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The table below looks at the demand for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) skills across the UK 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSearch Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank241326
Rank change on same period last yearUp+85
Matching permanent IT job ads13561218
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.785 %0.524 %
As % of the category below1.333 %0.943 %
Salaries quoted12261071
Average minimum salary£30,978£28,368
Average salary£33,739£30,966
% change on same period last year+8.95 %
Average maximum salary£36,501£33,564
UK excluding London average salary£29,574£28,762
% change on same period last year+2.82 %
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads101755129222
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled58.90 %55.61 %
Salaries quoted84070102833
Average minimum salary£43,155£44,605
Average salary£47,206£48,633
% change on same period last year-2.93 %
Average maximum salary£51,257£52,660
UK excluding London average salary£42,675£44,216
% change on same period last year-3.48 %

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 10 October 2008 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 10 October 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
EnglandUp+831318£33,848+9.08 %
LondonUp+137641£39,191+9.85 %
South EastUp+26204£32,628+0.21 %
North WestUp+23131£26,741-2.10 %
City of LondonUp+5796£42,284+27.00 %
West MidlandsDown-187£27,247-2.62 %
East of EnglandUp+2086£31,631+0.60 %
ManchesterUp+3973£26,548-6.97 %
SurreyUp+4770£31,102-10.44 %
East MidlandsUp+4167£28,261+25.67 %
YorkshireDown-3665£28,393+14.44 %
South WestUp+2558£26,935-8.35 %
CheshireUp+241£25,554-4.15 %
West YorkshireDown-5033£30,297+29.02 %
BerkshireUp+4432£37,676-1.26 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3032£33,667+8.38 %
CambridgeshireUp+3332£36,061+16.32 %
NottinghamshireUp+1831£30,150-2.74 %
HertfordshireUp+4230£28,000-22.65 %
LeicestershireUp+1925£26,360+55.05 %
LeedsDown-2224£28,935+23.62 %
HerefordshireUp+724£22,700-36.10 %
BirminghamUp+223£29,370+22.71 %
South YorkshireUp+723£26,074-17.29 %
NottinghamUp+423£29,750-1.10 %
HampshireDown-4922£26,077-18.14 %
KentUp+1222£32,271+20.37 %
Milton KeynesUp+322£33,250+4.72 %
ScotlandUp+3221£38,211+52.56 %
Hemel HempsteadUp+620£23,000-40.02 %

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

11303 (48.05 %)Marketing
21235 (45.54 %)CSS
31201 (44.28 %)HTML
4951 (35.07 %)JavaScript
5746 (27.51 %)XHTML
6701 (25.85 %)Pay per click
7697 (25.70 %)PHP
8654 (24.12 %)E-Commerce
9629 (23.19 %)Internet Marketing
10586 (21.61 %).NET
11462 (17.04 %)MySQL
12455 (16.78 %)XML
12455 (16.78 %)Flash
13452 (16.67 %)Web Development
14434 (16.00 %)ASP.NET
15416 (15.34 %)Internet
16406 (14.97 %)Photoshop
17372 (13.72 %)AJAX
18366 (13.50 %)Content Management
19352 (12.98 %)SQL Server
20346 (12.76 %)ASP
21333 (12.28 %)CMS
22324 (11.95 %)Web Design
23273 (10.07 %)W3C
24271 (9.993 %)Google
25267 (9.845 %)C#
26264 (9.735 %)Web Analytics
27244 (8.997 %)Dreamweaver
28242 (8.923 %)Degree
29229 (8.444 %)Advertising

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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
11235 (45.54 %)CSS
21201 (44.28 %)HTML
3746 (27.51 %)XHTML
4586 (21.61 %).NET
5455 (16.78 %)XML
6434 (16.00 %)ASP.NET
7372 (13.72 %)AJAX
8346 (12.76 %)ASP
9129 (4.757 %)LAMP
1089 (3.282 %)WebServices
1188 (3.245 %)MVC
1277 (2.839 %)XSLT
1360 (2.212 %)jQuery
1456 (2.065 %)JSP
1555 (2.028 %)DOM
1653 (1.954 %)XSL
1752 (1.917 %)J2EE
1848 (1.770 %).NET Framework
1946 (1.696 %)ASP.NET 2.0
2039 (1.438 %)RSS
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1333 (12.28 %)CMS
2194 (7.153 %)Apache
361 (2.249 %)IIS
440 (1.475 %)SharePoint
526 (0.959 %)WebLogic
625 (0.922 %)ColdFusion
711 (0.406 %)SharePoint Server 2007
89 (0.332 %)Tomcat
98 (0.295 %)SAS
107 (0.258 %)WordPress
116 (0.221 %)Immediacy CMS
125 (0.184 %)BizTalk Server
134 (0.147 %)TeamSite
143 (0.111 %)Sitecore CMS
151 (0.037 %)Lotus Notes
151 (0.037 %)Lotus Domino
151 (0.037 %)TYPO3
151 (0.037 %)Joomla!
