SEO Jobs in England

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SEO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SEO over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 484 576 484
Rank change year-on-year +92 -92 -10
Permanent jobs citing SEO 388 415 928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.46% 0.45% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.47% 0.74%
Number of salaries quoted 342 272 507
10th Percentile £25,525 £27,700 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £36,250 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,125 £45,000 £44,850
Median % change year-on-year -17.50% +0.33% -0.33%
75th Percentile £49,928 £55,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £76,250 £78,750
UK median annual salary £36,750 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -13.53% -10.53% +10.47%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 72,814 89,178 125,034
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 85.85% 95.66% 95.65%
Number of salaries quoted 53,731 52,642 73,765
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,250 £33,327
25th Percentile £39,750 £46,000 £44,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £73,750 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £101,250 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +9.09%

SEO
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO in England

SEO
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SEO in England.

Salary trend for SEO in England

SEO
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO in England over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for SEO in England

SEO
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the England region over the 6 months to 27 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +15 93 £32,500 -27.78% 35
London +4 92 £46,446 +3.21% 104
North of England +105 83 £35,000 -33.33% 86
Midlands +54 59 £37,500 -6.25% 44
North West +58 57 £35,000 -9.44% 54
West Midlands +62 38 £31,250 -31.32% 24
South West +14 34 £35,000 -0.59% 29
East of England +23 27 £33,500 +21.82% 26
East Midlands -4 21 £40,000 - 20
Yorkshire +101 18 £32,500 -56.67% 27
North East -2 8 £30,000 -20.00% 5
SEO
UK

