MPS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

          CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350, AS ADOPTED
            PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

     In connection with the Annual Report of MPS Group,  Inc. (the 'Company') on
Form 10-K for the period ending  December 31, 2002 as amended by the Form 10-K/A
filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  on the date  hereof  (the
'Report'),  I, Timothy D. Payne,  President and Chief  Executive  Officer of the
Company,  certify,  pursuant to 18 U.S.C.  Section 1350, as adopted  pursuant to
Section. 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

     (1)  The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of section 13(a) or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

     (2)  The  information  contained  in the  Report  fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects, the financial condition and result of operations of
          the Company.

Date: January 16, 2004                  /s/Timothy D. Payne
                                        Timothy D. Payne
                                        President and Chief Executive Officer