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This section looks at the demand for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSearch Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank271311
Rank change on same period last yearUp+40
Matching permanent IT job ads229230
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.121 %0.094 %
As % of the category below1.063 %0.875 %
Salaries quoted208198
Average minimum salary£29,135£28,874
Average salary£31,397£31,457
% change on same period last year-0.18 %
Average maximum salary£33,660£34,039
UK excluding London average salary£29,018£28,518
% change on same period last year+1.75 %
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads2154526287
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled11.37 %10.76 %
Salaries quoted1719421112
Average minimum salary£40,358£41,997
Average salary£44,230£45,432
% change on same period last year-2.64 %
Average maximum salary£48,103£48,866
UK excluding London average salary£42,567£44,524
% change on same period last year-4.39 %
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England

SEO
Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SEO across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East SEO Salary Histogram

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SurreyUp+7891£30,677-7.32 %
BerkshireUp+6754£35,045+5.25 %
HampshireDown-8321£27,895-2.31 %
KentDown-615£30,028-19.92 %
OxfordshireUp+412£33,538+3.19 %
BuckinghamshireUp+119£30,875+13.69 %
West SussexUp+128£27,500-14.31 %
East SussexUp+76£21,917-6.07 %
MiddlesexUp+175£30,500-57.34 %
Thames ValleyUp+342£25,000-7.40 %
SussexNew entry-2£31,250-
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England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

1277 (57.35 %)Marketing
2235 (48.65 %)HTML
3211 (43.69 %)CSS
4176 (36.44 %)JavaScript
5156 (32.30 %)E-Commerce
6132 (27.33 %)XHTML
7125 (25.88 %)Internet Marketing
8119 (24.64 %)Content Management
9108 (22.36 %).NET
1098 (20.29 %)PHP
1195 (19.67 %)Flash
1195 (19.67 %)Web Design
1294 (19.46 %)SQL
1388 (18.22 %)ASP.NET
1388 (18.22 %)XML
1483 (17.18 %)Photoshop
1483 (17.18 %)Pay per click
1577 (15.94 %)AJAX
1676 (15.73 %)Web Development
1775 (15.53 %)CMS
1871 (14.70 %)Google
1965 (13.46 %)Web Analytics
2061 (12.63 %)Internet
2155 (11.39 %)SQL Server
2155 (11.39 %)Degree
2254 (11.18 %)ASP
2353 (10.97 %)MySQL
2450 (10.35 %)VB.NET
2450 (10.35 %)W3C
2546 (9.524 %)Dreamweaver

