The first table below looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Rank 134 138 89
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -49
Permanent jobs citing SEO 9 14 60
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 0.345% 0.480% 2.033%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.498% 0.727% 3.035%
Number of salaries quoted 8 13 60
Average salary £38,750 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.33% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,450
10% offered a salary of more than £43,250 £44,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1808 1925 1977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 69.38% 66.02% 66.99%
Number of salaries quoted 1574 1637 1726
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £30,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SEO
East of England

SEO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SEO across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Cambridge +11 5 £42,500 +70.00%
Wisbech 0 1 £32,500 -
SEO
East of England

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 11 (57.89%) HTML
1 11 (57.89%) CSS
2 10 (52.63%) JavaScript
2 10 (52.63%) jQuery
3 9 (47.37%) .NET
4 8 (42.11%) SQL
4 8 (42.11%) SQL Server
4 8 (42.11%) Photoshop
4 8 (42.11%) Marketing
5 7 (36.84%) Fireworks
5 7 (36.84%) C#
5 7 (36.84%) Mobile App
6 6 (31.58%) VB.NET
6 6 (31.58%) ASP.NET
6 6 (31.58%) Web Development
6 6 (31.58%) Ajax
7 5 (26.32%) Adobe
7 5 (26.32%) Mobile Application Development
7 5 (26.32%) Social Media
8 4 (21.05%) Digital Marketing
8 4 (21.05%) E-Commerce
9 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
9 3 (15.79%) PHP
9 3 (15.79%) MySQL
9 3 (15.79%) XML
9 3 (15.79%) Pay per click
9 3 (15.79%) Degree
9 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
10 2 (10.53%) Direct Marketing
10 2 (10.53%) Mathematics

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 11 (57.89%) HTML
1 11 (57.89%) CSS
2 10 (52.63%) jQuery
3 9 (47.37%) .NET
4 6 (31.58%) ASP.NET
4 6 (31.58%) Ajax
5 3 (15.79%) XML
6 2 (10.53%) SOAP
6 2 (10.53%) Web Services
6 2 (10.53%) ASP
6 2 (10.53%) XHTML
7 1 (5.263%) HTML5
7 1 (5.263%) REST
7 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET 2.0
7 1 (5.263%) Semantic HTML
7 1 (5.263%) EDI
7 1 (5.263%) Flash
7 1 (5.263%) Django
Application Platforms
1 1 (5.263%) WordPress
1 1 (5.263%) CMS
1 1 (5.263%) IIS
1 1 (5.263%) Joomla!
Applications
1 8 (42.11%) Photoshop
2 7 (36.84%) Fireworks
3 2 (10.53%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.263%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (42.11%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.79%) MySQL
3 2 (10.53%) RDBMS
4 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 2 (10.53%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (5.263%) Visual Studio
2 1 (5.263%) Subversion
General
1 8 (42.11%) Marketing
2 2 (10.53%) Retail
3 1 (5.263%) Back Office
3 1 (5.263%) Law
3 1 (5.263%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Developer
2 8 (42.11%) Web Developer
3 5 (26.32%) .NET Web Developer
3 5 (26.32%) .NET Developer
3 5 (26.32%) ASP.NET Developer
4 4 (21.05%) Marketing Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Web Designer
5 2 (10.53%) Software Developer
5 2 (10.53%) Digital Marketing Manager
5 2 (10.53%) Designer
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Designer
6 1 (5.263%) Front-End Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Commercial Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Technical Support
6 1 (5.263%) Support Engineer
6 1 (5.263%) IT Manager
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Web Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (5.263%) Technical Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (36.84%) Mobile App
2 5 (26.32%) Social Media
3 3 (15.79%) Computer Science
4 2 (10.53%) Mathematics
5 1 (5.263%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.263%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.263%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) Web Development
2 5 (26.32%) Mobile Application Development
3 4 (21.05%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (21.05%) E-Commerce
4 3 (15.79%) Pay per click
5 2 (10.53%) Direct Marketing
5 2 (10.53%) Strategic Planning
5 2 (10.53%) B2B
5 2 (10.53%) Analytics
5 2 (10.53%) OpenUP
6 1 (5.263%) Rapid Prototyping
6 1 (5.263%) Customer Engagement
6 1 (5.263%) Email Marketing
6 1 (5.263%) Disaster Recovery
6 1 (5.263%) Web Design
6 1 (5.263%) RDF
6 1 (5.263%) Incident Management
6 1 (5.263%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (52.63%) JavaScript
2 8 (42.11%) SQL
3 7 (36.84%) C#
4 6 (31.58%) VB.NET
5 3 (15.79%) PHP
6 1 (5.263%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (15.79%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) Adobe
2 3 (15.79%) Microsoft
3 2 (10.53%) Google
3 2 (10.53%) Facebook
Cambridgeshire
Utilising your commercial acumen and background in Advertising, Media & Marketing and working with stakeholders, sales team and web programmers you will manage and develop the company's online...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
Utilising your commercial acumen and background in Advertising, Media & Marketing and working with stakeholders, sales team and web programmers you will manage and develop the company's online...
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, South East, United Kingdom
The work will stretch you skills, challenge your thinking and inspire you to constantly improve your work.About the Web Designer (HTML, CSS, Javascript/jQuery) role and you:...
Abcam
Salary: Competitive + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridgeshire, East Anglia
This is a close-knit, talented team with different specialisms: Digital Content Design, Online & Inbound Marketing, SEO, and User Experience... The work will stretch your skills, challenge your...
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridgeshire
Required Qualifications: *3+ years of experience in web design and development *3+ years of experience using industry standard Web design tools including Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, and Fireworks *Proven...
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Cambridgeshire
Degree in Computer Science or a related subject. *Good exposure of using HTML/CSS/SEO and able to provide examples... *Experience working in Web Platforms, Web Management and...
Computer People
Salary: £22000.00 - £28000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
HTML5 understanding, Javascript, jQuery, CSS3... Experience with .Net technologies - ASP.Net / C# Some exposure to mobile platforms, e.g. iOS, Android... Keywords / SEO: Front End Web Developer, UI...
Deanslist Limited
Salary: From £35,000 to £45,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Cassandra) to aid in the transition from SQL Server to NoSQL... Exposure / hands on with NoSQL technologies (Cassandra, Couchbase etc)... Keywords/SEO: Senior Developer, NoSQL, SQL Server, RDBMS,...
Deanslist Limited
Salary: From £35,000 to £50,000 per annum + great benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
This organisation’s leading software platform is utilised by some of the biggest tech companies on the planet (Facebook, Google, Microsoft etc)... Technical knowledge to include: supporting and...
Deanslist Limited
Salary: From £20,000 to £30,000 per annum + shift + benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013