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The table below looks at the demand for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) skills within the Northampton 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSearch Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %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£251£244
% change on same period last year+2.83 %
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£24.68£28.67
% change on same period last year-13.91 %
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Northampton
Matching contract IT job ads90104
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.142 %0.111 %
Daily rates quoted5752
Average minimum daily rate£435£390
Average daily rate£458£408
% change on same period last year+12.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£480£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£370
% change on same period last year+2.76 %
Hourly rates quoted712
Average minimum hourly rate£25.06£14.23
Average hourly rate£25.07£15.23
% change on same period last year+64.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.09£16.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.17£29.91
% change on same period last year-5.80 %
SEO NorthamptonshireSEO
Northamptonshire

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing SEO across the Northampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton SEO Daily Rate Trend

SEO
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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.

11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)PHP
11 (100.00 %)MySQL
11 (100.00 %)Photoshop
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
11 (100.00 %)Dreamweaver
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Fireworks
11 (100.00 %)Internet
11 (100.00 %)CMS
11 (100.00 %)AJAX

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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.

Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)AJAX
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)CMS
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (100.00 %)Photoshop
11 (100.00 %)Fireworks
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (100.00 %)Internet
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (100.00 %)MySQL
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)Dreamweaver
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Web Developer
11 (100.00 %)PHP Developer
11 (100.00 %)PHP Web Developer
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)E-Commerce
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)PHP
Northampton IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft