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The table below looks at the demand for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSearch Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank235318
Rank change on same period last yearUp+83
Matching permanent IT job ads13441183
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.773 %0.507 %
As % of the category below1.387 %0.974 %
Salaries quoted12151036
Average minimum salary£31,139£28,389
Average salary£33,822£30,982
% change on same period last year+9.16 %
Average maximum salary£36,506£33,575
UK excluding London average salary£29,600£28,686
% change on same period last year+3.18 %
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
England
Matching permanent IT job ads96926121453
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled55.73 %52.04 %
Salaries quoted8053997587
Average minimum salary£43,010£44,148
Average salary£47,046£48,168
% change on same period last year-2.32 %
Average maximum salary£51,083£52,189
UK excluding London average salary£42,667£44,191
% change on same period last year-3.44 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing SEO across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

England SEO Demand Trend

SEO
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SEO across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England SEO Salary Histogram

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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 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+142661£39,014+9.37 %
South EastUp+20204£32,598+0.69 %
North WestUp+34135£26,831-2.90 %
West MidlandsDown-1391£27,393-1.17 %
East of EnglandUp+2686£31,753+1.46 %
East MidlandsUp+4775£28,801+27.26 %
YorkshireDown-3367£28,195+14.64 %
South WestDown-154£27,213-6.13 %
North EastNew entry-5£23,300-
South CoastDown-71£30,000+20.00 %
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

11286 (48.20 %)Marketing
21211 (45.39 %)CSS
31179 (44.19 %)HTML
4948 (35.53 %)JavaScript
5732 (27.44 %)XHTML
6693 (25.97 %)Pay per click
7679 (25.45 %)PHP
8654 (24.51 %)E-Commerce
9612 (22.94 %)Internet Marketing
10574 (21.51 %).NET
11458 (17.17 %)XML
12445 (16.68 %)MySQL
12445 (16.68 %)Web Development
13442 (16.57 %)Flash
14425 (15.93 %)Internet
15417 (15.63 %)ASP.NET
16385 (14.43 %)Photoshop
17364 (13.64 %)Content Management
18359 (13.46 %)AJAX
19348 (13.04 %)SQL Server
20347 (13.01 %)ASP
21330 (12.37 %)CMS
22306 (11.47 %)Web Design
23276 (10.34 %)Google
24266 (9.970 %)Web Analytics
25262 (9.820 %)W3C
26258 (9.670 %)C#
27242 (9.070 %)Degree
28240 (8.996 %)Dreamweaver
29236 (8.846 %)SQL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11211 (45.39 %)CSS
21179 (44.19 %)HTML
3732 (27.44 %)XHTML
4574 (21.51 %).NET
5458 (17.17 %)XML
6417 (15.63 %)ASP.NET
7359 (13.46 %)AJAX
8347 (13.01 %)ASP
9128 (4.798 %)LAMP
1088 (3.298 %)WebServices
1186 (3.223 %)MVC
1280 (2.999 %)XSLT
1357 (2.136 %)jQuery
1456 (2.099 %)DOM
1555 (2.061 %)JSP
1651 (1.912 %)J2EE
1750 (1.874 %)XSL
1849 (1.837 %).NET Framework
1947 (1.762 %)ASP.NET 2.0
2044 (1.649 %)RSS
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1330 (12.37 %)CMS
2188 (7.046 %)Apache
361 (2.286 %)IIS
440 (1.499 %)SharePoint
533 (1.237 %)ColdFusion
627 (1.012 %)WebLogic
714 (0.525 %)SharePoint Server 2007
811 (0.412 %)Tomcat
98 (0.300 %)SAS
106 (0.225 %)Immediacy CMS
106 (0.225 %)WordPress
115 (0.187 %)BizTalk Server
124 (0.150 %)TeamSite
133 (0.112 %)Sitecore CMS
141 (0.037 %)Lotus Notes
141 (0.037 %)Lotus Domino
141 (0.037 %)TYPO3
141 (0.037 %)Joomla!
