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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Rank 433 423 417
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -6
Permanent jobs citing MOS 3 20 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 0.014% 0.084% 0.018%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.042% 0.251% 0.063%
Number of salaries quoted 3 20 4
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% +22.64%
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £25,250
% change year-on-year
- +28.71%
All Qualifications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
7175 7966 6300
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 32.59% 33.52% 27.70%
Number of salaries quoted 5783 6964 5399
Average salary £41,500 £40,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.75% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East MOS Salary Trend

MOS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing MOS across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 17 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
Surrey +12 2 £35,000 +7.69%
MOS
England

MOS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 7 (87.50%) Windows
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 6 (75.00%) MS Office
3 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
3 5 (62.50%) Windows XP
3 5 (62.50%) ECDL
3 5 (62.50%) E-Learning
3 5 (62.50%) MS PowerPoint
3 5 (62.50%) Windows 7
4 4 (50.00%) Lync
4 4 (50.00%) Adobe Captivate
4 4 (50.00%) Adobe
4 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
5 3 (37.50%) ITIL
5 3 (37.50%) LAN
5 3 (37.50%) WAN
6 2 (25.00%) MCP
6 2 (25.00%) SLA
6 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (12.50%) Avaya
7 1 (12.50%) Lotus
7 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (12.50%) Cisco
7 1 (12.50%) IBM
7 1 (12.50%) CAD
7 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
7 1 (12.50%) Law
7 1 (12.50%) Legal
7 1 (12.50%) COM
7 1 (12.50%) Client/Server

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South East 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 (12.50%) COM
1 1 (12.50%) CGI
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (50.00%) Lync
2 1 (12.50%) MS Exchange
2 1 (12.50%) Lotus Notes
2 1 (12.50%) Lotus Domino
Applications
1 6 (75.00%) MS Office
2 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
2 5 (62.50%) MS PowerPoint
3 4 (50.00%) Adobe Captivate
Communications & Networking
1 3 (37.50%) LAN
1 3 (37.50%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (12.50%) Telecoms
1 1 (12.50%) Law
1 1 (12.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Trainer
1 5 (62.50%) IT Trainer
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Support Analyst
3 1 (12.50%) Support Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Field Engineer
3 1 (12.50%) Field Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) E-Learning
2 1 (12.50%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 7 (87.50%) Windows
2 5 (62.50%) Windows XP
2 5 (62.50%) Windows 7
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (12.50%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) ITIL
2 1 (12.50%) CAD
Qualifications
1 5 (62.50%) ECDL
2 2 (25.00%) MCP
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (12.50%) CCNP
3 1 (12.50%) CCNA
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (12.50%) MCTS
3 1 (12.50%) MCITP
3 1 (12.50%) CCENT
3 1 (12.50%) Microsoft Certified Master
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Microsoft
2 4 (50.00%) Adobe
3 1 (12.50%) Citrix
3 1 (12.50%) Avaya
3 1 (12.50%) Lotus
3 1 (12.50%) Panasonic
3 1 (12.50%) Cisco
3 1 (12.50%) IBM