SEO Jobs in the Midlands

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the Midlands 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 26 July 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jul 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 250 276 282
Rank change year-on-year +26 +6 -6
Permanent jobs citing SEO 57 11 93
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.49% 0.14% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.62% 0.15% 0.78%
Number of salaries quoted 44 11 62
10th Percentile £22,000 £36,500 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,313 £38,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -30.00% - +25.00%
75th Percentile £40,500 £57,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £65,000 -
England median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £44,850
% change year-on-year -11.76% -5.24% +5.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,145 7,269 11,887
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 78.71% 95.72% 96.39%
Number of salaries quoted 5,707 4,187 7,370
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £29,725
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,250 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,772 £78,750 £77,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.29% +3.33% +4.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO in the Midlands

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Salary Trend in the Midlands

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

Salary trend for SEO in the Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO in the Midlands over the 6 months to 26 July 2024.

Salary histogram for SEO in the Midlands

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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 SEO within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 26 July 2024. 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
West Midlands +22 30 £34,000 -20.00% 28
East Midlands -6 27 £35,000 -36.36% 13
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands 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 20 (35.09%) WordPress
2 16 (28.07%) CMS
3 6 (10.53%) IIS
3 6 (10.53%) Umbraco
4 3 (5.26%) Headless CMS
5 1 (1.75%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 6 (10.53%) Adobe XD
2 4 (7.02%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.75%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (12.28%) Magento
2 6 (10.53%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 14 (24.56%) Google Analytics
2 7 (12.28%) GitHub
3 6 (10.53%) Azure
3 6 (10.53%) Azure DevOps
3 6 (10.53%) Figma
3 6 (10.53%) Slack
3 6 (10.53%) Zapier
4 4 (7.02%) Google Ads
5 1 (1.75%) Discord
5 1 (1.75%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (21.05%) MySQL
2 6 (10.53%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 16 (28.07%) Git
2 3 (5.26%) gulp
3 1 (1.75%) Cypress.io
3 1 (1.75%) ESLint
General
1 36 (63.16%) Marketing
2 14 (24.56%) Social Skills
3 7 (12.28%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.02%) Law
5 3 (5.26%) Advertising
5 3 (5.26%) iGaming
5 3 (5.26%) Telecoms
6 2 (3.51%) Brand Awareness
6 2 (3.51%) Retail
7 1 (1.75%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 23 (40.35%) Developer
2 12 (21.05%) Web Developer
3 7 (12.28%) Copywriter
3 7 (12.28%) SEO Copywriter
4 6 (10.53%) Graduate
4 6 (10.53%) Lead
4 6 (10.53%) Lead Developer
4 6 (10.53%) Lead Web Developer
5 5 (8.77%) Content Manager
6 4 (7.02%) E-Commerce Executive
6 4 (7.02%) E-Commerce Manager
6 4 (7.02%) SEO Manager
6 4 (7.02%) WordPress Developer
7 3 (5.26%) SEO Executive
8 2 (3.51%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
8 2 (3.51%) Head of Client Services
8 2 (3.51%) HTML CSS Developer
8 2 (3.51%) HTML Developer
8 2 (3.51%) Marketing Manager
9 1 (1.75%) Digital Marketing Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (35.09%) CSS
1 20 (35.09%) HTML
2 9 (15.79%) HTML5
2 9 (15.79%) Laravel
2 9 (15.79%) Sass
3 7 (12.28%) Tailwind CSS
4 6 (10.53%) .NET
4 6 (10.53%) .NET Core
4 6 (10.53%) JSON
4 6 (10.53%) Razor View Engine
4 6 (10.53%) REST
4 6 (10.53%) Twitter Bootstrap
4 6 (10.53%) Vue
4 6 (10.53%) XML
5 5 (8.77%) jQuery
6 4 (7.02%) React
7 3 (5.26%) CSS3
7 3 (5.26%) Twig
8 1 (1.75%) GraphQL
8 1 (1.75%) Redux
Miscellaneous
1 24 (42.11%) Social Media
2 7 (12.28%) Blog
3 6 (10.53%) Self-Motivation
4 4 (7.02%) Photography
5 3 (5.26%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.75%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.53%) VMS
1 6 (10.53%) Windows
2 3 (5.26%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (45.61%) Web Development
2 24 (42.11%) User Experience
3 22 (38.60%) Problem-Solving
4 19 (33.33%) Analytics
5 16 (28.07%) E-Commerce
6 14 (24.56%) Front End Development
7 11 (19.30%) Digital Marketing
7 11 (19.30%) Project Management
8 10 (17.54%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
8 10 (17.54%) Marketing Strategy
8 10 (17.54%) Mentoring
8 10 (17.54%) Pay per click
9 9 (15.79%) Collaborative Working
10 7 (12.28%) Content Management
10 7 (12.28%) Copywriting
10 7 (12.28%) Decision-Making
10 7 (12.28%) Email Marketing
10 7 (12.28%) Link Building
10 7 (12.28%) UX Design
11 6 (10.53%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 16 (28.07%) JavaScript
2 11 (19.30%) PHP
3 6 (10.53%) C#
3 6 (10.53%) Java
3 6 (10.53%) Python
3 6 (10.53%) SQL
Qualifications
1 13 (22.81%) Degree
2 6 (10.53%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (15.79%) Accessibility
2 3 (5.26%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.75%) Docker
Vendors
1 16 (28.07%) Google
2 8 (14.04%) WooCommerce
3 7 (12.28%) Adobe
3 7 (12.28%) Ahrefs
4 4 (7.02%) dotdigital
4 4 (7.02%) Microsoft
5 3 (5.26%) Hotjar
5 3 (5.26%) Screaming Frog
6 1 (1.75%) HubSpot