Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category.

LinkSearch Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank114266
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+152
Matching permanent IT job ads12281366
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.804 %0.685 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category2.933 %1.186 %
Salaries quoted10911251
Average salary£30,000£30,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,000£21,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£27,500£28,000
% change on same period last year-1.780 %
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
41873115150
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK61.50 %57.73 %
Salaries quoted3442493981
Average salary£45,000£45,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000

SEO
Demand Trend

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

SEO Demand Trend

SEO
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing SEO within the UK.

SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SEO over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

SEO Salary Histogram

SEO
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+1481183£30,000-
LondonUp+154518£38,500+10.00 %
South EastUp+165236£30,250+0.83 %
North WestUp+93160£28,000+1.81 %
City of LondonUp+159122£35,000-
BerkshireUp+14783£28,500-12.30 %
ManchesterUp+4974£28,000+7.69 %
East of EnglandUp+9873£28,500-18.57 %
YorkshireUp+10464£23,250-7.00 %
NewburyUp+3060£28,750-26.75 %
West YorkshireUp+11454£22,000-8.33 %
West MidlandsUp+3047£25,500-7.27 %
SurreyUp+6646£32,500-1.51 %
South WestUp+7344£25,000+16.27 %
East MidlandsUp+7243£30,000+9.09 %
LeedsUp+10142£22,000-3.29 %
HertfordshireUp+8939£28,500-18.57 %
CheshireUp+7632£29,500+7.27 %
HampshireUp+10129£35,000+27.19 %
KentUp+5124£26,000-10.34 %
WalesUp+4923£25,000-19.35 %
South WalesUp+4423£25,000-19.35 %
MerseysideUp+6022£28,500-12.30 %
NottinghamshireUp+5222£30,000+9.09 %
CardiffUp+3922£25,000-19.35 %
LutonUp+3421£24,500-5.76 %
LancashireUp+3221£26,750+40.78 %
NottinghamUp+3820£30,000+9.09 %
ScotlandUp+7819£27,500+15.78 %
LiverpoolUp+4719£28,500-12.30 %

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

11290 (55.08 %)Marketing
2865 (36.93 %)CSS
3839 (35.82 %)HTML
4677 (28.91 %)JavaScript
5657 (28.05 %)Pay per click
6544 (23.23 %)Internet Marketing
7495 (21.14 %)PHP
8455 (19.43 %)E-Commerce
9447 (19.09 %)XHTML
10385 (16.44 %).NET
11339 (14.47 %)Google
12316 (13.49 %)Photoshop
13307 (13.11 %)MySQL
14302 (12.89 %)XML
15297 (12.68 %)Flash
16293 (12.51 %)AJAX
17283 (12.08 %)Web Development
18272 (11.61 %)CMS
19268 (11.44 %)Web Design
20266 (11.36 %)ASP.NET
21253 (10.80 %)Internet
22232 (9.906 %)Finance
23226 (9.650 %)Advertising
24211 (9.009 %)W3C
24211 (9.009 %)SQL Server
25187 (7.985 %)Web Analytics
26174 (7.430 %)Dreamweaver
27171 (7.301 %)ASP
27171 (7.301 %)Linux
28170 (7.259 %)Content Management

