The first table below looks at the demand for MOS in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. 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 for the Yorkshire region.

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 - - -
Contract jobs citing MOS 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £425 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £24.90 £16.75 £11.00
% change year-on-year
+48.65% +52.27%
All Qualifications
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
298 340 254
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 15.70% 14.83% 13.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 185 93
Average daily rate £315 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.07% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £219 £185 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 20 25
Average hourly rate £12.75 £21.00 £22.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-39.28% -4.54%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £175.00 £32.50 £60.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.50 £23.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year
-2.17% -8.00%
MOS
England

MOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire 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 across the Yorkshire region.

Yorkshire MOS Daily Rate Trend

MOS
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 3 (100.00%) ITIL
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 3 (100.00%) MCDST
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 2 (66.67%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
3 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Legal

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 (66.67%) MS Office
2 1 (33.33%) MS Excel
General
1 1 (33.33%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
1 3 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Support Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Support Analyst
2 2 (66.67%) Technical Support
3 1 (33.33%) Technical Services Analyst
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) ITIL
2 2 (66.67%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) MCDST
System Software
1 3 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Microsoft