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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MOS in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MOS over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Qualifications for the City of London region.

 Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank278225263
Rank change year-on-year
Down-53Up+38
Matching permanent IT job ads191371
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London0.163 %0.158 %0.370 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.883 %0.829 %1.949 %
Salaries quoted191243
Average salary£40,000£28,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+42.85 %-6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,400£23,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£37,000£34,900
UK excluding London average salary£22,000£27,875£24,000
% change year-on-year
-21.07 %+16.14 %
City of London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
215215693643
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London18.45 %19.02 %18.97 %
Salaries quoted187312972913
Average salary£45,000£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£28,000£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£70,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MOS LondonMOS
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MOS
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing MOS across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

City of London MOS Demand Trend

MOS
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing MOS across the City of London region.

City of London MOS Salary Trend

MOS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MOS across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

City of London MOS Salary Histogram

MOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

123 (92.00 %)MS Office
219 (76.00 %)Microsoft Certification
315 (60.00 %)MCT
315 (60.00 %)Microsoft
413 (52.00 %)Blackberry
512 (48.00 %)Finance
611 (44.00 %)MS Excel
76 (24.00 %)Law
76 (24.00 %)Legal
85 (20.00 %)Windows
94 (16.00 %)ITIL
94 (16.00 %)Windows XP
94 (16.00 %)Banking
94 (16.00 %)MS PowerPoint
103 (12.00 %)Document Management
103 (12.00 %)Investment Banking
103 (12.00 %)Education
103 (12.00 %)LAN
103 (12.00 %)WAN
103 (12.00 %)SharePoint
103 (12.00 %)Active Directory
103 (12.00 %)VBA
112 (8.000 %)Cisco Certification
112 (8.000 %)ITIL Certification
112 (8.000 %)Interwoven
112 (8.000 %)Avaya
112 (8.000 %)NHS
112 (8.000 %)MCSE
112 (8.000 %)MCP
112 (8.000 %)TCP/IP

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

City of London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
11 (4.000 %)XML
City of London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (12.00 %)SharePoint
21 (4.000 %)MS Exchange
21 (4.000 %)WorkSite
City of London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
123 (92.00 %)MS Office
211 (44.00 %)MS Excel
34 (16.00 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (4.000 %)DeltaView
City of London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (12.00 %)LAN
13 (12.00 %)WAN
22 (8.000 %)TCP/IP
31 (4.000 %)Intranet
City of London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (48.00 %)Finance
26 (24.00 %)Law
26 (24.00 %)Legal
34 (16.00 %)Banking
43 (12.00 %)Investment Banking
43 (12.00 %)Education
52 (8.000 %)Health
City of London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
115 (60.00 %)Trainer
214 (56.00 %)IT Trainer
35 (20.00 %)Analyst
44 (16.00 %)Support Analyst
53 (12.00 %)Support Engineer
62 (8.000 %)Technical Support
62 (8.000 %)Helpdesk Support
62 (8.000 %)IT Support Engineer
62 (8.000 %)IT Support
71 (4.000 %)Technical Engineer
71 (4.000 %)Helpdesk Engineer
71 (4.000 %)Technical Services Analyst
71 (4.000 %)1st Line Support Engineer
71 (4.000 %)Technical Analyst
71 (4.000 %)Service Desk Analyst
71 (4.000 %)1st Line Support
71 (4.000 %)Support Specialist
71 (4.000 %)Applications Support
71 (4.000 %)Service Analyst
71 (4.000 %)Administrator
City of London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (52.00 %)Blackberry
22 (8.000 %)NPfIT
22 (8.000 %)NHS
31 (4.000 %)E-Learning
31 (4.000 %)French Language
31 (4.000 %)German Language
City of London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (20.00 %)Windows
24 (16.00 %)Windows XP
City of London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (16.00 %)ITIL
23 (12.00 %)Document Management
31 (4.000 %)Practice Management
City of London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (12.00 %)VBA
City of London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
119 (76.00 %)Microsoft Certification
215 (60.00 %)MCT
32 (8.000 %)CCNA
32 (8.000 %)Cisco Certification
32 (8.000 %)MCP
32 (8.000 %)MCSE
32 (8.000 %)ITIL Certification
32 (8.000 %)ECDL
41 (4.000 %)MCITP
City of London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.000 %)SLA
City of London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (12.00 %)Active Directory
City of London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
115 (60.00 %)Microsoft
22 (8.000 %)Interwoven
22 (8.000 %)Avaya
31 (4.000 %)Remedy
31 (4.000 %)Citrix