The first table below looks at the demand for MOS in IT jobs advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MOS over the 3 months to 24 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 Berkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Rank - - -
Permanent jobs citing MOS 0 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire - - -
As % of the Qualifications category - - -
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 0
Average salary - - -
UK excluding London average salary £30,750 £32,500 £25,250
% change year-on-year
-5.38% +28.71%
All Qualifications
Berkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1860 1972 1419
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Berkshire 35.70% 32.01% 27.28%
Number of salaries quoted 1408 1703 1174
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MOS
South East

MOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire MOS Jobs Demand Trend

MOS
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MOS across the Berkshire region.

Berkshire MOS Salary Trend

MOS
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MOS.

1 2 (100.00%) SLA
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
1 2 (100.00%) MCP
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) CGI
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) COM
2 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Legal

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Berkshire 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 IT job ads sampled that cited MOS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) CGI
1 1 (50.00%) COM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
General
1 1 (50.00%) Telecoms
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (100.00%) MCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft