SEO Jobs in the North of England

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England 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 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 310 292 403
Rank change year-on-year -18 +111 -67
Permanent jobs citing SEO 39 95 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 0.33% 0.51% 0.18%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.35% 0.63% 0.19%
Number of salaries quoted 20 83 16
10th Percentile £18,500 £24,750 £34,000
25th Percentile £38,250 £28,000 £37,449
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £35,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -26.32% +35.71%
75th Percentile £57,875 £51,250 £77,500
90th Percentile £66,300 £57,633 £133,125
England median annual salary £40,000 £36,270 £42,500
% change year-on-year +10.29% -14.66% -5.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

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 North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,078 15,074 15,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 94.14% 81.62% 96.71%
Number of salaries quoted 5,542 11,471 7,791
10th Percentile £25,087 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £61,967 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £79,250 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SEO in the North of England.

Salary trend for SEO in the North of England

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Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO in the North of England over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SEO in the North of England

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Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the North of England region over the 6 months to 31 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
North West -30 34 £40,000 +14.29% 105
Yorkshire +40 4 £56,000 +60.00% 42
North East +42 1 £42,500 +41.67% 18
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England 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 6 (15.38%) CMS
2 5 (12.82%) WordPress
3 3 (7.69%) IIS
4 1 (2.56%) Apache
4 1 (2.56%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (2.56%) Adobe XD
1 1 (2.56%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (5.13%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (5.13%) Payment Gateway
2 1 (2.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 15 (38.46%) Google Analytics
2 7 (17.95%) AWS
2 7 (17.95%) Azure
2 7 (17.95%) SaaS
3 3 (7.69%) Contentsquare
3 3 (7.69%) Facebook Ads
3 3 (7.69%) Firebase
3 3 (7.69%) MailChimp
4 2 (5.13%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (5.13%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (5.13%) GCP
4 2 (5.13%) Google Ads
5 1 (2.56%) Adobe Analytics
5 1 (2.56%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.56%) Figma
5 1 (2.56%) GitHub
5 1 (2.56%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.13%) DNS
1 2 (5.13%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.56%) Junos
2 1 (2.56%) LAN
2 1 (2.56%) VPN
2 1 (2.56%) WAN
2 1 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.26%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.69%) MySQL
2 3 (7.69%) NoSQL
3 2 (5.13%) MongoDB
3 2 (5.13%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.56%) Endeca
4 1 (2.56%) Metadata
4 1 (2.56%) Redis
4 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (2.56%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 3 (7.69%) Git
1 3 (7.69%) JMeter
2 2 (5.13%) GitLab
2 2 (5.13%) Jenkins
2 2 (5.13%) Selenium
3 1 (2.56%) JIRA
General
1 32 (82.05%) Marketing
2 13 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 10 (25.64%) Retail
4 9 (23.08%) Advertising
5 5 (12.82%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (12.82%) Brand Awareness
5 5 (12.82%) Finance
6 3 (7.69%) Automotive
6 3 (7.69%) Health Technology
7 2 (5.13%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 8 (20.51%) Developer
1 8 (20.51%) Senior
2 4 (10.26%) E-Commerce Manager
2 4 (10.26%) Marketing Manager
2 4 (10.26%) Senior Manager
3 3 (7.69%) .NET Developer
3 3 (7.69%) Content Manager
3 3 (7.69%) Creative Developer
3 3 (7.69%) Creative Web Developer
3 3 (7.69%) Digital Developer
3 3 (7.69%) Digital Marketing Developer
3 3 (7.69%) Digital Marketing Specialist
3 3 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (7.69%) Marketing Executive
3 3 (7.69%) Marketing Specialist
3 3 (7.69%) Marketing Web Developer
3 3 (7.69%) Senior Content Manager
3 3 (7.69%) Web Developer
3 3 (7.69%) Web Marketing Specialist
3 3 (7.69%) Web Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 9 (23.08%) CSS
1 9 (23.08%) HTML
2 7 (17.95%) .NET
3 4 (10.26%) .NET Core
3 4 (10.26%) AngularJS
3 4 (10.26%) ASP.NET
3 4 (10.26%) JSON
3 4 (10.26%) React
3 4 (10.26%) XML
4 3 (7.69%) ASP.NET Web API
4 3 (7.69%) Node.js
4 3 (7.69%) Razor View Engine
4 3 (7.69%) Sass
4 3 (7.69%) Web Services
5 2 (5.13%) Django
6 1 (2.56%) HTML5
6 1 (2.56%) jQuery
6 1 (2.56%) Memcached
6 1 (2.56%) OAuth
6 1 (2.56%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 18 (46.15%) Social Media
2 10 (25.64%) Blog
3 4 (10.26%) Mobile App
3 4 (10.26%) Robotics
4 3 (7.69%) FMCG
4 3 (7.69%) Motion Graphics
5 2 (5.13%) Algorithms
6 1 (2.56%) Cloud Native
6 1 (2.56%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (2.56%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
6 1 (2.56%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.56%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (56.41%) Analytics
2 18 (46.15%) E-Commerce
3 16 (41.03%) Digital Marketing
4 12 (30.77%) User Experience
5 11 (28.21%) Marketing Strategy
6 9 (23.08%) Agile
6 9 (23.08%) Copywriting
6 9 (23.08%) CRM
7 8 (20.51%) Pay per click
8 7 (17.95%) A/B Testing
8 7 (17.95%) Content Marketing
8 7 (17.95%) DevOps
9 6 (15.38%) B2C
9 6 (15.38%) Creative Thinking
10 5 (12.82%) B2B
10 5 (12.82%) Customer Engagement
10 5 (12.82%) Data-Driven Decision Making
10 5 (12.82%) Decision-Making
10 5 (12.82%) Email Marketing
10 5 (12.82%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 8 (20.51%) JavaScript
2 6 (15.38%) C#
2 6 (15.38%) SQL
3 3 (7.69%) Java
3 3 (7.69%) PHP
4 2 (5.13%) C++
4 2 (5.13%) Python
Qualifications
1 9 (23.08%) Degree
2 2 (5.13%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (5.13%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.56%) CCNA
3 1 (2.56%) CCNP
3 1 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (2.56%) DV Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) JNCIA
3 1 (2.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.82%) GDPR
2 4 (10.26%) PCI DSS
3 2 (5.13%) QA
4 1 (2.56%) Accessibility
4 1 (2.56%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 4 (10.26%) Docker
Vendors
1 21 (53.85%) Google
2 4 (10.26%) Twitter
3 3 (7.69%) Facebook
3 3 (7.69%) Microsoft
4 2 (5.13%) Adobe
4 2 (5.13%) Hotjar
5 1 (2.56%) Cisco
5 1 (2.56%) CyberSource
5 1 (2.56%) Juniper
5 1 (2.56%) New Relic
5 1 (2.56%) Oracle
5 1 (2.56%) PayPal