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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Rank 34 41 42
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +1
Permanent jobs citing SEO 9 3 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 3.297% 0.971% 3.263%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.114% 1.255% 5.600%
Number of salaries quoted 8 3 13
Average salary £26,250 £25,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Devon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
176 239 250
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Devon 64.47% 77.35% 58.28%
Number of salaries quoted 146 199 203
Average salary £34,000 £37,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-9.33% +20.96%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £26,500 £24,700
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SEO
South West

SEO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Devon 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 Devon region.

Devon SEO Salary Trend

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 Devon 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
Newton Abbot - 8 £26,250 -
SEO
South West

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 9 (90.00%) Marketing
1 9 (90.00%) Digital Marketing
2 8 (80.00%) jQuery
2 8 (80.00%) HTML5
2 8 (80.00%) WordPress
2 8 (80.00%) Android
2 8 (80.00%) Social Network
2 8 (80.00%) LINQ
2 8 (80.00%) SQLite
2 8 (80.00%) Apple iOS
2 8 (80.00%) Apache Cordova
2 8 (80.00%) C#
2 8 (80.00%) Java
2 8 (80.00%) JavaScript
2 8 (80.00%) PHP
2 8 (80.00%) .NET
2 8 (80.00%) MySQL
2 8 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 8 (80.00%) Photoshop
2 8 (80.00%) XML
2 8 (80.00%) ASP.NET
2 8 (80.00%) CSS
2 8 (80.00%) XHTML
2 8 (80.00%) Eclipse
2 8 (80.00%) Xcode
2 8 (80.00%) Ajax
3 4 (40.00%) Google
3 4 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (40.00%) Subversion
3 4 (40.00%) Dreamweaver

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Devon 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 8 (80.00%) jQuery
1 8 (80.00%) HTML5
1 8 (80.00%) LINQ
1 8 (80.00%) Apache Cordova
1 8 (80.00%) .NET
1 8 (80.00%) XML
1 8 (80.00%) ASP.NET
1 8 (80.00%) CSS
1 8 (80.00%) XHTML
1 8 (80.00%) Ajax
2 4 (40.00%) Web Services
2 4 (40.00%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 8 (80.00%) WordPress
2 4 (40.00%) IIS
Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (10.00%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (80.00%) SQLite
1 8 (80.00%) MySQL
1 8 (80.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (40.00%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 8 (80.00%) Eclipse
1 8 (80.00%) Xcode
2 4 (40.00%) Subversion
2 4 (40.00%) Dreamweaver
General
1 9 (90.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Developer
1 8 (80.00%) Web Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Senior Web Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Digital Account Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Support Specialist
3 1 (10.00%) Account Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Manager
3 1 (10.00%) Senior Account Manager
Miscellaneous
1 8 (80.00%) Social Network
2 4 (40.00%) N-Tier
3 1 (10.00%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 8 (80.00%) Android
1 8 (80.00%) Apple iOS
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (40.00%) Windows
2 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 4 (40.00%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (40.00%) Analytics
3 1 (10.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (10.00%) Email Marketing
3 1 (10.00%) Pay per click
Programming Languages
1 8 (80.00%) C#
1 8 (80.00%) Java
1 8 (80.00%) JavaScript
1 8 (80.00%) PHP
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Google
1 4 (40.00%) Adobe
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
Newton Abbot, Devon
The successful candidate will report directly to the Senior Developer and will be responsible for the design, build, testing and delivery of ASP.net, C# and PHP based...
Berry Recruitment
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newton Abbot, Devon
Skills: Mandatory Minimum 5 years commercial experience with ASP.net and C# Windows Services, Web Services & Console Applications Management of Windows 2003/2008 (IIS 6 & 7.5.) Hosting...
Berry Recruitment
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013