SEO Contracts in Central London

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
London > Central London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for SEO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SEO over the 6 months to 4 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
4 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 125 168 183
Rank change year-on-year +43 +15 -29
Contract jobs citing SEO 8 4 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Central London 0.33% 0.10% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.11% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 12
10th Percentile £224 £343 -
25th Percentile £263 £350 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £343 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year -8.67% -6.25% +23.08%
75th Percentile £460 £431 £523
90th Percentile £519 £458 £571
London median daily rate £410 £358 £475
% change year-on-year +14.69% -24.74% +16.92%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Central London

SEO is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Central London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,189 3,514 4,179
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Central London 90.64% 91.39% 91.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,561 2,377 3,194
10th Percentile £350 £325 £375
25th Percentile £450 £463 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +4.39% +9.48%
75th Percentile £688 £725 £675
90th Percentile £800 £820 £775
London median daily rate £550 £590 £575
% change year-on-year -6.78% +2.61% +9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 29 41
10th Percentile £20.01 £15.45 £18.50
25th Percentile £22.38 £18.50 £24.25
Median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £40.50
Median % change year-on-year -20.54% -13.58% +102.50%
75th Percentile £29.11 £58.75 £55.25
90th Percentile £41.29 £88.30 £65.75
London median hourly rate £28.50 £39.00 £36.41
% change year-on-year -26.92% +7.11% +10.84%

SEO
Job Vacancy Trend in Central London

Job postings citing SEO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Central London.

Job vacancy trend for SEO in Central London

SEO
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SEO in Central London.

Daily rate trend for SEO in Central London

SEO
Daily Rate Histogram in Central London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SEO in Central London over the 6 months to 4 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SEO in Central London

SEO
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Central London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SEO in Central London.

Hourly rate trend for SEO in Central London

SEO
Contract Job Locations in Central London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the Central London region over the 6 months to 4 May 2024. 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
City of London +51 5 £275 -26.67% 9
West End of London - 1 - -
Lambeth - 1 £410 -
SEO
London

SEO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Central London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) CMS
2 1 (12.50%) Headless CMS
2 1 (12.50%) Sitecore CMS
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Google Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) Google Data Studio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Looker
General
1 4 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Banking
2 1 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (12.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Analytics Developer
2 2 (25.00%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
3 1 (12.50%) Consultant
3 1 (12.50%) Content Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Designer
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Executive
3 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing Executive
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing Executive
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) Salesforce Specialist
3 1 (12.50%) SEO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (25.00%) Next.js
2 1 (12.50%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Social Media
2 2 (25.00%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) A/B Testing
2 2 (25.00%) Data Collection
2 2 (25.00%) Data Visualisation
2 2 (25.00%) Front End Development
2 2 (25.00%) Social Media Marketing
2 2 (25.00%) Visualisation
2 2 (25.00%) Web Analytics
2 2 (25.00%) Web Development
3 1 (12.50%) B2B
3 1 (12.50%) B2B Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Content Management
3 1 (12.50%) Content Strategy
3 1 (12.50%) Customer Experience
3 1 (12.50%) Design Patterns
3 1 (12.50%) Enterprise Content Management
3 1 (12.50%) Marketing Analytics
3 1 (12.50%) Performance Analysis
3 1 (12.50%) User Experience
3 1 (12.50%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (25.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (12.50%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (62.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Ahrefs
2 1 (12.50%) Brandwatch
2 1 (12.50%) Pardot
2 1 (12.50%) Salesforce
2 1 (12.50%) Sitecore