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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 250 415 402
Rank change year-on-year +165 -13 +41
Permanent jobs citing SEO 149 92 208
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 1.17% 0.38% 0.63%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.22% 0.42% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 34 74 117
10th Percentile £35,000 £33,406 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £45,196 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +38.29% +0.44% -10.00%
75th Percentile £73,750 £57,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,750 £85,000 £80,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £36,539 £42,500
% change year-on-year +9.47% -14.03% -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 12,216 21,652 31,243
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 96.26% 90.32% 95.32%
Number of salaries quoted 6,929 15,871 22,511
10th Percentile £41,700 £37,500 £42,789
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 £122,500 £115,000 £115,055
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 30 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 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
Central London +45 25 £67,500 +54.29% 24
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 43 (28.86%) CMS
2 33 (22.15%) WordPress
3 6 (4.03%) Drupal
3 6 (4.03%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (0.67%) Ethereum
4 1 (0.67%) SAS
4 1 (0.67%) Umbraco
Applications
1 13 (8.72%) Microsoft Excel
2 7 (4.70%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 6 (4.03%) Photoshop
4 1 (0.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 1 (0.67%) Adobe Illustrator
4 1 (0.67%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (0.67%) Adobe XD
4 1 (0.67%) InDesign
4 1 (0.67%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 5 (3.36%) NetSuite
2 3 (2.01%) CiviCRM
Cloud Services
1 52 (34.90%) Google Analytics
2 27 (18.12%) 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%) Google Docs
6 4 (2.68%) Miro
6 4 (2.68%) Slack
7 3 (2.01%) Boomi
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 93 (62.42%) Marketing
2 47 (31.54%) Social Skills
3 42 (28.19%) Analytical Skills
4 33 (22.15%) Advertising
5 26 (17.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 18 (12.08%) Retail
7 13 (8.72%) Legal
7 13 (8.72%) Publishing
8 12 (8.05%) Presentation Skills
9 7 (4.70%) Finance
9 7 (4.70%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (4.03%) Law
11 5 (3.36%) Spanish Language
12 4 (2.68%) German Language
12 4 (2.68%) Multimedia
13 3 (2.01%) French Language
13 3 (2.01%) Greek Language
13 3 (2.01%) Italian Language
13 3 (2.01%) Public Sector
13 3 (2.01%) Romanian Language
Job Titles
1 19 (12.75%) SEO Specialist
2 12 (8.05%) Analyst
2 12 (8.05%) Senior
3 11 (7.38%) Lead
3 11 (7.38%) PPC Specialist
3 11 (7.38%) SEO Manager
4 9 (6.04%) Developer
4 9 (6.04%) SEO Executive
5 8 (5.37%) Designer
6 7 (4.70%) Content Designer
6 7 (4.70%) Digital Executive
6 7 (4.70%) PPC Analyst
6 7 (4.70%) Web Manager
7 6 (4.03%) E-Commerce Manager
8 5 (3.36%) Junior
8 5 (3.36%) Junior Content Designer
8 5 (3.36%) Junior Designer
8 5 (3.36%) Marketing Manager
8 5 (3.36%) Senior Developer
8 5 (3.36%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (9.40%) 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 18 (12.08%) Blog
3 12 (8.05%) Self-Motivation
4 9 (6.04%) Analytical Mindset
5 8 (5.37%) BBC
6 7 (4.70%) Algorithms
7 4 (2.68%) Podcast
8 3 (2.01%) Marketing Technology
8 3 (2.01%) Social Network
9 2 (1.34%) Online Games
10 1 (0.67%) Blockchain
10 1 (0.67%) Derivative
10 1 (0.67%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.67%) Educational Technology
10 1 (0.67%) Photography
10 1 (0.67%) Video Editing
10 1 (0.67%) Virtual Team
10 1 (0.67%) Web3
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (58.39%) Analytics
2 54 (36.24%) Pay per click
3 42 (28.19%) E-Commerce
4 35 (23.49%) Marketing Strategy
5 33 (22.15%) Actionable Insight
6 32 (21.48%) Content Strategy
7 30 (20.13%) Digital Marketing
8 28 (18.79%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
9 23 (15.44%) Content Management
10 22 (14.77%) B2B
10 22 (14.77%) Storytelling
10 22 (14.77%) User Experience
11 21 (14.09%) Link Building
11 21 (14.09%) Roadmaps
12 19 (12.75%) Project Management
13 16 (10.74%) CRM
13 16 (10.74%) Web Development
14 14 (9.40%) B2C
14 14 (9.40%) Social Commerce
14 14 (9.40%) Strategic Thinking
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 10 (6.71%) Degree
2 6 (4.03%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 17 (11.41%) 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 25 (16.78%) Ahrefs
3 21 (14.09%) Instagram
4 20 (13.42%) TikTok
5 19 (12.75%) Screaming Frog
6 18 (12.08%) Facebook
7 15 (10.07%) Microsoft
7 15 (10.07%) Salesforce
8 13 (8.72%) Pinterest
9 9 (6.04%) Adobe
9 9 (6.04%) WooCommerce
10 8 (5.37%) JD Edwards
10 8 (5.37%) YouTube
11 7 (4.70%) Sun
12 6 (4.03%) Hotjar
12 6 (4.03%) Sitecore
13 5 (3.36%) Intel
14 3 (2.01%) HubSpot
15 2 (1.34%) Snapchat
16 1 (0.67%) Pardot