The first table below looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO 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 of the Processes & Methodologies category for the England region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Rank 199 180 156
Rank change year-on-year
-19 -24
Permanent jobs citing SEO 1441 1640 2051
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 1.396% 1.473% 1.681%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.827% 1.964% 2.287%
Number of salaries quoted 1123 1510 1876
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £24,523 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £54,750
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
78869 83508 89685
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England 76.42% 75.00% 73.51%
Number of salaries quoted 65476 71567 75811
Average salary £46,000 £47,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.15% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SEO
UK

SEO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Salary Histogram

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

England 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 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
London -32 600 £40,750 +1.87% 84
South East -33 223 £35,000 - 24
North West -3 164 £30,000 +9.09% 24
East of England +36 128 £35,000 - 17
Yorkshire +1 117 £27,500 -12.69% 15
South West +36 84 £30,250 +21.00% 13
West Midlands -57 54 £30,000 -20.00% 6
East Midlands +6 47 £27,500 +1.85% 7
North East - 6 £34,000 -
Midlands - 3 £24,500 -
SEO
UK

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 1401 (51.60%) Marketing
2 1284 (47.29%) CSS
3 1086 (40.00%) HTML
4 1024 (37.72%) JavaScript
5 1017 (37.46%) Analytics
6 749 (27.59%) E-Commerce
7 740 (27.26%) jQuery
8 730 (26.89%) Pay per click
9 715 (26.34%) Google
10 622 (22.91%) Social Media
11 619 (22.80%) PHP
12 540 (19.89%) HTML5
13 517 (19.04%) Digital Marketing
14 491 (18.08%) Web Development
15 476 (17.53%) Google Analytics
16 461 (16.98%) Photoshop
17 448 (16.50%) Online Marketing
18 439 (16.17%) .NET
19 423 (15.58%) CMS
20 409 (15.06%) XHTML
21 394 (14.51%) CSS3
22 380 (14.00%) Web Analytics
23 373 (13.74%) ASP.NET
24 369 (13.59%) Degree
25 334 (12.30%) MySQL
26 316 (11.64%) C#
26 316 (11.64%) Retail
27 309 (11.38%) XML
28 297 (10.94%) Ajax
29 289 (10.64%) Content Management

