The first table below looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT jobs advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 18 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 South East region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Rank 224 198 127
Rank change year-on-year
-26 -71
Permanent jobs citing SEO 238 292 445
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 1.065% 1.228% 1.869%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.476% 1.678% 2.654%
Number of salaries quoted 197 269 415
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
South East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
16122 17398 16768
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South East 72.11% 73.15% 70.44%
Number of salaries quoted 13192 14819 14395
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £29,450
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SEO
England

SEO
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 South East region.

South East SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SEO across the South East region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 18 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
Surrey +2 75 £30,000 - 4
Berkshire -6 47 £42,500 - 4
Hampshire +7 34 £32,000 -8.57% 7
West Sussex -1 22 £35,000 +29.62% 2
Kent -12 19 £35,000 +7.69% 1
Buckinghamshire -8 18 £37,500 +7.14% 1
East Sussex -11 10 £32,500 -7.14% 1
Oxfordshire -47 7 £27,500 -17.91% 1
Middlesex -2 6 £37,500 -25.00%
SEO
England

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

1 292 (55.41%) CSS
2 266 (50.47%) Marketing
3 264 (50.09%) HTML
4 245 (46.49%) JavaScript
5 176 (33.40%) Analytics
6 170 (32.26%) Google
7 162 (30.74%) jQuery
8 155 (29.41%) Web Development
9 151 (28.65%) HTML5
10 138 (26.19%) PHP
11 125 (23.72%) Social Media
12 124 (23.53%) Photoshop
13 122 (23.15%) E-Commerce
14 118 (22.39%) CSS3
15 98 (18.60%) XHTML
16 94 (17.84%) Pay per click
17 86 (16.32%) Digital Marketing
17 86 (16.32%) MySQL
17 86 (16.32%) Adobe
18 82 (15.56%) Google Analytics
19 81 (15.37%) Online Marketing
20 79 (14.99%) Degree
21 78 (14.80%) .NET
22 77 (14.61%) CMS
23 73 (13.85%) WordPress
24 65 (12.33%) Project Management
25 63 (11.95%) ASP.NET
26 61 (11.57%) Adobe Illustrator
27 60 (11.39%) Content Management
28 59 (11.20%) Internet

