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The table below looks at the demand for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) skills within the Halifax 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSearch Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5850
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching permanent IT job ads71
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below3.627 %0.518 %
Salaries quoted61
Average minimum salary£34,167£24,000
Average salary£35,000£26,000
% change on same period last year+34.61 %
Average maximum salary£35,833£28,000
UK excluding London average salary£29,519£28,762
% change on same period last year+2.63 %
Halifax IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
Halifax
Matching permanent IT job ads193193
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.113 %0.083 %
Salaries quoted175183
Average minimum salary£30,208£32,393
Average salary£32,455£36,046
% change on same period last year-9.96 %
Average maximum salary£34,702£39,699
UK excluding London average salary£42,638£44,224
% change on same period last year-3.58 %
SEO West YorkshireSEO
West Yorkshire

SEO
Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SEO across the Halifax region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Halifax SEO Salary Histogram

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Halifax 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.

17 (87.50 %)E-Commerce
26 (75.00 %)CSS
26 (75.00 %)AJAX
34 (50.00 %)XHTML
43 (37.50 %)ASP
43 (37.50 %)HTML
43 (37.50 %)JavaScript
43 (37.50 %)Marketing
52 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
52 (25.00 %)Digital Marketing
52 (25.00 %)jQuery
52 (25.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
52 (25.00 %)C
52 (25.00 %)Web Design
52 (25.00 %).NET
52 (25.00 %)SQL Server
52 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
52 (25.00 %)N-Tier
61 (12.50 %)Dreamweaver
61 (12.50 %)B2B
61 (12.50 %)W3C
61 (12.50 %)Fireworks
61 (12.50 %)Intranet
61 (12.50 %)Project Management
61 (12.50 %)Photoshop
61 (12.50 %)PHP
61 (12.50 %)Web Analytics
61 (12.50 %)Pay per click
61 (12.50 %)WCAG
61 (12.50 %)Internet Marketing

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Halifax 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.

Halifax IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (75.00 %)CSS
16 (75.00 %)AJAX
24 (50.00 %)XHTML
33 (37.50 %)HTML
33 (37.50 %)ASP
42 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
42 (25.00 %).NET
42 (25.00 %)jQuery
42 (25.00 %)ASP.NET 2.0
Halifax IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (12.50 %)Photoshop
11 (12.50 %)Fireworks
Halifax IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (12.50 %)Intranet
Halifax IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (25.00 %)SQL Server
12 (25.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Halifax IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (12.50 %)Dreamweaver
Halifax IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (37.50 %)Marketing
Halifax IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (62.50 %)Web Designer
22 (25.00 %)Senior Web Developer
22 (25.00 %)Developer
22 (25.00 %)Web Developer
22 (25.00 %)Senior Developer
Halifax IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (25.00 %)N-Tier
21 (12.50 %)W3C
Halifax IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (87.50 %)E-Commerce
22 (25.00 %)Digital Marketing
22 (25.00 %)Web Design
31 (12.50 %)Web Analytics
31 (12.50 %)Pay per click
31 (12.50 %)Internet Marketing
31 (12.50 %)B2B
31 (12.50 %)Project Management
Halifax IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (37.50 %)JavaScript
22 (25.00 %)C
31 (12.50 %)PHP
Halifax IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (12.50 %)WCAG