SEO Jobs in England

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England requiring SEO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SEO over the 6 months leading up to 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 389 484 563
Rank change year-on-year +95 +79 -91
Permanent jobs citing SEO 337 388 399
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.69% 0.45% 0.44%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.73% 0.53% 0.46%
Number of salaries quoted 175 339 273
10th Percentile £26,250 £25,500 £27,900
25th Percentile £31,750 £29,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £36,539 £43,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.31% -15.03% -4.12%
75th Percentile £65,000 £50,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £60,000 £77,250
UK median annual salary £41,500 £36,539 £42,500
% change year-on-year +13.58% -14.03% -10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 46,211 73,441 86,231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 94.15% 85.47% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 23,829 53,979 51,188
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,000 £34,324
25th Percentile £42,500 £40,000 £46,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £76,250 £73,500 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £101,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%

SEO
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SEO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SEO in England

SEO
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for SEO in England

SEO
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO in England over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SEO in England

SEO
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 within the England region over the 6 months to 13 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 +151 149 £65,000 +36.84% 407
South East +68 59 £45,000 +33.33% 174
Midlands +59 43 £35,000 - 88
North of England +1 39 £41,250 +17.86% 153
North West -19 31 £40,000 +14.29% 93
South West +114 29 £43,886 +25.39% 43
East Midlands +43 27 £35,000 -12.50% 29
East of England +30 17 £33,500 - 62
West Midlands +27 16 £38,750 +29.17% 50
Yorkshire +60 6 £56,000 +72.31% 42
North East +39 2 £45,000 +50.00% 20
SEO
UK

