The first table below looks at the demand for MOS in IT jobs advertised for the Surrey region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MOS over the 3 months to 21 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 Surrey region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Rank 209 217 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Permanent jobs citing MOS 2 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 0.038% 0.100% -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.107% 0.274% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 6 0
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £32,500 £25,250
% change year-on-year
- +28.71%
All Qualifications
Surrey
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
1869 2188 1613
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Surrey 35.35% 36.42% 30.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1516 1894 1417
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £31,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
- +3.89%
MOS
South East

MOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Surrey 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 Surrey region.

Surrey 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 Surrey region over the 3 months to 21 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
Weybridge - 2 £37,500 -
Sunbury-on-Thames - 1 £35,000 -
MOS
South East

MOS
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 5 (100.00%) MS Office
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 5 (100.00%) ECDL
1 5 (100.00%) E-Learning
1 5 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
1 5 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 4 (80.00%) Lync
2 4 (80.00%) Adobe
2 4 (80.00%) Adobe Captivate
2 4 (80.00%) SharePoint

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Surrey 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 Platforms
1 4 (80.00%) Lync
1 4 (80.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 5 (100.00%) MS Office
1 5 (100.00%) MS Excel
1 5 (100.00%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (80.00%) Adobe Captivate
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Trainer
1 5 (100.00%) IT Trainer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) Windows
1 5 (100.00%) Windows XP
1 5 (100.00%) Windows 7
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) ECDL
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Adobe