The first table below looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Slough region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 23 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 Slough region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Rank 59 - 51
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing SEO 13 0 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 1.958% - 1.186%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.416% - 1.485%
Number of salaries quoted 11 0 5
Average salary £62,500 - £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £31,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
All Processes & Methodologies
Slough
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
538 456 404
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Slough 81.02% 69.30% 79.84%
Number of salaries quoted 450 341 331
Average salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.11% -
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £31,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £62,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SEO
Berkshire

SEO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Slough 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 Slough region.

Slough SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SEO across the Slough region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Slough SEO Salary Histogram

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 9 (60.00%) Finance
2 8 (53.33%) Marketing
2 8 (53.33%) Web Development
3 7 (46.67%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (26.67%) Social Media
4 4 (26.67%) Advertising
4 4 (26.67%) HTML
4 4 (26.67%) CSS
4 4 (26.67%) French Language
5 3 (20.00%) Google
5 3 (20.00%) Pay per click
6 2 (13.33%) Degree
6 2 (13.33%) Content Management
6 2 (13.33%) XML
6 2 (13.33%) CMS
6 2 (13.33%) E-Commerce
7 1 (6.667%) C#
7 1 (6.667%) Flash
7 1 (6.667%) XHTML
7 1 (6.667%) CRM
7 1 (6.667%) .NET
7 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
7 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET
7 1 (6.667%) Logistics
7 1 (6.667%) Economics
7 1 (6.667%) Web Analytics
7 1 (6.667%) Retail
7 1 (6.667%) German Language
7 1 (6.667%) Portuguese Language
7 1 (6.667%) Russian Language

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Slough 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 (26.67%) HTML
1 4 (26.67%) CSS
2 2 (13.33%) XML
3 1 (6.667%) Flash
3 1 (6.667%) XHTML
3 1 (6.667%) .NET
3 1 (6.667%) ASP.NET
3 1 (6.667%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) CMS
2 1 (6.667%) Sitecore CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.667%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (60.00%) Finance
2 8 (53.33%) Marketing
3 4 (26.67%) Advertising
3 4 (26.67%) French Language
4 1 (6.667%) Retail
4 1 (6.667%) German Language
4 1 (6.667%) Portuguese Language
4 1 (6.667%) Russian Language
4 1 (6.667%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 4 (26.67%) Service Manager
2 3 (20.00%) PPC Manager
2 3 (20.00%) PPC Analyst
2 3 (20.00%) PPC Specialist
2 3 (20.00%) Website Manager
2 3 (20.00%) PPC Executive
3 2 (13.33%) Webmaster
4 1 (6.667%) Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Web Developer
4 1 (6.667%) Senior Manager
4 1 (6.667%) Marketing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 7 (46.67%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (26.67%) Social Media
3 1 (6.667%) Economics
3 1 (6.667%) Copywriting
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (53.33%) Web Development
2 3 (20.00%) Pay per click
3 2 (13.33%) Content Management
3 2 (13.33%) E-Commerce
4 1 (6.667%) CRM
4 1 (6.667%) Logistics
4 1 (6.667%) Web Analytics
4 1 (6.667%) Email Marketing
4 1 (6.667%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (6.667%) Multivariate Testing
4 1 (6.667%) Information Architecture
4 1 (6.667%) Direct Marketing
4 1 (6.667%) Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (6.667%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Google
2 1 (6.667%) Sitecore
2 1 (6.667%) Twitter