The first table below looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Rank 21 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SEO 17 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 14.17% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 18.28% - -
Number of salaries quoted 17 0 0
Average salary £22,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
93 93 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 77.50% 68.89% 56.90%
Number of salaries quoted 81 92 32
Average salary £38,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.57% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £28,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £40,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SEO
Manchester

SEO
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SEO across the Bolton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bolton SEO Jobs Demand Trend

SEO
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SEO across the Bolton region.

Bolton SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SEO.

1 19 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 19 (100.00%) PHP
1 19 (100.00%) MySQL
1 19 (100.00%) CSS
2 16 (84.21%) HTML
2 16 (84.21%) Google
2 16 (84.21%) Google Analytics
2 16 (84.21%) jQuery
2 16 (84.21%) MooTools
2 16 (84.21%) Analytics
3 8 (42.11%) CMS
4 3 (15.79%) OOP
4 3 (15.79%) XHTML
4 3 (15.79%) E-Commerce
4 3 (15.79%) Magento
4 3 (15.79%) PHP5
4 3 (15.79%) JSON
4 3 (15.79%) Subversion
5 1 (5.263%) Web Development
5 1 (5.263%) Degree
5 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
5 1 (5.263%) Intranet

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 IT job ads sampled that cited SEO. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (100.00%) CSS
2 16 (84.21%) HTML
2 16 (84.21%) jQuery
2 16 (84.21%) MooTools
3 3 (15.79%) XHTML
3 3 (15.79%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 8 (42.11%) CMS
2 3 (15.79%) Magento
Business Applications
1 16 (84.21%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (100.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 3 (15.79%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 19 (100.00%) Developer
2 18 (94.74%) PHP Developer
3 15 (78.95%) PHP Web Developer
3 15 (78.95%) PHP MySQL Developer
3 15 (78.95%) Software Developer
3 15 (78.95%) Web Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Graduate
4 1 (5.263%) Junior Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Junior
4 1 (5.263%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (84.21%) Analytics
2 3 (15.79%) OOP
2 3 (15.79%) E-Commerce
3 1 (5.263%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 19 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 19 (100.00%) PHP
2 3 (15.79%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 1 (5.263%) Degree
Vendors
1 16 (84.21%) Google