SEO Contracts in England

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in England 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 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 438 510 577
Rank change year-on-year +72 +67 -113
Contract jobs citing SEO 99 141 199
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.27% 0.29% 0.28%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.32% 0.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 71 100 154
10th Percentile £260 £240 £221
25th Percentile £289 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £350 £475
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -26.32% +18.75%
75th Percentile £487 £475 £570
90th Percentile £623 £553 £625
UK median daily rate £425 £350 £469
% change year-on-year +21.43% -25.33% +17.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 14 8
10th Percentile £11.44 - £25.50
25th Percentile £16.35 £21.00 £25.60
Median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £28.14
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% -2.26% +25.04%
75th Percentile £31.88 £32.25 £32.50
90th Percentile £39.60 £34.13 £33.25
UK median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £26.27
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.68% +16.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 31,446 43,440 63,865
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 86.42% 90.15% 90.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 20,588 30,513 45,420
10th Percentile £300 £325 £333
25th Percentile £413 £448 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £540
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
75th Percentile £650 £675 £650
90th Percentile £750 £766 £750
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,245 1,538 1,746
10th Percentile £12.92 £10.63 £12.50
25th Percentile £15.92 £16.23 £15.25
Median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
Median % change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%
75th Percentile £60.25 £65.00 £49.37
90th Percentile £72.50 £75.00 £65.00
UK median hourly rate £36.27 £35.65 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.75% +38.82% +5.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO in England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SEO in England

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Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SEO in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SEO in England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for SEO in England

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Hourly Rate Histogram in England

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SEO in England over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SEO in England

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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 within the England region over the 6 months to 16 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
London +96 58 £425 +17.97% 117
Midlands +29 8 £517 +3.35% 55
West Midlands +28 8 £517 +3.35% 32
South East -22 8 £400 +15.94% 38
South West +9 7 £500 +5.26% 22
North of England +23 5 £335 -23.86% 95
East of England +9 5 £293 - 25
North East - 3 - - 8
Yorkshire +11 2 £335 -23.86% 30
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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:

