SEO Engineer Job Trends in England

Search Engine Optimisation Engineer (SEO Engineer)
UK > England

The median Search Engine Optimisation Engineer (SEO Engineer) salary in England is £48,924 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 November 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 615 - 689
Rank change year-on-year - - +349
Permanent jobs requiring an SEO Engineer 11 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.024% - 0.002%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% - 0.002%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
10th Percentile £44,660 - -
25th Percentile £45,851 - £90,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,924 - £95,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +127.90%
75th Percentile £52,026 - £100,000
90th Percentile £53,234 - -
UK median annual salary £47,534 - £65,552
% change year-on-year - - +57.26%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in England with a recognized job title 41,237 57,193 44,985
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.54% 94.73% 95.41%
Number of salaries quoted 25,930 32,125 34,792
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,250 £32,092
25th Percentile £35,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.83% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £76,250 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £52,500 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.70% -4.17% -

SEO Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SEO Engineer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

SEO Engineer job vacancy trend in England

SEO Engineer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for SEO Engineer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for SEO Engineer job vacancies in England

SEO Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 12 November 2025, SEO Engineer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the England region featuring SEO Engineer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) Agile
1 11 (100.00%) SEO
2 10 (90.91%) Digital Forensics
3 9 (81.82%) Asset Management
3 9 (81.82%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (81.82%) Mentoring
4 8 (72.73%) Cisco
4 8 (72.73%) Firewall
4 8 (72.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (63.64%) Dell
5 7 (63.64%) FortiGate
5 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
6 6 (54.55%) Degree
6 6 (54.55%) DHCP
7 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
7 5 (45.45%) Containerisation
7 5 (45.45%) DNS
7 5 (45.45%) Hyper-V
7 5 (45.45%) IT Strategy
7 5 (45.45%) Storage Management
7 5 (45.45%) Technology Strategy
7 5 (45.45%) VMware
7 5 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
7 5 (45.45%) Windows
8 4 (36.36%) Palo Alto
9 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
9 3 (27.27%) VSAN
9 3 (27.27%) vSphere
9 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2016
10 2 (18.18%) Python

SEO Engineer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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 3 (27.27%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Microsoft Project
Cloud Services
1 1 (9.09%) AWS
1 1 (9.09%) AWS Lambda
1 1 (9.09%) Azure
1 1 (9.09%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (9.09%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 8 (72.73%) Firewall
2 6 (54.55%) DHCP
3 5 (45.45%) DNS
4 3 (27.27%) VSAN
5 1 (9.09%) Wi-Fi
Development Applications
1 1 (9.09%) GitLab
1 1 (9.09%) JIRA
General
1 9 (81.82%) Law
1 9 (81.82%) Police
2 7 (63.64%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 8 (72.73%) Management Information System
2 4 (36.36%) Driving Licence
3 1 (9.09%) Hybrid Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 1 (9.09%) Private Cloud
3 1 (9.09%) Public Cloud
Operating Systems
1 5 (45.45%) Windows
2 3 (27.27%) Windows Server 2016
3 2 (18.18%) Windows 10
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server
3 2 (18.18%) Windows Server 2019
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Agile
1 11 (100.00%) SEO
2 10 (90.91%) Digital Forensics
3 9 (81.82%) Asset Management
3 9 (81.82%) Continuous Improvement
3 9 (81.82%) Mentoring
4 8 (72.73%) Infrastructure Engineering
5 7 (63.64%) Problem-Solving
6 5 (45.45%) Containerisation
6 5 (45.45%) IT Strategy
6 5 (45.45%) Storage Management
6 5 (45.45%) Technology Strategy
7 1 (9.09%) Architectural Design
7 1 (9.09%) DevSecOps
7 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure as Code
7 1 (9.09%) Infrastructure Automation
7 1 (9.09%) Network Virtualisation
7 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
7 1 (9.09%) Runbook
7 1 (9.09%) Technology Roadmap
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Python
2 1 (9.09%) Bicep
2 1 (9.09%) PowerShell
2 1 (9.09%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (54.55%) Degree
2 2 (18.18%) SC Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) Security Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) AWS Certification
3 1 (9.09%) DV Cleared
3 1 (9.09%) GAWN
3 1 (9.09%) GCIH
3 1 (9.09%) GIAC
3 1 (9.09%) GREM
3 1 (9.09%) OSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) QA
System Software
1 5 (45.45%) Active Directory
1 5 (45.45%) Hyper-V
1 5 (45.45%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (27.27%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 7 (63.64%) FortiGate
2 1 (9.09%) Terraform
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Cisco
2 7 (63.64%) Dell
3 5 (45.45%) VMware
4 4 (36.36%) Palo Alto
5 1 (9.09%) Barracuda Networks
5 1 (9.09%) Meraki
5 1 (9.09%) Microsoft
5 1 (9.09%) Remedy
5 1 (9.09%) YouTube