SEO Job Trends in Dorset

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
South West > Dorset

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Dorset requiring SEO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 44 49 43
Rank change year-on-year +5 -6 -
Permanent jobs citing SEO 3 1 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Dorset 0.65% 0.26% 1.09%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.84% 0.29% 1.22%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 4
10th Percentile - - £31,625
25th Percentile - £57,500 £32,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £60,000 £35,750
Median % change year-on-year -41.67% +67.83% -
75th Percentile £48,750 £62,500 £40,063
90th Percentile £57,000 - £43,775
South West median annual salary £43,250 £65,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -33.46% +62.50% +8.11%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Dorset

SEO falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Dorset.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 358 345 329
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Dorset 77.83% 91.27% 89.89%
Number of salaries quoted 266 180 281
10th Percentile £27,707 £34,850 £31,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £42,344 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.00% -9.09% +13.99%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £63,750 £75,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +2.94%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Dorset

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SEO relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Dorset.

SEO job vacancy trend in Dorset

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Salary Trend in Dorset

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing SEO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Dorset citing SEO

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Salary Histogram in Dorset

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO in Dorset over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SEO in Dorset

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Job Locations in Dorset

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the Dorset region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Ferndown - 1 £60,000 -
SEO
South West

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Dorset by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
Business Applications
1 2 (66.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Google Analytics
General
1 3 (100.00%) Marketing
2 2 (66.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (66.67%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Brand Awareness
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce Specialist
2 1 (33.33%) Head of Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (33.33%) Blog
2 1 (33.33%) Social Media
2 1 (33.33%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) Customer Service
1 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 1 (33.33%) B2B
2 1 (33.33%) Content Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Data Management
2 1 (33.33%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Email Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing Strategy
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe