The first 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 20 June 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 City of London region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Rank 317 303 324
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +21
Permanent jobs citing MOS 5 26 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.041% 0.201% 0.076%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.172% 0.909% 0.356%
Number of salaries quoted 5 11 12
Average salary £42,500 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+30.76% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £24,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £37,500 £31,900
UK excluding London average salary £27,000 £32,500 £25,000
% change year-on-year
-16.92% +30.00%
All Qualifications
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
2913 2860 3370
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 23.91% 22.07% 21.30%
Number of salaries quoted 2535 2627 3065
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £71,500 £77,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MOS
London

MOS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 City of London region.

City of London MOS Salary Trend

MOS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MOS across the City of London region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

City of London MOS Salary Histogram

MOS
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) MS Office
3 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
4 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
4 2 (40.00%) Finance
4 2 (40.00%) Legal
4 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (40.00%) ITIL
4 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
4 2 (40.00%) Agresso
4 2 (40.00%) Intranet
4 2 (40.00%) Blackberry
4 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
5 1 (20.00%) Mac OS X
5 1 (20.00%) Linux
5 1 (20.00%) MCSE
5 1 (20.00%) MCP
5 1 (20.00%) UNIX
5 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
5 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
5 1 (20.00%) Intel
5 1 (20.00%) Altiris
5 1 (20.00%) Document Management
5 1 (20.00%) MCITP
5 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
5 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000 Server
5 1 (20.00%) Management Information System

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, 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.

Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
2 1 (20.00%) MS Exchange
2 1 (20.00%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Office
2 3 (60.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Agresso
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) Intranet
General
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
1 2 (40.00%) Legal
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Trainer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) IT Trainer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Support Analyst
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (20.00%) Applications Support
2 1 (20.00%) 2nd Line Support
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Blackberry
2 1 (20.00%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) Windows 7
3 1 (20.00%) Mac OS X
3 1 (20.00%) Linux
3 1 (20.00%) UNIX
3 1 (20.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (20.00%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Incident Management
1 2 (40.00%) ITIL
2 1 (20.00%) Document Management
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (20.00%) MCSE
2 1 (20.00%) MCP
2 1 (20.00%) MCITP
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (20.00%) Intel
1 1 (20.00%) Altiris