141 (0.037 %)DotNetNuke
141 (0.037 %)Umbraco
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1385 (14.43 %)Photoshop
2111 (4.160 %)Adobe Illustrator
388 (3.298 %)MS Excel
457 (2.136 %)Fireworks
550 (1.874 %)MS Visio
642 (1.574 %)MS Office
734 (1.274 %)ImageReady
832 (1.199 %)SPSS
926 (0.975 %)MS PowerPoint
1024 (0.900 %)InDesign
1118 (0.675 %)Acrobat
1217 (0.637 %)MS Project
138 (0.300 %)InfoPath
145 (0.187 %)FreeHand
145 (0.187 %)Shockwave
154 (0.150 %)3ds Max
162 (0.075 %)CorelDRAW
171 (0.037 %)CA Clarity
171 (0.037 %)QuarkXPress
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1113 (4.235 %)Google Analytics
289 (3.336 %)WebTrends
38 (0.300 %)GoldMine
43 (0.112 %)Summit
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1425 (15.93 %)Internet
2100 (3.748 %)Intranet
340 (1.499 %)DNS
433 (1.237 %)FTP
527 (1.012 %)HTTP
620 (0.750 %)SMTP
714 (0.525 %)Extranet
812 (0.450 %)TCP/IP
97 (0.262 %)SMS
104 (0.150 %)SSH
113 (0.112 %)SSL
122 (0.075 %)Broadband
122 (0.075 %)Reverse Proxy
131 (0.037 %)LAN
131 (0.037 %)VoIP
131 (0.037 %)WAN
131 (0.037 %)POP3
131 (0.037 %)VPN
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1445 (16.68 %)MySQL
2348 (13.04 %)SQL Server
374 (2.774 %)SQL Server 2005
438 (1.424 %)SQL Server 2000
518 (0.675 %)MS Access
617 (0.637 %)Crystal Reports
713 (0.487 %)BusinessObjects
89 (0.337 %)Data Mining
94 (0.150 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
103 (0.112 %)PostgreSQL
103 (0.112 %)RDBMS
103 (0.112 %)Datawarehouse
111 (0.037 %)DTS
111 (0.037 %)DB2
111 (0.037 %)FileMaker
111 (0.037 %)SQL Server Integration Services
111 (0.037 %)PerformancePoint
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1442 (16.57 %)Flash
2240 (8.996 %)Dreamweaver
376 (2.849 %)Visual Studio
428 (1.049 %)Subversion
511 (0.412 %)VSS/SourceSafe
65 (0.187 %)Zend Studio
74 (0.150 %)Visual Studio Team System
82 (0.075 %)Eclipse
82 (0.075 %)MSI
91 (0.037 %)FrontPage
91 (0.037 %)JUnit
91 (0.037 %)Aptana Studio
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11286 (48.20 %)Marketing
2216 (8.096 %)Advertising
3211 (7.909 %)Finance
4114 (4.273 %)Retail
5109 (4.085 %)Publishing
6105 (3.936 %)Pensions
792 (3.448 %)Health
885 (3.186 %)Games
951 (1.912 %)Education
1045 (1.687 %)Multimedia
1143 (1.612 %)Online Games
1234 (1.274 %)Insurance
1333 (1.237 %)Graphic Design
1426 (0.975 %)Video Editing
1426 (0.975 %)Law
1426 (0.975 %)Telecoms
1521 (0.787 %)FMCG
1619 (0.712 %)Automotive
1716 (0.600 %)Electronics
1815 (0.562 %)Animation
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11043 (39.09 %)Developer
2635 (23.80 %)Web Developer
3205 (7.684 %)Web Designer
4191 (7.159 %)PHP Developer
5170 (6.372 %)Consultant
6153 (5.735 %).NET Developer
6153 (5.735 %)Marketing Manager
7131 (4.910 %)SEO Specialist
8121 (4.535 %)Web Manager
8121 (4.535 %)Analyst
9119 (4.460 %)Senior Developer
10117 (4.385 %)Marketing Executive
11109 (4.085 %)Online Marketing Manager
1282 (3.073 %)ASP.NET Developer
1378 (2.924 %)SEO Consultant
1474 (2.774 %)Account Manager
1474 (2.774 %).NET Web Developer
1567 (2.511 %)Junior
1664 (2.399 %)Programmer
