The first table below looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Buckinghamshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Rank 70 73 74
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +1
Contract jobs citing SEO 3 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.370% 0.100% 0.190%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.531% 0.149% 0.311%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
Average daily rate £165 £250 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-34.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £256 £289 £288
% change year-on-year
-11.25% +0.43%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £14.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £16.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-16.66% -26.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
565 669 643
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 69.75% 66.63% 61.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 347 316 269
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £186 £200 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £425 £508
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
-0.68% -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 20 31 47
Average hourly rate £18.00 £15.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% -25.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.50 £10.58 £12.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.60 £18.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £25.00 £30.00
% change year-on-year
+26.00% -16.66%
SEO
South East

SEO
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing SEO across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Buckinghamshire SEO Jobs Demand Trend

SEO
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire SEO Daily Rate Trend

SEO
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire SEO Hourly Rate Trend

SEO
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Marlow - 1 £165 -
SEO
South East

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

1 4 (66.67%) Marketing
1 4 (66.67%) Web Analytics
1 4 (66.67%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Ajax
2 3 (50.00%) Content Management
2 3 (50.00%) WebSphere
2 3 (50.00%) CMS
2 3 (50.00%) J2EE
2 3 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 3 (50.00%) UML
2 3 (50.00%) OOA/OOD
2 3 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 3 (50.00%) IBM
3 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 2 (33.33%) MS Office
3 2 (33.33%) Commerce Server
3 2 (33.33%) Document Management
4 1 (16.67%) Google
4 1 (16.67%) Retail
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (16.67%) InDesign
4 1 (16.67%) Google Analytics
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Social Media
4 1 (16.67%) Marketing Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Social Media Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) CSS
4 1 (16.67%) B2C

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) Ajax
1 3 (50.00%) WebSphere
1 3 (50.00%) J2EE
2 1 (16.67%) CSS
2 1 (16.67%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (50.00%) CMS
2 2 (33.33%) Commerce Server
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 2 (33.33%) MS Office
3 1 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (16.67%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Google Analytics
General
1 4 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Coordinator
1 2 (33.33%) Architect
1 2 (33.33%) Consultant
1 2 (33.33%) Solutions Architect
1 2 (33.33%) WebSphere Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Website Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (66.67%) Web Analytics
1 4 (66.67%) Analytics
2 3 (50.00%) Content Management
2 3 (50.00%) UML
2 3 (50.00%) OOA/OOD
2 3 (50.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (33.33%) Document Management
4 1 (16.67%) Project Management
4 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) Information Architecture
4 1 (16.67%) Marketing Strategy
4 1 (16.67%) Social Media Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) C
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) IBM
2 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 1 (16.67%) Google
3 1 (16.67%) Adobe
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