Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 17 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the London region.

 Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Location
3 months to
17 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank138190314
Rank change year-on-year
Up+52Up+124
Matching permanent IT job ads578339440
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London1.491 %1.065 %0.525 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category2.205 %1.685 %0.892 %
Salaries quoted532296388
Average salary£35,000£37,500£37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.660 %+1.350 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£54,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£28,000
% change year-on-year
-+7.140 %
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
262092011649346
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London67.60 %63.20 %58.89 %
Salaries quoted214751621840046
Average salary£52,500£50,000£52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.000 %-4.760 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£33,000£32,500£33,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£82,500£77,500£75,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
SEO EnglandSEO
England

SEO
Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SEO across the London region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010.

London 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 London region over the 3 months to 17 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-1123£32,500-18.75 %
LutonUp+513£25,000-58.33 %
CroydonUp+55£50,000+11.11 %
EnfieldNew entry-2£25,000-
TwickenhamNew entry-1£30,000-
Canary WharfNew entry-1£35,000-
HammersmithNew entry-1--
SEO EnglandSEO
England

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the London 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.

1476 (45.73 %)Marketing
2451 (43.32 %)CSS
3447 (42.94 %)HTML
4372 (35.73 %)JavaScript
5333 (31.99 %)Pay per click
6225 (21.61 %)E-Commerce
7219 (21.04 %)XML
7219 (21.04 %)AJAX
8206 (19.79 %)Online Marketing
9205 (19.69 %)PHP
10193 (18.54 %)XHTML
11180 (17.29 %)jQuery
12179 (17.20 %)CMS
13175 (16.81 %)Web Development
14158 (15.18 %)Flash
15150 (14.41 %)Photoshop
16137 (13.16 %).NET
17134 (12.87 %)Google
18132 (12.68 %)Finance
19117 (11.24 %)Web Analytics
20106 (10.18 %)Social Media
20106 (10.18 %)C#
20106 (10.18 %)W3C
21102 (9.798 %)SQL Server
22100 (9.606 %)Content Management
2396 (9.222 %)Web Services
2494 (9.030 %)Subversion
2592 (8.838 %)MySQL
2592 (8.838 %)Internet
2685 (8.165 %)Linux

