The first table below looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 20 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Rank 35 49 56
Rank change year-on-year
+14 +7
Permanent jobs citing SEO 9 8 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 3.191% 2.299% 2.594%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 4.128% 2.807% 3.152%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 7
Average salary £42,500 £33,750 £49,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.92% -31.12%
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £31,250 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-4.00% +4.16%
All Processes & Methodologies
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
218 285 349
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 77.30% 81.90% 82.31%
Number of salaries quoted 175 189 251
Average salary £42,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £62,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SEO
Hertfordshire

SEO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SEO across the Watford region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Watford SEO Salary Histogram

SEO
Top 15 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 11 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 6 (54.55%) Microsoft
2 6 (54.55%) Analytics
2 6 (54.55%) Enterprise Software
2 6 (54.55%) MS Office
2 6 (54.55%) Project Management
2 6 (54.55%) Retail
2 6 (54.55%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (54.55%) Magento
3 5 (45.45%) Budget Control
3 5 (45.45%) Social Media
3 5 (45.45%) Data Analysis
3 5 (45.45%) Pay per click
3 5 (45.45%) Marketing
3 5 (45.45%) Internet

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 Platforms
1 6 (54.55%) Magento
Applications
1 6 (54.55%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 5 (45.45%) Internet
General
1 6 (54.55%) Retail
2 5 (45.45%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (54.55%) Product Manager
2 5 (45.45%) SEO Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 6 (54.55%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (45.45%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 6 (54.55%) Project Management
2 6 (54.55%) User Acceptance Testing
2 6 (54.55%) Analytics
3 5 (45.45%) Budget Control
3 5 (45.45%) Data Analysis
3 5 (45.45%) Pay per click
Vendors
1 6 (54.55%) Microsoft