The first table below looks at the demand for MOS in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited MOS over the 3 months to 22 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 West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Rank - 169 -
Permanent jobs citing MOS 0 4 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire - 0.123% -
As % of the Qualifications category - 0.501% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 4 0
Average salary - £31,500 -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £32,500 £25,250
% change year-on-year
+7.69% +28.71%
All Qualifications
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Qualifications category
917 799 645
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 24.76% 24.54% 22.04%
Number of salaries quoted 686 657 544
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £22,500 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £51,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
MOS
Yorkshire

MOS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire MOS Salary Trend

MOS
Top 10 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 8 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) MCDST
1 8 (100.00%) Windows 7
2 5 (62.50%) Legal
2 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
3 3 (37.50%) Service Management
3 3 (37.50%) MS Office

MOS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

Applications
1 5 (62.50%) MS Excel
2 3 (37.50%) MS Office
General
1 5 (62.50%) Legal
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Analyst
1 8 (100.00%) Service Analyst
1 8 (100.00%) Technical Analyst
1 8 (100.00%) Service Desk Analyst
2 5 (62.50%) Technical Services Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Support Analyst
3 3 (37.50%) Technical Support
3 3 (37.50%) Technical Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 8 (100.00%) Windows
1 8 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) ITIL
2 3 (37.50%) Service Management
Qualifications
1 8 (100.00%) MCDST
System Software
1 8 (100.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (100.00%) Microsoft