The first table below looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 22 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 Liverpool region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Rank 38 61 52
Rank change year-on-year
+23 -9
Permanent jobs citing SEO 16 10 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 4.278% 1.957% 1.290%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.112% 2.571% 1.942%
Number of salaries quoted 15 8 4
Average salary £26,500 £36,500 £26,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.39% +36.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,000 £23,250
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £44,250 £29,550
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
313 389 206
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 83.69% 76.13% 66.45%
Number of salaries quoted 270 335 162
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £31,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SEO
Merseyside

SEO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SEO across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Liverpool SEO Salary Histogram

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 21 (65.63%) Marketing
2 19 (59.38%) Digital Marketing
3 11 (34.38%) JavaScript
4 10 (31.25%) CSS
4 10 (31.25%) Google
4 10 (31.25%) Pay per click
5 9 (28.13%) jQuery
5 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
5 9 (28.13%) Facebook
6 8 (25.00%) MS Excel
6 8 (25.00%) HTML
7 7 (21.88%) E-Commerce
7 7 (21.88%) Web Design
8 6 (18.75%) HTML5
9 5 (15.63%) CSS3
9 5 (15.63%) CMS
9 5 (15.63%) PHP
9 5 (15.63%) .NET
9 5 (15.63%) Photoshop
9 5 (15.63%) Email Marketing
10 4 (12.50%) Retail
10 4 (12.50%) Adobe Illustrator
11 3 (9.375%) Fireworks
11 3 (9.375%) Games
11 3 (9.375%) Web Development
11 3 (9.375%) Online Games
11 3 (9.375%) Social Media
12 2 (6.250%) Digital Media
12 2 (6.250%) Analytics
12 2 (6.250%) Social Network

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool 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 10 (31.25%) CSS
2 9 (28.13%) jQuery
3 8 (25.00%) HTML
4 6 (18.75%) HTML5
5 5 (15.63%) CSS3
5 5 (15.63%) .NET
6 2 (6.250%) Ajax
6 2 (6.250%) ASP.NET
6 2 (6.250%) XHTML
6 2 (6.250%) XML
7 1 (3.125%) XSLT
7 1 (3.125%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 5 (15.63%) CMS
2 1 (3.125%) Umbraco
2 1 (3.125%) WordPress
Applications
1 8 (25.00%) MS Excel
2 5 (15.63%) Photoshop
3 4 (12.50%) Adobe Illustrator
4 3 (9.375%) Fireworks
5 1 (3.125%) MS Project
5 1 (3.125%) MS Office
5 1 (3.125%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (3.125%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (6.250%) MySQL
1 2 (6.250%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 2 (6.250%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (3.125%) Visual Studio
General
1 21 (65.63%) Marketing
2 4 (12.50%) Retail
3 3 (9.375%) Games
4 1 (3.125%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (25.00%) Account Manager
2 6 (18.75%) Project Manager
2 6 (18.75%) Developer
2 6 (18.75%) Digital Project Manager
3 5 (15.63%) Front-End Developer
3 5 (15.63%) PPC Manager
3 5 (15.63%) PPC Analyst
3 5 (15.63%) PPC Executive
3 5 (15.63%) PPC Specialist
4 3 (9.375%) Web Designer
4 3 (9.375%) Designer
5 2 (6.250%) Front-End Web Developer
5 2 (6.250%) SEO Executive
5 2 (6.250%) Web Developer
6 1 (3.125%) Programmer
6 1 (3.125%) PHP Developer
6 1 (3.125%) Senior Web Designer
6 1 (3.125%) Marketing Manager
6 1 (3.125%) Technical Leader
6 1 (3.125%) Web Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (9.375%) Online Games
1 3 (9.375%) Social Media
2 2 (6.250%) Digital Media
2 2 (6.250%) Social Network
3 1 (3.125%) Copywriting
3 1 (3.125%) New Media
3 1 (3.125%) iPad
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (59.38%) Digital Marketing
2 10 (31.25%) Pay per click
3 7 (21.88%) E-Commerce
3 7 (21.88%) Web Design
4 5 (15.63%) Email Marketing
5 3 (9.375%) Web Development
6 2 (6.250%) Analytics
6 2 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (6.250%) Business Development
7 1 (3.125%) MVC
7 1 (3.125%) Search Engine Marketing
7 1 (3.125%) Online Marketing
7 1 (3.125%) Time Management
7 1 (3.125%) Marketing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 11 (34.38%) JavaScript
2 5 (15.63%) PHP
3 2 (6.250%) C#
4 1 (3.125%) C++
4 1 (3.125%) Java
4 1 (3.125%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.125%) VB.NET
4 1 (3.125%) PHP5
Vendors
1 10 (31.25%) Google
2 9 (28.13%) Microsoft
2 9 (28.13%) Facebook
3 2 (6.250%) Adobe
Liverpool, North West
Do you have experience in coding which adheres to usability, accessibility and SEO Industry best practice?... Have you worked on eCommerce or Front-end prototypes and do you...
Hudson
Salary: £17000 - £26000 per annum + overtime and benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
The role will also deliver an offsite optimization program for select range of projects across the business.Our client is an award winning, multi multi million pound business...
Hudson
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013