SEO Contracts in the North of England

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the North of 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 9 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
9 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 178 204 238
Rank change year-on-year +26 +34 -55
Contract jobs citing SEO 5 8 10
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the North of England 0.11% 0.14% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.12% 0.16% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 8 10
10th Percentile £314 £220 £382
25th Percentile £320 £233 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £335 £440 £505
Median % change year-on-year -23.86% -12.87% +44.29%
75th Percentile £345 £469 £524
90th Percentile £348 £523 -
England median daily rate £405 £358 £475
% change year-on-year +13.29% -24.74% +21.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £11.44 - -
England median hourly rate £26.25 £25.00 £26.27
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.83% +16.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of 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 the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,003 5,154 6,266
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 85.61% 90.64% 88.52%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,440 3,571 4,590
10th Percentile £300 £300 £250
25th Percentile £400 £413 £388
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +10.47%
75th Percentile £588 £600 £564
90th Percentile £675 £688 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +7.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 362 201 250
10th Percentile £11.07 £10.63 £10.63
25th Percentile £12.50 £15.75 £12.84
Median hourly rate £17.72 £29.00 £18.59
Median % change year-on-year -38.90% +55.98% +2.00%
75th Percentile £45.00 £47.00 £31.00
90th Percentile £57.50 £65.00 £52.57
England median hourly rate £36.50 £37.30 £24.50
% change year-on-year -2.14% +52.24% +4.26%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO in the North of England

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Daily rate trend for SEO in the North of England

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

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

Hourly rate trend for SEO in the North of England

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Contract Job Locations in the North of 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 North of England region over the 6 months to 9 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
North East - 3 - - 6
Yorkshire +16 2 £335 -23.86% 28
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of 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 1 (20.00%) CMS
1 1 (20.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (20.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 3 (60.00%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (20.00%) Intranet
General
1 3 (60.00%) Marketing
2 1 (20.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 2 (40.00%) Trainee
2 1 (20.00%) Analytics Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Content Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Content Designer
2 1 (20.00%) Digital Designer
2 1 (20.00%) SEO Developer
2 1 (20.00%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (20.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 3 (60.00%) Social Media
2 2 (40.00%) Photography
3 1 (20.00%) Digital Media
3 1 (20.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) Content Management
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Google
2 1 (20.00%) Adobe