151 (0.037 %)DotNetNuke
151 (0.037 %)Umbraco
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1406 (14.97 %)Photoshop
2117 (4.314 %)Adobe Illustrator
389 (3.282 %)MS Excel
471 (2.618 %)Fireworks
550 (1.844 %)MS Visio
645 (1.659 %)MS Office
734 (1.254 %)ImageReady
832 (1.180 %)SPSS
927 (0.996 %)MS PowerPoint
1024 (0.885 %)InDesign
1118 (0.664 %)Acrobat
1216 (0.590 %)MS Project
137 (0.258 %)InfoPath
145 (0.184 %)FreeHand
145 (0.184 %)Shockwave
154 (0.147 %)3ds Max
161 (0.037 %)CorelDRAW
161 (0.037 %)CA Clarity
161 (0.037 %)QuarkXPress
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1110 (4.056 %)Google Analytics
291 (3.355 %)WebTrends
38 (0.295 %)GoldMine
43 (0.111 %)Summit
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1416 (15.34 %)Internet
2100 (3.687 %)Intranet
337 (1.364 %)DNS
434 (1.254 %)FTP
528 (1.032 %)HTTP
621 (0.774 %)SMTP
714 (0.516 %)Extranet
813 (0.479 %)TCP/IP
98 (0.295 %)SMS
104 (0.147 %)SSH
113 (0.111 %)SSL
122 (0.074 %)Broadband
122 (0.074 %)VoIP
122 (0.074 %)Reverse Proxy
131 (0.037 %)WAN
131 (0.037 %)POP3
131 (0.037 %)VPN
131 (0.037 %)LAN
131 (0.037 %)Wireless
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1462 (17.04 %)MySQL
2352 (12.98 %)SQL Server
374 (2.729 %)SQL Server 2005
437 (1.364 %)SQL Server 2000
519 (0.701 %)MS Access
615 (0.553 %)Crystal Reports
711 (0.406 %)BusinessObjects
711 (0.406 %)Data Mining
86 (0.221 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
93 (0.111 %)PostgreSQL
93 (0.111 %)RDBMS
93 (0.111 %)Datawarehouse
101 (0.037 %)DTS
101 (0.037 %)DB2
101 (0.037 %)SQL Server Integration Services
101 (0.037 %)PerformancePoint
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1455 (16.78 %)Flash
2244 (8.997 %)Dreamweaver
387 (3.208 %)Visual Studio
429 (1.069 %)Subversion
511 (0.406 %)VSS/SourceSafe
64 (0.147 %)Visual Studio Team System
73 (0.111 %)Zend Studio
82 (0.074 %)Eclipse
82 (0.074 %)MSI
91 (0.037 %)FrontPage
91 (0.037 %)Aptana Studio
91 (0.037 %)JUnit
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11303 (48.05 %)Marketing
2229 (8.444 %)Advertising
3224 (8.260 %)Finance
4110 (4.056 %)Retail
5109 (4.019 %)Publishing
6108 (3.982 %)Pensions
788 (3.245 %)Games
885 (3.134 %)Health
949 (1.807 %)Education
1045 (1.659 %)Multimedia
1144 (1.622 %)Online Games
1239 (1.438 %)Insurance
1334 (1.254 %)Graphic Design
1426 (0.959 %)Video Editing
1426 (0.959 %)Telecoms
1426 (0.959 %)FMCG
1525 (0.922 %)Law
1620 (0.737 %)Music
1717 (0.627 %)Automotive
1816 (0.590 %)Electronics
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11056 (38.94 %)Developer
2642 (23.67 %)Web Developer
3217 (8.001 %)Web Designer
4193 (7.117 %)PHP Developer
5170 (6.268 %)Consultant
6157 (5.789 %).NET Developer
7155 (5.715 %)Marketing Manager
8134 (4.941 %)SEO Specialist
9121 (4.462 %)Web Manager
10119 (4.388 %)Analyst
11116 (4.277 %)Senior Developer
12115 (4.240 %)Marketing Executive
13104 (3.835 %)Online Marketing Manager
1483 (3.060 %)ASP.NET Developer
1581 (2.987 %)SEO Consultant
1680 (2.950 %)Account Manager
