SEO Contracts in London

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
England > London

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for SEO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited SEO over the 6 months to 16 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 332 428 452
Rank change year-on-year +96 +24 -99
Contract jobs citing SEO 58 65 150
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.33% 0.25% 0.39%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.37% 0.28% 0.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 47 38 121
10th Percentile £256 £261 £250
25th Percentile £275 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £360 £480
Median % change year-on-year +17.97% -24.95% +14.29%
75th Percentile £475 £538 £575
90th Percentile £604 £559 £625
England median daily rate £425 £350 £475
% change year-on-year +21.43% -26.32% +18.75%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 8 0
10th Percentile - £28.50 -
25th Percentile £41.50 £30.00 -
Median hourly rate £44.00 £31.00 -
Median % change year-on-year +41.94% - -
75th Percentile £46.50 £33.41 -
90th Percentile - £50.48 -
England median hourly rate £25.00 £27.50 £28.14
% change year-on-year -9.09% -2.26% +25.04%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

SEO is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 15,475 23,527 35,605
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 88.65% 90.92% 92.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,094 16,975 26,024
10th Percentile £343 £375 £388
25th Percentile £450 £475 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £593 £575
Median % change year-on-year -7.17% +3.04% +9.52%
75th Percentile £688 £700 £688
90th Percentile £800 £800 £775
England median daily rate £525 £550 £540
% change year-on-year -4.55% +1.85% +8.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 307 269 415
10th Percentile £15.77 £18.40 £17.55
25th Percentile £20.00 £22.49 £24.25
Median hourly rate £27.84 £37.34 £37.50
Median % change year-on-year -25.44% -0.43% +14.77%
75th Percentile £48.75 £64.25 £51.61
90th Percentile £66.85 £82.30 £68.75
England median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.00
% change year-on-year +1.39% +44.00% +7.71%

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Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO in London

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for SEO in London

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Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SEO in London over the 6 months to 16 May 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SEO in London

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for SEO in London

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Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the London region over the 6 months to 16 May 2024. 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
Central London +42 9 £275 -26.67% 9
West London +21 2 £110 - 11
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 28 (48.28%) CMS
2 10 (17.24%) Headless CMS
3 5 (8.62%) SharePoint
4 4 (6.90%) Drupal
4 4 (6.90%) Sitecore CMS
5 3 (5.17%) Confluence
6 2 (3.45%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 1 (1.72%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (6.90%) Microsoft Office
2 3 (5.17%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (3.45%) Shopify
1 2 (3.45%) Workfront
2 1 (1.72%) Eloqua
Cloud Services
1 6 (10.34%) Google Analytics
2 4 (6.90%) SaaS
3 3 (5.17%) Azure
3 3 (5.17%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.45%) Google Data Studio
5 1 (1.72%) Canva
5 1 (1.72%) Smartsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.17%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (5.17%) MySQL
2 2 (3.45%) Looker
Development Applications
1 12 (20.69%) JIRA
2 5 (8.62%) Git
3 4 (6.90%) webpack
4 2 (3.45%) Babel
4 2 (3.45%) gulp
General
1 30 (51.72%) Marketing
2 14 (24.14%) Social Skills
3 12 (20.69%) Public Sector
4 8 (13.79%) Analytical Skills
4 8 (13.79%) Publishing
5 7 (12.07%) Finance
6 6 (10.34%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 5 (8.62%) Electronics
7 5 (8.62%) French Language
7 5 (8.62%) Legal
7 5 (8.62%) Manufacturing
7 5 (8.62%) Telecoms
8 4 (6.90%) Organisational Skills
9 3 (5.17%) German Language
9 3 (5.17%) Presentation Skills
10 2 (3.45%) Advertising
10 2 (3.45%) Banking
10 2 (3.45%) Law
10 2 (3.45%) Retail
11 1 (1.72%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 13 (22.41%) Developer
2 7 (12.07%) Lead
3 6 (10.34%) Designer
4 5 (8.62%) Content Designer
4 5 (8.62%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 5 (8.62%) Web Manager
5 4 (6.90%) Content Manager
5 4 (6.90%) Digital Content Manager
5 4 (6.90%) Digital Project Manager
5 4 (6.90%) Marketing Executive
5 4 (6.90%) Project Manager
6 3 (5.17%) Digital Executive
6 3 (5.17%) Digital Marketing Executive
6 3 (5.17%) JavaScript Developer
6 3 (5.17%) PMO Lead
6 3 (5.17%) SEO Specialist
7 2 (3.45%) Angular Developer
7 2 (3.45%) Full Stack Developer
7 2 (3.45%) Marketing Specialist
7 2 (3.45%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (20.69%) HTML
2 11 (18.97%) CSS
3 10 (17.24%) Next.js
3 10 (17.24%) React
4 7 (12.07%) HTML5
5 5 (8.62%) Vue
6 4 (6.90%) AngularJS
6 4 (6.90%) Sass
6 4 (6.90%) Web Services
7 3 (5.17%) CSS3
7 3 (5.17%) GraphQL
7 3 (5.17%) Jest
7 3 (5.17%) NestJS
7 3 (5.17%) Nuxt
7 3 (5.17%) Prisma
7 3 (5.17%) REST
8 2 (3.45%) Express.js
8 2 (3.45%) Node.js
8 2 (3.45%) Nunjucks
9 1 (1.72%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.79%) Social Media
2 5 (8.62%) Management Information System
3 3 (5.17%) FMCG
3 3 (5.17%) PMI
4 2 (3.45%) Analytical Mindset
4 2 (3.45%) Digital Media
4 2 (3.45%) Graphic Design
4 2 (3.45%) Wiki
5 1 (1.72%) Blog
5 1 (1.72%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (32.76%) User Experience
2 17 (29.31%) Project Management
3 16 (27.59%) Analytics
4 15 (25.86%) Digital Marketing
5 12 (20.69%) Agile
6 11 (18.97%) Content Management
7 10 (17.24%) Content Strategy
8 8 (13.79%) A/B Testing
8 8 (13.79%) Customer Experience
8 8 (13.79%) Stakeholder Management
8 8 (13.79%) Web Development
9 7 (12.07%) Front End Development
10 6 (10.34%) E-Commerce
10 6 (10.34%) Problem-Solving
10 6 (10.34%) Programme Management
10 6 (10.34%) UX Design
11 5 (8.62%) Business Intelligence
11 5 (8.62%) CRM
11 5 (8.62%) Migration
11 5 (8.62%) User Stories
Programming Languages
1 8 (13.79%) JavaScript
2 5 (8.62%) TypeScript
3 2 (3.45%) Python
4 1 (1.72%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (13.79%) Degree
2 6 (10.34%) Master's Degree
3 3 (5.17%) APMG
3 3 (5.17%) BPSS Clearance
3 3 (5.17%) DBS Check
3 3 (5.17%) PMI Certification
3 3 (5.17%) PMP
3 3 (5.17%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 2 (3.45%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.72%) MBA
5 1 (1.72%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (13.79%) Accessibility
2 4 (6.90%) QA
3 3 (5.17%) PMO
4 1 (1.72%) WCAG
Vendors
1 8 (13.79%) Google
1 8 (13.79%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.62%) SAP
3 4 (6.90%) Hotjar
3 4 (6.90%) Screaming Frog
3 4 (6.90%) Sitecore
4 3 (5.17%) Adobe
5 2 (3.45%) Brandwatch
5 2 (3.45%) Optimizely
6 1 (1.72%) Ahrefs
6 1 (1.72%) Pardot
6 1 (1.72%) Salesforce