SEO Contracts in Edinburgh

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Scotland > Edinburgh

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Edinburgh requiring SEO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited SEO over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 63 70 111
Rank change year-on-year +7 +41 +17
Contract jobs citing SEO 4 2 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Edinburgh 0.64% 0.25% 0.077%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.67% 0.28% 0.081%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 1
10th Percentile £364 £177 -
25th Percentile £370 £199 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £243 £250
Median % change year-on-year +56.14% -2.65% -
75th Percentile £390 £294 -
90th Percentile £396 £320 -
Scotland median daily rate £380 £325 £376
% change year-on-year +16.92% -13.45% +36.55%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Edinburgh

SEO falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Edinburgh.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 594 720 1,240
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh 95.04% 88.34% 95.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 333 422 884
10th Percentile £214 £233 £254
25th Percentile £403 £413 £406
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £471 £484 £475
Median % change year-on-year -2.59% +1.79% -
75th Percentile £541 £575 £545
90th Percentile £630 £663 £625
Scotland median daily rate £463 £475 £475
% change year-on-year -2.63% - +2.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 31 11
10th Percentile - £15.10 £13.16
25th Percentile £17.30 £16.25 £17.72
Median hourly rate £22.44 £22.87 £21.26
Median % change year-on-year -1.89% +7.57% -46.85%
75th Percentile £25.59 £60.75 £53.75
90th Percentile £42.35 - £54.50
Scotland median hourly rate £21.59 £19.34 £17.72
% change year-on-year +11.66% +9.11% -55.69%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Edinburgh

Job postings citing SEO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Edinburgh.

Job vacancy trend for SEO in Edinburgh

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SEO in Edinburgh.

Daily rate trend for SEO in Edinburgh

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Edinburgh

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SEO in Edinburgh.

Hourly rate trend for SEO in Edinburgh

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Edinburgh by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) WordPress
2 1 (25.00%) CMS
2 1 (25.00%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Google Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Azure DevOps
General
1 2 (50.00%) Public Sector
2 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Web Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Content Editor
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Content Editor
3 1 (25.00%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) RESTful
1 3 (75.00%) Web Services
2 1 (25.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Analytics
2 3 (75.00%) DevOps
2 3 (75.00%) Front End Development
2 3 (75.00%) Web Development
3 1 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 1 (25.00%) Content Development
3 1 (25.00%) Content Management
3 1 (25.00%) Content Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Link Building
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Project Management
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (100.00%) WCAG
2 3 (75.00%) PERC
3 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
3 1 (25.00%) Disclosure Scotland
3 1 (25.00%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Google