SEO Contracts in the UK excluding London

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 359 380 471
Rank change year-on-year +21 +91 -75
Contract jobs citing SEO 37 67 41
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.18% 0.29% 0.13%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.21% 0.32% 0.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 53 27
10th Percentile £278 £270 £183
25th Percentile £305 £313 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £350 £450
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -22.22% +44.00%
75th Percentile £488 £440 £508
90th Percentile £640 £500 £524
UK median daily rate £400 £354 £458
% change year-on-year +13.07% -22.68% +14.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 5
10th Percentile - - £25.20
25th Percentile £11.44 £21.00 £25.50
Median hourly rate £19.47 £22.00 £30.00
Median % change year-on-year -11.50% -26.67% +57.89%
75th Percentile £30.31 £23.00 £32.50
90th Percentile £33.13 - £34.00
UK median hourly rate £26.25 £25.00 £26.27
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.83% +16.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 17,297 21,007 27,024
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 84.45% 89.55% 88.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 10,312 14,549 18,866
10th Percentile £250 £256 £235
25th Percentile £378 £400 £386
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% +8.57%
75th Percentile £600 £600 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,055 1,290 1,325
10th Percentile £12.32 £11.00 £12.22
25th Percentile £15.17 £15.41 £14.00
Median hourly rate £38.00 £35.00 £20.00
Median % change year-on-year +8.57% +75.00% -6.98%
75th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £46.17
90th Percentile £72.90 £73.75 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.18
% change year-on-year +1.39% +42.97% +2.78%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SEO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SEO in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SEO in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SEO in the UK excluding London

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Daily Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SEO in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SEO in the UK excluding London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SEO in the UK excluding London.

Hourly rate trend for SEO in the UK excluding London

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Hourly Rate Histogram in the UK excluding London

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing SEO in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 9 May 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for SEO in the UK excluding London

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Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the UK excluding London 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
Midlands +37 8 £517 +3.35% 50
West Midlands +24 8 £517 +3.35% 30
South East -6 8 £400 +14.29% 40
South West +13 6 £488 +2.63% 22
North of England +26 5 £335 -23.86% 85
East of England +7 5 £293 - 24
Scotland +43 4 £325 -13.45% 11
North East - 3 - - 6
Yorkshire +16 2 £335 -23.86% 28
Northern Ireland - 1 £363 -
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 14 (37.84%) CMS
2 3 (8.11%) Drupal
2 3 (8.11%) WordPress
3 2 (5.41%) Umbraco
4 1 (2.70%) EPiServer
4 1 (2.70%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 3 (8.11%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (5.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (5.41%) Photoshop
3 1 (2.70%) Adobe After Effects
3 1 (2.70%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 1 (2.70%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 6 (16.22%) Google Analytics
2 2 (5.41%) AWS
2 2 (5.41%) ChatGPT
2 2 (5.41%) GitHub
2 2 (5.41%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (2.70%) Adobe Creative Cloud
3 1 (2.70%) Azure
3 1 (2.70%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (2.70%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.41%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.70%) Looker
1 1 (2.70%) Metadata
1 1 (2.70%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (10.81%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.41%) Git
2 2 (5.41%) JIRA
2 2 (5.41%) JUnit
2 2 (5.41%) Selenium
General
1 14 (37.84%) Marketing
2 12 (32.43%) Social Skills
3 9 (24.32%) Public Sector
4 8 (21.62%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (16.22%) Publishing
6 4 (10.81%) Retail
7 3 (8.11%) Telecoms
8 2 (5.41%) German Language
8 2 (5.41%) Local Government
9 1 (2.70%) Finance
9 1 (2.70%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.70%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (13.51%) Copywriter
2 4 (10.81%) Consultant
2 4 (10.81%) Developer
3 3 (8.11%) Designer
4 2 (5.41%) Communications Specialist
4 2 (5.41%) Content Designer
4 2 (5.41%) Coordinator
4 2 (5.41%) Digital Designer
4 2 (5.41%) E-Commerce Consultant
4 2 (5.41%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
4 2 (5.41%) Full Stack Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Senior
4 2 (5.41%) Senior Test Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) SEO Consultant
4 2 (5.41%) SEO Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) SEO Manager
4 2 (5.41%) Test Engineer
4 2 (5.41%) Trainee
4 2 (5.41%) Web Consultant
4 2 (5.41%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (10.81%) HTML
2 3 (8.11%) CSS
2 3 (8.11%) React
3 2 (5.41%) Jest
3 2 (5.41%) Redux
3 2 (5.41%) RESTful
3 2 (5.41%) Spring
3 2 (5.41%) Spring Boot
4 1 (2.70%) DOM
4 1 (2.70%) Node.js
4 1 (2.70%) Web Services
4 1 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (27.03%) Social Media
2 4 (10.81%) Handset
3 3 (8.11%) Algorithms
4 2 (5.41%) Graphic Design
4 2 (5.41%) Photography
5 1 (2.70%) Blog
5 1 (2.70%) Digital Media
5 1 (2.70%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.70%) Motion Graphics
5 1 (2.70%) NHS
5 1 (2.70%) Product Ownership
5 1 (2.70%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.70%) Linux
1 1 (2.70%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (35.14%) Analytics
2 11 (29.73%) Content Management
3 9 (24.32%) Copywriting
3 9 (24.32%) User Experience
4 8 (21.62%) E-Commerce
5 7 (18.92%) Agile
5 7 (18.92%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (16.22%) Content Strategy
7 5 (13.51%) Digital Marketing
7 5 (13.51%) Project Management
8 4 (10.81%) Creative Thinking
9 3 (8.11%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (8.11%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (8.11%) Storytelling
9 3 (8.11%) Web Analytics
9 3 (8.11%) Web Development
10 2 (5.41%) Artificial Intelligence
10 2 (5.41%) B2B
10 2 (5.41%) Software Testing
10 2 (5.41%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 6 (16.22%) JavaScript
2 2 (5.41%) Java
2 2 (5.41%) Kotlin
2 2 (5.41%) PHP
2 2 (5.41%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (13.51%) Security Cleared
2 3 (8.11%) Degree
2 3 (8.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (5.41%) ISTQB
4 1 (2.70%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.70%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (13.51%) Accessibility
2 2 (5.41%) WCAG
3 1 (2.70%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (2.70%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 6 (16.22%) Google
2 4 (10.81%) Adobe
3 2 (5.41%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.70%) Cadence
4 1 (2.70%) Optimizely