1763 (2.361 %)Project Manager
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1262 (9.820 %)W3C
2129 (4.835 %)Web 2.0
386 (3.223 %)BBC
476 (2.849 %)Copywriting
540 (1.499 %)Statistics
637 (1.387 %)Blog
719 (0.712 %)Social Network
811 (0.412 %)Management Information System
910 (0.375 %)Taxonomies
109 (0.337 %)Derivative
109 (0.337 %)Spread Betting
117 (0.262 %)Computer Science
117 (0.262 %)Tandem
126 (0.225 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
135 (0.187 %)Streaming Video
135 (0.187 %)Data Protection Act
135 (0.187 %)Mashup
135 (0.187 %)Spanish Language
144 (0.150 %)Podcast
144 (0.150 %)Data Extraction
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1116 (4.348 %)Linux
277 (2.886 %)Windows
333 (1.237 %)UNIX
432 (1.199 %)Windows Server 2003
59 (0.337 %)Windows XP
64 (0.150 %)Windows 2000
72 (0.075 %)CentOS
81 (0.037 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.037 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (0.037 %)FreeBSD
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1693 (25.97 %)Pay per click
2654 (24.51 %)E-Commerce
3612 (22.94 %)Internet Marketing
4445 (16.68 %)Web Development
5364 (13.64 %)Content Management
6306 (11.47 %)Web Design
7266 (9.970 %)Web Analytics
8221 (8.283 %)OO
9182 (6.822 %)Email Marketing
10135 (5.060 %)Project Management
11108 (4.048 %)Search Engine Marketing
12101 (3.786 %)OOP
1393 (3.486 %)Digital Marketing
1491 (3.411 %)B2B
1566 (2.474 %)B2C
1654 (2.024 %)CRM
1654 (2.024 %)Agile Software Development
1751 (1.912 %)E-business
1843 (1.612 %)Time Management
1941 (1.537 %)Direct Marketing
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1948 (35.53 %)JavaScript
2679 (25.45 %)PHP
3258 (9.670 %)C#
4236 (8.846 %)SQL
5185 (6.934 %)Java
6124 (4.648 %)VB.NET
6124 (4.648 %)DHTML
7114 (4.273 %)ActionScript
859 (2.211 %)PHP5
957 (2.136 %)C
1045 (1.687 %)VB
1136 (1.349 %)Transact-SQL
1226 (0.975 %)VBScript
1319 (0.712 %)XPath
1417 (0.637 %)PHP4
1516 (0.600 %)Ruby
1615 (0.562 %)C++
1712 (0.450 %)PL/SQL
1712 (0.450 %)Perl
187 (0.262 %)Python
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1242 (9.070 %)Degree
227 (1.012 %)Microsoft Certification
318 (0.675 %)MCP
318 (0.675 %)MCSD
417 (0.637 %)MCAD
59 (0.337 %)HND
68 (0.300 %)MCSE
68 (0.300 %)MCPD
72 (0.075 %)PRINCE2 Certification
81 (0.037 %)MySQL Certification
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
170 (2.624 %)WCAG
255 (2.061 %)WAI
315 (0.562 %)QA
45 (0.187 %)SLA
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.075 %)Active Directory
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.075 %)SCOM
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1276 (10.34 %)Google
2137 (5.135 %)Yahoo!
3120 (4.498 %)Microsoft
4105 (3.936 %)Adobe
558 (2.174 %)Omniture
626 (0.975 %)Oracle
714 (0.525 %)Macromedia
813 (0.487 %)Business Objects
911 (0.412 %)Zend
107 (0.262 %)IBM
116 (0.225 %)Interwoven
116 (0.225 %)Apple
125 (0.187 %)Coremetrics
133 (0.112 %)Sitecore
133 (0.112 %)SAP
142 (0.075 %)Sage
142 (0.075 %)Quark
142 (0.075 %)Cisco
142 (0.075 %)Endeca
142 (0.075 %)WebSideStory