The first table below looks at the demand for MOS in IT jobs advertised for the England 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 England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Rank 813 780 799
Rank change year-on-year
-33 +19
Permanent jobs citing MOS 28 86 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.028% 0.076% 0.043%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.101% 0.276% 0.167%
Number of salaries quoted 27 67 49
Average salary £40,000 £33,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+19.40% +8.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,250 £43,300 £45,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,750 £32,500 £25,250
% change year-on-year
-5.38% +28.71%
All Qualifications
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
27848 31150 30564
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 27.53% 27.48% 25.94%
Number of salaries quoted 22693 26719 25735
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.93%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MOS
UK

MOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England MOS Salary Trend

MOS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MOS across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England MOS Salary Histogram

MOS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing MOS within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London +17 20 £42,500 +23.18%
South East -11 3 £35,000 +7.69%
South West - 2 £25,000 -
West Midlands - 1 £22,500 -
East of England - 1 - -
East Midlands - 1 £52,500 -
MOS
UK

MOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 45 (81.82%) Windows
2 35 (63.64%) Windows 7
3 32 (58.18%) Microsoft
4 30 (54.55%) MS Office
5 27 (49.09%) Legal
6 26 (47.27%) Law
7 21 (38.18%) ITIL
8 19 (34.55%) MS Excel
9 12 (21.82%) Active Directory
10 10 (18.18%) Windows XP
10 10 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
11 9 (16.36%) MCDST
12 8 (14.55%) E-Learning
13 7 (12.73%) Blackberry
13 7 (12.73%) SharePoint
13 7 (12.73%) MCP
14 6 (10.91%) Document Management
14 6 (10.91%) MS PowerPoint
14 6 (10.91%) WorkSite
14 6 (10.91%) Lync
14 6 (10.91%) Learning Management System
15 5 (9.091%) Adobe Captivate
15 5 (9.091%) SLA
15 5 (9.091%) LAN
15 5 (9.091%) WAN
15 5 (9.091%) Adobe
15 5 (9.091%) ECDL
15 5 (9.091%) Service Management
16 4 (7.273%) Cisco Certification
16 4 (7.273%) A+ Certification

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 (1.818%) Application Packaging
1 1 (1.818%) COM
1 1 (1.818%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 7 (12.73%) SharePoint
2 6 (10.91%) WorkSite
2 6 (10.91%) Lync
3 4 (7.273%) MS Exchange
4 2 (3.636%) Exchange Server 2003
5 1 (1.818%) Exchange Server 2010
5 1 (1.818%) CM System
5 1 (1.818%) Lotus Notes
5 1 (1.818%) Lotus Domino
5 1 (1.818%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
Applications
1 30 (54.55%) MS Office
2 19 (34.55%) MS Excel
3 6 (10.91%) MS PowerPoint
4 5 (9.091%) Adobe Captivate
5 1 (1.818%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 2 (3.636%) Agresso
1 2 (3.636%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.818%) HFM
2 1 (1.818%) Oracle iProcurement
2 1 (1.818%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (1.818%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (1.818%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 5 (9.091%) LAN
1 5 (9.091%) WAN
2 2 (3.636%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (1.818%) SQL Server
1 1 (1.818%) TOAD
General
1 27 (49.09%) Legal
2 26 (47.27%) Law
3 3 (5.455%) Telecoms
3 3 (5.455%) Finance
Job Titles
1 27 (49.09%) Trainer
2 26 (47.27%) IT Trainer
3 24 (43.64%) Analyst
4 13 (23.64%) Support Analyst
5 12 (21.82%) Service Desk Analyst
5 12 (21.82%) Service Analyst
6 9 (16.36%) Technical Analyst
7 5 (9.091%) Technical Services Analyst
8 4 (7.273%) Technical Support
8 4 (7.273%) Technical Support Analyst
8 4 (7.273%) 2nd Line Support
9 3 (5.455%) Applications Support
10 2 (3.636%) Support Specialist
10 2 (3.636%) Desktop Support
10 2 (3.636%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 2 (3.636%) Applications Support Analyst
10 2 (3.636%) Desktop Analyst
10 2 (3.636%) Desktop Engineer
11 1 (1.818%) Applications Support Specialist
11 1 (1.818%) Oracle Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.55%) E-Learning
2 7 (12.73%) Blackberry
3 6 (10.91%) Learning Management System
4 1 (1.818%) PDA
4 1 (1.818%) Client/Server
4 1 (1.818%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 45 (81.82%) Windows
2 35 (63.64%) Windows 7
3 10 (18.18%) Windows XP
4 4 (7.273%) Linux
5 3 (5.455%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (5.455%) UNIX
5 3 (5.455%) Mac OS X
6 2 (3.636%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (3.636%) Windows 2000 Server
7 1 (1.818%) Windows Vista
7 1 (1.818%) Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (38.18%) ITIL
2 6 (10.91%) Document Management
3 5 (9.091%) Service Management
4 3 (5.455%) Practice Management
4 3 (5.455%) Incident Management
5 2 (3.636%) CRM
5 2 (3.636%) Time Management
6 1 (1.818%) Content Management
6 1 (1.818%) Business Analysis
6 1 (1.818%) eTOM
6 1 (1.818%) Logistics
6 1 (1.818%) Migration
6 1 (1.818%) Data Migration
6 1 (1.818%) Problem Management
6 1 (1.818%) Release Management
6 1 (1.818%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (1.818%) BPR
6 1 (1.818%) CAD
6 1 (1.818%) Configuration Management
6 1 (1.818%) MOF
Programming Languages
1 1 (1.818%) PowerShell
1 1 (1.818%) SQL
Qualifications
1 10 (18.18%) Microsoft Certification
2 9 (16.36%) MCDST
3 7 (12.73%) MCP
4 5 (9.091%) ECDL
5 4 (7.273%) Cisco Certification
5 4 (7.273%) A+ Certification
5 4 (7.273%) CCNA
6 3 (5.455%) MCITP
7 2 (3.636%) MCSE
7 2 (3.636%) Linux+ Certification
8 1 (1.818%) Network+ Certification
8 1 (1.818%) Server+ Certification
8 1 (1.818%) Microsoft Certified Master
8 1 (1.818%) CCENT
8 1 (1.818%) Degree
8 1 (1.818%) MCTS
8 1 (1.818%) CCNP
8 1 (1.818%) CCA
8 1 (1.818%) Citrix Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (9.091%) SLA
System Software
1 12 (21.82%) Active Directory
2 1 (1.818%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (1.818%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 2 (3.636%) NetBackup
2 1 (1.818%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 32 (58.18%) Microsoft
2 5 (9.091%) Adobe
3 2 (3.636%) Citrix
3 2 (3.636%) Symantec
3 2 (3.636%) Oracle
3 2 (3.636%) Altiris
4 1 (1.818%) Open Text
4 1 (1.818%) VMware
4 1 (1.818%) Panasonic
4 1 (1.818%) Cisco
4 1 (1.818%) IBM
4 1 (1.818%) HP
4 1 (1.818%) Dell
4 1 (1.818%) Intel
4 1 (1.818%) Remedy
4 1 (1.818%) McAfee
4 1 (1.818%) Avaya
4 1 (1.818%) Hyperion
4 1 (1.818%) Lotus
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