SEO Jobs in London

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in London 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 254 409 412
Rank change year-on-year +155 +3 +19
Permanent jobs citing SEO 149 92 203
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.17% 0.38% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.21% 0.42% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 35 74 118
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,406 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,196 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.76% +0.44% -10.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £57,500 £67,188
90th Percentile £76,500 £85,000 £79,875
England median annual salary £40,000 £36,270 £42,500
% change year-on-year +10.29% -14.66% -5.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

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 London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 12,300 21,691 30,657
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.24% 90.27% 95.26%
Number of salaries quoted 6,989 15,892 22,392
10th Percentile £41,750 £37,500 £42,750
25th Percentile £55,500 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -6.67% +7.14%
75th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
90th Percentile £123,750 £115,000 £116,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

SEO
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO in London

SEO
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for SEO in London

SEO
Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO in London over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SEO in London

SEO
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the London region over the 6 months to 31 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
Central London +47 25 £67,500 +54.29% 21
East London - 4 - - 5
SEO
England

SEO
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 41 (27.52%) CMS
2 34 (22.82%) WordPress
3 6 (4.03%) Drupal
4 5 (3.36%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (0.67%) Ethereum
5 1 (0.67%) SAS
5 1 (0.67%) Umbraco
Applications
1 12 (8.05%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (4.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 6 (4.03%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
3 1 (0.67%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (0.67%) Adobe XD
3 1 (0.67%) InDesign
3 1 (0.67%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 6 (4.03%) NetSuite
2 3 (2.01%) CiviCRM
Cloud Services
1 51 (34.23%) Google Analytics
2 28 (18.79%) Google Ads
3 18 (12.08%) Google Sheets
4 11 (7.38%) Facebook Ads
5 5 (3.36%) Figma
6 4 (2.68%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 4 (2.68%) Boomi
6 4 (2.68%) Google Docs
6 4 (2.68%) Miro
6 4 (2.68%) Slack
7 3 (2.01%) Google Workspace
7 3 (2.01%) Power Platform
8 2 (1.34%) SaaS
9 1 (0.67%) Adobe Analytics
9 1 (0.67%) Amazon EC2
9 1 (0.67%) Amazon S3
9 1 (0.67%) AWS
9 1 (0.67%) Chartbeat
9 1 (0.67%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.01%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (8.72%) Looker
2 5 (3.36%) Data Mining
2 5 (3.36%) MySQL
3 4 (2.68%) Tableau
4 3 (2.01%) Power BI
5 2 (1.34%) Data Warehouse
5 2 (1.34%) Metadata
6 1 (0.67%) Amazon QuickSight
6 1 (0.67%) Amazon Redshift
6 1 (0.67%) DynamoDB
6 1 (0.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 16 (10.74%) Bazaar
2 5 (3.36%) Git
3 3 (2.01%) Jasmine
3 3 (2.01%) Mocha
3 3 (2.01%) PHPUnit
4 1 (0.67%) Vite
4 1 (0.67%) webpack
General
1 94 (63.09%) Marketing
