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This section looks at the demand for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) skills within the East Midlands 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSearch Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank9094
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.204 %0.309 %
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£215£221
% change on same period last year-2.74 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£25.00
Average hourly rate-£26.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.75£27.19
% change on same period last year-23.67 %
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads979971
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.305 %0.969 %
Daily rates quoted358221
Average minimum daily rate£384£360
Average daily rate£408£381
% change on same period last year+6.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£432£403
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£376
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted66108
Average minimum hourly rate£27.73£25.82
Average hourly rate£30.32£27.56
% change on same period last year+10.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.90£29.29
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.35£30.32
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
SEO EnglandSEO
England

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 East Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands SEO Hourly Rate Trend

SEO
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeicestershireNew entry-1--
NorthamptonshireNew entry-1--
SEO EnglandSEO
England

SEO
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

14 (50.00 %)Marketing
23 (37.50 %)Sage
23 (37.50 %)PHP
23 (37.50 %)E-Commerce
32 (25.00 %)CSS
32 (25.00 %)MySQL
32 (25.00 %)SQL Server
32 (25.00 %)HTML
32 (25.00 %)JavaScript
32 (25.00 %)AJAX
32 (25.00 %)CMS
32 (25.00 %)Internet
41 (12.50 %)Direct Marketing
41 (12.50 %)Internet Marketing
41 (12.50 %)LAMP
41 (12.50 %)W3C
41 (12.50 %)Fireworks
41 (12.50 %)Pay per click
41 (12.50 %)C#
41 (12.50 %)Java
41 (12.50 %)SQL
41 (12.50 %)Transact-SQL
41 (12.50 %)VB.NET
41 (12.50 %).NET
41 (12.50 %)Photoshop
41 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
41 (12.50 %)XML
41 (12.50 %)Dreamweaver
41 (12.50 %)Microsoft

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (25.00 %)HTML
12 (25.00 %)CSS
12 (25.00 %)AJAX
21 (12.50 %)XML
21 (12.50 %)LAMP
21 (12.50 %).NET
21 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (25.00 %)CMS
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (12.50 %)Photoshop
11 (12.50 %)Fireworks
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (25.00 %)Internet
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (25.00 %)MySQL
12 (25.00 %)SQL Server
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (12.50 %)Dreamweaver
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (50.00 %)Marketing
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (50.00 %)Developer
14 (50.00 %)Web Developer
23 (37.50 %)PHP Web Developer
23 (37.50 %)PHP Developer
31 (12.50 %)Senior Java Developer
31 (12.50 %)Senior PHP Developer
31 (12.50 %)Senior PHP Web Developer
31 (12.50 %)Java Web Developer
31 (12.50 %)Senior Java Web Developer
31 (12.50 %)Senior Developer
31 (12.50 %)Java Developer
31 (12.50 %)Senior Web Developer
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)W3C
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (37.50 %)E-Commerce
21 (12.50 %)Pay per click
21 (12.50 %)Direct Marketing
21 (12.50 %)Internet Marketing
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (37.50 %)PHP
22 (25.00 %)JavaScript
31 (12.50 %)C#
31 (12.50 %)Java
31 (12.50 %)SQL
31 (12.50 %)Transact-SQL
31 (12.50 %)VB.NET
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (37.50 %)Sage
21 (12.50 %)Microsoft