SEO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 88 (22.68%) CMS
2 66 (17.01%) WordPress
3 7 (1.80%) Umbraco
4 6 (1.55%) Drupal
4 6 (1.55%) Joomla!
5 3 (0.77%) Adobe Experience Manager
5 3 (0.77%) Headless CMS
5 3 (0.77%) IIS
5 3 (0.77%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (0.77%) Orchard CMS
6 2 (0.52%) Apache Spark
6 2 (0.52%) Confluence
6 2 (0.52%) EPiServer
7 1 (0.26%) SharePoint
Applications
1 30 (7.73%) Microsoft Office
2 19 (4.90%) Photoshop
3 18 (4.64%) Microsoft Excel
4 11 (2.84%) Adobe Illustrator
5 10 (2.58%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 9 (2.32%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 9 (2.32%) Trello
7 6 (1.55%) Adobe XD
8 2 (0.52%) FileZilla
8 2 (0.52%) InDesign
8 2 (0.52%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.26%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 19 (4.90%) Magento
2 18 (4.64%) Shopify
3 7 (1.80%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.77%) Sage 200
5 1 (0.26%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 109 (28.09%) Google Analytics
2 26 (6.70%) Google Ads
3 17 (4.38%) Azure
3 17 (4.38%) Azure DevOps
4 10 (2.58%) Google Tag Manager
5 8 (2.06%) AWS
5 8 (2.06%) Canva
5 8 (2.06%) Figma
6 7 (1.80%) Adobe Analytics
7 6 (1.55%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 6 (1.55%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.29%) GitHub
8 5 (1.29%) npm
9 4 (1.03%) ChatGPT
9 4 (1.03%) Google Sheets
9 4 (1.03%) Microsoft Advertising
9 4 (1.03%) Power Platform
9 4 (1.03%) SaaS
10 3 (0.77%) MailChimp
11 2 (0.52%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.55%) VoIP
2 4 (1.03%) Internet
3 3 (0.77%) Intranet
4 2 (0.52%) FTP
4 2 (0.52%) SNA
5 1 (0.26%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.44%) MySQL
2 12 (3.09%) Looker
3 10 (2.58%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.03%) Metadata
4 4 (1.03%) Power BI
4 4 (1.03%) Tableau
5 3 (0.77%) Amazon Aurora
5 3 (0.77%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.52%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.26%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.26%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.26%) MS Access
7 1 (0.26%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.26%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.26%) Power Query
7 1 (0.26%) Redis
7 1 (0.26%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 42 (10.82%) Git
2 19 (4.90%) JIRA
3 9 (2.32%) gulp
4 6 (1.55%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.77%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.52%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.26%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.26%) Cypress.io
7 1 (0.26%) ESLint
7 1 (0.26%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.26%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.26%) Storybook
7 1 (0.26%) Vite
General
1 260 (67.01%) Marketing
2 127 (32.73%) Social Skills
3 68 (17.53%) Analytical Skills
4 45 (11.60%) Organisational Skills
5 38 (9.79%) Advertising
5 38 (9.79%) Finance
6 26 (6.70%) Retail
7 19 (4.90%) Games
8 16 (4.12%) Publishing
9 12 (3.09%) French Language
10 11 (2.84%) Brand Awareness
11 10 (2.58%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.32%) Multimedia
13 8 (2.06%) Banking
14 6 (1.55%) Automotive
14 6 (1.55%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.55%) Law
14 6 (1.55%) Legal
15 5 (1.29%) iGaming
15 5 (1.29%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 92 (23.71%) Developer
2 30 (7.73%) Web Developer
3 29 (7.47%) SEO Manager
4 28 (7.22%) Senior
5 26 (6.70%) PHP Developer
6 21 (5.41%) Administrator
7 20 (5.15%) Web Administrator
8 19 (4.90%) E-Commerce Administrator
9 18 (4.64%) Digital Executive
10 17 (4.38%) Analyst
10 17 (4.38%) Full Stack Developer
11 16 (4.12%) Content Manager
11 16 (4.12%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 16 (4.12%) SEO Specialist
12 15 (3.87%) E-Commerce Manager
12 15 (3.87%) Web Manager
13 14 (3.61%) Copywriter
13 14 (3.61%) SEO Executive
14 13 (3.35%) Digital Analyst
14 13 (3.35%) Lead
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 134 (34.54%) HTML
2 119 (30.67%) CSS
3 33 (8.51%) Sass
4 26 (6.70%) React
5 24 (6.19%) .NET
6 23 (5.93%) HTML5
6 23 (5.93%) jQuery
7 17 (4.38%) Vue
8 16 (4.12%) Laravel
9 15 (3.87%) JSON
9 15 (3.87%) Node.js
10 14 (3.61%) CSS3
11 11 (2.84%) AngularJS
11 11 (2.84%) LESS
11 11 (2.84%) Twitter Bootstrap
12 10 (2.58%) Electron
13 9 (2.32%) .NET Core
13 9 (2.32%) Next.js
14 8 (2.06%) Ajax
14 8 (2.06%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 108 (27.84%) Social Media
2 60 (15.46%) Blog
3 34 (8.76%) Self-Motivation
4 21 (5.41%) Graphic Design
5 19 (4.90%) Algorithms
6 12 (3.09%) Mobile App
7 11 (2.84%) Video Editing
8 10 (2.58%) Digital Media
9 9 (2.32%) Management Information System
9 9 (2.32%) Onboarding
10 7 (1.80%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.55%) Photography
12 4 (1.03%) FMCG
12 4 (1.03%) Marketing Technology
13 3 (0.77%) Animation
13 3 (0.77%) Data Structures
13 3 (0.77%) Driving Licence
13 3 (0.77%) e-Learning
13 3 (0.77%) NHS
14 2 (0.52%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 7 (1.80%) Linux
1 7 (1.80%) Windows
2 3 (0.77%) Windows Server
3 2 (0.52%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 163 (42.01%) Analytics
2 123 (31.70%) User Experience
3 121 (31.19%) Digital Marketing
4 120 (30.93%) E-Commerce
5 74 (19.07%) Problem-Solving
6 73 (18.81%) Web Development
7 69 (17.78%) Project Management
8 61 (15.72%) Pay per click
9 54 (13.92%) Marketing Strategy
10 53 (13.66%) Content Management
11 42 (10.82%) A/B Testing
12 39 (10.05%) B2B
12 39 (10.05%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
13 37 (9.54%) Front End Development
14 34 (8.76%) Link Building
15 32 (8.25%) Content Strategy
15 32 (8.25%) Content Writing
16 31 (7.99%) UX Design
17 28 (7.22%) Decision-Making
18 26 (6.70%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 91 (23.45%) JavaScript
2 56 (14.43%) PHP
3 23 (5.93%) SQL
4 17 (4.38%) C#
5 6 (1.55%) Dart
6 5 (1.29%) Python
6 5 (1.29%) TypeScript
7 3 (0.77%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.77%) VBA
8 2 (0.52%) Java
8 2 (0.52%) JSX
Qualifications
1 80 (20.62%) Degree
2 14 (3.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.55%) HND
4 5 (1.29%) DBS Check
5 3 (0.77%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.26%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.26%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.47%) Accessibility
2 24 (6.19%) QA
3 9 (2.32%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (1.55%) GDPR
5 1 (0.26%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (2.32%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.26%) Plesk
Vendors
1 138 (35.57%) Google
2 51 (13.14%) Adobe
3 37 (9.54%) Microsoft
4 22 (5.67%) Ahrefs
5 17 (4.38%) Screaming Frog
6 16 (4.12%) WooCommerce
7 12 (3.09%) Facebook
8 10 (2.58%) HubSpot
9 8 (2.06%) Twitter
10 5 (1.29%) Glassbox
10 5 (1.29%) Instagram
11 4 (1.03%) dotdigital
11 4 (1.03%) Progress
11 4 (1.03%) Salesforce
12 3 (0.77%) Hootsuite
12 3 (0.77%) Hotjar
12 3 (0.77%) Sage
13 2 (0.52%) Optimizely
13 2 (0.52%) TikTok
13 2 (0.52%) YouTube