SEO Jobs in Manchester

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester 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 13 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 146 175 233
Rank change year-on-year +29 +58 -12
Permanent jobs citing SEO 17 45 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.74% 0.86% 0.12%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.78% 1.00% 0.13%
Number of salaries quoted 9 45 6
10th Percentile £38,250 £26,000 £34,000
25th Percentile £42,500 £29,000 £34,824
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £35,000 £38,648
Median % change year-on-year +42.86% -9.44% -3.38%
75th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £52,813
90th Percentile £100,500 £64,300 £56,250
North West median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £38,648
% change year-on-year +14.29% -9.44% -1.71%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,175 4,493 4,734
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 95.27% 86.34% 96.57%
Number of salaries quoted 1,300 3,425 2,549
10th Percentile £30,975 £30,000 £32,700
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,397 £69,914 £72,500
90th Percentile £91,325 £82,500 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

SEO
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO in Manchester

SEO
Salary Trend in Manchester

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

Salary trend for SEO in Manchester

SEO
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO in Manchester over the 6 months to 13 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SEO in Manchester

SEO
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 13 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
Salford +11 2 £39,500 +43.64%
Altrincham +2 2 £55,000 +22.22% 7
SEO
North West

SEO
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 3 (17.65%) CMS
1 3 (17.65%) IIS
2 2 (11.76%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 8 (47.06%) Google Analytics
2 7 (41.18%) AWS
2 7 (41.18%) Azure
3 5 (29.41%) SaaS
4 3 (17.65%) Firebase
5 2 (11.76%) Cloud Computing
5 2 (11.76%) GCP
6 1 (5.88%) Azure DevOps
6 1 (5.88%) Contentsquare
6 1 (5.88%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (11.76%) DNS
1 2 (11.76%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (17.65%) NoSQL
1 3 (17.65%) SQL Server
2 2 (11.76%) MongoDB
2 2 (11.76%) MySQL
2 2 (11.76%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (5.88%) Metadata
Development Applications
1 3 (17.65%) Git
1 3 (17.65%) JMeter
General
1 11 (64.71%) Marketing
2 8 (47.06%) Social Skills
3 5 (29.41%) Retail
4 3 (17.65%) Health Technology
5 1 (5.88%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (17.65%) .NET Developer
1 3 (17.65%) Developer
1 3 (17.65%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
1 3 (17.65%) Full-Stack Developer
1 3 (17.65%) Marketing Executive
2 2 (11.76%) Lecturer
2 2 (11.76%) Marketing Manager
2 2 (11.76%) Senior
2 2 (11.76%) SEO Executive
3 1 (5.88%) Content Manager
3 1 (5.88%) E-Commerce Manager
3 1 (5.88%) E-Commerce Marketing Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Head of Engineering
3 1 (5.88%) Head of Software Engineering
3 1 (5.88%) Paid Search Executive
3 1 (5.88%) PPC Executive
3 1 (5.88%) Report Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Senior Content Manager
3 1 (5.88%) Senior SEO Executive
3 1 (5.88%) Technical Director
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (41.18%) CSS
1 7 (41.18%) HTML
2 5 (29.41%) .NET
3 4 (23.53%) .NET Core
3 4 (23.53%) React
4 3 (17.65%) AngularJS
4 3 (17.65%) ASP.NET
4 3 (17.65%) ASP.NET Web API
4 3 (17.65%) JSON
4 3 (17.65%) Node.js
4 3 (17.65%) Razor View Engine
4 3 (17.65%) Sass
4 3 (17.65%) Web Services
4 3 (17.65%) XML
5 2 (11.76%) Django
Miscellaneous
1 3 (17.65%) Mobile App
1 3 (17.65%) Social Media
2 2 (11.76%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.88%) Blog
3 1 (5.88%) Cloud Native
3 1 (5.88%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (5.88%) Greenfield Project
3 1 (5.88%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (64.71%) Analytics
2 9 (52.94%) E-Commerce
3 5 (29.41%) Agile
3 5 (29.41%) Content Marketing
3 5 (29.41%) DevOps
3 5 (29.41%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (29.41%) Marketing Strategy
4 4 (23.53%) Customer Retention
4 4 (23.53%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 4 (23.53%) Decision-Making
4 4 (23.53%) Strategic Thinking
4 4 (23.53%) User Experience
5 3 (17.65%) Collaborative Culture
5 3 (17.65%) Customer Insight
5 3 (17.65%) Cybersecurity
5 3 (17.65%) Microservices
5 3 (17.65%) Mobile Application Development
5 3 (17.65%) Sales Enablement
5 3 (17.65%) SDLC
5 3 (17.65%) Value Proposition
Programming Languages
1 6 (35.29%) JavaScript
2 5 (29.41%) C#
3 3 (17.65%) SQL
4 2 (11.76%) C++
4 2 (11.76%) Java
4 2 (11.76%) PHP
4 2 (11.76%) Python
Qualifications
1 7 (41.18%) Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (11.76%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (11.76%) QA
System Software
1 3 (17.65%) Docker
Vendors
1 8 (47.06%) Google
2 2 (11.76%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.88%) Hotjar