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 292 (55.41%) CSS
2 264 (50.09%) HTML
3 162 (30.74%) jQuery
4 151 (28.65%) HTML5
5 118 (22.39%) CSS3
6 98 (18.60%) XHTML
7 78 (14.80%) .NET
8 63 (11.95%) ASP.NET
9 50 (9.488%) XML
9 50 (9.488%) Ajax
10 42 (7.970%) Web Services
11 29 (5.503%) Node.js
12 27 (5.123%) Semantic HTML
13 25 (4.744%) LAMP
14 20 (3.795%) Flash
14 20 (3.795%) DOM
15 19 (3.605%) JSP
16 18 (3.416%) XSLT
17 16 (3.036%) Backbone.js
18 15 (2.846%) Symfony
Application Platforms
1 77 (14.61%) CMS
2 73 (13.85%) WordPress
3 32 (6.072%) Magento
4 25 (4.744%) Apache
5 20 (3.795%) SharePoint
5 20 (3.795%) ExpressionEngine
6 17 (3.226%) Drupal
7 16 (3.036%) Joomla!
8 11 (2.087%) Sitecore CMS
8 11 (2.087%) Umbraco
9 10 (1.898%) Tomcat
9 10 (1.898%) IIS
10 7 (1.328%) SAS
10 7 (1.328%) SilverStripe
10 7 (1.328%) PrestaShop
11 6 (1.139%) MS Project Server
12 5 (0.949%) TYPO3
12 5 (0.949%) WebLogic
13 4 (0.759%) ColdFusion
14 3 (0.569%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 124 (23.53%) Photoshop
2 61 (11.57%) Adobe Illustrator
3 33 (6.262%) Fireworks
4 29 (5.503%) MS Excel
5 28 (5.313%) MS PowerPoint
6 20 (3.795%) MS Office
7 17 (3.226%) InDesign
8 15 (2.846%) MS Project
9 7 (1.328%) MS Visio
10 5 (0.949%) OmniGraffle
11 4 (0.759%) Spreadsheet
12 1 (0.190%) Adobe After Effects
Business Applications
1 82 (15.56%) Google Analytics
2 9 (1.708%) SiteCatalyst
3 3 (0.569%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.380%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 59 (11.20%) Internet
2 21 (3.985%) Intranet
3 11 (2.087%) DNS
4 5 (0.949%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.569%) Network Security
6 2 (0.380%) Extranet
7 1 (0.190%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 86 (16.32%) MySQL
2 41 (7.780%) SQL Server
3 7 (1.328%) PostgreSQL
3 7 (1.328%) Base SAS
3 7 (1.328%) SAS Enterprise Guide
3 7 (1.328%) Redis
4 5 (0.949%) Oracle 10g
4 5 (0.949%) Oracle 9i
5 4 (0.759%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (0.380%) RDBMS
6 2 (0.380%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (0.380%) QlikView
6 2 (0.380%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (0.380%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.190%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 53 (10.06%) Subversion
2 37 (7.021%) Git (software)
3 16 (3.036%) Dreamweaver
4 14 (2.657%) JUnit
5 10 (1.898%) Eclipse
5 10 (1.898%) PhoneGap
6 9 (1.708%) QUnit
6 9 (1.708%) Jasmine
6 9 (1.708%) Mocha
6 9 (1.708%) Visual Studio
7 7 (1.328%) Team Foundation Server
8 6 (1.139%) Axure RP
9 5 (0.949%) Log4j
9 5 (0.949%) Ant
10 3 (0.569%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 3 (0.569%) PHPUnit
11 1 (0.190%) NUnit
11 1 (0.190%) Mercurial
General
1 266 (50.47%) Marketing
2 45 (8.539%) Retail
3 42 (7.970%) Finance
4 40 (7.590%) Advertising
5 24 (4.554%) Publishing
6 11 (2.087%) Legal
7 9 (1.708%) Games
8 8 (1.518%) French Language
9 7 (1.328%) German Language
10 6 (1.139%) Interactive Media
11 5 (0.949%) Billing
12 4 (0.759%) Banking
12 4 (0.759%) Automotive
13 3 (0.569%) Multimedia
13 3 (0.569%) Korean Language
13 3 (0.569%) Spanish Language
14 2 (0.380%) Russian Language
14 2 (0.380%) Telecoms
15 1 (0.190%) Aerospace
15 1 (0.190%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 230 (43.64%) Developer
2 136 (25.81%) Web Developer
3 91 (17.27%) Front-End Developer
4 64 (12.14%) PHP Developer
5 54 (10.25%) Designer
6 42 (7.970%) PHP Web Developer
7 39 (7.400%) Front-End Web Developer
8 38 (7.211%) Analyst
9 30 (5.693%) Web Designer
9 30 (5.693%) Web Manager
10 29 (5.503%) PPC Specialist
10 29 (5.503%) PPC Manager
10 29 (5.503%) PPC Analyst
10 29 (5.503%) Senior Developer
10 29 (5.503%) PPC Executive
11 23 (4.364%) Marketing Manager
12 20 (3.795%) PHP MySQL Developer
12 20 (3.795%) Project Manager
13 19 (3.605%) Senior Front-End Developer
14 18 (3.416%) SEO Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 125 (23.72%) Social Media
2 45 (8.539%) W3C
3 24 (4.554%) Open Source
4 22 (4.175%) Graphic Design
5 20 (3.795%) Economics
5 20 (3.795%) Statistics
6 18 (3.416%) Animation
7 17 (3.226%) Copywriting
7 17 (3.226%) Blog
8 13 (2.467%) Mathematics
8 13 (2.467%) Enterprise Software
9 10 (1.898%) Computer Science
9 10 (1.898%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 9 (1.708%) iPad
11 8 (1.518%) Digital Media
12 7 (1.328%) Mobile App
12 7 (1.328%) Data Integration
12 7 (1.328%) Management Information System
13 6 (1.139%) SaaS
14 5 (0.949%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 49 (9.298%) Windows
2 39 (7.400%) Linux
3 29 (5.503%) UNIX
4 8 (1.518%) Windows 8
5 7 (1.328%) Apple iOS
6 6 (1.139%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (1.139%) Windows Server 2003
7 2 (0.380%) Windows Vista
7 2 (0.380%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.190%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 176 (33.40%) Analytics
2 155 (29.41%) Web Development
3 122 (23.15%) E-Commerce
4 94 (17.84%) Pay per click
5 86 (16.32%) Digital Marketing
6 81 (15.37%) Online Marketing
7 65 (12.33%) Project Management
