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The table below looks at the demand for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSearch Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£294£296
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£22.79£30.08
% change on same period last year-24.25 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads332393
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.665 %0.492 %
Daily rates quoted103161
Average minimum daily rate£331£357
Average daily rate£355£369
% change on same period last year-3.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£380
UK excluding London average daily rate£381£376
% change on same period last year+1.41 %
Hourly rates quoted7945
Average minimum hourly rate£27.39£23.21
Average hourly rate£28.08£26.05
% change on same period last year+7.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.76£28.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£27.65£28.89
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
SEO South WestSEO
South West

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

SEO
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SEO across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bristol SEO Demand Trend

SEO
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing SEO across the Bristol region.

Bristol SEO Daily Rate Trend

SEO
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing SEO across the Bristol region.

Bristol SEO Hourly Rate Trend

SEO
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing SEO 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited SEO.

12 (66.67 %)CMS
21 (33.33 %)Retail
21 (33.33 %)C#
21 (33.33 %)HTML
21 (33.33 %).NET
21 (33.33 %)SQL Server
21 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
21 (33.33 %)ASP
21 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
21 (33.33 %)CSS
21 (33.33 %)XHTML
21 (33.33 %)WebTrends
21 (33.33 %)Project Management
21 (33.33 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (33.33 %)Finance
21 (33.33 %)Publishing

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region citing SEO also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited SEO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (33.33 %)HTML
11 (33.33 %).NET
11 (33.33 %)ASP
11 (33.33 %)ASP.NET
11 (33.33 %)CSS
11 (33.33 %)XHTML
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (66.67 %)CMS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (33.33 %)WebTrends
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (33.33 %)SQL Server
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Pharmaceutical
11 (33.33 %)Finance
11 (33.33 %)Publishing
11 (33.33 %)Retail
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (33.33 %)Project Manager
11 (33.33 %)Analyst
11 (33.33 %)Test Analyst
11 (33.33 %)Technical Project Manager
11 (33.33 %)Technical Manager
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)Project Management
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (33.33 %)C#