SEO
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
1 105 (31.16%) CMS
2 61 (18.10%) WordPress
3 13 (3.86%) Drupal
4 10 (2.97%) Kentico
5 8 (2.37%) Sitecore CMS
6 5 (1.48%) Headless CMS
6 5 (1.48%) IIS
7 4 (1.19%) Umbraco
8 2 (0.59%) Joomla!
8 2 (0.59%) SAS
9 1 (0.30%) EPiServer
9 1 (0.30%) Ethereum
9 1 (0.30%) Sitefinity
Applications
1 27 (8.01%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (3.86%) Photoshop
3 11 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 9 (2.67%) Microsoft Office
5 8 (2.37%) Adobe XD
6 7 (2.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 5 (1.48%) Adobe Illustrator
8 4 (1.19%) Sketch
9 3 (0.89%) Trello
10 2 (0.59%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 25 (7.42%) Shopify
2 5 (1.48%) CiviCRM
2 5 (1.48%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (1.48%) Magento
3 1 (0.30%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 104 (30.86%) Google Analytics
2 51 (15.13%) Google Ads
3 23 (6.82%) SaaS
4 21 (6.23%) Facebook Ads
5 19 (5.64%) GitHub
6 17 (5.04%) Google Sheets
7 16 (4.75%) Slack
8 13 (3.86%) Figma
8 13 (3.86%) Zapier
9 9 (2.67%) AWS
9 9 (2.67%) Azure
9 9 (2.67%) Kontent
9 9 (2.67%) MailChimp
10 8 (2.37%) Power Platform
11 6 (1.78%) Adobe Analytics
11 6 (1.78%) Canva
12 5 (1.48%) Adobe Creative Cloud
12 5 (1.48%) BigCommerce
12 5 (1.48%) Miro
12 5 (1.48%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.78%) SMS
2 2 (0.59%) DNS
2 2 (0.59%) Intranet
2 2 (0.59%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (6.82%) MySQL
2 13 (3.86%) Looker
3 10 (2.97%) SQL Server
4 8 (2.37%) Power BI
5 5 (1.48%) Data Mining
6 4 (1.19%) MongoDB
6 4 (1.19%) NoSQL
6 4 (1.19%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.19%) Tableau
7 3 (0.89%) Metadata
8 2 (0.59%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.30%) Amazon QuickSight
9 1 (0.30%) Amazon Redshift
9 1 (0.30%) DynamoDB
9 1 (0.30%) Endeca
9 1 (0.30%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.30%) Redis
9 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 1 (0.30%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 28 (8.31%) Git
2 18 (5.34%) JIRA
3 16 (4.75%) Bazaar
4 3 (0.89%) Jasmine
4 3 (0.89%) JMeter
4 3 (0.89%) Mocha
4 3 (0.89%) PHPUnit
5 2 (0.59%) Cucumber
5 2 (0.59%) GitLab
5 2 (0.59%) Jenkins
5 2 (0.59%) Selenium
6 1 (0.30%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.30%) Subversion
6 1 (0.30%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 1 (0.30%) Vite
6 1 (0.30%) webpack
General
1 224 (66.47%) Marketing
2 134 (39.76%) Social Skills
3 102 (30.27%) Analytical Skills
4 71 (21.07%) Advertising
5 48 (14.24%) Retail
6 25 (7.42%) Publishing
7 24 (7.12%) Finance
8 22 (6.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 22 (6.53%) Organisational Skills
9 14 (4.15%) Legal
10 12 (3.56%) Brand Awareness
10 12 (3.56%) Presentation Skills
11 10 (2.97%) Automotive
12 8 (2.37%) Multimedia
13 6 (1.78%) French Language
13 6 (1.78%) Games
13 6 (1.78%) Law
13 6 (1.78%) Public Sector
14 5 (1.48%) Influencing Skills
14 5 (1.48%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 55 (16.32%) Developer
2 34 (10.09%) SEO Specialist
3 29 (8.61%) Senior
4 21 (6.23%) Marketing Executive
5 20 (5.93%) Web Developer
6 18 (5.34%) Web Manager
7 17 (5.04%) Analyst
7 17 (5.04%) Marketing Manager
8 15 (4.45%) Digital Executive
8 15 (4.45%) SEO Executive
9 14 (4.15%) Lead
9 14 (4.15%) SEO Manager
10 13 (3.86%) PPC Specialist
11 11 (3.26%) Designer
11 11 (3.26%) E-Commerce Manager
12 9 (2.67%) Project Manager
12 9 (2.67%) Senior Analyst
12 9 (2.67%) Web Project Manager
13 8 (2.37%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 8 (2.37%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (24.93%) HTML
2 83 (24.63%) CSS
3 25 (7.42%) React
4 19 (5.64%) .NET
5 16 (4.75%) AngularJS
6 15 (4.45%) jQuery
6 15 (4.45%) Laravel
6 15 (4.45%) Node.js
7 11 (3.26%) JSON
8 10 (2.97%) HTML5
8 10 (2.97%) Vue
8 10 (2.97%) XML
9 8 (2.37%) ASP.NET
9 8 (2.37%) CSS3
10 7 (2.08%) .NET Core
10 7 (2.08%) Sass
11 6 (1.78%) Web Services
12 5 (1.48%) Jest
13 4 (1.19%) Bootstrap
13 4 (1.19%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 105 (31.16%) Social Media
2 42 (12.46%) Blog
3 22 (6.53%) Algorithms
4 19 (5.64%) Product Ownership
5 18 (5.34%) Analytical Mindset
6 17 (5.04%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (3.26%) Marketing Technology
8 8 (2.37%) BBC
9 6 (1.78%) Mobile App
10 4 (1.19%) Digital Media
10 4 (1.19%) Robotics
11 3 (0.89%) FMCG
11 3 (0.89%) Management Information System
11 3 (0.89%) Motion Graphics
11 3 (0.89%) Onboarding
12 2 (0.59%) Driving Licence
12 2 (0.59%) EPoS
12 2 (0.59%) Graphic Design
12 2 (0.59%) Online Games
12 2 (0.59%) Podcast
Operating Systems
1 1 (0.30%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 165 (48.96%) Analytics
2 114 (33.83%) Digital Marketing
3 108 (32.05%) E-Commerce
4 103 (30.56%) Pay per click
5 72 (21.36%) User Experience
6 70 (20.77%) Marketing Strategy
7 68 (20.18%) Web Development
8 61 (18.10%) Problem-Solving
8 61 (18.10%) Project Management
9 57 (16.91%) CRM
10 52 (15.43%) Content Management
11 47 (13.95%) Actionable Insight
11 47 (13.95%) B2B
12 43 (12.76%) Roadmaps
13 41 (12.17%) Content Strategy
14 40 (11.87%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
15 36 (10.68%) Email Marketing
16 30 (8.90%) Copywriting
17 29 (8.61%) Link Building
18 28 (8.31%) A/B Testing
Programming Languages
1 50 (14.84%) JavaScript
2 38 (11.28%) PHP
3 23 (6.82%) Python
4 18 (5.34%) SQL
5 15 (4.45%) Java
6 12 (3.56%) C#
7 6 (1.78%) R
8 4 (1.19%) TypeScript
9 2 (0.59%) C++
10 1 (0.30%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 60 (17.80%) Degree
2 18 (5.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.37%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.59%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (12.46%) Accessibility
2 12 (3.56%) GDPR
3 9 (2.67%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (1.78%) QA
5 5 (1.48%) WCAG
6 4 (1.19%) PCI DSS
7 1 (0.30%) Data Quality
System Software
1 6 (1.78%) Docker
2 1 (0.30%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.30%) cPanel
1 1 (0.30%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.30%) Matomo
Vendors
1 164 (48.66%) Google
2 38 (11.28%) Microsoft
3 34 (10.09%) Ahrefs
3 34 (10.09%) Facebook
4 28 (8.31%) Adobe
5 25 (7.42%) Instagram
5 25 (7.42%) Screaming Frog
6 22 (6.53%) TikTok
7 21 (6.23%) WooCommerce
8 15 (4.45%) Pinterest
9 13 (3.86%) Hotjar
9 13 (3.86%) Salesforce
10 8 (2.37%) JD Edwards
10 8 (2.37%) Sitecore
11 7 (2.08%) YouTube
12 5 (1.48%) Intel
12 5 (1.48%) Twitter
13 4 (1.19%) HubSpot
13 4 (1.19%) Optimizely
14 2 (0.59%) Crazy Egg