The first table below looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Stockport region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 17 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 Stockport region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Rank 36 29 -
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -
Permanent jobs citing SEO 7 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 3.448% 2.551% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.348% 3.968% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 0
Average salary £30,000 £25,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.00% -
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £31,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Stockport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
161 126 116
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Stockport 79.31% 64.29% 64.09%
Number of salaries quoted 159 110 107
Average salary £32,500 £32,000 £29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.56% +10.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £24,900 £20,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £34,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SEO
Manchester

SEO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stockport 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 Stockport region.

Stockport SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stockport 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 7 (87.50%) HTML
1 7 (87.50%) JavaScript
1 7 (87.50%) Photoshop
1 7 (87.50%) CSS
1 7 (87.50%) Flash
1 7 (87.50%) XHTML
1 7 (87.50%) Dreamweaver
1 7 (87.50%) Adobe
1 7 (87.50%) Fireworks
1 7 (87.50%) Adobe Illustrator
1 7 (87.50%) HTML5
1 7 (87.50%) jQuery
1 7 (87.50%) Digital Media
2 1 (12.50%) Social Media
2 1 (12.50%) iPad
2 1 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (12.50%) Pay per click
2 1 (12.50%) Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Email Marketing
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) CRM
2 1 (12.50%) ERP

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Stockport 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 7 (87.50%) HTML
1 7 (87.50%) CSS
1 7 (87.50%) Flash
1 7 (87.50%) XHTML
1 7 (87.50%) jQuery
1 7 (87.50%) HTML5
Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Photoshop
1 7 (87.50%) Fireworks
1 7 (87.50%) Adobe Illustrator
Development Applications
1 7 (87.50%) Dreamweaver
General
1 1 (12.50%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (87.50%) Designer
1 7 (87.50%) Web Designer
2 1 (12.50%) PPC Specialist
2 1 (12.50%) Search Manager
2 1 (12.50%) PPC Manager
2 1 (12.50%) PPC Analyst
2 1 (12.50%) PPC Executive
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Digital Media
2 1 (12.50%) Management Information System
2 1 (12.50%) Social Media
2 1 (12.50%) iPad
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (12.50%) CRM
1 1 (12.50%) ERP
1 1 (12.50%) Pay per click
1 1 (12.50%) Email Marketing
Programming Languages
1 7 (87.50%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 7 (87.50%) Adobe
2 1 (12.50%) Google