SEO Manager Jobs in Manchester

Search Engine Optimisation Manager (SEO Manager)
North West > Manchester

The median Search Engine Optimisation Manager (SEO Manager) salary in Manchester is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 11 August 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 165 195 -
Rank change year-on-year +30 - -
Permanent jobs requiring an SEO Manager 1 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.039% 0.087% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.043% 0.091% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 0
10th Percentile - £44,125 -
25th Percentile £32,500 £44,688 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 -
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% - -
75th Percentile £37,500 £55,000 -
90th Percentile - - -
North West median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 -
% change year-on-year -10.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,302 4,383 3,242
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.63% 95.08% 91.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1,378 2,903 2,271
10th Percentile £29,500 £32,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £36,375 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £69,900 £72,500
90th Percentile £87,575 £83,000 £84,000
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

SEO Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO Manager in Manchester

SEO Manager
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for SEO Manager in Manchester

SEO Manager Skill Set
Top 19 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 11 August 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 Manchester region featuring SEO Manager in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
1 1 (100.00%) Google Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) WordPress
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Google Ads
1 1 (100.00%) Hootsuite
1 1 (100.00%) Screaming Frog
1 1 (100.00%) Content Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
1 1 (100.00%) Ahrefs
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Sprout Social

SEO Manager Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 1 (100.00%) CMS
1 1 (100.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Google Ads
1 1 (100.00%) Google Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) Sprout Social
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Analytics
1 1 (100.00%) B2B
1 1 (100.00%) Content Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) Digital Strategy
1 1 (100.00%) SEO
1 1 (100.00%) Web Development
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Ahrefs
1 1 (100.00%) Google
1 1 (100.00%) Hootsuite
1 1 (100.00%) Screaming Frog