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 Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 18 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 Scotland region.

 Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank7992172
Rank change year-on-year
Up+13Up+80
Matching permanent IT job ads16185
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland0.861 %0.873 %0.094 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category1.327 %1.422 %0.174 %
Salaries quoted16154
Average salary£31,250£30,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.160 %-20.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£25,000£35,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£45,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£29,000£30,000£28,000
% change year-on-year
-3.330 %+7.140 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
120612662876
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland64.91 %61.37 %54.08 %
Salaries quoted7208991844
Average salary£38,500£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.750 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£25,750£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
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SEO
Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SEO across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Scotland 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 Scotland region over the 3 months to 18 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
GlasgowDown-27£32,500+8.33 %
EdinburghDown-167£32,500-1.51 %
South LanarkshireNew entry-2£30,000-
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

116 (47.06 %)Marketing
211 (32.35 %)French Language
39 (26.47 %)Web Development
48 (23.53 %)CSS
57 (20.59 %)Photoshop
57 (20.59 %)XHTML
57 (20.59 %)Pensions
66 (17.65 %)PHP
66 (17.65 %)MySQL
75 (14.71 %)SQL Server
75 (14.71 %)Windows
75 (14.71 %)Linux
75 (14.71 %)ColdFusion
75 (14.71 %)Fireworks
84 (11.76 %)E-Commerce
84 (11.76 %)SOA
84 (11.76 %)SQL
84 (11.76 %)Graphic Design
93 (8.824 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
93 (8.824 %)SQL Server 2008
93 (8.824 %)T-SQL
93 (8.824 %)Data Mining
93 (8.824 %)Web 2.0
93 (8.824 %)Pay per click
93 (8.824 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
93 (8.824 %)Web Design
102 (5.882 %)CMS
102 (5.882 %)Project Management
102 (5.882 %)Degree
102 (5.882 %)Red Hat

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
18 (23.53 %)CSS
27 (20.59 %)XHTML
32 (5.882 %).NET
32 (5.882 %)HTML
32 (5.882 %)ASP.NET
32 (5.882 %)Flash
41 (2.941 %)JSP
41 (2.941 %)Web Services
41 (2.941 %)AJAX
Scotland IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (14.71 %)ColdFusion
22 (5.882 %)CMS
31 (2.941 %)Magento
Scotland IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
17 (20.59 %)Photoshop
25 (14.71 %)Fireworks
Scotland IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (2.941 %)Google Analytics
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (2.941 %)IMAP
11 (2.941 %)Intranet
11 (2.941 %)Extranet
11 (2.941 %)L2TP
11 (2.941 %)DHCP
11 (2.941 %)DNS
11 (2.941 %)IPsec
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (17.65 %)MySQL
25 (14.71 %)SQL Server
33 (8.824 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
33 (8.824 %)SQL Server 2008
33 (8.824 %)Data Mining
33 (8.824 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
Scotland IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
11 (2.941 %)Visual Studio
Scotland IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
116 (47.06 %)Marketing
27 (20.59 %)Pensions
34 (11.76 %)Graphic Design
41 (2.941 %)Social Media
41 (2.941 %)Health
Scotland IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
111 (32.35 %)Developer
27 (20.59 %)Web Developer
27 (20.59 %)Designer
35 (14.71 %)Web Designer
44 (11.76 %)Photoshop Designer
53 (8.824 %)Database Developer
62 (5.882 %)ColdFusion Developer
62 (5.882 %)PHP Developer
62 (5.882 %)Support Analyst
62 (5.882 %)Analyst
62 (5.882 %)Coordinator
62 (5.882 %)PHP Web Developer
62 (5.882 %)Web Analyst
62 (5.882 %)Developer Analyst
62 (5.882 %)Web Support Analyst
71 (2.941 %)User Experience Designer
71 (2.941 %)IT Support
71 (2.941 %)Graphic Designer
71 (2.941 %)ASP.NET Developer
71 (2.941 %)Linux Support
Scotland IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
111 (32.35 %)French Language
23 (8.824 %)Web 2.0
32 (5.882 %)Italian Language
32 (5.882 %)Social Network
41 (2.941 %)W3C
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (14.71 %)Windows
15 (14.71 %)Linux
22 (5.882 %)Red Hat Linux
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
19 (26.47 %)Web Development
24 (11.76 %)E-Commerce
24 (11.76 %)SOA
33 (8.824 %)Pay per click
33 (8.824 %)Web Design
42 (5.882 %)Project Management
42 (5.882 %)Digital Marketing
42 (5.882 %)Quantitative Analysis
42 (5.882 %)Online Marketing
51 (2.941 %)Unit Testing
51 (2.941 %)OO
51 (2.941 %)B2B
51 (2.941 %)Business Development
51 (2.941 %)Agile Software Development
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
16 (17.65 %)PHP
24 (11.76 %)SQL
33 (8.824 %)T-SQL
41 (2.941 %)JavaScript
Scotland IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (5.882 %)Degree
Scotland IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (2.941 %)Sendmail
11 (2.941 %)Active Directory
11 (2.941 %)Samba
Scotland IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
12 (5.882 %)Red Hat
21 (2.941 %)Microsoft
21 (2.941 %)Adobe
21 (2.941 %)Google