SEO Job Trends in Gloucestershire

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 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 53 71 -
Rank change year-on-year +18 - -
Permanent jobs citing SEO 3 8 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Gloucestershire 0.46% 1.26% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.61% 1.36% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £30,200 - -
25th Percentile £32,000 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,000 - -
75th Percentile £43,000 - -
90th Percentile £45,400 - -
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
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 491 590 867
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 75.65% 92.77% 88.74%
Number of salaries quoted 345 244 538
10th Percentile £30,200 £33,475 £29,925
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% -1.87%
75th Percentile £71,250 £67,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £83,250 £78,375 £80,000
South West median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +2.94%

SEO
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

SEO job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

SEO
Salary Trend in Gloucestershire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing SEO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing SEO

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Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the Gloucestershire 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
Gloucester +9 2 £30,000 - 1
SEO
South West

SEO
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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 2 (66.67%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Google Analytics
2 1 (33.33%) Google Ads
2 1 (33.33%) MailChimp
General
1 2 (66.67%) Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Advertising
2 1 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 1 (33.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Consultant
1 1 (33.33%) Coordinator
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing Executive
1 1 (33.33%) SEO Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Blog
1 1 (33.33%) Graphic Design
1 1 (33.33%) Social Media
1 1 (33.33%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Analytics
1 2 (66.67%) User Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Brand Management
2 1 (33.33%) Commercial Awareness
2 1 (33.33%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Experience
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Digital Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Email Marketing
2 1 (33.33%) Lead Generation
2 1 (33.33%) Market Research
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing Automation
2 1 (33.33%) Marketing Strategy
2 1 (33.33%) Pay per click
2 1 (33.33%) Performance Metrics
2 1 (33.33%) Roadmaps
2 1 (33.33%) Social Media Management
2 1 (33.33%) Thought Leadership
2 1 (33.33%) Value Proposition
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Google
2 1 (33.33%) Adobe
2 1 (33.33%) HubSpot
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Salesforce