Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below 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 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. 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
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank146166294
Rank change year-on-year
Up+20Up+128
Matching permanent IT job ads13509941226
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.561 %1.168 %0.602 %
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category2.398 %1.945 %1.070 %
Salaries quoted12488861090
Average salary£31,000£30,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.330 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£22,500£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£29,000£30,000£28,000
% change year-on-year
-3.330 %+7.140 %
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryAll Processes & Methodologies
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
5629051098114544
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK65.07 %60.03 %56.28 %
Salaries quoted465144172192990
Average salary£45,000£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.880 %-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£70,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£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 22 March 2010 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 22 March 2010. 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+241304£31,000+3.33 %
LondonUp+44579£35,000-6.66 %
South EastUp+23180£29,000-4.91 %
North WestUp+4167£27,500+1.85 %
East of EnglandUp+78152£30,000+5.26 %
City of LondonDown-13125£32,500-18.75 %
ManchesterUp+376£30,000-
CheshireUp+2772£25,000+19.04 %
YorkshireUp+2572£27,500+17.02 %
South WestUp+1465£25,000-33.33 %
BerkshireUp+5257£29,000-5.69 %
West MidlandsUp+854£30,000-6.97 %
SurreyUp+2849£35,000+10.23 %
West YorkshireUp+2145£26,000+10.63 %
East MidlandsDown-1539£32,500+3.17 %
EssexUp+4238£31,500+5.00 %
SuffolkUp+1937£27,500+46.66 %
LeedsUp+3035£25,000+6.38 %
HertfordshireUp+2132£35,000+30.84 %
HampshireUp+2128£27,500-8.33 %
IpswichUp+1128£27,500+46.66 %
DorsetNo change028£27,500-8.33 %
WalesUp+2427£30,000+50.00 %
ColchesterUp+1927£31,500+5.00 %
South WalesUp+1827£30,000+50.00 %
NottinghamshireDown-424£38,000+18.75 %
CambridgeshireUp+1322£26,000-13.33 %
BournemouthUp+922£32,500+18.18 %
NorfolkUp+2120£30,000+30.43 %
NorwichUp+2619£30,000+30.43 %

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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.

11321 (50.63 %)Marketing
21118 (42.85 %)CSS
31039 (39.82 %)HTML
4925 (35.45 %)Pay per click
5823 (31.54 %)JavaScript
6660 (25.30 %)E-Commerce
7561 (21.50 %)Online Marketing
8544 (20.85 %)PHP
9528 (20.24 %)XHTML
10434 (16.63 %)Photoshop
11432 (16.56 %)Google
12414 (15.87 %)XML
12414 (15.87 %)Web Development
13403 (15.45 %).NET
14399 (15.29 %)Flash
15392 (15.02 %)AJAX
16387 (14.83 %)CMS
17293 (11.23 %)Social Media
18291 (11.15 %)MySQL
19289 (11.08 %)Internet
20286 (10.96 %)jQuery
21269 (10.31 %)SQL
22262 (10.04 %)ASP.NET
23260 (9.966 %)W3C
24258 (9.889 %)Web Design
25250 (9.582 %)SQL Server
26246 (9.429 %)C#
26246 (9.429 %)Digital Marketing
27237 (9.084 %)Content Management
28230 (8.816 %)Google Analytics

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
11118 (42.85 %)CSS
21039 (39.82 %)HTML
3528 (20.24 %)XHTML
4414 (15.87 %)XML
5403 (15.45 %).NET
6399 (15.29 %)Flash
7392 (15.02 %)AJAX
8286 (10.96 %)jQuery
9262 (10.04 %)ASP.NET
10174 (6.669 %)ASP
11135 (5.174 %)XSLT
12130 (4.983 %)Web Services
1385 (3.258 %)JSP
1477 (2.951 %)LAMP
1558 (2.223 %)YUI
1655 (2.108 %).NET Framework
1655 (2.108 %)DHTML
1746 (1.763 %)Silverlight
1843 (1.648 %)CakePHP
1939 (1.495 %)Symfony
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1387 (14.83 %)CMS
2101 (3.871 %)Apache
390 (3.450 %)Drupal
470 (2.683 %)SharePoint
555 (2.108 %)IIS
650 (1.916 %)WordPress
749 (1.878 %)Joomla!
