SEO Jobs in the Midlands

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
England > Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
15 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 266 304 271
Rank change year-on-year +38 -33 -15
Permanent jobs citing SEO 54 11 86
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.45% 0.12% 0.79%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.55% 0.12% 0.83%
Number of salaries quoted 46 9 63
10th Percentile £25,375 £36,450 £26,250
25th Percentile £26,250 £37,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -20.00% +18.34%
75th Percentile £43,875 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £55,500 £58,600
England median annual salary £36,539 £42,500 £44,850
% change year-on-year -14.03% -5.24% +3.10%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,750 8,825 10,316
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 81.85% 96.49% 94.43%
Number of salaries quoted 7,144 4,454 6,887
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £29,000
25th Percentile £34,959 £38,375 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% +7.75%
75th Percentile £62,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

SEO
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO in the Midlands

SEO
Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for SEO in the Midlands

SEO
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO in the Midlands over the 6 months to 15 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SEO in the Midlands

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Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 15 May 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
West Midlands +52 37 £30,000 -29.41% 35
East Midlands -8 17 £40,000 - 21
SEO
England

SEO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 16 (29.63%) CMS
1 16 (29.63%) WordPress
2 3 (5.56%) Headless CMS
3 2 (3.70%) IIS
3 2 (3.70%) Umbraco
4 1 (1.85%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 4 (7.41%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (3.70%) Adobe XD
3 1 (1.85%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (1.85%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (12.96%) Magento
2 1 (1.85%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 15 (27.78%) Google Analytics
2 5 (9.26%) Google Ads
3 3 (5.56%) ChatGPT
4 2 (3.70%) Azure
4 2 (3.70%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (3.70%) Figma
4 2 (3.70%) GitHub
4 2 (3.70%) SaaS
5 1 (1.85%) Discord
5 1 (1.85%) Slack
5 1 (1.85%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (16.67%) MySQL
2 2 (3.70%) Metadata
2 2 (3.70%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 9 (16.67%) Git
2 5 (9.26%) gulp
3 1 (1.85%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.85%) ESLint
General
1 42 (77.78%) Marketing
2 13 (24.07%) Social Skills
3 9 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (9.26%) Advertising
4 5 (9.26%) iGaming
5 3 (5.56%) Law
5 3 (5.56%) Retail
5 3 (5.56%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.70%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 18 (33.33%) Developer
2 10 (18.52%) Web Developer
3 8 (14.81%) Lead
3 8 (14.81%) Lead Developer
3 8 (14.81%) Lead Web Developer
4 6 (11.11%) SEO Manager
5 5 (9.26%) Content Manager
5 5 (9.26%) E-Commerce Manager
6 4 (7.41%) E-Commerce Executive
6 4 (7.41%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 3 (5.56%) PHP Developer
8 2 (3.70%) Head of Client Services
8 2 (3.70%) HTML CSS Developer
8 2 (3.70%) HTML Developer
8 2 (3.70%) Junior
8 2 (3.70%) Junior Software Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) Software Engineer
8 2 (3.70%) WordPress Developer
9 1 (1.85%) PHP WordPress Developer
9 1 (1.85%) SEO Copywriter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (27.78%) CSS
1 15 (27.78%) HTML
2 9 (16.67%) Sass
3 7 (12.96%) HTML5
3 7 (12.96%) jQuery
4 6 (11.11%) Laravel
5 5 (9.26%) CSS3
5 5 (9.26%) Twig
6 4 (7.41%) .NET
6 4 (7.41%) React
7 3 (5.56%) Next.js
7 3 (5.56%) Tailwind CSS
8 2 (3.70%) .NET Core
8 2 (3.70%) ASP.NET
8 2 (3.70%) ASP.NET Web Forms
8 2 (3.70%) Razor View Engine
8 2 (3.70%) REST
8 2 (3.70%) Twitter Bootstrap
8 2 (3.70%) Vue
8 2 (3.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 22 (40.74%) Social Media
2 5 (9.26%) Blog
2 5 (9.26%) Digital Media
2 5 (9.26%) Graphic Design
3 3 (5.56%) Photography
4 2 (3.70%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (1.85%) Mobile App
5 1 (1.85%) Onboarding
Operating Systems
1 5 (9.26%) Linux
2 2 (3.70%) VMS
2 2 (3.70%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (44.44%) User Experience
2 23 (42.59%) Analytics
3 21 (38.89%) Web Development
4 17 (31.48%) Problem-Solving
5 15 (27.78%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
6 14 (25.93%) Digital Marketing
6 14 (25.93%) Marketing Strategy
7 13 (24.07%) E-Commerce
8 11 (20.37%) Front End Development
9 10 (18.52%) Pay per click
10 9 (16.67%) Decision-Making
10 9 (16.67%) Mentoring
11 8 (14.81%) Email Marketing
11 8 (14.81%) Link Building
11 8 (14.81%) Project Management
12 6 (11.11%) Content Management
12 6 (11.11%) Content Writing
13 5 (9.26%) Affiliate Marketing
13 5 (9.26%) Lead Generation
13 5 (9.26%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 14 (25.93%) JavaScript
2 10 (18.52%) PHP
3 4 (7.41%) C#
4 2 (3.70%) SQL
5 1 (1.85%) Java
5 1 (1.85%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (18.52%) Degree
2 1 (1.85%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 5 (9.26%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.85%) Docker
Vendors
1 19 (35.19%) Google
2 6 (11.11%) Microsoft
3 5 (9.26%) Ahrefs
4 4 (7.41%) dotdigital
5 3 (5.56%) Adobe
5 3 (5.56%) Hotjar
5 3 (5.56%) WooCommerce
6 1 (1.85%) Screaming Frog