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 South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MOS over the 3 months to 19 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 South East region.

 Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank324319478
Rank change year-on-year
Down-5Up+159
Matching permanent IT job ads21015
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East0.013 %0.056 %0.035 %
As % of the Qualifications category0.053 %0.215 %0.143 %
Salaries quoted2014
Average salary£22,000-£18,500
UK excluding London average salary£22,000£27,875£24,000
% change year-on-year
-21.07 %+16.14 %
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
3741464910464
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East24.14 %26.18 %24.41 %
Salaries quoted314439478988
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-2.590 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£55,000£55,000
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 South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

South East 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 South East region.

South East MOS Salary Trend

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 19 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
BerkshireNew entry-2£22,000-
MOS EnglandMOS
England

MOS
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

19 (90.00 %)Windows
19 (90.00 %)MS Office
19 (90.00 %)SLA
28 (80.00 %)Microsoft
28 (80.00 %)Citrix
28 (80.00 %)A+ Certification
28 (80.00 %)ITIL
28 (80.00 %)Windows XP
28 (80.00 %)VPN
28 (80.00 %)Windows 2000
28 (80.00 %)MS Excel
28 (80.00 %)MS PowerPoint
28 (80.00 %)Network+ Certification
28 (80.00 %)Backup Exec
35 (50.00 %)Active Directory
43 (30.00 %)Peregrine
43 (30.00 %)Windows NT
51 (10.00 %)Windows Vista
51 (10.00 %)Matrix Management
51 (10.00 %)Legal
51 (10.00 %)MCP
51 (10.00 %)Remedy
51 (10.00 %)Microsoft Certification

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

South East IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (90.00 %)MS Office
28 (80.00 %)MS Excel
28 (80.00 %)MS PowerPoint
South East IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (80.00 %)VPN
South East IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11 (10.00 %)Legal
South East IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
18 (80.00 %)Analyst
18 (80.00 %)Helpdesk Analyst
25 (50.00 %)Service Desk Analyst
25 (50.00 %)Service Analyst
33 (30.00 %)Helpdesk Support
33 (30.00 %)1st Line Support Analyst
33 (30.00 %)Helpdesk Support Analyst
33 (30.00 %)1st Line Support
33 (30.00 %)Support Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Technical Support
41 (10.00 %)Support Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Technical Engineer
41 (10.00 %)Contracts Manager
41 (10.00 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
41 (10.00 %)2nd Line Support
41 (10.00 %)Technical Support Engineer
South East IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
19 (90.00 %)Windows
28 (80.00 %)Windows 2000
28 (80.00 %)Windows XP
33 (30.00 %)Windows NT
41 (10.00 %)Windows Vista
South East IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
18 (80.00 %)ITIL
21 (10.00 %)Matrix Management
South East IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (80.00 %)A+ Certification
18 (80.00 %)Network+ Certification
21 (10.00 %)MCP
21 (10.00 %)Microsoft Certification
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (90.00 %)SLA
South East IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (50.00 %)Active Directory
South East IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (80.00 %)Backup Exec
South East IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
18 (80.00 %)Microsoft
18 (80.00 %)Citrix
23 (30.00 %)Peregrine
31 (10.00 %)Remedy