The first 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 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 London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Rank 564 581 609
Rank change year-on-year
+17 +28
Permanent jobs citing MOS 20 55 41
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.046% 0.103% 0.071%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.180% 0.430% 0.301%
Number of salaries quoted 20 36 41
Average salary £42,500 £34,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.18% +7.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,900 £24,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £40,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,750 £32,500 £25,250
% change year-on-year
-5.38% +28.71%
All Qualifications
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
11112 12793 13635
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 25.41% 23.85% 23.51%
Number of salaries quoted 9020 11019 11305
Average salary £50,000 £48,000 £49,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.16% -2.04%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MOS
England

MOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

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 London region.

London MOS Salary Trend

MOS
Salary Histogram

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

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 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
City of London -25 4 £47,500 +42.85%
MOS
England

MOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 27 (87.10%) Windows
2 23 (74.19%) Law
3 20 (64.52%) Windows 7
4 19 (61.29%) Legal
5 17 (54.84%) MS Office
6 13 (41.94%) Microsoft
7 7 (22.58%) MS Excel
7 7 (22.58%) Blackberry
7 7 (22.58%) ITIL
8 6 (19.35%) Learning Management System
9 5 (16.13%) Document Management
9 5 (16.13%) WorkSite
10 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
11 3 (9.677%) SharePoint
11 3 (9.677%) Active Directory
11 3 (9.677%) Practice Management
11 3 (9.677%) Incident Management
11 3 (9.677%) MS Exchange
12 2 (6.452%) MCITP
12 2 (6.452%) Windows Server 2008
12 2 (6.452%) Windows 2000 Server
12 2 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2003
12 2 (6.452%) Time Management
12 2 (6.452%) Finance
12 2 (6.452%) E-Learning
12 2 (6.452%) Altiris
12 2 (6.452%) Service Management
12 2 (6.452%) Linux
12 2 (6.452%) MCSE
12 2 (6.452%) Windows XP

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 1 (3.226%) Application Packaging
Application Platforms
1 5 (16.13%) WorkSite
2 3 (9.677%) SharePoint
2 3 (9.677%) MS Exchange
3 2 (6.452%) Exchange Server 2003
4 1 (3.226%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
4 1 (3.226%) Exchange Server 2010
4 1 (3.226%) CM System
Applications
1 17 (54.84%) MS Office
2 7 (22.58%) MS Excel
3 1 (3.226%) MS Project
3 1 (3.226%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 2 (6.452%) Agresso
2 1 (3.226%) HFM
2 1 (3.226%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (3.226%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.452%) Intranet
General
1 23 (74.19%) Law
2 19 (61.29%) Legal
3 2 (6.452%) Finance
Job Titles
1 21 (67.74%) Trainer
2 20 (64.52%) IT Trainer
3 12 (38.71%) Analyst
4 8 (25.81%) Support Analyst
5 3 (9.677%) Applications Support
6 2 (6.452%) Desktop Support Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Applications Support Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Service Desk Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Desktop Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) Service Analyst
6 2 (6.452%) 2nd Line Support
6 2 (6.452%) Desktop Support
7 1 (3.226%) Consultant
7 1 (3.226%) Applications Specialist
7 1 (3.226%) Technical Support
7 1 (3.226%) Help Desk Analyst
7 1 (3.226%) Support Specialist
7 1 (3.226%) Functional Consultant
7 1 (3.226%) Applications Support Specialist
7 1 (3.226%) Oracle Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 7 (22.58%) Blackberry
2 6 (19.35%) Learning Management System
3 2 (6.452%) E-Learning
4 1 (3.226%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.226%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 27 (87.10%) Windows
2 20 (64.52%) Windows 7
3 2 (6.452%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (6.452%) Windows 2000 Server
3 2 (6.452%) Linux
3 2 (6.452%) Windows XP
4 1 (3.226%) Windows Server 2003
4 1 (3.226%) Mac OS X
4 1 (3.226%) UNIX
4 1 (3.226%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (22.58%) ITIL
2 5 (16.13%) Document Management
3 3 (9.677%) Practice Management
3 3 (9.677%) Incident Management
4 2 (6.452%) Time Management
4 2 (6.452%) Service Management
4 2 (6.452%) CRM
5 1 (3.226%) Six Sigma
5 1 (3.226%) BPR
5 1 (3.226%) Configuration Management
5 1 (3.226%) MOF
5 1 (3.226%) Project Management
5 1 (3.226%) Migration
5 1 (3.226%) Content Management
5 1 (3.226%) Data Migration
5 1 (3.226%) Problem Management
5 1 (3.226%) Release Management
5 1 (3.226%) Business Analysis
5 1 (3.226%) eTOM
Programming Languages
1 1 (3.226%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 4 (12.90%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (6.452%) MCITP
2 2 (6.452%) MCSE
3 1 (3.226%) CCNA
3 1 (3.226%) MCP
3 1 (3.226%) CCA
3 1 (3.226%) Citrix Certification
3 1 (3.226%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.226%) Degree
3 1 (3.226%) MCDST
System Software
1 3 (9.677%) Active Directory
2 1 (3.226%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (3.226%) Citrix Presentation Server
Systems Management
1 1 (3.226%) McAfee ePO
Vendors
1 13 (41.94%) Microsoft
2 2 (6.452%) Altiris
3 1 (3.226%) McAfee
3 1 (3.226%) Hyperion
3 1 (3.226%) Adobe
3 1 (3.226%) Oracle
3 1 (3.226%) HP
3 1 (3.226%) Dell
3 1 (3.226%) Intel
3 1 (3.226%) Citrix
3 1 (3.226%) Open Text
3 1 (3.226%) VMware
London
PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES- First point of contact for all support of hardware and software problems- Logging of desktop support, printers and service problems- Resolution of desktop support problems - Monitoring...
Michael Page
Salary: GBP22000 to GBP27000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013