SEO Contracts in the South East

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
England > South East

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 194 181 248
Rank change year-on-year -13 +67 -51
Contract jobs citing SEO 7 40 11
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South East 0.13% 0.69% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.15% 0.77% 0.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 35 8
10th Percentile £285 - £300
25th Percentile £319 £313 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £413
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -15.15% +37.50%
75th Percentile £425 £400 £488
90th Percentile - £433 £506
England median daily rate £405 £369 £469
% change year-on-year +9.76% -21.28% +21.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £27.50
Median hourly rate £35.00 - £30.00
75th Percentile - - £33.75
90th Percentile - - £34.50
England median hourly rate £27.50 £25.00 £26.27
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.83% +16.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 4,683 5,187 6,936
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South East 84.85% 89.29% 89.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 2,728 3,599 4,696
10th Percentile £243 £250 £225
25th Percentile £400 £404 £390
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £501 £505 £500
Median % change year-on-year -0.89% +1.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £623 £619 £588
90th Percentile £700 £700 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 431 219 286
10th Percentile £13.00 £18.25 £12.23
25th Percentile £18.20 £23.83 £15.72
Median hourly rate £47.50 £50.00 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -5.00% +122.22% -15.89%
75th Percentile £62.50 £65.00 £48.71
90th Percentile £76.86 £74.83 £62.70
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SEO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SEO in the South East

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SEO in the South East.

Daily rate trend for SEO in the South East

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South East

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

Daily rate histogram for SEO in the South East

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South East

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SEO in the South East.

Hourly rate trend for SEO in the South East

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Contract Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the South East 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
Berkshire -10 4 £275 -21.43% 4
Thames Valley -15 4 £275 -31.25% 9
West Sussex - 2 £400 - 5
Hampshire +5 1 - - 2
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 (28.57%) CMS
2 1 (14.29%) EPiServer
2 1 (14.29%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (28.57%) ChatGPT
1 2 (28.57%) GitHub
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Git
1 2 (28.57%) Jenkins
General
1 4 (57.14%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Telecoms
3 1 (14.29%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (28.57%) Communications Specialist
1 2 (28.57%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
1 2 (28.57%) Full Stack Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Content Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Contracts Manager
2 1 (14.29%) Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Junior
2 1 (14.29%) Web Manager
2 1 (14.29%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (28.57%) Jest
1 2 (28.57%) React
1 2 (28.57%) Redux
1 2 (28.57%) Spring
1 2 (28.57%) Spring Boot
2 1 (14.29%) CSS
2 1 (14.29%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Social Media
2 1 (14.29%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 2 (28.57%) Agile
2 2 (28.57%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (28.57%) B2B
2 2 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 2 (28.57%) Content Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Content Strategy
2 2 (28.57%) Copywriting
2 2 (28.57%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Full Stack Development
2 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
2 2 (28.57%) Test Automation
2 2 (28.57%) Workflow
3 1 (14.29%) Actionable Insight
3 1 (14.29%) Analytics
3 1 (14.29%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (14.29%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
3 1 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (14.29%) Storytelling
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) Java
1 2 (28.57%) JavaScript
1 2 (28.57%) Kotlin
2 1 (14.29%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Microsoft
2 1 (14.29%) Optimizely