SEO Jobs in the North West

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
England > North West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North West 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 30 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 257 232 285
Rank change year-on-year -25 +53 +1
Permanent jobs citing SEO 33 67 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.42% 0.65% 0.14%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.44% 0.80% 0.15%
Number of salaries quoted 17 57 6
10th Percentile £18,500 £25,800 £34,000
25th Percentile £38,250 £29,000 £34,824
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £38,648
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -9.44% -1.71%
75th Percentile £57,500 £51,250 £52,813
90th Percentile £75,450 £59,500 £56,250
England median annual salary £40,000 £36,539 £42,500
% change year-on-year +9.47% -14.03% -5.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North West

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 West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 7,486 8,394 7,245
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 95.93% 81.13% 95.44%
Number of salaries quoted 3,793 6,316 3,841
10th Percentile £25,750 £27,500 £31,125
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £61,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £76,840 £80,000 £81,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

SEO
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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

Job vacancy trend for SEO in the North West

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Salary Trend in the North West

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

Salary trend for SEO in the North West

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Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO in the North West over the 6 months to 30 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SEO in the North West

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Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the North West region over the 6 months to 30 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
Manchester +27 18 £50,000 +42.86% 137
Cheshire +6 5 £19,000 -41.54% 72
Lancashire -63 5 £40,000 -15.79% 30
Cumbria - 3 - -
Merseyside +29 2 £40,000 +56.86% 40
SEO
England

SEO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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 (18.18%) CMS
2 5 (15.15%) WordPress
3 3 (9.09%) IIS
4 1 (3.03%) Apache
4 1 (3.03%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (3.03%) Chatbot
Business Applications
1 2 (6.06%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (3.03%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 14 (42.42%) Google Analytics
2 7 (21.21%) AWS
2 7 (21.21%) Azure
2 7 (21.21%) SaaS
3 3 (9.09%) Facebook Ads
3 3 (9.09%) Firebase
3 3 (9.09%) MailChimp
4 2 (6.06%) Cloud Computing
4 2 (6.06%) Contentsquare
4 2 (6.06%) Dynamics 365
4 2 (6.06%) GCP
5 1 (3.03%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (3.03%) GitHub
5 1 (3.03%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.06%) DNS
1 2 (6.06%) TCP/IP
2 1 (3.03%) Junos
2 1 (3.03%) LAN
2 1 (3.03%) VPN
2 1 (3.03%) WAN
2 1 (3.03%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (9.09%) MySQL
1 3 (9.09%) NoSQL
1 3 (9.09%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.06%) MongoDB
2 2 (6.06%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (3.03%) Metadata
3 1 (3.03%) Redis
Development Applications
1 3 (9.09%) Git
1 3 (9.09%) JMeter
2 1 (3.03%) JIRA
General
1 26 (78.79%) Marketing
2 12 (36.36%) Social Skills
3 9 (27.27%) Retail
4 6 (18.18%) Advertising
5 5 (15.15%) Brand Awareness
5 5 (15.15%) Finance
6 3 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
6 3 (9.09%) Automotive
6 3 (9.09%) Health Technology
7 2 (6.06%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (3.03%) Presentation Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (21.21%) Developer
2 5 (15.15%) Senior
3 4 (12.12%) E-Commerce Manager
3 4 (12.12%) Marketing Manager
4 3 (9.09%) .NET Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Creative Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Creative Web Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Digital Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Digital Marketing Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Digital Marketing Specialist
4 3 (9.09%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Full-Stack Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Marketing Executive
4 3 (9.09%) Marketing Specialist
4 3 (9.09%) Marketing Web Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Senior Manager
4 3 (9.09%) Web Developer
4 3 (9.09%) Web Marketing Specialist
4 3 (9.09%) Web Specialist
5 2 (6.06%) SEO Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (21.21%) CSS
1 7 (21.21%) HTML
2 5 (15.15%) .NET
3 4 (12.12%) .NET Core
3 4 (12.12%) React
4 3 (9.09%) AngularJS
4 3 (9.09%) ASP.NET
4 3 (9.09%) ASP.NET Web API
4 3 (9.09%) JSON
4 3 (9.09%) Node.js
4 3 (9.09%) Razor View Engine
4 3 (9.09%) Sass
4 3 (9.09%) Web Services
4 3 (9.09%) XML
5 2 (6.06%) Django
6 1 (3.03%) Laravel
6 1 (3.03%) LEMP Stack
6 1 (3.03%) Memcached
6 1 (3.03%) Next.js
6 1 (3.03%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 16 (48.48%) Social Media
2 10 (30.30%) Blog
3 4 (12.12%) Mobile App
3 4 (12.12%) Robotics
4 3 (9.09%) FMCG
4 3 (9.09%) Motion Graphics
5 2 (6.06%) Algorithms
6 1 (3.03%) Cloud Native
6 1 (3.03%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (3.03%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (3.03%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.03%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (60.61%) Analytics
2 14 (42.42%) Digital Marketing
2 14 (42.42%) E-Commerce
3 10 (30.30%) Marketing Strategy
4 9 (27.27%) Copywriting
4 9 (27.27%) User Experience
5 7 (21.21%) Agile
5 7 (21.21%) Content Marketing
5 7 (21.21%) CRM
6 6 (18.18%) A/B Testing
6 6 (18.18%) Creative Thinking
6 6 (18.18%) Pay per click
7 5 (15.15%) B2B
7 5 (15.15%) Customer Engagement
7 5 (15.15%) Data-Driven Decision Making
7 5 (15.15%) Decision-Making
7 5 (15.15%) DevOps
7 5 (15.15%) Email Marketing
8 4 (12.12%) Infographics
8 4 (12.12%) Strategic Thinking
Programming Languages
1 6 (18.18%) JavaScript
2 5 (15.15%) C#
2 5 (15.15%) SQL
3 3 (9.09%) PHP
4 2 (6.06%) C++
4 2 (6.06%) Java
4 2 (6.06%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (24.24%) Degree
2 2 (6.06%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (6.06%) Master's Degree
3 1 (3.03%) CCNA
3 1 (3.03%) CCNP
3 1 (3.03%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (3.03%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) JNCIA
3 1 (3.03%) SC Cleared
3 1 (3.03%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (12.12%) GDPR
2 3 (9.09%) PCI DSS
3 2 (6.06%) QA
4 1 (3.03%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 4 (12.12%) Docker
Vendors
1 17 (51.52%) Google
2 4 (12.12%) Twitter
3 3 (9.09%) Facebook
4 2 (6.06%) Hotjar
4 2 (6.06%) Microsoft
5 1 (3.03%) Cisco
5 1 (3.03%) Juniper
5 1 (3.03%) PayPal