MOS Contract Job Trends in London

Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for MOS qualifications. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered over the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 365 386 425
Rank change year-on-year +21 +39 +142
Contract jobs citing MOS 2 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in London 0.015% 0.006% 0.005%
As % of the Qualifications category 0.055% 0.025% 0.021%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 1
10th Percentile £230 - -
25th Percentile £236 £675 £681
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £260 £700 £688
Median % change year-on-year -62.86% +1.82% +30.95%
75th Percentile £274 £725 £694
90th Percentile £275 - -
England median daily rate £260 £425 £688
% change year-on-year -38.82% -38.18% +19.57%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
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 London.

Contract vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 3,663 3,963 4,709
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 27.06% 25.33% 22.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,483 2,521 3,211
10th Percentile £352 £350 £355
25th Percentile £435 £450 £452
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £538 £550 £550
Median % change year-on-year -2.27% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £653 £650 £675
90th Percentile £738 £770 £775
England median daily rate £525 £530 £550
% change year-on-year -0.94% -3.64% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 85 57 97
10th Percentile £19.11 £18.13 £19.00
25th Percentile - £27.00 £22.50
Median hourly rate £25.15 £39.50 £54.00
Median % change year-on-year -36.33% -26.85% +22.42%
75th Percentile £41.87 £63.75 £72.00
90th Percentile £65.34 £77.11 £86.50
England median hourly rate £25.15 £52.19 £52.50
% change year-on-year -51.81% -0.59% +16.67%

MOS
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

MOS job vacancy trend in London

MOS
Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing MOS

MOS
Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in London citing MOS

MOS
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing MOS within the London region over the 6 months to 28 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South London - 1 £270 -
Central London - 1 £250 - 1
MOS
England

MOS
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 (50.00%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
Communications & Networking
1 2 (100.00%) IP Telephony
1 2 (100.00%) LAN
1 2 (100.00%) TCP/IP
1 2 (100.00%) WAN
2 1 (50.00%) Internet
2 1 (50.00%) Intranet
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Banking
1 1 (50.00%) Finance
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support
2 1 (50.00%) Desktop Support Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Engineer
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Support
2 1 (50.00%) Technical Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (100.00%) Windows
1 2 (100.00%) Windows 10
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS
2 1 (50.00%) Mac OS X
2 1 (50.00%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) ITIL
2 1 (50.00%) Asset Management
2 1 (50.00%) Change Management
2 1 (50.00%) CRM
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Service
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Service Delivery
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) MCSA
1 2 (100.00%) MCSE
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) SLA
System Software
1 2 (100.00%) Virtual Desktop
2 1 (50.00%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (100.00%) SCCM
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Apple
1 2 (100.00%) Avaya
1 2 (100.00%) Citrix
1 2 (100.00%) Polycom
1 2 (100.00%) Wyse
2 1 (50.00%) Microsoft