The first table below looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Wakefield region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing SEO 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield - - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £260 £295 £300
% change year-on-year
-11.86% -1.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £13.75 £16.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year
-16.66% -26.66%
All Processes & Methodologies
Wakefield
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
12 17 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wakefield 52.17% 80.95% 46.15%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 8 2
Average daily rate £288 £363 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-20.68% +22.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £268 £350 £291
10% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £438 £299
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £365 £375
% change year-on-year
- -2.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 2 0
Average hourly rate £14.00 £15.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.00 £25.00 £29.00
% change year-on-year
+24.00% -13.79%
SEO
West Yorkshire