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the South East 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.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1235 (48.65 %)HTML
2211 (43.69 %)CSS
3132 (27.33 %)XHTML
4108 (22.36 %).NET
588 (18.22 %)ASP.NET
588 (18.22 %)XML
677 (15.94 %)AJAX
754 (11.18 %)ASP
813 (2.692 %)ASP.NET 2.0
911 (2.277 %)LAMP
1010 (2.070 %)DOM
119 (1.863 %)jQuery
119 (1.863 %)Adobe Flex
127 (1.449 %)WebServices
135 (1.035 %)XSL
135 (1.035 %).NET Framework
144 (0.828 %)XSLT
144 (0.828 %)CGI
144 (0.828 %)JSP
153 (0.621 %)SOAP
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
175 (15.53 %)CMS
25 (1.035 %)Apache
34 (0.828 %)SharePoint Server 2007
43 (0.621 %)IIS
43 (0.621 %)Tomcat
43 (0.621 %)TeamSite
43 (0.621 %)BizTalk Server
52 (0.414 %)ColdFusion
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
183 (17.18 %)Photoshop
229 (6.004 %)Adobe Illustrator
315 (3.106 %)MS Excel
412 (2.484 %)ImageReady
412 (2.484 %)MS PowerPoint
511 (2.277 %)MS Visio
610 (2.070 %)Acrobat
610 (2.070 %)Fireworks
77 (1.449 %)MS Project
83 (0.621 %)QuarkXPress
91 (0.207 %)FreeHand
91 (0.207 %)Shockwave
91 (0.207 %)MS Office
91 (0.207 %)3ds Max
91 (0.207 %)Adobe Director
91 (0.207 %)InDesign
91 (0.207 %)CINEMA 4D
91 (0.207 %)CA Clarity
South East IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
131 (6.418 %)Google Analytics
228 (5.797 %)WebTrends
37 (1.449 %)GoldMine
41 (0.207 %)BidBuddy
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
161 (12.63 %)Internet
213 (2.692 %)Intranet
213 (2.692 %)FTP
34 (0.828 %)SMS
43 (0.621 %)TCP/IP
51 (0.207 %)DNS
51 (0.207 %)SMTP
51 (0.207 %)Extranet
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
155 (11.39 %)SQL Server
253 (10.97 %)MySQL
319 (3.934 %)SQL Server 2005
410 (2.070 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (0.414 %)RDBMS
61 (0.207 %)Crystal Reports
61 (0.207 %)MS Access
61 (0.207 %)FileMaker
61 (0.207 %)PostgreSQL
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
195 (19.67 %)Flash
246 (9.524 %)Dreamweaver
323 (4.762 %)Visual Studio
44 (0.828 %)Visual Studio Team System
53 (0.621 %)VSS/SourceSafe
62 (0.414 %)MSI
71 (0.207 %)FrontPage
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1277 (57.35 %)Marketing
240 (8.282 %)Advertising
325 (5.176 %)Finance
423 (4.762 %)Pensions
517 (3.520 %)Health
614 (2.899 %)Publishing
614 (2.899 %)Retail
713 (2.692 %)Games
811 (2.277 %)Graphic Design
99 (1.863 %)Insurance
108 (1.656 %)Multimedia
116 (1.242 %)Education
125 (1.035 %)Manufacturing
134 (0.828 %)FMCG
143 (0.621 %)Government
152 (0.414 %)Electronics
152 (0.414 %)Online Games
161 (0.207 %)Animation
161 (0.207 %)Telecoms
161 (0.207 %)Construction
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1201 (41.61 %)Developer
2138 (28.57 %)Web Developer
355 (11.39 %).NET Developer
442 (8.696 %)Web Designer
442 (8.696 %)Consultant
530 (6.211 %)Marketing Executive
623 (4.762 %)Graduate
720 (4.141 %)SEO Specialist
818 (3.727 %)Marketing Manager
916 (3.313 %)Analyst
916 (3.313 %)ASP Developer
916 (3.313 %)ASP.NET Developer
1014 (2.899 %)Senior Developer
1014 (2.899 %)Web Manager
1111 (2.277 %)Senior Web Developer
1111 (2.277 %)VB.NET Developer
1210 (2.070 %)Programmer
1210 (2.070 %)Architect
1210 (2.070 %)Information Architect
1210 (2.070 %)Online Marketing Manager
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
150 (10.35 %)W3C
218 (3.727 %)Web 2.0
315 (3.106 %)Blog
47 (1.449 %)Taxonomies
56 (1.242 %)BBC
65 (1.035 %)Computer Science
65 (1.035 %)Copywriting
74 (0.828 %)Statistics
82 (0.414 %)Tandem
82 (0.414 %)Danish Language
82 (0.414 %)Finnish Language
82 (0.414 %)RIA
82 (0.414 %)Norwegian Language
82 (0.414 %)Swedish Language
91 (0.207 %)Mathematics
91 (0.207 %)Physics
91 (0.207 %)Podcast
91 (0.207 %)Social Network
91 (0.207 %)French Language
91 (0.207 %)German Language
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
118 (3.727 %)Windows
28 (1.656 %)Linux
35 (1.035 %)UNIX
41 (0.207 %)Windows XP
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1156 (32.30 %)E-Commerce
2125 (25.88 %)Internet Marketing
3119 (24.64 %)Content Management
495 (19.67 %)Web Design
583 (17.18 %)Pay per click
676 (15.73 %)Web Development
765 (13.46 %)Web Analytics
828 (5.797 %)Time Management
926 (5.383 %)Search Engine Marketing
1024 (4.969 %)E-business
1119 (3.934 %)B2B
1217 (3.520 %)Project Management
1217 (3.520 %)Digital Marketing
1314 (2.899 %)OOP
1412 (2.484 %)Email Marketing
1510 (2.070 %)B2C
169 (1.863 %)UML
178 (1.656 %)Direct Marketing
184 (0.828 %)OO
184 (0.828 %)CRM
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1176 (36.44 %)JavaScript
298 (20.29 %)PHP
394 (19.46 %)SQL
450 (10.35 %)VB.NET
533 (6.832 %)Java
629 (6.004 %)C#
716 (3.313 %)ActionScript
813 (2.692 %)Transact-SQL
912 (2.484 %)VBScript
108 (1.656 %)PL/SQL
117 (1.449 %)PHP5
126 (1.242 %)C
126 (1.242 %)VB
135 (1.035 %)DHTML
135 (1.035 %)Perl
143 (0.621 %)Ruby
152 (0.414 %)VB6
161 (0.207 %)PHP4
161 (0.207 %)XPath
161 (0.207 %)VBA
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
155 (11.39 %)Degree
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (1.863 %)WCAG
27 (1.449 %)WAI
31 (0.207 %)QA
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
171 (14.70 %)Google
221 (4.348 %)Microsoft
221 (4.348 %)Adobe
313 (2.692 %)Quark
412 (2.484 %)Yahoo!
58 (1.656 %)Oracle
66 (1.242 %)Endeca
75 (1.035 %)Omniture
75 (1.035 %)Interwoven
75 (1.035 %)Tridion
75 (1.035 %)Apple
83 (0.621 %)Zend
91 (0.207 %)Sage
91 (0.207 %)Mercator
91 (0.207 %)Macromedia
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