1779 (2.913 %).NET Web Developer
1871 (2.618 %)Junior
1965 (2.397 %)Project Manager
2064 (2.360 %)Programmer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1273 (10.07 %)W3C
2136 (5.015 %)Web 2.0
387 (3.208 %)BBC
475 (2.765 %)Copywriting
538 (1.401 %)Statistics
637 (1.364 %)Blog
721 (0.774 %)Social Network
811 (0.406 %)Management Information System
910 (0.369 %)Taxonomies
910 (0.369 %)Spread Betting
109 (0.332 %)Derivative
117 (0.258 %)Tandem
117 (0.258 %)Computer Science
126 (0.221 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
135 (0.184 %)Streaming Video
135 (0.184 %)Data Protection Act
135 (0.184 %)French Language
135 (0.184 %)Mashup
135 (0.184 %)Spanish Language
144 (0.147 %)Podcast
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1116 (4.277 %)Linux
272 (2.655 %)Windows
335 (1.291 %)UNIX
428 (1.032 %)Windows Server 2003
510 (0.369 %)Windows XP
62 (0.074 %)CentOS
62 (0.074 %)Windows 2000
71 (0.037 %)FreeBSD
71 (0.037 %)Windows Vista
71 (0.037 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1701 (25.85 %)Pay per click
2654 (24.12 %)E-Commerce
3629 (23.19 %)Internet Marketing
4452 (16.67 %)Web Development
5366 (13.50 %)Content Management
6324 (11.95 %)Web Design
7264 (9.735 %)Web Analytics
8219 (8.075 %)OO
9182 (6.711 %)Email Marketing
10144 (5.310 %)Project Management
11107 (3.945 %)Search Engine Marketing
12100 (3.687 %)OOP
1393 (3.429 %)Digital Marketing
1491 (3.355 %)B2B
1570 (2.581 %)B2C
1655 (2.028 %)Agile Software Development
1751 (1.881 %)E-business
1751 (1.881 %)CRM
1843 (1.586 %)Direct Marketing
1942 (1.549 %)Time Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1951 (35.07 %)JavaScript
2697 (25.70 %)PHP
3267 (9.845 %)C#
4226 (8.333 %)SQL
5180 (6.637 %)Java
6125 (4.609 %)VB.NET
7124 (4.572 %)DHTML
8116 (4.277 %)ActionScript
963 (2.323 %)PHP5
1059 (2.176 %)C
1143 (1.586 %)VB
1235 (1.291 %)Transact-SQL
1325 (0.922 %)VBScript
1420 (0.737 %)XPath
1519 (0.701 %)PHP4
1617 (0.627 %)C++
1716 (0.590 %)Ruby
1815 (0.553 %)Perl
1912 (0.442 %)PL/SQL
208 (0.295 %)Python
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1242 (8.923 %)Degree
225 (0.922 %)Microsoft Certification
318 (0.664 %)MCP
417 (0.627 %)MCAD
417 (0.627 %)MCSD
510 (0.369 %)HND
68 (0.295 %)MCPD
77 (0.258 %)MCSE
82 (0.074 %)PRINCE2 Certification
91 (0.037 %)MySQL Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
171 (2.618 %)WCAG
257 (2.102 %)WAI
315 (0.553 %)QA
45 (0.184 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (0.074 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.074 %)SCOM
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1271 (9.993 %)Google
2135 (4.978 %)Yahoo!
3128 (4.720 %)Microsoft
4118 (4.351 %)Adobe
558 (2.139 %)Omniture
628 (1.032 %)Oracle
714 (0.516 %)Macromedia
811 (0.406 %)Business Objects
99 (0.332 %)Zend
107 (0.258 %)IBM
116 (0.221 %)Interwoven
116 (0.221 %)Apple
116 (0.221 %)Coremetrics
123 (0.111 %)Sitecore
132 (0.074 %)Endeca
132 (0.074 %)WebSideStory
132 (0.074 %)Tridion
132 (0.074 %)Dell
132 (0.074 %)RedDot
132 (0.074 %)Sage