Application Platforms
1 42 (42.42%) CMS
2 11 (11.11%) Headless CMS
3 7 (7.07%) Drupal
4 5 (5.05%) SharePoint
4 5 (5.05%) Sitecore CMS
5 4 (4.04%) Confluence
6 3 (3.03%) WordPress
7 2 (2.02%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 2 (2.02%) Umbraco
8 1 (1.01%) EPiServer
8 1 (1.01%) SAS
Applications
1 4 (4.04%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (3.03%) Adobe Illustrator
2 3 (3.03%) Microsoft Excel
3 2 (2.02%) Photoshop
4 1 (1.01%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (1.01%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (1.01%) Adobe XD
4 1 (1.01%) Stata
Business Applications
1 2 (2.02%) Shopify
1 2 (2.02%) Workfront
2 1 (1.01%) Eloqua
2 1 (1.01%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 10 (10.10%) Google Analytics
2 4 (4.04%) Azure
2 4 (4.04%) Azure DevOps
2 4 (4.04%) SaaS
3 2 (2.02%) AWS
3 2 (2.02%) ChatGPT
3 2 (2.02%) GitHub
3 2 (2.02%) Google Data Studio
4 1 (1.01%) Canva
4 1 (1.01%) Figma
4 1 (1.01%) Google Tag Manager
4 1 (1.01%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.04%) HTTP
2 2 (2.02%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (4.04%) MySQL
2 2 (2.02%) Looker
3 1 (1.01%) Metadata
3 1 (1.01%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (16.16%) JIRA
2 8 (8.08%) Git
3 5 (5.05%) webpack
4 4 (4.04%) Jenkins
5 3 (3.03%) Babel
6 2 (2.02%) gulp
6 2 (2.02%) JUnit
6 2 (2.02%) Selenium
7 1 (1.01%) Bitbucket
General
1 45 (45.45%) Marketing
2 26 (26.26%) Social Skills
3 19 (19.19%) Public Sector
4 17 (17.17%) Analytical Skills
5 13 (13.13%) Publishing
6 8 (8.08%) Finance
6 8 (8.08%) Telecoms
7 6 (6.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 6 (6.06%) Retail
8 5 (5.05%) Electronics
8 5 (5.05%) French Language
8 5 (5.05%) German Language
8 5 (5.05%) Legal
8 5 (5.05%) Manufacturing
9 4 (4.04%) Organisational Skills
9 4 (4.04%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (2.02%) Advertising
10 2 (2.02%) Banking
10 2 (2.02%) Law
10 2 (2.02%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 17 (17.17%) Developer
2 9 (9.09%) Designer
3 7 (7.07%) Content Designer
3 7 (7.07%) Lead
4 6 (6.06%) Senior
4 6 (6.06%) Web Manager
5 5 (5.05%) Consultant
5 5 (5.05%) Content Manager
5 5 (5.05%) Copywriter
5 5 (5.05%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 4 (4.04%) Digital Content Manager
6 4 (4.04%) Digital Project Manager
6 4 (4.04%) Marketing Executive
6 4 (4.04%) Project Manager
7 3 (3.03%) Analytics Developer
7 3 (3.03%) Digital Executive
7 3 (3.03%) Digital Marketing Executive
7 3 (3.03%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
7 3 (3.03%) Full Stack Developer
7 3 (3.03%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (18.18%) HTML
2 16 (16.16%) CSS
2 16 (16.16%) React
3 12 (12.12%) Next.js
4 8 (8.08%) HTML5
5 6 (6.06%) Jest
6 5 (5.05%) AngularJS
6 5 (5.05%) Vue
6 5 (5.05%) Web Services
7 4 (4.04%) REST
7 4 (4.04%) Sass
8 3 (3.03%) CSS3
8 3 (3.03%) GraphQL
8 3 (3.03%) NestJS
8 3 (3.03%) Node.js
8 3 (3.03%) Nuxt
8 3 (3.03%) Prisma
8 3 (3.03%) Redux
9 2 (2.02%) Nunjucks
9 2 (2.02%) Spring Boot
Miscellaneous
1 18 (18.18%) Social Media
2 5 (5.05%) Management Information System
3 4 (4.04%) Graphic Design
3 4 (4.04%) Handset
4 3 (3.03%) Digital Media
4 3 (3.03%) FMCG
4 3 (3.03%) PMI
4 3 (3.03%) Product Ownership
5 2 (2.02%) Algorithms
5 2 (2.02%) Analytical Mindset
5 2 (2.02%) Blog
5 2 (2.02%) Photography
5 2 (2.02%) Wiki
6 1 (1.01%) Motion Graphics
6 1 (1.01%) NHS
6 1 (1.01%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (1.01%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.01%) Linux
1 1 (1.01%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (29.29%) Analytics
2 28 (28.28%) User Experience
3 23 (23.23%) Agile
3 23 (23.23%) Project Management
4 21 (21.21%) Digital Marketing
5 20 (20.20%) Content Management
6 16 (16.16%) Problem-Solving
7 15 (15.15%) Content Strategy
7 15 (15.15%) E-Commerce
8 12 (12.12%) Copywriting
9 11 (11.11%) Front End Development
9 11 (11.11%) Web Development
10 10 (10.10%) Customer Experience
11 9 (9.09%) A/B Testing
12 8 (8.08%) Collaborative Working
12 8 (8.08%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (8.08%) UX Design
13 7 (7.07%) B2B
13 7 (7.07%) Programme Management
14 6 (6.06%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 16 (16.16%) JavaScript
2 6 (6.06%) TypeScript
3 5 (5.05%) Python
4 3 (3.03%) PHP
5 2 (2.02%) Java
5 2 (2.02%) Kotlin
6 1 (1.01%) R
6 1 (1.01%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (12.12%) Degree
2 7 (7.07%) Security Cleared
3 6 (6.06%) Master's Degree
4 4 (4.04%) SC Cleared
5 3 (3.03%) APMG
5 3 (3.03%) BPSS Clearance
5 3 (3.03%) DBS Check
5 3 (3.03%) PMI Certification
5 3 (3.03%) PMP
5 3 (3.03%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 2 (2.02%) Computer Science Degree
6 2 (2.02%) ISTQB
7 1 (1.01%) MBA
7 1 (1.01%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (15.15%) Accessibility
2 5 (5.05%) QA
3 3 (3.03%) PMO
4 2 (2.02%) WCAG
5 1 (1.01%) NEBOSH
5 1 (1.01%) SLA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.01%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 12 (12.12%) Google
2 11 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 6 (6.06%) Adobe
4 5 (5.05%) SAP
4 5 (5.05%) Sitecore
5 4 (4.04%) Hotjar
5 4 (4.04%) Optimizely
5 4 (4.04%) Screaming Frog
6 2 (2.02%) Brandwatch
6 2 (2.02%) Cadence
7 1 (1.01%) Ahrefs
7 1 (1.01%) Pardot
7 1 (1.01%) Salesforce
7 1 (1.01%) ServiceNow