SEO Job Trends in Oxfordshire

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
South East > Oxfordshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Oxfordshire requiring SEO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 48 56 65
Rank change year-on-year +8 +9 +61
Permanent jobs citing SEO 11 21 4
As % of all permanent jobs in Oxfordshire 1.49% 2.68% 0.52%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.07% 3.09% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 10 13 3
10th Percentile £36,213 - £34,500
25th Percentile £37,500 - £43,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,625 £70,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -41.96% +7.69% +30.00%
75th Percentile £43,125 - £80,625
90th Percentile £44,125 - £85,500
South East median annual salary £41,250 £50,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year -17.50% +33.33% -16.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Oxfordshire

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 Oxfordshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 531 679 676
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Oxfordshire 71.95% 86.61% 88.14%
Number of salaries quoted 373 333 556
10th Percentile £30,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £43,750 £40,404
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £56,509 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.52% +7.64% +5.00%
75th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £65,313
90th Percentile £83,000 £81,000 £78,125
South East median annual salary £50,000 £58,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -14.53% +11.43% -4.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Oxfordshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SEO relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Oxfordshire.

SEO job vacancy trend in Oxfordshire

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Salary Trend in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing SEO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Oxfordshire citing SEO

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Salary Histogram in Oxfordshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO in Oxfordshire over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SEO in Oxfordshire

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Job Locations in Oxfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the Oxfordshire region over the 6 months to 14 January 2026. 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
Kidlington - 4 £40,000 -
Oxford - 4 £41,250 - 2
Thame - 1 £24,750 -
SEO
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Oxfordshire 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:

Applications
1 1 (9.09%) Adobe Creative Suite
Cloud Services
1 4 (36.36%) Canva
2 3 (27.27%) Google Ads
General
1 10 (90.91%) Marketing
2 6 (54.55%) Social Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Finance
3 1 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (9.09%) Spanish Language
Job Titles
1 8 (72.73%) Marketing Executive
2 4 (36.36%) Marketing Manager
3 3 (27.27%) Senior
3 3 (27.27%) Senior Manager
3 3 (27.27%) Senior Marketing Executive
3 3 (27.27%) Senior Marketing Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Content Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Executive
4 1 (9.09%) Digital Marketing Executive
4 1 (9.09%) Sales Executive
4 1 (9.09%) Web Content Manager
4 1 (9.09%) Web Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (36.36%) Self-Motivation
1 4 (36.36%) Social Media
1 4 (36.36%) Web Conferencing
2 1 (9.09%) Blog
2 1 (9.09%) Data Protection Act
2 1 (9.09%) e-Learning
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) B2B
2 9 (81.82%) Digital Marketing
3 8 (72.73%) Email Marketing
3 8 (72.73%) Marketing Strategy
4 6 (54.55%) CRM
5 5 (45.45%) Lead Generation
5 5 (45.45%) Pay per click
6 4 (36.36%) Copywriting
6 4 (36.36%) E-Commerce
7 3 (27.27%) Collaborative Culture
8 2 (18.18%) Thought Leadership
9 1 (9.09%) Analytics
9 1 (9.09%) B2B Marketing
9 1 (9.09%) B2B Sales
9 1 (9.09%) Collaborative Working
9 1 (9.09%) Content Marketing
9 1 (9.09%) Content Strategy
9 1 (9.09%) Content Writing
9 1 (9.09%) Marketing Mix
9 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (9.09%) GDPR
Vendors
1 4 (36.36%) Adobe
2 3 (27.27%) Google
3 1 (9.09%) Salesforce
3 1 (9.09%) Zoho