SEO Contracts in the South West

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
England > South West

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
16 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 142 168 172
Rank change year-on-year +26 +4 -40
Contract jobs citing SEO 6 8 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the South West 0.19% 0.21% 0.027%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.23% 0.24% 0.030%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 7 1
10th Percentile £356 £285 -
25th Percentile £413 £306 £525
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -13.64% -
75th Percentile £588 £563 £575
90th Percentile £638 £650 -
England median daily rate £378 £375 £475
% change year-on-year +0.67% -21.05% +27.52%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South West

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 the South West with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,656 3,341 3,338
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 83.13% 89.79% 88.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,749 2,455 2,344
10th Percentile £225 £305 £300
25th Percentile £406 £425 £410
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £549 £500
Median % change year-on-year -4.37% +9.80% +6.38%
75th Percentile £630 £639 £588
90th Percentile £706 £719 £670
England median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.72%
Number of hourly rates quoted 308 355 186
10th Percentile £13.80 £9.80 £15.90
25th Percentile £25.00 £18.25 £16.76
Median hourly rate £47.50 £61.50 £47.89
Median % change year-on-year -22.76% +28.43% +6.41%
75th Percentile £68.75 £70.30 £63.71
90th Percentile £77.50 £82.99 £69.05
England median hourly rate £34.00 £37.50 £24.00
% change year-on-year -9.33% +56.25% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing SEO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for SEO in the South West

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SEO in the South West.

Daily rate trend for SEO in the South West

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Daily Rate Histogram in the South West

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SEO in the South West over the 6 months to 16 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for SEO in the South West

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SEO in the South West.

Hourly rate trend for SEO in the South West

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Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the South West region over the 6 months to 16 April 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
Devon - 3 £425 - 4
Bristol +10 2 £475 - 8
Somerset - 1 £550 - 6
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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:

Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (16.67%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) AWS
2 1 (16.67%) Google Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) Google Tag Manager
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 2 (33.33%) JIRA
1 2 (33.33%) JUnit
1 2 (33.33%) Selenium
General
1 3 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Public Sector
3 1 (16.67%) Finance
3 1 (16.67%) Local Government
3 1 (16.67%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Senior
1 2 (33.33%) Senior Test Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) SEO Engineer
1 2 (33.33%) Test Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) Delivery Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Facilities Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Magento Developer
2 1 (16.67%) SEO Consultant
2 1 (16.67%) SEO Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) Algorithms
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Linux
1 1 (16.67%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Agile
1 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (33.33%) Creative Thinking
2 2 (33.33%) Functional Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Non-Functional Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Performance Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) Scenario Testing
2 2 (33.33%) Test Management
2 2 (33.33%) Test Strategy
2 2 (33.33%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) A/B Testing
3 1 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
3 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
3 1 (16.67%) Pay per click
3 1 (16.67%) People Management
3 1 (16.67%) Product Vision
3 1 (16.67%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (33.33%) Python
3 1 (16.67%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
1 3 (50.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) ISTQB
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (16.67%) Degree
3 1 (16.67%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) NEBOSH
Vendors
1 1 (16.67%) Adobe
1 1 (16.67%) Cadence
1 1 (16.67%) Google