SEO Job Trends in East Sussex

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
South East > East Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in East Sussex requiring SEO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 43 40 55
Rank change year-on-year -3 +15 +19
Permanent jobs citing SEO 2 14 8
As % of all permanent jobs in East Sussex 0.49% 3.37% 1.55%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.65% 4.02% 1.79%
Number of salaries quoted 2 13 7
10th Percentile £30,825 £35,000 £32,955
25th Percentile £33,188 £41,250 £36,525
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,750 £47,500 £48,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.53% -1.04% +6.67%
75th Percentile £41,688 £48,750 -
90th Percentile £43,675 £49,750 -
South East median annual salary £41,250 £49,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -15.82% +30.67% -16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
East Sussex

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 East Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 309 348 446
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in East Sussex 75.00% 83.86% 86.27%
Number of salaries quoted 236 210 327
10th Percentile £26,500 £40,875 £32,000
25th Percentile £38,750 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £55,582
Median % change year-on-year - +7.95% -7.36%
75th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £91,375 £76,250
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,000 £52,550
% change year-on-year -13.79% +10.37% -4.45%

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Job Vacancy Trend in East Sussex

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

SEO job vacancy trend in East Sussex

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Salary Trend in East Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing SEO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in East Sussex citing SEO

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Salary Histogram in East Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO in East Sussex over the 6 months to 9 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SEO in East Sussex

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Job Locations in East Sussex

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the East Sussex region over the 6 months to 9 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
Brighton +5 1 £30,500 -32.22% 5
Crowborough - 1 £45,000 -
SEO
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in East Sussex 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) CMS
1 1 (50.00%) WordPress
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Metadata
General
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Manufacturing
2 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Retail
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce Executive
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) Senior SEO Specialist
1 1 (50.00%) SEO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (50.00%) Blog
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
1 1 (50.00%) AI
1 1 (50.00%) B2B
1 1 (50.00%) Content Development
1 1 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
1 1 (50.00%) E-Commerce
1 1 (50.00%) Lead Generation
1 1 (50.00%) Performance Monitoring
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Ahrefs
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) Screaming Frog