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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for MOS in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MOS over the 3 months to 11 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 West Midlands region.

 Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Location
3 months to
11 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank-174235
Matching permanent IT job ads021
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands-0.042 %0.012 %
As % of the Qualifications category-0.167 %0.052 %
Salaries quoted021
Average salary-£30,000£36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--16.66 %
UK excluding London average salary£22,000£31,250£24,000
% change year-on-year
-29.60 %+30.20 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryAll Qualifications
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
72012001906
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands20.79 %25.27 %22.21 %
Salaries quoted6239651678
Average salary£35,000£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.690 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£22,000£20,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£50,000£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
MOS EnglandMOS
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MOS
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands MOS Salary Trend

MOS
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

13 (100.00 %)Windows
13 (100.00 %)MS Office
22 (66.67 %)SLA
22 (66.67 %)Microsoft Certification
22 (66.67 %)Remedy
22 (66.67 %)Windows Vista
22 (66.67 %)MCP
31 (33.33 %)MCDST
31 (33.33 %)Microsoft
31 (33.33 %)Active Directory
31 (33.33 %)ITIL
31 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
31 (33.33 %)MS Excel
31 (33.33 %)Windows NT
31 (33.33 %)Windows XP
31 (33.33 %)MS Exchange

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)MS Exchange
West Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (100.00 %)MS Office
21 (33.33 %)MS Excel
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Desktop Support
12 (66.67 %)2nd Line Support
12 (66.67 %)Desktop Support Engineer
12 (66.67 %)Support Engineer
12 (66.67 %)Desktop Engineer
12 (66.67 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Technical Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Service Analyst
21 (33.33 %)Technical Support Engineer
21 (33.33 %)Service Desk Analyst
21 (33.33 %)Analyst
21 (33.33 %)Technical Support
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (100.00 %)Windows
22 (66.67 %)Windows Vista
31 (33.33 %)Windows 2000
31 (33.33 %)Windows NT
31 (33.33 %)Windows XP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)ITIL
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (66.67 %)Microsoft Certification
12 (66.67 %)MCP
21 (33.33 %)MCDST
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (66.67 %)SLA
West Midlands IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (33.33 %)Active Directory
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (66.67 %)Remedy
21 (33.33 %)Microsoft