MOS Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of London with a requirement for MOS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 25 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 116 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing MOS 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.060% - -
As % of the Qualifications category 0.23% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £225 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - -
75th Percentile £275 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £250 - -

All Academic and Professional Certifications
City of London

MOS falls under the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications in the City of London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 430 527 583
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 25.63% 24.99% 20.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 300 311 350
10th Percentile £325 £354 £350
25th Percentile £450 £463 £443
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £563 £561
Median % change year-on-year -2.22% +0.22% -4.47%
75th Percentile £670 £660 £688
90th Percentile £738 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £550 £550
% change year-on-year - - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 5 2
10th Percentile £20.55 £23.10 £23.45
25th Percentile £25.75 £27.00 £31.63
Median hourly rate £27.50 £32.50 £46.50
Median % change year-on-year -15.38% -30.11% +7.84%
75th Percentile £29.50 £112.00 £62.63
90th Percentile £51.14 - £71.55
Central London median hourly rate £27.75 £32.50 £18.00
% change year-on-year -14.62% +80.56% -58.26%

MOS
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing MOS relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

MOS job vacancy trend in the City of London

MOS
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MOS.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MOS

MOS
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MOS.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing MOS

MOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) Internet
1 1 (100.00%) Intranet
1 1 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 1 (100.00%) LAN
1 1 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 1 (100.00%) WAN
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support
1 1 (100.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Mac OS X
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 10
1 1 (100.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Asset Management
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) CRM
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (100.00%) MCSA
1 1 (100.00%) MCSE
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 1 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) Avaya
1 1 (100.00%) Citrix
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) Polycom
1 1 (100.00%) Wyse