The first table below looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 20 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 Milton Keynes region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Rank 98 81 60
Rank change year-on-year
-17 -21
Permanent jobs citing SEO 4 3 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.312% 0.288% 3.098%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.399% 0.377% 4.258%
Number of salaries quoted 3 3 27
Average salary £21,500 £30,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.33% +3.44%
90% offered a salary of more than £19,900 £24,000 £23,600
10% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £30,000 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
Milton Keynes
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
1003 796 681
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 78.18% 76.46% 72.76%
Number of salaries quoted 861 653 579
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% +5.26%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SEO
Buckinghamshire

SEO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Milton Keynes 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 Milton Keynes region.

Milton Keynes SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 5 (71.43%) Marketing
2 4 (57.14%) Blog
2 4 (57.14%) CMS
2 4 (57.14%) CSS
2 4 (57.14%) Social Media
3 3 (42.86%) HTML
3 3 (42.86%) Photoshop
3 3 (42.86%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Web Development
4 2 (28.57%) Google Analytics
4 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (28.57%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (28.57%) InDesign
4 2 (28.57%) Content Management
4 2 (28.57%) Google
4 2 (28.57%) PHP
4 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
4 2 (28.57%) Dreamweaver
4 2 (28.57%) Social Media Marketing
4 2 (28.57%) Digital Media
4 2 (28.57%) Brand Management
4 2 (28.57%) Open Source
4 2 (28.57%) Adobe
4 2 (28.57%) HTML5
4 2 (28.57%) Analytics
5 1 (14.29%) Facebook
5 1 (14.29%) Twitter
5 1 (14.29%) B2B
5 1 (14.29%) B2C
5 1 (14.29%) Microsoft

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Milton Keynes 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 4 (57.14%) CSS
2 3 (42.86%) HTML
3 2 (28.57%) HTML5
4 1 (14.29%) .NET
4 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) CMS
2 1 (14.29%) Umbraco
2 1 (14.29%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Photoshop
2 2 (28.57%) Adobe Illustrator
2 2 (28.57%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Google Analytics
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) Dreamweaver
2 1 (14.29%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (71.43%) Marketing
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (42.86%) Developer
1 3 (42.86%) Web Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Web Designer
2 2 (28.57%) Designer
3 1 (14.29%) Digital Account Manager
3 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Web Editor
3 1 (14.29%) SEO Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Copywriter
3 1 (14.29%) Account Manager
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Blog
1 4 (57.14%) Social Media
2 2 (28.57%) Digital Media
2 2 (28.57%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) E-Commerce
1 2 (28.57%) Content Management
1 2 (28.57%) Web Development
1 2 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (28.57%) Brand Management
1 2 (28.57%) Social Media Marketing
1 2 (28.57%) Analytics
2 1 (14.29%) Time Management
2 1 (14.29%) Business Development
2 1 (14.29%) Data Analysis
2 1 (14.29%) Pay per click
2 1 (14.29%) B2B
2 1 (14.29%) B2C
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) PHP
2 1 (14.29%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) VBScript
2 1 (14.29%) VB
2 1 (14.29%) VB6
2 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 3 (42.86%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Adobe
1 2 (28.57%) Google
2 1 (14.29%) Facebook
2 1 (14.29%) Twitter
2 1 (14.29%) Microsoft
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