SEO Manager Contracts in England

Search Engine Optimisation Manager (SEO Manager)
UK > England

The median Search Engine Optimisation Manager (SEO Manager) daily rate in England is £389, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 4 June 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
4 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 479 549 627
Rank change year-on-year +70 +78 +140
Contract jobs requiring an SEO Manager 7 2 15
As % of all contract jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.005% 0.031%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.032% 0.006% 0.033%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 9
10th Percentile £299 £510 £215
25th Percentile £332 £525 £240
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £389 £550 £280
Median % change year-on-year -29.32% +96.43% -46.41%
75th Percentile £445 £575 £375
90th Percentile £478 £590 £460
UK median daily rate £389 £462 £280
% change year-on-year -15.95% +65.18% -46.41%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £31.00
Median hourly rate - - £32.00
75th Percentile - - £33.00
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £32.00

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 22,166 34,084 45,136
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.36% 92.79% 94.56%
Number of daily rates quoted 14,616 22,425 32,131
10th Percentile £289 £284 £313
25th Percentile £406 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £525 £550
Median % change year-on-year -1.52% -4.55% +3.77%
75th Percentile £638 £638 £663
90th Percentile £750 £750 £763
UK median daily rate £504 £525 £540
% change year-on-year -4.00% -2.78% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 947 2,578 1,311
10th Percentile £14.00 £12.86 £14.25
25th Percentile £18.13 £16.30 £20.00
Median hourly rate £29.27 £38.00 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year -22.97% -15.56% +88.21%
75th Percentile £60.00 £62.00 £65.38
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.00 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £28.00 £37.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year -25.33% -16.67% +83.97%

SEO Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO Manager in England

SEO Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in England

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

Daily rate trend for SEO Manager in England

SEO Manager
Daily Rate Histogram in England

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing SEO Manager in England over the 6 months to 4 June 2025.

Daily rate histogram for SEO Manager in England

SEO Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in England

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

Hourly rate trend for SEO Manager in England

SEO Manager
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SEO Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 4 June 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London - 5 £278 - 38
South West +38 1 £500 -9.09% 13
East of England - 1 - - 14
SEO Manager
UK

SEO Manager Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 4 June 2025, SEO Manager 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 Manager in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) SEO
2 5 (71.43%) Project Management
3 4 (57.14%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) Scrum
4 3 (42.86%) Marketing
5 2 (28.57%) Retail
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (28.57%) Taxonomies
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) JIRA
5 2 (28.57%) Life Science
5 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) Marketing Strategy
5 2 (28.57%) Digital Media
5 2 (28.57%) DevOps
5 2 (28.57%) Front End Development
5 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (28.57%) Actionable Recommendations
5 2 (28.57%) Content Marketing
5 2 (28.57%) Content Marketing Strategy
5 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (28.57%) Performance Measurement
5 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
5 2 (28.57%) Objectives and Key Results
6 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
6 1 (14.29%) Sprint Retrospective
6 1 (14.29%) Public Sector

SEO Manager 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Confluence
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Marketing
2 2 (28.57%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) Local Government
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Digital Media
1 2 (28.57%) Life Science
1 2 (28.57%) Taxonomies
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) SEO
2 5 (71.43%) Project Management
3 4 (57.14%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) Scrum
5 2 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
5 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (28.57%) Content Marketing
5 2 (28.57%) Content Marketing Strategy
5 2 (28.57%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (28.57%) DevOps
5 2 (28.57%) Front End Development
5 2 (28.57%) Marketing Strategy
5 2 (28.57%) Objectives and Key Results
5 2 (28.57%) Performance Measurement
5 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
5 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (14.29%) Sprint Retrospective
6 1 (14.29%) Stakeholder Engagement
6 1 (14.29%) Technical Leadership
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) Actionable Recommendations