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The table below looks at the demand for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) skills within the Herefordshire 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSearch Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2817
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching contract IT job ads35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.005 %
As % of the category below2.970 %7.042 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£150-
Average daily rate£170-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£190-
UK excluding London average daily rate£203£243
% change on same period last year-16.39 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.83£28.02
% change on same period last year+27.89 %
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Herefordshire
Matching contract IT job ads10171
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.143 %0.072 %
Daily rates quoted2621
Average minimum daily rate£272£328
Average daily rate£297£343
% change on same period last year-13.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£323£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£371
% change on same period last year+1.83 %
Hourly rates quoted103
Average minimum hourly rate£33.00£31.33
Average hourly rate£35.78£31.33
% change on same period last year+14.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.56£31.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£29.42£29.97
% change on same period last year-1.81 %
SEO West MidlandsSEO
West Midlands

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

Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire region.

Herefordshire SEO Daily Rate Trend

SEO
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing SEO across the Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Herefordshire SEO Daily Rate Histogram

SEO
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
Hemel HempsteadUp+13£170-
SEO West MidlandsSEO
West Midlands

SEO
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire 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.

15 (100.00 %)HTML
24 (80.00 %)MS Project
24 (80.00 %)CSS
24 (80.00 %)Web Design
24 (80.00 %)PRINCE2
24 (80.00 %)E-Commerce
24 (80.00 %)Microsoft
24 (80.00 %)Project Management
24 (80.00 %)Pay per click
24 (80.00 %)Marketing
24 (80.00 %)Web Development
24 (80.00 %)Internet Marketing
31 (20.00 %)XML
31 (20.00 %)PHP
31 (20.00 %)MySQL

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire 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.

Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %)HTML
24 (80.00 %)CSS
31 (20.00 %)XML
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (80.00 %)MS Project
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)MySQL
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (80.00 %)Marketing
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (20.00 %)Coordinator
11 (20.00 %)Project Manager
11 (20.00 %)Junior
11 (20.00 %)Developer
11 (20.00 %)Project Coordinator
11 (20.00 %)Junior Project Manager
11 (20.00 %)PHP Developer
11 (20.00 %)Web Project Manager
11 (20.00 %)Web Manager
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (80.00 %)PRINCE2
14 (80.00 %)E-Commerce
14 (80.00 %)Project Management
14 (80.00 %)Web Design
14 (80.00 %)Pay per click
14 (80.00 %)Web Development
14 (80.00 %)Internet Marketing
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (20.00 %)PHP
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (80.00 %)Microsoft