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1865 (36.93 %)CSS
2839 (35.82 %)HTML
3447 (19.09 %)XHTML
4385 (16.44 %).NET
5302 (12.89 %)XML
6297 (12.68 %)Flash
7293 (12.51 %)AJAX
8266 (11.36 %)ASP.NET
9171 (7.301 %)ASP
10125 (5.337 %)WebServices
1195 (4.056 %)jQuery
1286 (3.672 %)XSLT
1368 (2.904 %)Ruby on Rails
1467 (2.861 %)LAMP
1547 (2.007 %).NET Framework
1643 (1.836 %)RSS
1735 (1.494 %)DHTML
1833 (1.409 %)MVC
1932 (1.366 %)J2EE
2031 (1.324 %)JSP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1272 (11.61 %)CMS
2140 (5.978 %)Apache
350 (2.135 %)IIS
350 (2.135 %)Drupal
418 (0.769 %)TeamSite
513 (0.555 %)WordPress
611 (0.470 %)Joomla!
611 (0.470 %)SharePoint
710 (0.427 %)MS Exchange
88 (0.342 %)Exchange Server 2003
97 (0.299 %)ColdFusion
97 (0.299 %)Sitecore CMS
97 (0.299 %)Magento
106 (0.256 %)Immediacy CMS
106 (0.256 %)Tomcat
115 (0.213 %)SAS
124 (0.171 %)SharePoint Server 2007
133 (0.128 %)Commerce Server
142 (0.085 %)osCommerce
142 (0.085 %)BizTalk Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1316 (13.49 %)Photoshop
2113 (4.825 %)Adobe Illustrator
394 (4.014 %)MS Excel
453 (2.263 %)Fireworks
536 (1.537 %)MS Office
626 (1.110 %)MS Visio
716 (0.683 %)MS PowerPoint
87 (0.299 %)Acrobat
87 (0.299 %)Spreadsheet
96 (0.256 %)MS Project
104 (0.171 %)Shockwave
104 (0.171 %)SPSS
113 (0.128 %)QuarkXPress
122 (0.085 %)ImageReady
122 (0.085 %)Paint Shop Pro
122 (0.085 %)InDesign
131 (0.043 %)Adobe Premiere
131 (0.043 %)FreeHand
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1111 (4.740 %)Google Analytics
265 (2.775 %)WebTrends
33 (0.128 %)BidBuddy
33 (0.128 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1253 (10.80 %)Internet
226 (1.110 %)DNS
323 (0.982 %)Intranet
413 (0.555 %)HTTP
511 (0.470 %)FTP
67 (0.299 %)Bluetooth
67 (0.299 %)LAN
67 (0.299 %)SMS
67 (0.299 %)WAN
74 (0.171 %)SSL
74 (0.171 %)Wi-Fi
83 (0.128 %)Extranet
83 (0.128 %)Broadband
92 (0.085 %)Wireless
101 (0.043 %)Firewall
101 (0.043 %)TCP/IP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1307 (13.11 %)MySQL
2211 (9.009 %)SQL Server
349 (2.092 %)SQL Server 2005
423 (0.982 %)SQL Server 2000
58 (0.342 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
66 (0.256 %)MS Access
66 (0.256 %)BusinessObjects
66 (0.256 %)SQL Server Integration Services
75 (0.213 %)RDBMS
75 (0.213 %)Data Mining
82 (0.085 %)OLAP
82 (0.085 %)Crystal Reports
82 (0.085 %)Datawarehouse
82 (0.085 %)Database Marketing
91 (0.043 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
91 (0.043 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
91 (0.043 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1174 (7.430 %)Dreamweaver
268 (2.904 %)Visual Studio
324 (1.025 %)Subversion
415 (0.640 %)Selenium
510 (0.427 %)Eclipse
66 (0.256 %)Team Foundation Server
74 (0.171 %)TestNG
74 (0.171 %)JUnit
74 (0.171 %)OpenDeploy
74 (0.171 %)Zend Studio
74 (0.171 %)FrontPage
81 (0.043 %)NUnit
81 (0.043 %)JIRA
81 (0.043 %)Ant
81 (0.043 %)Firebug
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11290 (55.08 %)Marketing
2232 (9.906 %)Finance
3226 (9.650 %)Advertising
4111 (4.740 %)Retail
583 (3.544 %)Pensions
660 (2.562 %)Games
759 (2.519 %)Education
855 (2.348 %)Publishing
944 (1.879 %)Health
1032 (1.366 %)Insurance
1032 (1.366 %)Graphic Design
1123 (0.982 %)Online Games
1222 (0.939 %)Legal
1317 (0.726 %)Multimedia
1414 (0.598 %)Government
1513 (0.555 %)Animation
1513 (0.555 %)Music
1611 (0.470 %)Auditing
1611 (0.470 %)Online Betting
179 (0.384 %)Interactive Media
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1762 (32.54 %)Developer
