SEO Manager Jobs in London

Search Engine Optimisation Manager (SEO Manager)
England > London

The median Search Engine Optimisation Manager (SEO Manager) salary in London 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 382 502 600
Rank change year-on-year +120 +98 +311
Permanent jobs requiring an SEO Manager 11 5 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.087% 0.021% 0.024%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.096% 0.022% 0.026%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 8
10th Percentile £48,750 - £36,000
25th Percentile £56,875 £43,250 £40,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £44,500 £48,750
Median % change year-on-year +57.30% -8.72% -13.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £48,750 £55,000
90th Percentile £76,000 £51,000 -
England median annual salary £70,000 £46,000 £41,250
% change year-on-year +52.17% +11.52% -26.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,455 22,637 31,177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.27% 94.43% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 6,909 16,798 22,986
10th Percentile £40,971 £37,500 £42,000
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £56,000 £52,500 £60,800
% change year-on-year +6.67% -13.65% +1.33%

SEO Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO Manager in London

SEO Manager
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for SEO Manager in London

SEO Manager
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for SEO Manager in London

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

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 London region featuring SEO Manager in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) SEO
2 9 (81.82%) Google
2 9 (81.82%) Google Analytics
2 9 (81.82%) Analytics
3 7 (63.64%) WordPress
3 7 (63.64%) Blog
3 7 (63.64%) Screaming Frog
3 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
3 7 (63.64%) Link Building
4 6 (54.55%) Marketing
5 5 (45.45%) Spanish Language
5 5 (45.45%) PHP
5 5 (45.45%) MySQL
5 5 (45.45%) XML
5 5 (45.45%) Ahrefs
6 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
6 4 (36.36%) Strategic Roadmap
6 4 (36.36%) Storytelling
6 4 (36.36%) Social Commerce
6 4 (36.36%) Line Management
6 4 (36.36%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (36.36%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
6 4 (36.36%) Creative Thinking
6 4 (36.36%) Strategic Thinking
6 4 (36.36%) JD Edwards
6 4 (36.36%) Project Management
6 4 (36.36%) BBC
6 4 (36.36%) Retail
6 4 (36.36%) QA
6 4 (36.36%) Pay per click

SEO Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 (63.64%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (45.45%) MySQL
General
1 7 (63.64%) Social Skills
2 6 (54.55%) Marketing
3 5 (45.45%) Spanish Language
4 4 (36.36%) Retail
5 3 (27.27%) French Language
5 3 (27.27%) German Language
5 3 (27.27%) Greek Language
5 3 (27.27%) Italian Language
5 3 (27.27%) Romanian Language
6 2 (18.18%) Games
6 2 (18.18%) iGaming
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (45.45%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Blog
2 4 (36.36%) BBC
3 2 (18.18%) Online Games
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) SEO
2 9 (81.82%) Analytics
3 7 (63.64%) Link Building
4 4 (36.36%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (36.36%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
4 4 (36.36%) Creative Thinking
4 4 (36.36%) Line Management
4 4 (36.36%) Pay per click
4 4 (36.36%) Project Management
4 4 (36.36%) Roadmaps
4 4 (36.36%) Social Commerce
4 4 (36.36%) Storytelling
4 4 (36.36%) Strategic Roadmap
4 4 (36.36%) Strategic Thinking
5 2 (18.18%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 5 (45.45%) PHP
2 2 (18.18%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (36.36%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Google
2 7 (63.64%) Screaming Frog
3 5 (45.45%) Ahrefs
4 4 (36.36%) JD Edwards