SEO Contracts in the City of London

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Central London > City of London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the City of 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 25 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 168 179
Rank change year-on-year +45 +11 -37
Contract jobs citing SEO 6 4 14
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.27% 0.11% 0.33%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.30% 0.12% 0.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 12
10th Percentile £224 £343 -
25th Percentile £263 £350 £250
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £326 £375 £400
Median % change year-on-year -13.00% -6.25% +45.45%
75th Percentile £451 £431 £523
90th Percentile £519 £458 £571
Central London median daily rate £378 £375 £400
% change year-on-year +0.67% -6.25% +45.45%

All Process and Methodology Skills
City of 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 the City of London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,011 3,350 3,877
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 90.50% 91.88% 91.79%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,422 2,249 2,943
10th Percentile £363 £350 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £565 £600 £575
Median % change year-on-year -5.83% +4.35% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £730 £675
90th Percentile £800 £825 £775
Central London median daily rate £550 £600 £570
% change year-on-year -8.33% +5.26% +8.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 26 40
10th Percentile £19.13 £15.50 £18.30
25th Percentile £20.22 £18.93 £23.44
Median hourly rate £25.00 £43.25 £41.00
Median % change year-on-year -42.20% +5.49% +115.93%
75th Percentile £40.00 £58.75 £52.00
90th Percentile £48.57 £88.30 £62.83
Central London median hourly rate £27.81 £35.00 £41.00
% change year-on-year -20.54% -14.63% +105.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO in the City of London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SEO in the City of London.

Daily rate trend for SEO in the City of London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the City of London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SEO in the City of London over the 6 months to 25 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SEO in the City of London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SEO in the City of London.

Hourly rate trend for SEO in the City of London

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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 (33.33%) CMS
2 1 (16.67%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Headless CMS
2 1 (16.67%) Sitecore CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) Looker
General
1 4 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (16.67%) Banking
2 1 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Developer
1 2 (33.33%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
2 1 (16.67%) Account Director
2 1 (16.67%) Account Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Content Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Account Director
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Account Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Director
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Executive
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Marketing Executive
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Product Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing Executive
2 1 (16.67%) Product Manager
2 1 (16.67%) SEO Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (33.33%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Social Media
2 2 (33.33%) Graphic Design
3 1 (16.67%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) Analytics
1 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (33.33%) Front End Development
1 2 (33.33%) Social Media Marketing
1 2 (33.33%) Web Development
2 1 (16.67%) Content Management
2 1 (16.67%) Content Strategy
2 1 (16.67%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
2 1 (16.67%) Customer Experience
2 1 (16.67%) Data Science
2 1 (16.67%) Design Patterns
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
2 1 (16.67%) Enterprise Content Management
2 1 (16.67%) Machine Learning
2 1 (16.67%) Performance Analysis
2 1 (16.67%) Project Delivery
2 1 (16.67%) Statistics
2 1 (16.67%) User Experience
2 1 (16.67%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 2 (33.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
1 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Adobe
2 1 (16.67%) Ahrefs
2 1 (16.67%) Brandwatch
2 1 (16.67%) Sitecore