SEO Contract Job Trends in Hertfordshire

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
East of England > Hertfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Hertfordshire requiring SEO skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 62 49 71
Rank change year-on-year -13 +22 -
Contract jobs citing SEO 2 1 2
As % of all contract jobs in Hertfordshire 0.33% 0.22% 0.27%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.26% 0.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £140 £205 £250
Median % change year-on-year -31.71% -18.00% -
East of England median daily rate £140 £265 £475
% change year-on-year -47.17% -44.21% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
Hertfordshire

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 Hertfordshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 534 386 659
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire 88.70% 84.65% 88.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 209 155 365
10th Percentile £193 £263 £275
25th Percentile £400 £325 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £450 £525
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -14.29% -4.55%
75th Percentile £600 £575 £675
90th Percentile £718 £658 £775
East of England median daily rate £500 £450 £500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 191 95 156
10th Percentile £16.55 £15.26 £21.63
25th Percentile £18.50 £35.00 £42.25
Median hourly rate £43.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -33.85% - +8.33%
75th Percentile £66.75 £70.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £86.50 £90.00
East of England median hourly rate £21.00 £27.67 £21.00
% change year-on-year -24.11% +31.76% -6.67%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing SEO relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire.

SEO job vacancy trend in Hertfordshire

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Daily Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SEO.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SEO

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Hourly Rate Trend in Hertfordshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SEO.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Hertfordshire citing SEO

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Contract Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the Hertfordshire region over the 6 months to 28 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Rickmansworth -2 2 £140 -31.71%
SEO
East of England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Hertfordshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 2 (100.00%) CMS
1 2 (100.00%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Contentsquare
1 2 (100.00%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Publishing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Content Management
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Adobe
1 2 (100.00%) Google