Search Manager Job Trends in the Midlands

Search Manager
England > Midlands

The median Search Manager salary in the Midlands is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 25 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 223 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a Search Manager 2 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.025% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% - -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £41,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 - -
75th Percentile £43,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
England median annual salary £41,250 - £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -7.69%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 7,109 6,426 4,526
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 94.33% 94.41%
Number of salaries quoted 4,315 3,042 3,746
10th Percentile £28,000 £30,750 £26,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,004 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.66% +4.01% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

Search Manager
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Search Manager' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Search Manager job vacancy trend in the Midlands

Search Manager
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for Search Manager job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for Search Manager job vacancies in the Midlands

Search Manager
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Search Manager within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 25 December 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
East Midlands - 2 £42,500 -
Search Manager
England

Search Manager Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 25 December 2025, Search Manager job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Midlands region featuring Search Manager in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (100.00%) Creative Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Google
1 2 (100.00%) Google Ads
1 2 (100.00%) Google Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Google Tag Manager
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 2 (100.00%) Paid Search
1 2 (100.00%) Pay per click
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Shopify
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management

Search Manager Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Business Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) Google Ads
1 2 (100.00%) Google Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Google Tag Manager
General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Retail
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Agile
1 2 (100.00%) Analytics
1 2 (100.00%) Commercial Awareness
1 2 (100.00%) Creative Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Data Privacy
1 2 (100.00%) Digital Marketing
1 2 (100.00%) Marketing Strategy
1 2 (100.00%) Paid Search
1 2 (100.00%) Pay per click
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Time Management
Vendors
1 2 (100.00%) Google
1 2 (100.00%) Microsoft