The first table below looks at the demand for SEO skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SEO over the 3 months to 19 June 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 West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Rank 105 98 98
Rank change year-on-year
-7 0
Permanent jobs citing SEO 68 74 51
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 1.909% 2.284% 1.691%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.408% 2.921% 2.400%
Number of salaries quoted 52 66 49
Average salary £27,500 £32,500 £27,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.38% +20.37%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £25,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £34,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £32,500 £30,000
% change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
2824 2533 2125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 79.26% 78.18% 70.46%
Number of salaries quoted 2180 2079 1767
Average salary £37,500 £37,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.35% +5.71%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
SEO
Yorkshire

SEO
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire 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 West Yorkshire region.

West Yorkshire SEO Salary Trend

SEO
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SEO across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

West Yorkshire SEO Salary Histogram

SEO
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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Leeds -10 46 £29,000 -7.93% 6
Bradford +16 13 £25,000 -23.07%
Halifax -6 2 £26,500 -22.05%
Otley - 1 - -
SEO
Yorkshire

SEO
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1 109 (73.15%) Marketing
2 106 (71.14%) Pay per click
3 73 (48.99%) Analytics
4 59 (39.60%) Google
5 49 (32.89%) Google Analytics
6 42 (28.19%) Degree
7 41 (27.52%) HTML
8 39 (26.17%) CSS
9 38 (25.50%) Statistics
10 37 (24.83%) Omniture
11 36 (24.16%) MS Office
11 36 (24.16%) SAS
12 35 (23.49%) CHAID
12 35 (23.49%) Cluster Analysis
13 33 (22.15%) Microsoft
14 31 (20.81%) Predictive Modelling
15 30 (20.13%) PHP
15 30 (20.13%) Regression Analysis
16 26 (17.45%) MS Excel
17 24 (16.11%) JavaScript
18 23 (15.44%) WordPress
19 20 (13.42%) jQuery
20 18 (12.08%) Social Media
21 16 (10.74%) Online Marketing
22 15 (10.07%) Digital Marketing
22 15 (10.07%) CMS
22 15 (10.07%) .NET
23 13 (8.725%) ASP.NET
24 12 (8.054%) SQL Server
25 11 (7.383%) Internet

SEO
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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 41 (27.52%) HTML
2 39 (26.17%) CSS
3 20 (13.42%) jQuery
4 15 (10.07%) .NET
5 13 (8.725%) ASP.NET
6 10 (6.711%) HTML5
7 8 (5.369%) CSS3
8 5 (3.356%) XML
8 5 (3.356%) Ajax
9 4 (2.685%) WPF
10 3 (2.013%) XSLT
10 3 (2.013%) YUI
11 2 (1.342%) ASP.NET MVC 2
11 2 (1.342%) Semantic HTML
11 2 (1.342%) Smarty
11 2 (1.342%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (1.342%) LINQ
11 2 (1.342%) Symfony
11 2 (1.342%) MonoRail
11 2 (1.342%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 36 (24.16%) SAS
2 23 (15.44%) WordPress
3 15 (10.07%) CMS
4 4 (2.685%) IIS
5 3 (2.013%) DotNetNuke
5 3 (2.013%) Sitefinity
6 2 (1.342%) Drupal
7 1 (0.671%) Magento
7 1 (0.671%) Joomla!
Applications
1 36 (24.16%) MS Office
2 26 (17.45%) MS Excel
3 10 (6.711%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.671%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 49 (32.89%) Google Analytics
2 2 (1.342%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 11 (7.383%) Internet
2 5 (3.356%) HTTP
3 2 (1.342%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (8.054%) SQL Server
2 9 (6.040%) MySQL
3 5 (3.356%) Clementine
Development Applications
1 10 (6.711%) Visual Studio
2 5 (3.356%) Subversion
3 2 (1.342%) PhoneGap
3 2 (1.342%) Eclipse
4 1 (0.671%) Dreamweaver
General
1 109 (73.15%) Marketing
2 8 (5.369%) Finance
3 6 (4.027%) Legal
3 6 (4.027%) Advertising
4 1 (0.671%) Retail
4 1 (0.671%) Multimedia
4 1 (0.671%) Games
Job Titles
1 54 (36.24%) Analyst
2 35 (23.49%) Marketing Analyst
3 22 (14.77%) Designer
4 21 (14.09%) Account Manager
4 21 (14.09%) SEO Account Manager
5 20 (13.42%) Developer
6 18 (12.08%) Web Designer
7 16 (10.74%) SEO Analyst
8 13 (8.725%) Front-End Developer
9 10 (6.711%) Team Leader
10 9 (6.040%) Web Developer
11 7 (4.698%) PPC Manager
11 7 (4.698%) PPC Analyst
11 7 (4.698%) PPC Executive
11 7 (4.698%) PPC Specialist
12 6 (4.027%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (4.027%) SAS Analyst
13 5 (3.356%) Marketing Manager
13 5 (3.356%) Digital Marketing Manager
13 5 (3.356%) Front-End Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 38 (25.50%) Statistics
2 18 (12.08%) Social Media
3 3 (2.013%) W3C
3 3 (2.013%) Graphic Design
4 2 (1.342%) iPad
4 2 (1.342%) iPhone
4 2 (1.342%) Computer Science
4 2 (1.342%) Copywriting
4 2 (1.342%) Blackberry
5 1 (0.671%) Blog
5 1 (0.671%) Mathematics
5 1 (0.671%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 6 (4.027%) Windows
2 2 (1.342%) Windows Phone
2 2 (1.342%) Android
2 2 (1.342%) Windows Server 2008
2 2 (1.342%) Linux
2 2 (1.342%) Mac OS X
2 2 (1.342%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 106 (71.14%) Pay per click
2 73 (48.99%) Analytics
3 35 (23.49%) CHAID
3 35 (23.49%) Cluster Analysis
4 31 (20.81%) Predictive Modelling
5 30 (20.13%) Regression Analysis
6 16 (10.74%) Online Marketing
7 15 (10.07%) Digital Marketing
8 11 (7.383%) Link Building
9 10 (6.711%) Web Development
10 7 (4.698%) E-Commerce
10 7 (4.698%) Web Design
10 7 (4.698%) Search Engine Marketing
10 7 (4.698%) Internet Marketing
11 5 (3.356%) Content Management
12 4 (2.685%) MVC
13 3 (2.013%) OOP
13 3 (2.013%) Data Analysis
13 3 (2.013%) Marketing Analytics
14 2 (1.342%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 30 (20.13%) PHP
2 24 (16.11%) JavaScript
3 8 (5.369%) SQL
3 8 (5.369%) C#
4 3 (2.013%) Java
5 2 (1.342%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 42 (28.19%) Degree
2 2 (1.342%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.027%) WAI
Vendors
1 59 (39.60%) Google
2 37 (24.83%) Omniture
3 33 (22.15%) Microsoft
4 5 (3.356%) Adobe
5 2 (1.342%) Hitwise
5 2 (1.342%) Zend
6 1 (0.671%) Epiphany
6 1 (0.671%) Twitter
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