Welwyn Garden City MOS Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) in IT contracts within the Welwyn Garden City 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 24 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 North West Northern Ireland Preston Reading South East Surrey UK Welwyn Garden City	3 months to 24 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	8	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	2	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	66.67 %	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	£350	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	2	0
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.00	-
Average hourly rate	£18.00	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.00	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£16.64	£18.00
% change on same period last year	-7.54 %
Qualifications Welwyn Garden City
Matching contract IT job ads	3	11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.004 %	0.011 %
Daily rates quoted	0	3
Average minimum daily rate	-	£333
Average daily rate	-	£350
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£367
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£336
% change on same period last year	-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£18.00	£12.75
Average hourly rate	£18.00	£12.75
% change on same period last year	+41.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£18.00	£12.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.94	£25.67
% change on same period last year	-2.84 %
MOS Hertfordshire

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 Welwyn Garden City region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

MOS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

MOS
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing MOS across the Welwyn Garden City region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

MOS
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Welwyn Garden City 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 2 (100.00 %) MS Office 1 2 (100.00 %) MCP 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows 1 2 (100.00 %) Microsoft Certification

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Welwyn Garden City 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 2 (100.00 %) MS Office	Job Titles 1 2 (100.00 %) Analyst 1 2 (100.00 %) Support Analyst 2 1 (50.00 %) Helpdesk Analyst 2 1 (50.00 %) Service Analyst 2 1 (50.00 %) Helpdesk Support 2 1 (50.00 %) Service Desk Analyst 2 1 (50.00 %) Helpdesk Support Analyst
Operating Systems 1 2 (100.00 %) Windows	Qualifications 1 2 (100.00 %) MCP 1 2 (100.00 %) Microsoft Certification