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 21 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 222 198 251
Rank change year-on-year -24 +53 +23
DemandTrendPermanent jobs citing SEO 49 62 3
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 0.64% 0.69% 0.052%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.71% 0.88% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 30 41 3
10th Percentile £26,150 £26,250 £39,586
25th Percentile £31,375 £29,000 £43,023
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% +33.51%
75th Percentile £47,500 £59,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £57,625 £67,500 -
England median annual salary £40,000 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -11.76% -5.56%

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.

DemandTrendPermanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 6,870 7,042 5,554
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 90.43% 78.67% 95.59%
Number of salaries quoted 3,325 4,421 3,374
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,055 £51,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.85% -7.27% +4.76%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,900 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year - -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

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SEO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North West citing SEO

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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 21 August 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 21 August 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
DemandTrendPermanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +8 24 £45,000 -5.26% 42
Cheshire -7 11 £45,000 - 12
Lancashire -48 7 £35,000 -26.32% 32
Merseyside +10 4 £40,000 +3.23% 8
Cumbria - 3 - - 1
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 9 (18.37%) CMS
2 5 (10.20%) WordPress
3 3 (6.12%) IIS
4 2 (4.08%) Headless CMS
5 1 (2.04%) Apache
5 1 (2.04%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (2.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (2.04%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.04%) Adobe XD
2 1 (2.04%) Chatbot
2 1 (2.04%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (4.08%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (2.04%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 19 (38.78%) Google Analytics
2 6 (12.24%) SaaS
3 4 (8.16%) Contentsquare
4 3 (6.12%) AWS
4 3 (6.12%) Azure
4 3 (6.12%) Facebook Ads
4 3 (6.12%) Firebase
4 3 (6.12%) MailChimp
5 2 (4.08%) Dynamics 365
6 1 (2.04%) Cloudflare
6 1 (2.04%) Google Ads
6 1 (2.04%) Google Data Studio
6 1 (2.04%) Sprout Social
6 1 (2.04%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.08%) Junos
1 2 (4.08%) LAN
1 2 (4.08%) VPN
1 2 (4.08%) WAN
1 2 (4.08%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.12%) NoSQL
1 3 (6.12%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.08%) MySQL
3 1 (2.04%) Metadata
3 1 (2.04%) Redis
Development Applications
1 4 (8.16%) Git
2 3 (6.12%) JMeter
3 1 (2.04%) JIRA
3 1 (2.04%) Pivotal Tracker
General
1 34 (69.39%) Marketing
2 16 (32.65%) Social Skills
3 11 (22.45%) Retail
4 6 (12.24%) Advertising
4 6 (12.24%) Finance
5 5 (10.20%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (10.20%) Brand Awareness
6 3 (6.12%) Automotive
6 3 (6.12%) Health Technology
7 2 (4.08%) Organisational Skills
7 2 (4.08%) Presentation Skills
8 1 (2.04%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 8 (16.33%) Developer
2 7 (14.29%) Marketing Manager
2 7 (14.29%) Senior
3 6 (12.24%) SEO Manager
4 5 (10.20%) Senior Manager
5 4 (8.16%) Content Manager
5 4 (8.16%) E-Commerce Manager
5 4 (8.16%) Senior Content Manager
5 4 (8.16%) SEO Executive
5 4 (8.16%) Web Developer
6 3 (6.12%) .NET Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Creative Web Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Digital Marketing Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Digital Marketing Specialist
6 3 (6.12%) Full-Stack .NET Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Marketing Executive
6 3 (6.12%) Marketing Web Developer
6 3 (6.12%) Web Marketing Specialist
6 3 (6.12%) Web Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (14.29%) CSS
1 7 (14.29%) HTML
2 3 (6.12%) .NET
2 3 (6.12%) .NET Core
2 3 (6.12%) ASP.NET
2 3 (6.12%) ASP.NET Web API
2 3 (6.12%) JSON
2 3 (6.12%) Razor View Engine
2 3 (6.12%) Sass
2 3 (6.12%) Web Services
2 3 (6.12%) XML
3 1 (2.04%) LAMP
3 1 (2.04%) Laravel
3 1 (2.04%) LEMP Stack
3 1 (2.04%) Memcached
3 1 (2.04%) Next.js
3 1 (2.04%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 18 (36.73%) Social Media
2 9 (18.37%) Blog
3 4 (8.16%) Mobile App
4 3 (6.12%) FMCG
4 3 (6.12%) Motion Graphics
4 3 (6.12%) Robotics
5 2 (4.08%) Algorithms
5 2 (4.08%) Analytical Mindset
6 1 (2.04%) NHS
6 1 (2.04%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.04%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (55.10%) Analytics
2 18 (36.73%) E-Commerce
3 15 (30.61%) User Experience
4 14 (28.57%) Digital Marketing
5 13 (26.53%) Marketing Strategy
6 11 (22.45%) CRM
7 10 (20.41%) Copywriting
8 8 (16.33%) A/B Testing
8 8 (16.33%) Content Marketing
9 7 (14.29%) Content Strategy
9 7 (14.29%) Pay per click
10 6 (12.24%) B2B
10 6 (12.24%) Customer Retention
10 6 (12.24%) Decision-Making
11 5 (10.20%) Agile
11 5 (10.20%) Channel Management
11 5 (10.20%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
11 5 (10.20%) Data-Driven Decision Making
11 5 (10.20%) Digital Optimization
11 5 (10.20%) Email Marketing
Programming Languages
1 5 (10.20%) SQL
2 4 (8.16%) JavaScript
3 3 (6.12%) C#
4 2 (4.08%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (16.33%) Degree
2 2 (4.08%) CCNA
2 2 (4.08%) CCNP
2 2 (4.08%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (4.08%) DV Cleared
2 2 (4.08%) JNCIA
2 2 (4.08%) SC Cleared
2 2 (4.08%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.16%) GDPR
2 3 (6.12%) PCI DSS
3 1 (2.04%) California Consumer Privacy Act
System Software
1 4 (8.16%) Docker
Vendors
1 22 (44.90%) Google
2 4 (8.16%) Hotjar
3 3 (6.12%) Facebook
3 3 (6.12%) Twitter
4 2 (4.08%) Cisco
4 2 (4.08%) HubSpot
4 2 (4.08%) Juniper
4 2 (4.08%) Microsoft
5 1 (2.04%) Adobe
5 1 (2.04%) Ahrefs
5 1 (2.04%) Hootsuite
5 1 (2.04%) PayPal
5 1 (2.04%) Salesforce
5 1 (2.04%) Screaming Frog
5 1 (2.04%) Zoho