2 46 (30.87%) Social Skills
3 42 (28.19%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (21.48%) Advertising
5 25 (16.78%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (12.08%) Retail
7 12 (8.05%) Legal
8 11 (7.38%) Presentation Skills
8 11 (7.38%) Publishing
9 7 (4.70%) Finance
9 7 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
10 5 (3.36%) Law
10 5 (3.36%) Spanish Language
11 4 (2.68%) German Language
11 4 (2.68%) Multimedia
12 3 (2.01%) French Language
12 3 (2.01%) Greek Language
12 3 (2.01%) Italian Language
12 3 (2.01%) Public Sector
12 3 (2.01%) Romanian Language
Job Titles
1 19 (12.75%) SEO Specialist
2 13 (8.72%) Senior
3 12 (8.05%) Analyst
4 11 (7.38%) Lead
4 11 (7.38%) PPC Specialist
4 11 (7.38%) SEO Manager
5 10 (6.71%) Developer
6 8 (5.37%) SEO Executive
7 7 (4.70%) Designer
7 7 (4.70%) PPC Analyst
7 7 (4.70%) Web Manager
8 6 (4.03%) Content Designer
8 6 (4.03%) Digital Executive
8 6 (4.03%) E-Commerce Manager
8 6 (4.03%) Senior Developer
9 5 (3.36%) Marketing Manager
9 5 (3.36%) Web Developer
10 4 (2.68%) Junior
10 4 (2.68%) Senior Data Warehouse Specialist
10 4 (2.68%) Strategy Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 15 (10.07%) HTML
2 12 (8.05%) CSS
3 5 (3.36%) XML
4 4 (2.68%) CSS3
4 4 (2.68%) HTML5
4 4 (2.68%) Vue
5 3 (2.01%) Ajax
5 3 (2.01%) AngularJS
5 3 (2.01%) Jest
5 3 (2.01%) jQuery
5 3 (2.01%) JSON
5 3 (2.01%) LESS
5 3 (2.01%) Node.js
5 3 (2.01%) React
5 3 (2.01%) Sass
5 3 (2.01%) Web Services
6 1 (0.67%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 55 (36.91%) Social Media
2 17 (11.41%) Blog
3 12 (8.05%) Self-Motivation
4 8 (5.37%) Analytical Mindset
4 8 (5.37%) BBC
5 7 (4.70%) Algorithms
6 4 (2.68%) Marketing Technology
6 4 (2.68%) Podcast
7 3 (2.01%) Social Network
8 2 (1.34%) Online Games
9 1 (0.67%) Blockchain
9 1 (0.67%) Derivative
9 1 (0.67%) Digital Media
9 1 (0.67%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.67%) Photography
9 1 (0.67%) Video Editing
9 1 (0.67%) Virtual Team
9 1 (0.67%) Web3
Processes & Methodologies
1 86 (57.72%) Analytics
2 54 (36.24%) Pay per click
3 43 (28.86%) E-Commerce
4 37 (24.83%) Marketing Strategy
5 33 (22.15%) Actionable Insight
6 32 (21.48%) Digital Marketing
7 31 (20.81%) Content Strategy
8 28 (18.79%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
9 24 (16.11%) B2B
10 23 (15.44%) User Experience
11 22 (14.77%) Content Management
11 22 (14.77%) Storytelling
12 21 (14.09%) Roadmaps
13 20 (13.42%) Link Building
13 20 (13.42%) Project Management
14 17 (11.41%) CRM
14 17 (11.41%) Web Development
15 15 (10.07%) B2C
16 14 (9.40%) Strategic Thinking
17 13 (8.72%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 9 (6.04%) PHP
2 8 (5.37%) JavaScript
3 1 (0.67%) MATLAB
3 1 (0.67%) Python
3 1 (0.67%) R
3 1 (0.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 11 (7.38%) Degree
2 6 (4.03%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (10.74%) Accessibility
2 4 (2.68%) QA
3 3 (2.01%) Actionable Recommendations
3 3 (2.01%) WCAG
4 2 (1.34%) GDPR
5 1 (0.67%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (0.67%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.67%) Matomo
Vendors
1 90 (60.40%) Google
2 24 (16.11%) Ahrefs
3 21 (14.09%) Instagram
4 20 (13.42%) TikTok
5 18 (12.08%) Facebook
5 18 (12.08%) Screaming Frog
6 16 (10.74%) Salesforce
7 14 (9.40%) Microsoft
8 13 (8.72%) Pinterest
9 10 (6.71%) WooCommerce
10 9 (6.04%) Adobe
11 8 (5.37%) JD Edwards
11 8 (5.37%) YouTube
12 7 (4.70%) Sun
13 6 (4.03%) Hotjar
14 5 (3.36%) Intel
14 5 (3.36%) Sitecore
15 3 (2.01%) HubSpot
16 2 (1.34%) Pardot
16 2 (1.34%) Snapchat