SEO Engineer Contracts in the UK excluding London

Search Engine Optimisation Engineer (SEO Engineer)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Search Engine Optimisation Engineer (SEO Engineer) daily rate in the UK excluding London is £425 according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 391 - 508
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an SEO Engineer 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.010% - 0.003%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.010% - 0.003%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 - £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 - £510
75th Percentile £438 - £515
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £425 £535 £510
% change year-on-year -20.56% +4.90% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
UK excluding London

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 19,264 22,670 29,611
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.65% 94.17% 95.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 11,778 15,896 20,739
10th Percentile £213 £225 £200
25th Percentile £363 £395 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £492 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year -1.60% +5.26% +11.76%
75th Percentile £598 £595 £575
90th Percentile £688 £688 £650
UK median daily rate £525 £540 £525
% change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +10.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2,236 1,165 1,484
10th Percentile £12.50 £13.45 £12.02
25th Percentile £15.75 £18.09 £14.25
Median hourly rate £38.50 £42.50 £19.50
Median % change year-on-year -9.41% +117.95% +2.63%
75th Percentile £61.30 £65.00 £42.50
90th Percentile £73.75 £75.00 £60.00
UK median hourly rate £36.00 £45.00 £23.46
% change year-on-year -20.00% +91.86% +3.42%

SEO Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured SEO Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SEO Engineer in the UK excluding London

SEO Engineer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SEO Engineer in the UK excluding London.

Daily rate trend for SEO Engineer in the UK excluding London

SEO Engineer
Contract Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEO Engineer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 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
South West - 2 £425 -
SEO Engineer
UK

SEO Engineer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, SEO Engineer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring SEO Engineer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) JUnit
1 2 (100.00%) Python
1 2 (100.00%) SEO
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills

SEO Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Jenkins
1 2 (100.00%) JIRA
1 2 (100.00%) JUnit
1 2 (100.00%) Selenium
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Social Skills
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 2 (100.00%) Creative Thinking
1 2 (100.00%) Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Non-Functional Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Performance Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Scenario Testing
1 2 (100.00%) SEO
1 2 (100.00%) Test Management
1 2 (100.00%) Test Strategy
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) ISTQB
1 2 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 2 (100.00%) Security Cleared