The first table below looks at the demand for the SEO Specialist role in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO Specialist in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the England region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Specialist
Rank 806 834 826
Rank change year-on-year
+28 -8
Permanent jobs requiring an SEO Specialist 45 30 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 0.044% 0.027% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.046% 0.028% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 36 24 31
Average salary £30,500 £32,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.15% +8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £22,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £42,750 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £26,750 £27,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year
-2.72% -
All Job Titles
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
97387 105805 114973
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 94.37% 95.02% 94.24%
Number of salaries quoted 81911 91479 98204
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £26,100
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
SEO Specialist
UK

SEO Specialist
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing SEO Specialist across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

England SEO Specialist Jobs Demand Trend

SEO Specialist
Salary Trend

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

England SEO Specialist Salary Trend

SEO Specialist
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SEO Specialist across the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

England SEO Specialist Salary Histogram

SEO Specialist
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO Specialist within the England region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
South East - 15 £31,500 - 1
London +14 10 £35,000 +7.69% 1
East Midlands - 6 £22,000 - 2
North West +4 5 £24,500 -
Yorkshire - 4 £35,000 - 1
South West - 1 £30,000 - 2
SEO Specialist
UK

SEO Specialist
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited SEO Specialist in their job title 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 with SEO Specialist in their job title.

1 78 (100.00%) SEO
2 66 (84.62%) Google
3 49 (62.82%) Analytics
4 47 (60.26%) Google Analytics
5 46 (58.97%) Marketing
6 42 (53.85%) Pay per click
7 24 (30.77%) E-Commerce
8 23 (29.49%) PHP
8 23 (29.49%) Social Media
9 22 (28.21%) Online Marketing
10 19 (24.36%) Competitor Analysis
11 17 (21.79%) HTML
12 15 (19.23%) MS Excel
12 15 (19.23%) MS Office
12 15 (19.23%) CSS
12 15 (19.23%) Blog
13 14 (17.95%) Time Management
13 14 (17.95%) Omniture
13 14 (17.95%) XHTML
14 13 (16.67%) Copywriting
15 12 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
16 11 (14.10%) Internet
17 10 (12.82%) SiteCatalyst
18 9 (11.54%) WordPress
18 9 (11.54%) Magento
18 9 (11.54%) Technical Architecture
18 9 (11.54%) Drupal
18 9 (11.54%) Email Marketing
18 9 (11.54%) Data Analysis
18 9 (11.54%) Microsoft

SEO Specialist
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the England region that cited SEO Specialist in their job title 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 with SEO Specialist in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (21.79%) HTML
2 15 (19.23%) CSS
3 14 (17.95%) XHTML
4 5 (6.410%) XML
4 5 (6.410%) RSS
Application Platforms
1 9 (11.54%) WordPress
1 9 (11.54%) Magento
1 9 (11.54%) Drupal
2 5 (6.410%) CMS
2 5 (6.410%) IIS
2 5 (6.410%) Apache
Applications
1 15 (19.23%) MS Excel
1 15 (19.23%) MS Office
2 12 (15.38%) MS PowerPoint
3 2 (2.564%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 47 (60.26%) Google Analytics
2 10 (12.82%) SiteCatalyst
3 6 (7.692%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 11 (14.10%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (11.54%) MySQL
General
1 46 (58.97%) Marketing
2 4 (5.128%) Games
2 4 (5.128%) Finance
3 3 (3.846%) Advertising
4 2 (2.564%) German Language
5 1 (1.282%) Automotive
5 1 (1.282%) Retail
5 1 (1.282%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 23 (29.49%) Social Media
2 15 (19.23%) Blog
3 13 (16.67%) Copywriting
4 5 (6.410%) W3C
5 2 (2.564%) Web 2.0
6 1 (1.282%) New Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (100.00%) SEO
2 49 (62.82%) Analytics
3 42 (53.85%) Pay per click
4 24 (30.77%) E-Commerce
5 22 (28.21%) Online Marketing
6 19 (24.36%) Competitor Analysis
7 14 (17.95%) Time Management
8 9 (11.54%) Technical Architecture
8 9 (11.54%) Email Marketing
8 9 (11.54%) Data Analysis
9 8 (10.26%) Migration
10 5 (6.410%) Budget Control
11 4 (5.128%) Internet Marketing
12 3 (3.846%) GAP Analysis
12 3 (3.846%) Search Engine Marketing
12 3 (3.846%) Link Building
13 2 (2.564%) Web Design
14 1 (1.282%) Web Analytics
14 1 (1.282%) Data Modelling
14 1 (1.282%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 23 (29.49%) PHP
2 6 (7.692%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (5.128%) Degree
Vendors
1 66 (84.62%) Google
2 14 (17.95%) Omniture
3 9 (11.54%) Microsoft
4 7 (8.974%) Adobe
5 3 (3.846%) Yahoo!
5 3 (3.846%) Hitwise
6 2 (2.564%) Twitter
7 1 (1.282%) Facebook
Pudsey, West Yorkshire
My client is actively seeking an experienced and passionate SEO Specialist to join their progressive, dynamic and professional development team... They are looking for someone with a real...
Hotfoot Resourcing.
Salary: From £30,000 to £35,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Wiltshire
Working within a team of innovative digital marketers you will be creating, managing and fine tuning successful SEO/PPC strategies and optimising websites to maximise traffic flow, minimise...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Wiltshire, South West
Working within a team of innovative digital marketers you will be creating, managing and fine tuning successful SEO/PPC strategies and optimising websites to maximise traffic flow, minimise...
greywood
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
SEO SPECIALIST My client are a growing company based in Nottinghamshire and are a mainly online business. They are currently looking to recruit for an SEO specialist to...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £24000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 29 May 2013
Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
They are currently looking to recruit for an SEO specialist to help drive them further forward.The plan is to increase rankings, relevant traffic, visibility and conversions from...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £24000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Atelier Studios Ltd
Salary: From £20,000 to £35,000 per annum Negotiable based upon experience.
Posted: 6 June 2013
London
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
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