SEO Consultant Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Search Engine Optimisation Consultant (SEO Consultant)
Central London > City of London

The median Search Engine Optimisation Consultant (SEO Consultant) daily rate in the City of London is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 15 September 2025.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 115 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs requiring an SEO Consultant 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 0.057% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.061% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - -
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Central London median daily rate £500 - -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
City of London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the City of 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 City of London with a recognized job title 1,643 1,960 2,904
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.83% 94.37% 94.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,099 1,245 2,008
10th Percentile £325 £363 £363
25th Percentile £423 £463 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £600
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% +4.35%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £706
90th Percentile £775 £785 £813
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £580
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.86% +2.65%
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 15 12
10th Percentile £17.35 £16.49 £14.42
25th Percentile £23.98 £21.25 £16.90
Median hourly rate £28.33 £27.00 £35.50
Median % change year-on-year +4.91% -23.94% -14.97%
75th Percentile £53.50 £85.63 £44.87
90th Percentile £65.39 £137.50 £67.13
Central London median hourly rate £28.15 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year -19.57% - -15.66%

SEO Consultant
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Job postings that featured SEO Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Job vacancy trend for SEO Consultant in the City of London

SEO Consultant
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SEO Consultant job vacancies in the City of London.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for SEO Consultant job vacancies in the City of London

SEO Consultant Skill Set
Top 18 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of London

For the 6 months to 15 September 2025, SEO Consultant 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 City of London region featuring SEO Consultant in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow Management
1 1 (100.00%) Web Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Screaming Frog
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Ahrefs

SEO Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the City of 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Benchmarking
1 1 (100.00%) Document Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) Web Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow Management
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Adobe
1 1 (100.00%) Ahrefs
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Screaming Frog