SEO Manager Jobs in England

Search Engine Optimisation Manager (SEO Manager)
UK > England

The median Search Engine Optimisation Manager (SEO Manager) salary in England is £70,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 671 818 881
Rank change year-on-year +147 +63 +281
Permanent jobs requiring an SEO Manager 14 25 16
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.029% 0.028% 0.019%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.031% 0.030% 0.020%
Number of salaries quoted 9 16 16
10th Percentile £39,750 £31,250 £33,125
25th Percentile £48,750 £38,750 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £46,000 £41,250
Median % change year-on-year +52.17% +11.52% -26.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £53,125 £53,125
90th Percentile £75,500 £61,875 £55,000
UK median annual salary £61,250 £46,000 £41,250
% change year-on-year +33.15% +11.52% -26.67%

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 44,450 84,705 79,000
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.78% 94.67% 91.45%
Number of salaries quoted 23,451 62,722 50,420
10th Percentile £29,250 £28,500 £32,750
25th Percentile £41,000 £38,070 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £96,952 £90,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.50% -

SEO Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO Manager in England

SEO Manager
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SEO Manager in England.

Salary trend for SEO Manager in England

SEO Manager
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO Manager in England over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SEO Manager in England

SEO Manager
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO Manager within the England region over the 6 months to 30 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London +120 11 £70,000 +57.30% 45
South West - 2 £41,500 - 31
East of England +45 1 - - 39
SEO Manager
UK

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

For the 6 months to 30 May 2025, SEO Manager 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 permanent job ads across the England region featuring SEO Manager in the job title.

1 14 (100.00%) SEO
2 12 (85.71%) Google
3 11 (78.57%) Google Analytics
3 11 (78.57%) Analytics
4 9 (64.29%) Marketing
5 8 (57.14%) Link Building
5 8 (57.14%) Screaming Frog
6 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
6 7 (50.00%) Blog
6 7 (50.00%) WordPress
7 6 (42.86%) Pay per click
8 5 (35.71%) Spanish Language
8 5 (35.71%) PHP
8 5 (35.71%) MySQL
8 5 (35.71%) XML
8 5 (35.71%) Ahrefs
8 5 (35.71%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
8 5 (35.71%) Roadmaps
9 4 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
9 4 (28.57%) Creative Thinking
9 4 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
9 4 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
9 4 (28.57%) Storytelling
9 4 (28.57%) Social Commerce
9 4 (28.57%) Line Management
9 4 (28.57%) JD Edwards
9 4 (28.57%) Project Management
9 4 (28.57%) BBC
9 4 (28.57%) Games
9 4 (28.57%) Retail

SEO Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 7 (50.00%) WordPress
2 1 (7.14%) CMS
2 1 (7.14%) Kentico
2 1 (7.14%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 11 (78.57%) Google Analytics
2 2 (14.29%) Google Ads
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (35.71%) MySQL
2 1 (7.14%) Looker
General
1 9 (64.29%) Marketing
2 7 (50.00%) Social Skills
3 5 (35.71%) Spanish Language
4 4 (28.57%) Games
4 4 (28.57%) Retail
5 3 (21.43%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (21.43%) French Language
5 3 (21.43%) German Language
5 3 (21.43%) Greek Language
5 3 (21.43%) Italian Language
5 3 (21.43%) Romanian Language
6 2 (14.29%) Advertising
6 2 (14.29%) iGaming
7 1 (7.14%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (35.71%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (50.00%) Blog
2 4 (28.57%) BBC
3 2 (14.29%) Online Games
4 1 (7.14%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (100.00%) SEO
2 11 (78.57%) Analytics
3 8 (57.14%) Link Building
4 6 (42.86%) Pay per click
5 5 (35.71%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
5 5 (35.71%) Roadmaps
6 4 (28.57%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (28.57%) Creative Thinking
6 4 (28.57%) Line Management
6 4 (28.57%) Project Management
6 4 (28.57%) Social Commerce
6 4 (28.57%) Storytelling
6 4 (28.57%) Strategic Roadmap
6 4 (28.57%) Strategic Thinking
7 3 (21.43%) Digital Marketing
8 2 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
9 1 (7.14%) Coaching
9 1 (7.14%) Marketing Strategy
9 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
9 1 (7.14%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) PHP
2 2 (14.29%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 12 (85.71%) Google
2 8 (57.14%) Screaming Frog
3 5 (35.71%) Ahrefs
4 4 (28.57%) JD Edwards