SEO Contracts in Scotland

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland 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 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 127 163 165
Rank change year-on-year +36 +2 -14
Contract jobs citing SEO 4 2 6
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% 0.070% 0.17%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.20% 0.076% 0.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 2 3
10th Percentile £192 £275 £221
25th Percentile £237 £313 £234
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £325 £376 £263
Median % change year-on-year -13.45% +43.05% +54.41%
75th Percentile £381 £438 £278
90th Percentile £408 £476 £284
UK median daily rate £400 £369 £450
% change year-on-year +8.40% -18.00% +12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £25.50
Median hourly rate - - £26.00
75th Percentile - - £26.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £26.27
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.83% +16.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,956 2,648 3,265
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 88.63% 92.62% 92.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,192 1,905 2,309
10th Percentile £230 £263 £244
25th Percentile £400 £408 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £475 £470
Median % change year-on-year - +1.06% +10.59%
75th Percentile £588 £556 £550
90th Percentile £675 £650 £625
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £525
% change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +8.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 94 54 48
10th Percentile £12.36 £10.63 £14.89
25th Percentile £16.00 £11.51 £17.50
Median hourly rate £19.34 £17.72 £36.50
Median % change year-on-year +9.11% -51.45% -10.99%
75th Percentile £40.94 £53.75 £48.95
90th Percentile £60.75 £66.09 £55.75
UK median hourly rate £35.00 £37.30 £25.00
% change year-on-year -6.17% +49.20% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Daily rate trend for SEO in Scotland

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Daily Rate Histogram in Scotland

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SEO in Scotland over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SEO in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

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

Hourly rate trend for SEO in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 28 April 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
Edinburgh +40 2 £243 -2.65% 5
Glasgow - 2 £425 - 3
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (50.00%) CMS
2 1 (25.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (25.00%) Google Tag Manager
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Looker
General
1 3 (75.00%) Public Sector
2 2 (50.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Content Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) Content Editor
1 1 (25.00%) Coordinator
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Content Editor
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Editor
1 1 (25.00%) SEO Manager
1 1 (25.00%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
1 1 (25.00%) RESTful
1 1 (25.00%) Web Services
1 1 (25.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Management Information System
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Content Management
2 2 (50.00%) User Experience
2 2 (50.00%) Web Development
3 1 (25.00%) Agile
3 1 (25.00%) Content Development
3 1 (25.00%) Content Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Copywriting
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) DevOps
3 1 (25.00%) Front End Development
3 1 (25.00%) Link Building
3 1 (25.00%) Mobile Optimisation
3 1 (25.00%) Service Design
3 1 (25.00%) Time Management
3 1 (25.00%) User Research
3 1 (25.00%) UX Design
3 1 (25.00%) Web Design
Qualifications
1 2 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (50.00%) Accessibility
2 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (25.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) Adobe