2414 (17.68 %)Web Developer
3215 (9.180 %)PHP Developer
4183 (7.814 %)Web Designer
5147 (6.277 %)Consultant
6146 (6.234 %)Analyst
7136 (5.807 %)SEO Specialist
8112 (4.782 %)SEO Consultant
8112 (4.782 %)SEO Executive
9106 (4.526 %).NET Developer
10104 (4.441 %)Marketing Manager
1197 (4.142 %)Senior Developer
1293 (3.971 %)SEO Manager
1386 (3.672 %)PHP Web Developer
1386 (3.672 %)Marketing Executive
1476 (3.245 %)ASP.NET Developer
1569 (2.946 %)Web Manager
1665 (2.775 %)Account Manager
1764 (2.733 %)Web Analyst
1853 (2.263 %)Project Manager
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1211 (9.009 %)W3C
2124 (5.295 %)Web 2.0
366 (2.818 %)Social Network
452 (2.220 %)Blog
546 (1.964 %)Copywriting
623 (0.982 %)Statistics
719 (0.811 %)Management Information System
719 (0.811 %)RIA
815 (0.640 %)iPhone
913 (0.555 %)Mathematics
1011 (0.470 %)French Language
1011 (0.470 %)FMCG
1110 (0.427 %)DTV
129 (0.384 %)Wiki
129 (0.384 %)EPoS
138 (0.342 %)Computer Science
138 (0.342 %)Derivative
147 (0.299 %)Taxonomies
147 (0.299 %)Data Protection Act
147 (0.299 %)Spanish Language
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1171 (7.301 %)Linux
279 (3.373 %)Windows
337 (1.580 %)UNIX
414 (0.598 %)Windows Server 2003
56 (0.256 %)Windows Server 2008
56 (0.256 %)Windows Vista
65 (0.213 %)Windows XP
74 (0.171 %)Ubuntu
83 (0.128 %)Windows 2000 Server
92 (0.085 %)CentOS
92 (0.085 %)Red Hat Linux
92 (0.085 %)Solaris
92 (0.085 %)Windows 2000
92 (0.085 %)FreeBSD
101 (0.043 %)MVS
101 (0.043 %)Mac OS X
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1657 (28.05 %)Pay per click
2544 (23.23 %)Internet Marketing
3455 (19.43 %)E-Commerce
4283 (12.08 %)Web Development
5268 (11.44 %)Web Design
6187 (7.985 %)Web Analytics
7170 (7.259 %)Content Management
8152 (6.490 %)Email Marketing
9151 (6.447 %)Digital Marketing
10145 (6.191 %)Search Engine Marketing
11115 (4.910 %)OO
12113 (4.825 %)Project Management
1364 (2.733 %)Business Development
1463 (2.690 %)B2B
1463 (2.690 %)CRM
1548 (2.050 %)E-business
1646 (1.964 %)OOP
1736 (1.537 %)Strategic Planning
1832 (1.366 %)Display Advertising
1931 (1.324 %)B2C
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1677 (28.91 %)JavaScript
2495 (21.14 %)PHP
3166 (7.088 %)C#
4139 (5.935 %)SQL
5124 (5.295 %)ActionScript
696 (4.099 %)PHP5
776 (3.245 %)Java
875 (3.202 %)VB.NET
970 (2.989 %)Ruby
1039 (1.665 %)PHP4
1127 (1.153 %)Perl
1226 (1.110 %)VBScript
1323 (0.982 %)VB
1422 (0.939 %)C
1514 (0.598 %)T-SQL
1612 (0.512 %)XPath
176 (0.256 %)Python
176 (0.256 %)JCL
185 (0.213 %)C++
194 (0.171 %)VB6
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1168 (7.173 %)Degree
222 (0.939 %)Microsoft Certification
38 (0.342 %)ISEB
42 (0.085 %)PMI Certification
42 (0.085 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (0.043 %)MBA
51 (0.043 %)ITIL Certification
51 (0.043 %)PMP
51 (0.043 %)HND
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
126 (1.110 %)WAI
210 (0.427 %)QA
37 (0.299 %)SLA
42 (0.085 %)PAS 78
42 (0.085 %)WCAG
51 (0.043 %)ISO9001
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.085 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1339 (14.47 %)Google
2135 (5.764 %)Microsoft
392 (3.928 %)Adobe
461 (2.605 %)Yahoo!
556 (2.391 %)Omniture
627 (1.153 %)Zend
723 (0.982 %)Macromedia
817 (0.726 %)Oracle
910 (0.427 %)Cognos
109 (0.384 %)Coremetrics
109 (0.384 %)SAP
117 (0.299 %)Endeca
117 (0.299 %)Quark
117 (0.299 %)Sitecore
126 (0.256 %)Business Objects
126 (0.256 %)Interwoven
126 (0.256 %)EMC
126 (0.256 %)Stellent
134 (0.171 %)Red Hat
134 (0.171 %)Apple