Hybrid/Remote SEO Consultant Contract Job Trends

Search Engine Optimisation Consultant (SEO Consultant)
UK > Work from Home

The median Search Engine Optimisation Consultant (SEO Consultant) daily rate for remote or hybrid work is £500, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 18 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
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 305 - 406
Rank change year-on-year - - +192
Contract jobs requiring an SEO Consultant 2 0 1
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.020% - 0.005%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% - 0.005%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £475 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 - £300
Median % change year-on-year - - +53.85%
75th Percentile £525 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £475 £650 £300
% change year-on-year -26.92% +116.67% -7.69%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with WFH or hybrid options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,232 11,907 18,983
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.82% 93.46% 94.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,085 7,637 13,405
10th Percentile £325 £325 £340
25th Percentile £413 £419 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £738 £750 £745
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £530
% change year-on-year -4.76% -0.94% -3.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 293 295 439
10th Percentile £13.36 £19.42 £17.00
25th Percentile £20.50 £31.25 £25.71
Median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.22% -10.00% +4.08%
75th Percentile £65.00 £67.26 £68.75
90th Percentile £68.00 £75.00 £79.35
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -41.51% -3.37% +71.15%

SEO Consultant
Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options which featured SEO Consultant in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SEO Consultant trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

SEO Consultant
Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote SEO Consultant job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote SEO Consultant job vacancies

SEO Consultant
Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with Hybrid Work Options

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote SEO Consultant job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote SEO Consultant job vacancies

SEO Consultant Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Job Vacancies with WFH Options

For the 6 months to 18 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 jobs with hybrid or remote work options featuring SEO Consultant in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) SEO
1 2 (100.00%) Google
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) Google Data Studio
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Ahrefs
2 1 (50.00%) BigCommerce
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Retention
2 1 (50.00%) Campaign Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) BigQuery
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Google Tag Manager
2 1 (50.00%) Looker
2 1 (50.00%) A/B Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) WooCommerce
2 1 (50.00%) Screaming Frog
2 1 (50.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) JIRA
2 1 (50.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Magento
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Link Building
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Experience Manager

SEO Consultant Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 (50.00%) Adobe Experience Manager
1 1 (50.00%) SharePoint
Business Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Magento
1 1 (50.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) BigCommerce
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) Google Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) Google Data Studio
1 1 (50.00%) Google Tag Manager
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) BigQuery
1 1 (50.00%) Looker
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) JIRA
General
1 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) SEO
2 1 (50.00%) A/B Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Benchmarking
2 1 (50.00%) Campaign Analysis
2 1 (50.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Customer Retention
2 1 (50.00%) Data Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Document Management
2 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (50.00%) Link Building
2 1 (50.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 1 (50.00%) Web Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow
2 1 (50.00%) Workflow Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Ahrefs
2 1 (50.00%) Screaming Frog
2 1 (50.00%) WooCommerce