833 (1.265 %)Tomcat
924 (0.920 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1019 (0.728 %)EPiServer
1118 (0.690 %)MS Exchange
1213 (0.498 %)ColdFusion
1213 (0.498 %)ExpressionEngine
139 (0.345 %)Magento
147 (0.268 %)BizTalk Server
156 (0.230 %)Immediacy CMS
156 (0.230 %)Flash Media Server
165 (0.192 %)Content Management Server
165 (0.192 %)Rhythmyx
165 (0.192 %)TYPO3
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1434 (16.63 %)Photoshop
2181 (6.938 %)Adobe Illustrator
3101 (3.871 %)Fireworks
478 (2.990 %)MS Excel
550 (1.916 %)MS Office
630 (1.150 %)MS Visio
79 (0.345 %)MS PowerPoint
87 (0.268 %)Acrobat
96 (0.230 %)InDesign
105 (0.192 %)QuarkXPress
113 (0.115 %)MS Project
121 (0.038 %)ImageReady
121 (0.038 %)Maya
121 (0.038 %)InfoPath
121 (0.038 %)CA Clarity
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1230 (8.816 %)Google Analytics
269 (2.645 %)WebTrends
38 (0.307 %)Summit
46 (0.230 %)Navision
55 (0.192 %)BidBuddy
63 (0.115 %)GoldMine
72 (0.077 %)Dynamics CRM
72 (0.077 %)Microsoft CRM
72 (0.077 %)Enfinity
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1289 (11.08 %)Internet
250 (1.916 %)Intranet
321 (0.805 %)FTP
420 (0.767 %)DNS
512 (0.460 %)HTTP
610 (0.383 %)SAN
77 (0.268 %)SSL
77 (0.268 %)Firewall
85 (0.192 %)Extranet
85 (0.192 %)DMZ
94 (0.153 %)SSH
102 (0.077 %)Network Security
102 (0.077 %)WAN
102 (0.077 %)LAN
111 (0.038 %)SMS
111 (0.038 %)ADSL
111 (0.038 %)Broadband
111 (0.038 %)TCP/IP
111 (0.038 %)VPN
111 (0.038 %)DHCP
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1291 (11.15 %)MySQL
2250 (9.582 %)SQL Server
360 (2.300 %)SQL Server 2005
429 (1.112 %)SQL Server 2000
524 (0.920 %)SQL Server 2008
621 (0.805 %)Crystal Reports
77 (0.268 %)MS Access
84 (0.153 %)Datawarehouse
84 (0.153 %)Data Mining
84 (0.153 %)RDBMS
84 (0.153 %)GIS
93 (0.115 %)PostgreSQL
93 (0.115 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
93 (0.115 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
93 (0.115 %)SQL Server Integration Services
102 (0.077 %)Database Marketing
102 (0.077 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
102 (0.077 %)SQL Server 7
102 (0.077 %)Informix
111 (0.038 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1181 (6.938 %)Dreamweaver
2102 (3.910 %)Subversion
349 (1.878 %)Visual Studio
418 (0.690 %)Ant
516 (0.613 %)Selenium
612 (0.460 %)VSS/SourceSafe
79 (0.345 %)Eclipse
79 (0.345 %)NUnit
88 (0.307 %)JUnit
88 (0.307 %)TeamCity
97 (0.268 %)WATIR
106 (0.230 %)AnthillPro
106 (0.230 %)CruiseControl
106 (0.230 %)JProbe
115 (0.192 %)PEAR
123 (0.115 %)Team Foundation Server
132 (0.077 %)TestDirector
132 (0.077 %)FitNesse
132 (0.077 %)Firebug
141 (0.038 %)Maven
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11321 (50.63 %)Marketing
2293 (11.23 %)Social Media
3204 (7.819 %)Advertising
4203 (7.781 %)Finance
5154 (5.903 %)Retail
680 (3.066 %)Health
772 (2.760 %)Publishing
867 (2.568 %)Pensions
958 (2.223 %)Multimedia
1043 (1.648 %)Education
1142 (1.610 %)Games
1142 (1.610 %)Graphic Design
1236 (1.380 %)Insurance
1334 (1.303 %)Pharmaceutical
1422 (0.843 %)Interactive Media
1521 (0.805 %)Government
1615 (0.575 %)Telemarketing
1714 (0.537 %)Online Games
1813 (0.498 %)Financial Institution
1813 (0.498 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1938 (35.95 %)Developer
2545 (20.89 %)Web Developer
3220 (8.432 %)Designer
4203 (7.781 %)Web Designer
5184 (7.053 %)PHP Developer
6163 (6.248 %)SEO Specialist
7152 (5.826 %)Front-End Developer
8149 (5.711 %)Analyst
9143 (5.481 %)Senior Developer
10138 (5.289 %)Marketing Manager
