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This section looks at the demand for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) skills within the Leeds 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
Rank76-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads40
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.519 %0.000 %
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 quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£20.75£27.19
% change on same period last year-23.67 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads770630
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.026 %0.628 %
Daily rates quoted226115
Average minimum daily rate£330£357
Average daily rate£354£385
% change on same period last year-7.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£413
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£376
% change on same period last year+0.60 %
Hourly rates quoted1437
Average minimum hourly rate£23.26£28.63
Average hourly rate£25.91£29.87
% change on same period last year-13.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.56£31.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.35£30.32
% change on same period last year+0.10 %
SEO West YorkshireSEO
West Yorkshire

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

Leeds SEO Demand Trend

SEO
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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
15 (100.00 %)CSS
24 (80.00 %)XHTML
24 (80.00 %)Marketing
33 (60.00 %)WCAG
33 (60.00 %)RSS
33 (60.00 %)Fireworks
33 (60.00 %)XML
33 (60.00 %)Photoshop
42 (40.00 %)Flash
42 (40.00 %)JavaScript
42 (40.00 %)W3C
51 (20.00 %)Internet Marketing
51 (20.00 %)CMS
51 (20.00 %)Web Design
51 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
51 (20.00 %)Dreamweaver
51 (20.00 %)PHP
51 (20.00 %)ActionScript
51 (20.00 %)MySQL
51 (20.00 %)ASP

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %)HTML
15 (100.00 %)CSS
24 (80.00 %)XHTML
33 (60.00 %)RSS
33 (60.00 %)XML
41 (20.00 %)ASP
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (20.00 %)CMS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (60.00 %)Fireworks
13 (60.00 %)Photoshop
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)MySQL
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)Flash
21 (20.00 %)Dreamweaver
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (80.00 %)Marketing
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (80.00 %)Web Designer
22 (40.00 %)Developer
22 (40.00 %)Web Developer
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (40.00 %)W3C
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)Internet Marketing
11 (20.00 %)Web Design
11 (20.00 %)E-Commerce
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (40.00 %)JavaScript
21 (20.00 %)PHP
21 (20.00 %)ActionScript
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (60.00 %)WCAG