SEO Job Trends in Reading

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Berkshire > Reading

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Reading 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 - 75 93
Rank change year-on-year - +18 +29
Permanent jobs citing SEO 0 1 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Reading - 0.14% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category - 0.16% 0.71%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £27,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - - £30,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -20.00%
75th Percentile - - £32,500
90th Percentile - - -
Berkshire median annual salary - - £37,500

All Process & Methodology Skills
Reading

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 Reading.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 465 643 981
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Reading 79.35% 88.81% 91.43%
Number of salaries quoted 292 270 641
10th Percentile £31,250 £38,725 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,000 £38,130
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £64,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.06% +16.36% -8.33%
75th Percentile £69,210 £83,438 £68,750
90th Percentile £88,750 £112,500 £83,750
Berkshire median annual salary £50,000 £65,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -23.08% +18.18% -6.78%

SEO
Job Vacancy Trend in Reading

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

SEO job vacancy trend in Reading

SEO
Salary Trend in Reading

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SEO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Reading citing SEO