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the England 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 1284 (47.29%) CSS
2 1086 (40.00%) HTML
3 740 (27.26%) jQuery
4 540 (19.89%) HTML5
5 439 (16.17%) .NET
6 409 (15.06%) XHTML
7 394 (14.51%) CSS3
8 373 (13.74%) ASP.NET
9 309 (11.38%) XML
10 297 (10.94%) Ajax
11 187 (6.888%) Web Services
12 114 (4.199%) Flash
13 113 (4.162%) JSON
14 87 (3.204%) LAMP
14 87 (3.204%) XSLT
15 71 (2.615%) Semantic HTML
16 62 (2.284%) ASP
17 61 (2.247%) ASP.NET MVC
18 60 (2.210%) Node.js
19 57 (2.099%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 423 (15.58%) CMS
2 253 (9.319%) WordPress
3 125 (4.604%) Drupal
4 113 (4.162%) Magento
5 111 (4.088%) IIS
6 86 (3.168%) Apache
7 62 (2.284%) Joomla!
8 52 (1.915%) SharePoint
9 46 (1.694%) SAS
10 41 (1.510%) Umbraco
11 32 (1.179%) Apache Solr
12 29 (1.068%) Sitecore CMS
13 23 (0.847%) ExpressionEngine
14 21 (0.773%) Amazon AWS
15 19 (0.700%) WebLogic
16 18 (0.663%) Windows Azure
17 16 (0.589%) SharePoint Server
17 16 (0.589%) Alfresco
17 16 (0.589%) Adobe CQ
18 14 (0.516%) Liferay
Applications
1 461 (16.98%) Photoshop
2 231 (8.508%) MS Excel
3 193 (7.109%) Adobe Illustrator
4 126 (4.641%) MS Office
5 123 (4.530%) Fireworks
6 99 (3.646%) MS PowerPoint
7 42 (1.547%) InDesign
8 20 (0.737%) MS Project
9 17 (0.626%) Spreadsheet
10 10 (0.368%) Acrobat
11 9 (0.331%) MS Visio
12 7 (0.258%) OmniGraffle
13 6 (0.221%) SPSS
14 5 (0.184%) CorelDRAW
15 2 (0.074%) Adobe After Effects
16 1 (0.037%) 3ds Max
Business Applications
1 476 (17.53%) Google Analytics
2 53 (1.952%) SiteCatalyst
3 30 (1.105%) WebTrends
4 17 (0.626%) Tridion
5 4 (0.147%) Optimost
6 3 (0.110%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.037%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 200 (7.366%) Internet
2 40 (1.473%) DNS
3 36 (1.326%) Intranet
4 30 (1.105%) HTTP
5 10 (0.368%) TCP/IP
5 10 (0.368%) SMS
6 8 (0.295%) HTTPS
7 5 (0.184%) FTP
8 3 (0.110%) Network Security
8 3 (0.110%) Extranet
8 3 (0.110%) Broadband
8 3 (0.110%) WAN
9 2 (0.074%) SSL
9 2 (0.074%) ATM
9 2 (0.074%) Wireless
9 2 (0.074%) Firewall
10 1 (0.037%) Reverse Proxy
10 1 (0.037%) SAN
10 1 (0.037%) DAB
10 1 (0.037%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 334 (12.30%) MySQL
2 270 (9.945%) SQL Server
3 37 (1.363%) Data Mining
4 35 (1.289%) SQL Server 2008
5 31 (1.142%) SQL Server 2005
6 11 (0.405%) Big Data
6 11 (0.405%) Redis
6 11 (0.405%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 10 (0.368%) SQLite
8 9 (0.331%) PostgreSQL
9 8 (0.295%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 8 (0.295%) MongoDB
10 7 (0.258%) Base SAS
10 7 (0.258%) SAS Enterprise Guide
11 5 (0.184%) NoSQL
11 5 (0.184%) SQL Server 2012
11 5 (0.184%) Amazon RDS
11 5 (0.184%) Oracle 9i
11 5 (0.184%) Data Warehouse
11 5 (0.184%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 144 (5.304%) Subversion
2 119 (4.383%) Dreamweaver
3 116 (4.273%) Visual Studio
4 103 (3.794%) Git (software)
5 43 (1.584%) Eclipse
6 22 (0.810%) JIRA
6 22 (0.810%) Jasmine
7 20 (0.737%) Axure RP
8 19 (0.700%) Team Foundation Server
9 18 (0.663%) JUnit
9 18 (0.663%) Selenium
9 18 (0.663%) PhoneGap
10 17 (0.626%) QUnit
11 14 (0.516%) Xcode
12 13 (0.479%) PHPUnit
12 13 (0.479%) Mocha
13 9 (0.331%) Jenkins
14 8 (0.295%) Ant
14 8 (0.295%) TeamCity
15 7 (0.258%) GitHub
General
1 1401 (51.60%) Marketing
2 316 (11.64%) Retail
3 236 (8.692%) Finance
4 197 (7.256%) Advertising
5 137 (5.046%) Publishing
6 55 (2.026%) German Language
7 48 (1.768%) Games
8 47 (1.731%) French Language
9 36 (1.326%) Multimedia
10 34 (1.252%) Legal
11 27 (0.994%) Telecoms
12 25 (0.921%) Automotive
13 15 (0.552%) Back Office
14 13 (0.479%) Italian Language
15 12 (0.442%) Spanish Language
16 11 (0.405%) Manufacturing
16 11 (0.405%) Law
16 11 (0.405%) Banking
17 9 (0.331%) Russian Language
18 8 (0.295%) Portuguese Language
Job Titles
1 966 (35.58%) Developer
2 492 (18.12%) Web Developer
3 302 (11.12%) Front-End Developer
4 270 (9.945%) Designer
5 188 (6.924%) Web Designer
6 172 (6.335%) Analyst
7 165 (6.077%) PPC Manager
8 160 (5.893%) PPC Specialist
8 160 (5.893%) PPC Analyst
8 160 (5.893%) PPC Executive
