SEO Engineer Contracts in England

Search Engine Optimisation Engineer (SEO Engineer)
UK > England

The median Search Engine Optimisation Engineer (SEO Engineer) daily rate in England is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 8 May 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
8 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 552 641 777
Rank change year-on-year +89 +136 -
Contract jobs requiring an SEO Engineer 2 4 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.005% 0.008% 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.009% 0.001%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 4 1
10th Percentile - £295 -
25th Percentile £413 £438 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £535 £510
Median % change year-on-year -20.56% +4.90% -
75th Percentile £438 £553 £515
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £425 £535 £510
% change year-on-year -20.56% +4.90% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 34,147 46,484 67,372
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.70% 94.64% 95.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 22,648 32,994 47,972
10th Percentile £281 £313 £313
25th Percentile £413 £425 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +7.69%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £639
90th Percentile £750 £758 £738
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,443 1,382 1,859
10th Percentile £12.87 £14.30 £12.50
25th Percentile £16.30 £20.00 £15.37
Median hourly rate £37.18 £45.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -17.38% +100.00% +2.27%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.45 £48.75
90th Percentile £73.75 £77.50 £62.80
UK median hourly rate £36.65 £45.00 £23.91
% change year-on-year -18.56% +88.21% +6.27%

SEO Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured SEO Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SEO Engineer in England

SEO Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SEO Engineer in England.

Daily rate trend for SEO Engineer in England

SEO Engineer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEO Engineer within the England region over the 6 months to 8 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
South West - 2 £425 -
SEO Engineer
UK

SEO Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 8 May 2024, SEO Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring SEO Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) JUnit
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SEO
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills

SEO Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) JUnit
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SEO
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared