SEO Manager Contracts in London

Search Engine Optimisation Manager (SEO Manager)
England > London

The median Search Engine Optimisation Manager (SEO Manager) daily rate in London is £336, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 1 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
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 346 - 481
Rank change year-on-year - - +110
Contract jobs requiring an SEO Manager 7 0 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.056% - 0.044%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.060% - 0.047%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 6
10th Percentile £287 - £228
25th Percentile £303 - £285
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £336 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.00%
75th Percentile £375 - £542
90th Percentile £395 - £623
England median daily rate £278 £600 £300
% change year-on-year -53.75% +100.00% -42.58%
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 - - -
England median hourly rate - - £32.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in 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 London with a recognized job title 11,726 16,625 25,758
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.45% 93.24% 95.28%
Number of daily rates quoted 8,034 12,022 18,663
10th Percentile £341 £325 £363
25th Percentile £431 £444 £463
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £575
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £675 £675 £700
90th Percentile £800 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 143 336 290
10th Percentile £20.45 £16.01 £18.00
25th Percentile £23.90 £20.02 £22.53
Median hourly rate £34.00 £27.81 £35.00
Median % change year-on-year +22.26% -20.54% -
75th Percentile £50.75 £43.75 £60.00
90th Percentile £64.75 £65.00 £76.03
England median hourly rate £30.62 £36.31 £45.00
% change year-on-year -15.67% -19.32% +100.00%

SEO Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO Manager in London

SEO Manager
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

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

Daily rate trend for SEO Manager in London

SEO Manager
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

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

Hourly rate trend for SEO Manager in London

SEO Manager
Contract Job Locations in London

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 London region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Central London - 1 - - 2
SEO Manager
England

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 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 London region featuring SEO Manager in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) SEO
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
2 3 (42.86%) Marketing
2 3 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (42.86%) Actionable Recommendations
2 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
3 2 (28.57%) Objectives and Key Results
3 2 (28.57%) Front End Development
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Content Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Content Marketing Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Measurement
3 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 2 (28.57%) Life Science
3 2 (28.57%) Taxonomies
3 2 (28.57%) Degree
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Digital Media
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
4 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
4 1 (14.29%) React
4 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
4 1 (14.29%) JIRA
4 1 (14.29%) German Language
4 1 (14.29%) Google Analytics

SEO Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in 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 (14.29%) Confluence
1 1 (14.29%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (14.29%) Google Analytics
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 3 (42.86%) Marketing
1 3 (42.86%) Presentation Skills
2 2 (28.57%) Retail
3 1 (14.29%) German Language
3 1 (14.29%) Public Sector
3 1 (14.29%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (14.29%) AngularJS
1 1 (14.29%) CSS
1 1 (14.29%) HTML
1 1 (14.29%) Next.js
1 1 (14.29%) Node.js
1 1 (14.29%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (28.57%) Digital Media
1 2 (28.57%) Life Science
1 2 (28.57%) Taxonomies
2 1 (14.29%) Algorithms
2 1 (14.29%) Self-Motivation
2 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) SEO
2 3 (42.86%) Actionable Insight
2 3 (42.86%) Agile
2 3 (42.86%) Project Management
2 3 (42.86%) Scrum
3 2 (28.57%) Analytics
3 2 (28.57%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (28.57%) Content Marketing
3 2 (28.57%) Content Marketing Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) DevOps
3 2 (28.57%) Front End Development
3 2 (28.57%) Marketing Strategy
3 2 (28.57%) Objectives and Key Results
3 2 (28.57%) Performance Measurement
3 2 (28.57%) Project Delivery
3 2 (28.57%) Stakeholder Management
4 1 (14.29%) Competitor Analysis
4 1 (14.29%) Web Analytics
4 1 (14.29%) Web Development
4 1 (14.29%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (14.29%) SC Cleared
2 1 (14.29%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (42.86%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 1 (14.29%) Ahrefs
1 1 (14.29%) Google
1 1 (14.29%) Screaming Frog