8 60 (11.39%) Content Management
9 52 (9.867%) OO
10 39 (7.400%) MVC
10 39 (7.400%) Web Analytics
11 33 (6.262%) OOP
12 31 (5.882%) Data Analysis
13 27 (5.123%) Marketing Strategy
14 26 (4.934%) Customer Insight
14 26 (4.934%) Email Marketing
15 25 (4.744%) Time Management
16 24 (4.554%) Web Design
17 22 (4.175%) B2B
17 22 (4.175%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 245 (46.49%) JavaScript
2 138 (26.19%) PHP
3 56 (10.63%) C#
4 42 (7.970%) Java
5 39 (7.400%) SQL
6 19 (3.605%) PHP5
7 11 (2.087%) T-SQL
8 9 (1.708%) Python
8 9 (1.708%) Groovy
9 7 (1.328%) SAS Macro
9 7 (1.328%) Objective-C
10 6 (1.139%) VB.NET
11 5 (0.949%) Shell Script
11 5 (0.949%) PL/SQL
11 5 (0.949%) Perl
12 4 (0.759%) ActionScript
12 4 (0.759%) Ruby
13 3 (0.569%) VB
14 2 (0.380%) VB6
15 1 (0.190%) VBA
Qualifications
1 79 (14.99%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.087%) WAI
2 8 (1.518%) QA
3 5 (0.949%) SLA
4 3 (0.569%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (0.190%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 3 (0.569%) Plesk
Vendors
1 170 (32.26%) Google
2 86 (16.32%) Adobe
3 43 (8.159%) Microsoft
4 41 (7.780%) Zend
5 31 (5.882%) Twitter
6 24 (4.554%) Facebook
7 23 (4.364%) ATG
8 11 (2.087%) Oracle
8 11 (2.087%) Sitecore
9 6 (1.139%) JBoss
10 5 (0.949%) Sun
10 5 (0.949%) Percussion
10 5 (0.949%) hybris
10 5 (0.949%) Omniture
11 2 (0.380%) Telerik
11 2 (0.380%) Hitwise
11 2 (0.380%) Yahoo!
12 1 (0.190%) Fredhopper
12 1 (0.190%) Endeca
12 1 (0.190%) Open Text
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Salary: £35000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Surrey
Front End Developer/ Digital Designer, Croydon, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS3 -£40,000-£50,000... - Developing frontend for new web applications, improving old, HTML5, CSS3, JSON, AJAX, PHP, WP, Responsive...
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 to £50000 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
Reading, Berkshire
Maximise the site for onsite SEO potential... Owner of the web content management system... Visual and web design experience... Experienced in using Photoshop and Illustrator. Knowledge of CSS /...
Resource Management
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Oxford, South East
Able to take and follow instructions- Some experience in SEO is desirable but not essential Candidate must be competent in the following languages: - VB.NET / C# - ASP.NET -...
Salary: £16000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 30 May 2013
Berkshire
HTML 4/5. CSS 2/3. JavaScript. MS SQL. Project management... XHTML, accessibility issues and W3C standards... PHP. ASP.Net. C# DNS management. SEO / SEM. Google Analytics & Webmaster...
Resolve Recruitment
Salary: Up to £45,000 per annum + benefit package
Posted: 14 June 2013
Surrey
Opus Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 to £50000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Southampton, South East
NFP Group Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + company benefits
Posted: 13 June 2013
Basingstoke, South East
OPUS
Salary: GBP0 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Basingstoke, South East
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP40000 per annum
Posted: 31 May 2013
Sutton, Surrey
Mortimer Spinks
Salary: £26000 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Worthing, West Sussex
Coal IT Services
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Walton-On-Thames, South East
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
South East
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £53,000 to £80,000 per annum plus pension, dental, healthcare, pe
Posted: 17 June 2013
South East
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £40,000 to £70,000 per annum plus pension, dental, healthcare, pe
Posted: 17 June 2013
Tunbridge Wells, South East
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum
Posted: 6 June 2013
South East
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £53,000 to £80,000 per annum plus pension, dental, healthcare, pe
Posted: 12 June 2013
South East
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £40,000 to £80,000 per annum (solution up to enterprise level) wi
Posted: 12 June 2013
South East
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £40,000 to £80,000 per annum (solution up to enterprise level) wi
Posted: 17 June 2013
South East
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £43,000 to £70,000 per annum plus pension, dental, healthcare, pe
Posted: 12 June 2013
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
Timothy James Consulting Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Windsor, Thames Valley
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
East Sussex
Computer People
Salary: £28000.00 - £32000.00 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
Atelier Studios Ltd
Salary: From £20,000 to £35,000 per annum Negotiable based upon experience.
Posted: 6 June 2013
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