The first table below looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Merseyside region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 19 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 Merseyside region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Rank 56 75 52
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -23
Permanent jobs citing SEO 8 8 14
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 1.649% 1.190% 2.905%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.010% 1.606% 3.922%
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 13
Average salary £29,750 £36,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.49% +46.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,250 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,500 £42,800
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Merseyside
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
398 498 357
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Merseyside 82.06% 74.11% 74.07%
Number of salaries quoted 347 450 291
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £27,500 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SEO
North West

SEO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SEO across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region over the 3 months to 19 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
Liverpool +2 6 £29,750 -18.49% 2
St Helens - 2 - -
SEO
North West

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 24 (64.86%) Marketing
2 21 (56.76%) Digital Marketing
3 12 (32.43%) Google
4 11 (29.73%) Pay per click
4 11 (29.73%) JavaScript
4 11 (29.73%) CSS
5 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
5 9 (24.32%) jQuery
5 9 (24.32%) Facebook
6 8 (21.62%) MS Excel
6 8 (21.62%) HTML
7 7 (18.92%) .NET
7 7 (18.92%) E-Commerce
7 7 (18.92%) Email Marketing
8 5 (13.51%) HTML5
8 5 (13.51%) Social Media
8 5 (13.51%) CSS3
8 5 (13.51%) Web Development
8 5 (13.51%) Web Design
9 4 (10.81%) CMS
9 4 (10.81%) Retail
9 4 (10.81%) Adobe
9 4 (10.81%) ASP.NET
9 4 (10.81%) C#
9 4 (10.81%) Photoshop
9 4 (10.81%) Analytics
10 3 (8.108%) Online Marketing
10 3 (8.108%) PHP
10 3 (8.108%) SQL Server
10 3 (8.108%) Fireworks

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 11 (29.73%) CSS
2 9 (24.32%) jQuery
3 8 (21.62%) HTML
4 7 (18.92%) .NET
5 5 (13.51%) HTML5
5 5 (13.51%) CSS3
6 4 (10.81%) ASP.NET
7 2 (5.405%) XHTML
7 2 (5.405%) ASP.NET MVC
7 2 (5.405%) Razor View Engine
8 1 (2.703%) XML
8 1 (2.703%) XSLT
8 1 (2.703%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.81%) CMS
2 1 (2.703%) Umbraco
Applications
1 8 (21.62%) MS Excel
2 4 (10.81%) Photoshop
3 3 (8.108%) Fireworks
3 3 (8.108%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (8.108%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (2.703%) MS Project
4 1 (2.703%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (8.108%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (8.108%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (2.703%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 1 (2.703%) Visual Studio
1 1 (2.703%) Dreamweaver
General
1 24 (64.86%) Marketing
2 4 (10.81%) Retail
3 3 (8.108%) Games
4 1 (2.703%) Law
Job Titles
1 8 (21.62%) Account Manager
2 7 (18.92%) Developer
3 6 (16.22%) Project Manager
3 6 (16.22%) Digital Project Manager
4 5 (13.51%) Front-End Developer
4 5 (13.51%) PPC Manager
4 5 (13.51%) PPC Analyst
4 5 (13.51%) PPC Executive
4 5 (13.51%) PPC Specialist
5 4 (10.81%) Web Developer
6 3 (8.108%) Designer
6 3 (8.108%) Web Designer
6 3 (8.108%) SEO Manager
7 2 (5.405%) Marketing Executive
7 2 (5.405%) SEO Executive
7 2 (5.405%) Front-End Web Developer
7 2 (5.405%) Digital Marketing Executive
8 1 (2.703%) Head of Search
8 1 (2.703%) SEO Account Manager
8 1 (2.703%) Senior Designer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.51%) Social Media
2 3 (8.108%) Copywriting
2 3 (8.108%) Online Games
3 2 (5.405%) Blog
3 2 (5.405%) Digital Media
4 1 (2.703%) New Media
4 1 (2.703%) Social Network
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (56.76%) Digital Marketing
2 11 (29.73%) Pay per click
3 7 (18.92%) E-Commerce
3 7 (18.92%) Email Marketing
4 5 (13.51%) Web Development
4 5 (13.51%) Web Design
5 4 (10.81%) Analytics
6 3 (8.108%) Online Marketing
6 3 (8.108%) MVC
7 2 (5.405%) Direct Marketing
7 2 (5.405%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (5.405%) Business Development
7 2 (5.405%) B2B
8 1 (2.703%) Link Building
8 1 (2.703%) Marketing Strategy
8 1 (2.703%) Web Application Development
8 1 (2.703%) OO
8 1 (2.703%) OOD
8 1 (2.703%) Data Management
8 1 (2.703%) Search Engine Marketing
Programming Languages
1 11 (29.73%) JavaScript
2 4 (10.81%) C#
3 3 (8.108%) PHP
4 2 (5.405%) T-SQL
5 1 (2.703%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.703%) SQL
Vendors
1 12 (32.43%) Google
2 9 (24.32%) Microsoft
2 9 (24.32%) Facebook
3 4 (10.81%) Adobe
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