SEO Developer Contracts in England

Search Engine Optimisation Developer (SEO Developer)
UK > England

The median Search Engine Optimisation Developer (SEO Developer) daily rate in England is £550, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 7 May 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
7 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 478 547 654
Rank change year-on-year +69 +107 +131
Contract jobs requiring an SEO Developer 1 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.004% 0.003% 0.004%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.004% 0.003% 0.004%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 - £200
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.00%
UK median daily rate £550 - £200
% change year-on-year - - -20.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Median hourly rate - - £30.00
UK median hourly rate - - £30.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 22,569 34,367 47,263
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.55% 92.70% 94.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 15,022 22,840 33,555
10th Percentile £300 £280 £313
25th Percentile £409 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £638 £643 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £760
UK median daily rate £513 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -2.38% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 914 2,442 1,404
10th Percentile £14.20 £13.00 £14.36
25th Percentile £18.51 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £31.17 £36.50 £44.32
Median % change year-on-year -14.60% -17.64% +96.98%
75th Percentile £63.75 £61.30 £65.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £72.86 £77.00
UK median hourly rate £29.00 £36.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -20.55% -18.89% +88.21%

SEO Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings that featured SEO Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SEO Developer in England

SEO Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing SEO Developer in England.

Daily rate trend for SEO Developer in England

SEO Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing SEO Developer in England.

Hourly rate trend for SEO Developer in England

SEO Developer Skill Set
Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 7 May 2025, SEO Developer 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 England region featuring SEO Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development

SEO Developer Skill Set
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:

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) GraphQL
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript