UK Salary for SEO staff.

#1

What should an employer be expected to pay a full time web developer
focusing on SEO? 30 hours a week, flexible working locations & days.

I want realistic figures, what people are actually earning, instead of what
people want to earn one day.

Gary.

#2

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What should an employer be expected to pay a full time web developer
focusing on SEO? 30 hours a week, flexible working locations & days.

I want realistic figures, what people are actually earning, instead of
what people want to earn one day.

Upwards of £15 per hour depending on experience? Peanuts and monkeys
potentially spring to mind here!

#3

On Tue, 12 Apr 2005 16:28:36 +0100, ".UK" <UK (AT) UK (DOT) UK> wrote:

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What should an employer be expected to pay a full time web developer
focusing on SEO? 30 hours a week, flexible working locations & days.

Web developers don't do SEO. They develop web sites and do programming
and stuff.
Designers do design.
Optimisers do optimisation.
We're all self-employed.

BB

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#4

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We're all self-employed.

Yeah, just like the guys that work for Oysterweb, Big Mouth, Green Light,
Red Amber Green, Dow Carter, Realise...the list is endless.

#5

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 01:17:04 +0100, ".UK" <UK (AT) UK (DOT) UK> wrote:

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We're all self-employed.

Yeah, just like the guys that work for Oysterweb,

I know the name, obvioiusly. they wanted to charge you how much?

BB

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#6

..UK wrote:

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We're all self-employed.

Yeah, just like the guys that work for Oysterweb, Big Mouth, Green Light,
Red Amber Green, Dow Carter, Realise...the list is endless.

What is your point?

#7

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What is your point?

Sarcasm, all those companies have "employees" so the earlier statement "Were
all self employed" is false.

G.

#8

".UK" <UK (AT) UK (DOT) UK> wrote in news:d3ikrk$ek3$1$8300dec7 (AT) news (DOT) demon.co.uk:

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What is your point?

Sarcasm, all those companies have "employees" so the earlier statement
"Were all self employed" is false.

When you talk to them though, a surprising number are fairly new to the
industry, and I have several times been asked leading questions about how
easy it is to set up on your own ;-).

My impression is that people who start out employed in SEO do have a
tendency to go freelance later if they have enough skills and experience to
do so, not necessarily as pure SEO specialists, but designers, developers,
consultants and so on.

I don't have a clue about hourly rates, sorry.

Victoria

#9

On Wed, 13 Apr 2005 09:22:45 +0100, ".UK" <UK (AT) UK (DOT) UK> wrote:

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What is your point?

Sarcasm, all those companies have "employees" so the earlier statement "Were
all self employed" is false.

G.

I meant all us here. I don't think SEO really lends itself to the
customary workplace heirarchial structure. You can't really seo a site
quicker because some looney is screaming at you. People who want to
see their sites at no. 1 tomorrow or else etc shouldn't be clients in
the first place.
Anyway I'm right up Oysterweb's botty. Hear that knocking, boys?
Hmmmmm?

BB

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