SEO Contracts with Work from Home Options

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 12 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
12 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 308 374 491
Rank change year-on-year +66 +117 -94
Contract jobs citing SEO 44 92 137
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.29% 0.37% 0.31%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.33% 0.41% 0.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 65 94
10th Percentile £293 £247 £215
25th Percentile £319 £308 £366
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £400 £443
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% -9.60% +4.12%
75th Percentile £461 £480 £533
90th Percentile £490 £518 £609
UK median daily rate £410 £350 £463
% change year-on-year +17.14% -24.32% +15.63%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 7
10th Percentile £24.45 £20.83 £25.30
25th Percentile £25.13 £21.00 £25.56
Median hourly rate £27.50 £22.00 £26.27
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -16.25% +18.77%
75th Percentile £31.88 £28.25 £32.50
90th Percentile £33.75 £30.30 £33.50
UK median hourly rate £26.25 £25.00 £26.27
% change year-on-year +5.00% -4.83% +16.76%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 13,241 22,603 40,082
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 88.03% 89.73% 91.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,876 15,973 29,084
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £425 £450 £431
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £540 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% +2.86% +7.69%
75th Percentile £638 £650 £631
90th Percentile £750 £750 £725
UK median daily rate £525 £550 £530
% change year-on-year -4.55% +3.77% +8.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 571 519 538
10th Percentile £15.00 £18.63 £14.18
25th Percentile £25.50 £29.31 £20.56
Median hourly rate £43.00 £53.35 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year -19.40% +50.28% +44.90%
75th Percentile £60.00 £68.75 £57.50
90th Percentile £75.25 £80.00 £70.60
UK median hourly rate £36.50 £36.00 £25.68
% change year-on-year +1.39% +40.19% +4.82%

SEO
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing SEO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SEO trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SEO.

SEO daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing SEO over the 6 months to 12 May 2024.

SEO daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing SEO.

SEO hourly rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 18 (40.91%) CMS
2 3 (6.82%) Sitecore CMS
2 3 (6.82%) WordPress
3 1 (2.27%) Confluence
3 1 (2.27%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 2 (4.55%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (2.27%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.27%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 7 (15.91%) Google Analytics
2 5 (11.36%) Azure
2 5 (11.36%) Azure DevOps
3 3 (6.82%) SaaS
4 2 (4.55%) AWS
5 1 (2.27%) Adobe Creative Cloud
5 1 (2.27%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.55%) HTTP
2 1 (2.27%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.82%) MySQL
2 1 (2.27%) Looker
2 1 (2.27%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (18.18%) JIRA
2 2 (4.55%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.55%) JUnit
2 2 (4.55%) Selenium
3 1 (2.27%) Babel
3 1 (2.27%) Bitbucket
3 1 (2.27%) Git
3 1 (2.27%) webpack
General
1 21 (47.73%) Marketing
2 17 (38.64%) Social Skills
3 13 (29.55%) Public Sector
4 6 (13.64%) German Language
4 6 (13.64%) Publishing
5 5 (11.36%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (9.09%) Finance
6 4 (9.09%) French Language
7 3 (6.82%) Telecoms
8 2 (4.55%) Electronics
8 2 (4.55%) Legal
8 2 (4.55%) Manufacturing
8 2 (4.55%) Retail
9 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (2.27%) Local Government
9 1 (2.27%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (2.27%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (2.27%) Presentation Skills
9 1 (2.27%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 7 (15.91%) Developer
2 5 (11.36%) Designer
2 5 (11.36%) Senior
3 4 (9.09%) Consultant
3 4 (9.09%) Content Designer
4 3 (6.82%) Copywriter
4 3 (6.82%) Full Stack Developer
4 3 (6.82%) SEO Consultant
4 3 (6.82%) SEO Specialist
5 2 (4.55%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 2 (4.55%) Lead
5 2 (4.55%) Senior Developer
5 2 (4.55%) Senior Full Stack Developer
5 2 (4.55%) Senior Test Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) SEO Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) SEO Manager
5 2 (4.55%) Test Engineer
5 2 (4.55%) WordPress Developer
6 1 (2.27%) Analytics Developer
6 1 (2.27%) Front-End Engineer (Client-Side Engineer)
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (13.64%) React
2 5 (11.36%) HTML
2 5 (11.36%) Next.js
3 4 (9.09%) CSS
4 3 (6.82%) NestJS
4 3 (6.82%) Prisma
4 3 (6.82%) RESTful
5 2 (4.55%) Jest
5 2 (4.55%) REST
5 2 (4.55%) Web Services
6 1 (2.27%) .NET
6 1 (2.27%) .NET Framework
6 1 (2.27%) AngularJS
6 1 (2.27%) ASP.NET
6 1 (2.27%) ASP.NET Core
6 1 (2.27%) DOM
6 1 (2.27%) Entity Framework
6 1 (2.27%) HTML5
6 1 (2.27%) Node.js
6 1 (2.27%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (9.09%) Management Information System
2 3 (6.82%) Algorithms
3 2 (4.55%) Handset
4 1 (2.27%) Digital Media
4 1 (2.27%) NHS
4 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.27%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (2.27%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (27.27%) Analytics
1 12 (27.27%) Content Management
2 11 (25.00%) User Experience
3 8 (18.18%) Agile
4 7 (15.91%) Copywriting
4 7 (15.91%) Project Management
5 6 (13.64%) Content Strategy
5 6 (13.64%) Digital Marketing
5 6 (13.64%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (11.36%) B2C
6 5 (11.36%) DevOps
6 5 (11.36%) Front End Development
7 4 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
7 4 (9.09%) Content Marketing
7 4 (9.09%) Full Stack Development
7 4 (9.09%) Mobile First
7 4 (9.09%) UX Design
8 3 (6.82%) Creative Thinking
8 3 (6.82%) Customer-Centricity
8 3 (6.82%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (13.64%) JavaScript
2 3 (6.82%) TypeScript
3 2 (4.55%) Python
4 1 (2.27%) PHP
4 1 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (18.18%) Degree
2 3 (6.82%) BPSS Clearance
2 3 (6.82%) DBS Check
2 3 (6.82%) Security Cleared
3 2 (4.55%) ISTQB
3 2 (4.55%) Master's Degree
3 2 (4.55%) SC Cleared
4 1 (2.27%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (2.27%) MRICS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (20.45%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.27%) Disclosure Scotland
2 1 (2.27%) NEBOSH
2 1 (2.27%) QA
2 1 (2.27%) WCAG
Systems Management
1 1 (2.27%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (9.09%) Google
2 3 (6.82%) Adobe
2 3 (6.82%) Optimizely
2 3 (6.82%) Sitecore
3 2 (4.55%) SAP
4 1 (2.27%) Ahrefs
4 1 (2.27%) HubSpot