The first table below looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Rank 74 62 60
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -2
Permanent jobs citing SEO 1 2 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 0.146% 0.362% 1.700%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.205% 0.491% 2.511%
Number of salaries quoted 1 2 9
Average salary £22,500 £29,250 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.07% -16.42%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £31,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-3.22% +3.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
488 407 438
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 71.14% 73.73% 67.70%
Number of salaries quoted 457 367 390
Average salary £37,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SEO
East of England

SEO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 5 (83.33%) Web Development
2 4 (66.67%) jQuery
2 4 (66.67%) C#
2 4 (66.67%) .NET
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET
3 3 (50.00%) Adobe
3 3 (50.00%) CSS
3 3 (50.00%) Photoshop
3 3 (50.00%) HTML
3 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (50.00%) SQL
3 3 (50.00%) VB.NET
3 3 (50.00%) Fireworks
3 3 (50.00%) Ajax
3 3 (50.00%) Mobile App
3 3 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
4 2 (33.33%) Google Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
4 2 (33.33%) Analytics
4 2 (33.33%) Google
4 2 (33.33%) Pay per click
4 2 (33.33%) Marketing
4 2 (33.33%) Degree
4 2 (33.33%) Content Management
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (16.67%) Microsoft
5 1 (16.67%) Direct Marketing
5 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
5 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 (66.67%) .NET
1 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 4 (66.67%) jQuery
2 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 3 (50.00%) CSS
2 3 (50.00%) Ajax
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (16.67%) ASP.NET MVC 3
Applications
1 3 (50.00%) Photoshop
1 3 (50.00%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
General
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) .NET Developer
1 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET Developer
1 4 (66.67%) Developer
2 3 (50.00%) Web Developer
2 3 (50.00%) .NET Web Developer
3 2 (33.33%) Marketing Analyst
3 2 (33.33%) Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) SEO Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) PPC Specialist
4 1 (16.67%) PPC Manager
4 1 (16.67%) PPC Analyst
4 1 (16.67%) PPC Executive
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (16.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Web Development
2 3 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
3 2 (33.33%) Analytics
3 2 (33.33%) Content Management
3 2 (33.33%) Pay per click
4 1 (16.67%) Business Development
4 1 (16.67%) Direct Marketing
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
2 3 (50.00%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Adobe
2 2 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (16.67%) Microsoft