The first table below looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 23 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Rank 117 104 92
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -12
Permanent jobs citing SEO 21 27 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 1.038% 1.408% 2.157%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.395% 1.909% 2.975%
Number of salaries quoted 18 27 43
Average salary £37,500 £33,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,300 £17,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £35,000 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Buckinghamshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1505 1414 1546
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 74.36% 73.76% 72.48%
Number of salaries quoted 1320 1197 1356
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% +2.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,700 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SEO
South East

SEO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire 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 Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SEO across the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Buckinghamshire SEO Salary Histogram

SEO
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
High Wycombe +10 10 £37,500 +120.58%
Milton Keynes -16 4 £21,500 -28.33%
Marlow - 2 £35,500 -
Beaconsfield - 1 - -
SEO
South East

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 35 (77.78%) Marketing
2 26 (57.78%) HTML
3 23 (51.11%) CSS
4 20 (44.44%) JavaScript
4 20 (44.44%) PHP
5 18 (40.00%) Web Development
5 18 (40.00%) Social Media
6 17 (37.78%) Linux
7 16 (35.56%) UNIX
7 16 (35.56%) OO
8 15 (33.33%) E-Commerce
8 15 (33.33%) Analytics
9 12 (26.67%) Pay per click
10 10 (22.22%) Microsoft
10 10 (22.22%) Web Analytics
10 10 (22.22%) Creative Marketing
10 10 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
11 9 (20.00%) Zend
11 9 (20.00%) jQuery
11 9 (20.00%) Retail
12 8 (17.78%) Project Management
12 8 (17.78%) Git (software)
12 8 (17.78%) Smarty
12 8 (17.78%) CakePHP
12 8 (17.78%) Symfony
12 8 (17.78%) MooTools
12 8 (17.78%) Google
13 7 (15.56%) Degree
13 7 (15.56%) Google Analytics
13 7 (15.56%) Online Marketing

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Buckinghamshire 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 26 (57.78%) HTML
2 23 (51.11%) CSS
3 9 (20.00%) jQuery
4 8 (17.78%) Smarty
4 8 (17.78%) CakePHP
4 8 (17.78%) Symfony
4 8 (17.78%) MooTools
5 7 (15.56%) Web Services
6 4 (8.889%) HTML5
7 3 (6.667%) Flash
8 2 (4.444%) XHTML
8 2 (4.444%) XML
8 2 (4.444%) Ajax
8 2 (4.444%) LAMP
8 2 (4.444%) Apache Flex
9 1 (2.222%) CSS3
9 1 (2.222%) Zend Framework
9 1 (2.222%) ASP.NET
9 1 (2.222%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 6 (13.33%) TYPO3
2 5 (11.11%) CMS
3 2 (4.444%) WordPress
3 2 (4.444%) Magento
4 1 (2.222%) Umbraco
Applications
1 6 (13.33%) MS Excel
2 4 (8.889%) MS Office
2 4 (8.889%) Photoshop
3 2 (4.444%) MS Project
3 2 (4.444%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (4.444%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.222%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 7 (15.56%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.222%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (17.78%) Git (software)
2 6 (13.33%) Subversion
3 2 (4.444%) Dreamweaver
4 1 (2.222%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 35 (77.78%) Marketing
2 9 (20.00%) Retail
3 4 (8.889%) Finance
3 4 (8.889%) Automotive
4 2 (4.444%) Back Office
5 1 (2.222%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.222%) Advertising
5 1 (2.222%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 21 (46.67%) Developer
2 16 (35.56%) Web Developer
2 16 (35.56%) PHP Developer
3 11 (24.44%) PHP Web Developer
4 6 (13.33%) Web Manager
5 4 (8.889%) Programmer
5 4 (8.889%) Marketing Manager
5 4 (8.889%) PHP Programmer
5 4 (8.889%) Digital Marketing Manager
5 4 (8.889%) Marketing Executive
6 3 (6.667%) E-Commerce Manager
6 3 (6.667%) Analyst
6 3 (6.667%) Project Manager
7 2 (4.444%) Junior
7 2 (4.444%) E-Commerce Project Manager
7 2 (4.444%) Web Analyst
7 2 (4.444%) Web Designer
7 2 (4.444%) Web Editor
7 2 (4.444%) PPC Specialist
7 2 (4.444%) PPC Manager
Miscellaneous
1 18 (40.00%) Social Media
2 4 (8.889%) Blog
3 2 (4.444%) Statistics
3 2 (4.444%) Photography
4 1 (2.222%) Open Source
4 1 (2.222%) Digital Media
4 1 (2.222%) Copywriting
4 1 (2.222%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 17 (37.78%) Linux
2 16 (35.56%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.00%) Web Development
2 16 (35.56%) OO
3 15 (33.33%) E-Commerce
3 15 (33.33%) Analytics
4 12 (26.67%) Pay per click
5 10 (22.22%) Web Analytics
5 10 (22.22%) Creative Marketing
5 10 (22.22%) Digital Marketing
6 8 (17.78%) Project Management
7 7 (15.56%) Online Marketing
8 5 (11.11%) Email Marketing
8 5 (11.11%) CRM
8 5 (11.11%) B2B
8 5 (11.11%) B2C
9 4 (8.889%) Content Management
10 3 (6.667%) Social Media Marketing
10 3 (6.667%) Time Management
11 2 (4.444%) OOP
11 2 (4.444%) Mobile Commerce
11 2 (4.444%) Validation
Programming Languages
1 20 (44.44%) JavaScript
1 20 (44.44%) PHP
2 2 (4.444%) ActionScript
2 2 (4.444%) SQL
2 2 (4.444%) C
2 2 (4.444%) PHP5
2 2 (4.444%) ActionScript 3.0
3 1 (2.222%) VB6
3 1 (2.222%) VBScript
3 1 (2.222%) VB
Qualifications
1 7 (15.56%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (2.222%) Varnish
Vendors
1 10 (22.22%) Microsoft
2 9 (20.00%) Zend
3 8 (17.78%) Google
4 2 (4.444%) SAP
4 2 (4.444%) Hitwise
5 1 (2.222%) Facebook
5 1 (2.222%) Twitter
5 1 (2.222%) Yahoo!
5 1 (2.222%) Adobe
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