Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MOS in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MOS over the 3 months to 17 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 London region.

 Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank444445531
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Up+86
Matching permanent IT job ads3517132
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London0.090 %0.053 %0.158 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.485 %0.255 %0.795 %
Salaries quoted341697
Average salary£37,500£28,000£33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+33.92 %-16.41 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£23,000£24,350
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£46,000£38,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£22,000£27,875£23,500
% change year-on-year
-21.07 %+18.61 %
London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7217667416598
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London18.62 %20.97 %19.81 %
Salaries quoted6000554313598
Average salary£47,000£41,800£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.44 %-7.110 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£70,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MOS EnglandMOS
England

MOS
Demand Trend

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

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 London region.

London MOS Salary Trend

MOS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MOS across the London region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-3719£40,000+42.85 %
MOS EnglandMOS
England

MOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the 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.

153 (92.98 %)MS Office
237 (64.91 %)Microsoft Certification
332 (56.14 %)Microsoft
431 (54.39 %)MS Excel
525 (43.86 %)MCT
622 (38.60 %)Blackberry
720 (35.09 %)Finance
816 (28.07 %)Windows
913 (22.81 %)Law
1010 (17.54 %)ECDL
1010 (17.54 %)VBA
1010 (17.54 %)ITIL
1010 (17.54 %)Windows XP
119 (15.79 %)MCP
128 (14.04 %)Legal
128 (14.04 %)Document Management
137 (12.28 %)MS PowerPoint
137 (12.28 %)WorkSite
146 (10.53 %)Banking
146 (10.53 %)Active Directory
155 (8.772 %)TCP/IP
155 (8.772 %)Education
155 (8.772 %)Health
155 (8.772 %)Northgate
155 (8.772 %)Capita
155 (8.772 %)Academy Housing
155 (8.772 %)Orchard
155 (8.772 %)arcHouse
164 (7.018 %)Investment Banking
164 (7.018 %)NHS

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the 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.

London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12 (3.509 %)XML
21 (1.754 %)Flash
London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (12.28 %)WorkSite
24 (7.018 %)SharePoint
31 (1.754 %)Lotus Notes
31 (1.754 %)MS Exchange
31 (1.754 %)Flash Media Server
London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
153 (92.98 %)MS Office
231 (54.39 %)MS Excel
37 (12.28 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (1.754 %)DeltaView
London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (8.772 %)Academy Housing
15 (8.772 %)arcHouse
23 (5.263 %)Microsoft CRM
23 (5.263 %)Cerner Millennium
23 (5.263 %)Dynamics CRM
23 (5.263 %)Dynamics AX
32 (3.509 %)Great Plains
London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (8.772 %)TCP/IP
23 (5.263 %)LAN
23 (5.263 %)WAN
23 (5.263 %)DHCP
23 (5.263 %)VPN
31 (1.754 %)Intranet
31 (1.754 %)3G
London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
120 (35.09 %)Finance
213 (22.81 %)Law
38 (14.04 %)Legal
46 (10.53 %)Banking
55 (8.772 %)Education
55 (8.772 %)Health
64 (7.018 %)Investment Banking
71 (1.754 %)Front Office
71 (1.754 %)Multimedia
London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
134 (59.65 %)Trainer
232 (56.14 %)IT Trainer
310 (17.54 %)Analyst
46 (10.53 %)Support Engineer
55 (8.772 %)Support Analyst
55 (8.772 %)Service Analyst
64 (7.018 %)Service Desk Analyst
64 (7.018 %)Technical Support
73 (5.263 %)Helpdesk Support
73 (5.263 %)Technical Engineer
73 (5.263 %)Technical Support Engineer
82 (3.509 %)IT Support
82 (3.509 %)1st Line Support Engineer
82 (3.509 %)Helpdesk Engineer
82 (3.509 %)IT Support Engineer
82 (3.509 %)1st Line Support
91 (1.754 %)Support Specialist
91 (1.754 %)Applications Support
91 (1.754 %)IT Consultant
91 (1.754 %)Consultant
London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
122 (38.60 %)Blackberry
24 (7.018 %)NHS
33 (5.263 %)NPfIT
42 (3.509 %)E-Learning
51 (1.754 %)Streaming Video
51 (1.754 %)French Language
51 (1.754 %)German Language
London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
116 (28.07 %)Windows
210 (17.54 %)Windows XP
31 (1.754 %)Windows 2000
31 (1.754 %)Windows 7
31 (1.754 %)Mac OS X Server
31 (1.754 %)Windows Vista
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
110 (17.54 %)ITIL
28 (14.04 %)Document Management
34 (7.018 %)CRM
41 (1.754 %)Practice Management
41 (1.754 %)Asset Management
41 (1.754 %)Content Management
41 (1.754 %)Knowledge Management
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
110 (17.54 %)VBA
London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
137 (64.91 %)Microsoft Certification
225 (43.86 %)MCT
310 (17.54 %)ECDL
49 (15.79 %)MCP
53 (5.263 %)MCSA
53 (5.263 %)ITIL Certification
62 (3.509 %)Cisco Certification
62 (3.509 %)CCNA
62 (3.509 %)MCSE
71 (1.754 %)MCITP
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (5.263 %)SLA
London IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (10.53 %)Active Directory
London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
132 (56.14 %)Microsoft
25 (8.772 %)Northgate
25 (8.772 %)Capita
25 (8.772 %)Orchard
33 (5.263 %)Adobe
33 (5.263 %)Interwoven
33 (5.263 %)Cerner
33 (5.263 %)Remedy
42 (3.509 %)Sage
42 (3.509 %)Avaya
51 (1.754 %)HP
51 (1.754 %)Citrix
51 (1.754 %)Lotus
51 (1.754 %)Apple
51 (1.754 %)Reuters
51 (1.754 %)Bloomberg
51 (1.754 %)Tandberg