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 March 2010, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1451 (43.32 %)CSS
2447 (42.94 %)HTML
3219 (21.04 %)XML
3219 (21.04 %)AJAX
4193 (18.54 %)XHTML
5180 (17.29 %)jQuery
6158 (15.18 %)Flash
7137 (13.16 %).NET
896 (9.222 %)Web Services
981 (7.781 %)ASP.NET
1080 (7.685 %)XSLT
1158 (5.572 %)ASP
1254 (5.187 %)JSP
1353 (5.091 %)YUI
1440 (3.842 %)CakePHP
1537 (3.554 %)LAMP
1636 (3.458 %)WCF
1734 (3.266 %)Symfony
1831 (2.978 %)DHTML
1930 (2.882 %).NET Framework
London IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1179 (17.20 %)CMS
253 (5.091 %)Drupal
336 (3.458 %)Apache
429 (2.786 %)SharePoint
528 (2.690 %)Tomcat
624 (2.305 %)WordPress
624 (2.305 %)SharePoint Server 2007
713 (1.249 %)IIS
810 (0.961 %)Joomla!
96 (0.576 %)EPiServer
96 (0.576 %)Flash Media Server
96 (0.576 %)ColdFusion
105 (0.480 %)Content Management Server
114 (0.384 %)nginx
123 (0.288 %)Immediacy CMS
132 (0.192 %)TeamSite
141 (0.096 %)MS Exchange
141 (0.096 %)Confluence
141 (0.096 %)LiveSite
141 (0.096 %)Moodle
London IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1150 (14.41 %)Photoshop
245 (4.323 %)Adobe Illustrator
333 (3.170 %)Fireworks
425 (2.402 %)MS Excel
516 (1.537 %)MS Office
516 (1.537 %)MS Visio
67 (0.672 %)Acrobat
74 (0.384 %)QuarkXPress
83 (0.288 %)MS PowerPoint
91 (0.096 %)Maya
91 (0.096 %)InDesign
91 (0.096 %)ImageReady
91 (0.096 %)InfoPath
91 (0.096 %)CA Clarity
London IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
145 (4.323 %)Google Analytics
218 (1.729 %)WebTrends
35 (0.480 %)BidBuddy
42 (0.192 %)Dynamics CRM
51 (0.096 %)Microsoft CRM
London IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
192 (8.838 %)Internet
214 (1.345 %)FTP
313 (1.249 %)HTTP
412 (1.153 %)DNS
510 (0.961 %)SAN
66 (0.576 %)Intranet
71 (0.096 %)Wireless
71 (0.096 %)SSH
71 (0.096 %)HTTPS
71 (0.096 %)ADSL
71 (0.096 %)Broadband
71 (0.096 %)TCP/IP
71 (0.096 %)VPN
71 (0.096 %)CTI
London IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1102 (9.798 %)SQL Server
292 (8.838 %)MySQL
310 (0.961 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (0.768 %)SQL Server 2000
53 (0.288 %)PostgreSQL
62 (0.192 %)Database Marketing
62 (0.192 %)Datawarehouse
62 (0.192 %)Informix
62 (0.192 %)Data Mining
71 (0.096 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
71 (0.096 %)RDBMS
71 (0.096 %)OLAP
71 (0.096 %)SQL Server Integration Services
71 (0.096 %)SQL Server 2008
London IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
194 (9.030 %)Subversion
261 (5.860 %)Dreamweaver
318 (1.729 %)Ant
415 (1.441 %)Selenium
513 (1.249 %)Visual Studio
69 (0.865 %)Eclipse
78 (0.768 %)JUnit
78 (0.768 %)NUnit
87 (0.672 %)VSS/SourceSafe
87 (0.672 %)WATIR
87 (0.672 %)TeamCity
96 (0.576 %)AnthillPro
96 (0.576 %)CruiseControl
96 (0.576 %)JProbe
105 (0.480 %)PEAR
113 (0.288 %)Team Foundation Server
122 (0.192 %)Firebug
122 (0.192 %)FitNesse
131 (0.096 %)Maven
131 (0.096 %)OpenDeploy
London IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1476 (45.73 %)Marketing
2132 (12.68 %)Finance
3106 (10.18 %)Social Media
479 (7.589 %)Advertising
564 (6.148 %)Retail
660 (5.764 %)Publishing
755 (5.283 %)Health
831 (2.978 %)Multimedia
928 (2.690 %)Pharmaceutical
928 (2.690 %)Games
1024 (2.305 %)Education
1024 (2.305 %)Pensions
1117 (1.633 %)Insurance
1215 (1.441 %)Telemarketing
1314 (1.345 %)Financial Institution
1413 (1.249 %)Online Games
158 (0.768 %)Graphic Design
158 (0.768 %)Banking
166 (0.576 %)Government
174 (0.384 %)Billing
London IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1388 (37.27 %)Developer
2199 (19.12 %)Web Developer
391 (8.742 %)Front-End Developer
482 (7.877 %)Senior Developer
576 (7.301 %)SEO Manager
576 (7.301 %)Designer
666 (6.340 %)Web Designer
762 (5.956 %)Marketing Manager
861 (5.860 %)Analyst
958 (5.572 %)Consultant
1046 (4.419 %)PHP Developer
1144 (4.227 %)Web Manager
1238 (3.650 %)SEO Specialist
1337 (3.554 %)Senior Web Developer
1436 (3.458 %)Front-End Web Developer
1535 (3.362 %).NET Developer
1634 (3.266 %)C# Developer
1728 (2.690 %)Search Manager
1827 (2.594 %)Online Marketing Manager
1925 (2.402 %)SEO Executive
London IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1106 (10.18 %)W3C
242 (4.035 %)Web 2.0
335 (3.362 %)German Language
431 (2.978 %)Social Network
528 (2.690 %)Spanish Language
528 (2.690 %)French Language
625 (2.402 %)Client/Server
723 (2.209 %)Portuguese Language
820 (1.921 %)Derivative
820 (1.921 %)Blog
820 (1.921 %)Copywriting
917 (1.633 %)Russian Language
1014 (1.345 %)Computer Science
1113 (1.249 %)Spread Betting
1211 (1.057 %)Statistics
139 (0.865 %)Mathematics
139 (0.865 %)SaaS
148 (0.768 %)Open Source
148 (0.768 %)Italian Language
157 (0.672 %)Swedish Language
London IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
185 (8.165 %)Linux
246 (4.419 %)UNIX
335 (3.362 %)Windows
45 (0.480 %)Ubuntu
52 (0.192 %)Windows XP
52 (0.192 %)Mac OS X
61 (0.096 %)Debian
61 (0.096 %)OpenBSD
61 (0.096 %)Windows Server 2008
61 (0.096 %)CentOS
London IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1333 (31.99 %)Pay per click
2225 (21.61 %)E-Commerce
3206 (19.79 %)Online Marketing
4175 (16.81 %)Web Development
5117 (11.24 %)Web Analytics
6100 (9.606 %)Content Management
785 (8.165 %)MVC
878 (7.493 %)Scrum
975 (7.205 %)Digital Marketing
1063 (6.052 %)Agile Software Development
1155 (5.283 %)Web Design
1247 (4.515 %)OO
1345 (4.323 %)Project Management
1439 (3.746 %)Competitor Analysis
1439 (3.746 %)Information Architecture
1537 (3.554 %)Search Engine Marketing
1537 (3.554 %)Email Marketing
1631 (2.978 %)SOA
1631 (2.978 %)Business Development
1730 (2.882 %)Web Marketing
London IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1372 (35.73 %)JavaScript
2205 (19.69 %)PHP
3106 (10.18 %)C#
472 (6.916 %)SQL
560 (5.764 %)Java
659 (5.668 %)ActionScript
739 (3.746 %)PHP5
833 (3.170 %)Ruby
928 (2.690 %)Perl
1025 (2.402 %)ActionScript 3.0
1025 (2.402 %)C
1120 (1.921 %)VB.NET
1213 (1.249 %)T-SQL
1311 (1.057 %)PHP4
1410 (0.961 %)Python
159 (0.865 %)VB
167 (0.672 %)ActionScript 2.0
174 (0.384 %)tcsh
174 (0.384 %)Bash shell
183 (0.288 %)VBScript
London IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
174 (7.109 %)Degree
24 (0.384 %)PMP
24 (0.384 %)PMI Certification
31 (0.096 %)PRINCE2 Certification
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
119 (1.825 %)QA
26 (0.576 %)WAI
26 (0.576 %)SLA
31 (0.096 %)WCAG
London IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1134 (12.87 %)Google
258 (5.572 %)Yahoo!
341 (3.939 %)Adobe
434 (3.266 %)Microsoft
434 (3.266 %)Omniture
520 (1.921 %)Zend
612 (1.153 %)Mercator
76 (0.576 %)Oracle
76 (0.576 %)Apple
85 (0.480 %)Sage
85 (0.480 %)Vignette
85 (0.480 %)DoubleClick
93 (0.288 %)Salesforce.com
93 (0.288 %)FrontRange
102 (0.192 %)JBoss
102 (0.192 %)EMC
102 (0.192 %)HP
102 (0.192 %)Macromedia
111 (0.096 %)Sony
111 (0.096 %)Dell