042 %) Windows 2000 4 1 (1.042 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 32 (33.33 %) Document Management 2 23 (23.96 %) Project Management 3 12 (12.50 %) Service Management 4 11 (11.46 %) ITIL 5 8 (8.333 %) Time Management 6 6 (6.250 %) Migration 7 3 (3.125 %) Network Design 8 2 (2.083 %) Service Delivery 8 2 (2.083 %) TOGAF 9 1 (1.042 %) Performance Management 9 1 (1.042 %) Practice Management 9 1 (1.042 %) Supplier Management 9 1 (1.042 %) Project Planning
Programming Languages 1 2 (2.083 %) SQL 1 2 (2.083 %) Transact-SQL 1 2 (2.083 %) VB.NET 1 2 (2.083 %) VBA	Qualifications 1 10 (10.42 %) Microsoft Certification 2 8 (8.333 %) ECDL 3 5 (5.208 %) MCP 4 4 (4.167 %) MCT 5 2 (2.083 %) MCDST 6 1 (1.042 %) MCSE 6 1 (1.042 %) A+ Certification
System Software 1 22 (22.92 %) Active Directory 2 1 (1.042 %) Terminal Services	Systems Management 1 1 (1.042 %) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors 1 29 (30.21 %) Interwoven 2 28 (29.17 %) Hummingbird 3 19 (19.79 %) Microsoft 4 3 (3.125 %) Nortel 5 2 (2.083 %) BT 5 2 (2.083 %) Open Text 6 1 (1.042 %) SAP