11113 (4.331 %).NET Developer
12106 (4.063 %)Web Manager
13105 (4.025 %)SEO Manager
14104 (3.986 %)Consultant
1585 (3.258 %)Account Manager
1683 (3.181 %)Online Marketing Manager
1769 (2.645 %)Front-End Web Developer
1864 (2.453 %)Project Manager
1963 (2.415 %)C# Developer
2057 (2.185 %)Web Analyst
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1260 (9.966 %)W3C
2127 (4.868 %)Web 2.0
3109 (4.178 %)Social Network
488 (3.373 %)Blog
546 (1.763 %)Computer Science
546 (1.763 %)French Language
643 (1.648 %)Statistics
643 (1.648 %)Copywriting
741 (1.571 %)German Language
832 (1.227 %)Spanish Language
927 (1.035 %)Portuguese Language
1025 (0.958 %)Client/Server
1122 (0.843 %)Open Source
1221 (0.805 %)Russian Language
1319 (0.728 %)Derivative
1418 (0.690 %)FMCG
1516 (0.613 %)Italian Language
1614 (0.537 %)Taxonomies
1614 (0.537 %)SaaS
1713 (0.498 %)Spread Betting
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1169 (6.478 %)Linux
299 (3.795 %)Windows
355 (2.108 %)UNIX
419 (0.728 %)Windows Server 2003
57 (0.268 %)Mac OS X
65 (0.192 %)Ubuntu
73 (0.115 %)Red Hat Linux
73 (0.115 %)Windows XP
82 (0.077 %)Windows Vista
91 (0.038 %)Mac OS X Server
91 (0.038 %)Windows Server 2008
91 (0.038 %)CentOS
91 (0.038 %)SUSE
91 (0.038 %)Debian
91 (0.038 %)OpenBSD
91 (0.038 %)Fedora
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1925 (35.45 %)Pay per click
2660 (25.30 %)E-Commerce
3561 (21.50 %)Online Marketing
4414 (15.87 %)Web Development
5258 (9.889 %)Web Design
6246 (9.429 %)Digital Marketing
7237 (9.084 %)Content Management
8194 (7.436 %)Web Analytics
9149 (5.711 %)Project Management
10131 (5.021 %)MVC
11129 (4.944 %)Email Marketing
1299 (3.795 %)Web Marketing
1387 (3.335 %)Search Engine Marketing
1480 (3.066 %)Scrum
1579 (3.028 %)OO
1673 (2.798 %)Competitor Analysis
1770 (2.683 %)Agile Software Development
1868 (2.606 %)Business Development
1963 (2.415 %)B2C
2054 (2.070 %)Information Architecture
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1823 (31.54 %)JavaScript
2544 (20.85 %)PHP
3269 (10.31 %)SQL
4246 (9.429 %)C#
5126 (4.829 %)Java
6125 (4.791 %)ActionScript
791 (3.488 %)VB.NET
873 (2.798 %)PHP5
945 (1.725 %)ActionScript 3.0
1044 (1.686 %)Ruby
1141 (1.571 %)VB
1240 (1.533 %)C
1337 (1.418 %)Perl
1431 (1.188 %)T-SQL
1516 (0.613 %)ActionScript 2.0
1615 (0.575 %)PHP4
1615 (0.575 %)VBScript
1710 (0.383 %)Python
187 (0.268 %)PL/SQL
187 (0.268 %)Bash shell
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1177 (6.784 %)Degree
26 (0.230 %)PRINCE2 Certification
35 (0.192 %)PMP
35 (0.192 %)PMI Certification
42 (0.077 %)ISEB
51 (0.038 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (0.038 %)MCSE
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
130 (1.150 %)QA
212 (0.460 %)SLA
311 (0.422 %)WAI
311 (0.422 %)PCI DSS
48 (0.307 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
48 (0.307 %)WCAG
54 (0.153 %)ISO9001
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
16 (0.230 %)Active Directory
21 (0.038 %)Samba
21 (0.038 %)Sendmail
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (0.192 %)SCOM
23 (0.115 %)Plesk
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1432 (16.56 %)Google
2140 (5.366 %)Microsoft
3136 (5.213 %)Adobe
499 (3.795 %)Yahoo!
539 (1.495 %)Omniture
635 (1.342 %)Zend
723 (0.882 %)Oracle
812 (0.460 %)JBoss
812 (0.460 %)Mercator
910 (0.383 %)Apple
106 (0.230 %)Quark
115 (0.192 %)Vignette
115 (0.192 %)Foundry
115 (0.192 %)DoubleClick
124 (0.153 %)IBM
124 (0.153 %)Salesforce.com
124 (0.153 %)Sage
133 (0.115 %)SAP
133 (0.115 %)Red Hat
133 (0.115 %)VMware