9 157 (5.783%) PHP Developer
10 125 (4.604%) Marketing Manager
10 125 (4.604%) .NET Developer
11 118 (4.346%) Front-End Web Developer
12 108 (3.978%) Senior Developer
13 95 (3.499%) SEO Manager
14 89 (3.278%) Account Manager
15 82 (3.020%) PHP Web Developer
16 78 (2.873%) SEO Specialist
17 76 (2.799%) .NET Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 622 (22.91%) Social Media
2 147 (5.414%) W3C
3 123 (4.530%) Digital Media
4 109 (4.015%) Mobile App
5 104 (3.831%) Statistics
6 103 (3.794%) Copywriting
7 101 (3.720%) Blog
8 88 (3.241%) Computer Science
9 80 (2.947%) Open Source
10 59 (2.173%) Graphic Design
11 57 (2.099%) Mathematics
12 56 (2.063%) Social Network
13 42 (1.547%) N-Tier
14 37 (1.363%) iPad
15 35 (1.289%) iPhone
16 33 (1.215%) SaaS
17 31 (1.142%) Machine Learning
18 29 (1.068%) Animation
19 25 (0.921%) Smartphone
20 23 (0.847%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 164 (6.041%) Linux
2 127 (4.678%) Windows
3 72 (2.652%) Android
4 71 (2.615%) Apple iOS
5 68 (2.505%) UNIX
6 23 (0.847%) Windows Server 2008
7 17 (0.626%) Windows Server 2003
8 9 (0.331%) Windows Mobile
9 8 (0.295%) Windows 8
10 7 (0.258%) Windows Phone
10 7 (0.258%) Ubuntu
11 6 (0.221%) Mac OS X
11 6 (0.221%) webOS
12 5 (0.184%) Windows Phone 7
13 4 (0.147%) Windows 7
13 4 (0.147%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
14 2 (0.074%) Windows Vista
14 2 (0.074%) MVS
15 1 (0.037%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1017 (37.46%) Analytics
2 749 (27.59%) E-Commerce
3 730 (26.89%) Pay per click
4 517 (19.04%) Digital Marketing
5 491 (18.08%) Web Development
6 448 (16.50%) Online Marketing
7 380 (14.00%) Web Analytics
8 289 (10.64%) Content Management
9 250 (9.208%) Agile Software Development
10 229 (8.435%) MVC
11 218 (8.029%) Project Management
12 207 (7.624%) Web Design
13 183 (6.740%) OO
14 165 (6.077%) Email Marketing
15 138 (5.083%) CRM
16 121 (4.457%) Scrum
17 100 (3.683%) Time Management
18 96 (3.536%) Information Architecture
19 95 (3.499%) TDD
19 95 (3.499%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 1024 (37.72%) JavaScript
2 619 (22.80%) PHP
3 316 (11.64%) C#
4 220 (8.103%) SQL
5 153 (5.635%) Java
6 71 (2.615%) VB.NET
7 69 (2.541%) PHP5
8 44 (1.621%) C++
9 42 (1.547%) T-SQL
10 40 (1.473%) VB
10 40 (1.473%) Ruby
11 30 (1.105%) C
12 26 (0.958%) Python
13 19 (0.700%) ActionScript
14 16 (0.589%) Groovy
15 14 (0.516%) Objective-C
15 14 (0.516%) VBA
16 11 (0.405%) VB6
17 10 (0.368%) Perl
18 7 (0.258%) SAS Macro
Qualifications
1 369 (13.59%) Degree
2 17 (0.626%) Microsoft Certification
3 9 (0.331%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 7 (0.258%) PMI Certification
5 4 (0.147%) A+ Certification
6 2 (0.074%) MCTS
6 2 (0.074%) ISEB
6 2 (0.074%) HNC
7 1 (0.037%) MBA
7 1 (0.037%) Dell Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (1.547%) QA
2 33 (1.215%) WAI
3 18 (0.663%) WCAG
4 9 (0.331%) PCI DSS
5 5 (0.184%) SLA
6 4 (0.147%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.037%) vCloud
1 1 (0.037%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.037%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 7 (0.258%) Plesk
2 4 (0.147%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 715 (26.34%) Google
2 271 (9.982%) Microsoft
3 268 (9.871%) Adobe
4 171 (6.298%) Facebook
5 132 (4.862%) Omniture
6 114 (4.199%) Twitter
7 93 (3.425%) Zend
8 64 (2.357%) ATG
9 58 (2.136%) Yahoo!
10 47 (1.731%) Oracle
11 43 (1.584%) Sitecore
12 40 (1.473%) hybris
13 24 (0.884%) Coremetrics
14 22 (0.810%) IBM
14 22 (0.810%) Hitwise
15 20 (0.737%) Rackspace
16 19 (0.700%) Apple
17 16 (0.589%) Open Text
18 15 (0.552%) Venda
18 15 (0.552%) Nokia
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Salary: £26000 - £33000 per annum
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Salary: On Application
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Salary: From £55,000 to £65,000 per annum
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Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
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Salary: £50000.00 - £55000.00 per annum + Bonus + Benefits
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