SEO Job Trends in Sheffield

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
South Yorkshire > Sheffield

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sheffield requiring SEO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 66 62
Rank change year-on-year +20 -4 +25
Permanent jobs citing SEO 1 2 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Sheffield 0.25% 0.24% 0.65%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.31% 0.32% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 3
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 - £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.08%
75th Percentile - - £46,250
90th Percentile - - -
South Yorkshire median annual salary £40,750 - £50,000
% change year-on-year - - +27.16%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Sheffield

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 Sheffield.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 324 616 455
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sheffield 80.40% 75.40% 98.27%
Number of salaries quoted 224 295 361
10th Percentile £28,075 £35,368 £24,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £41,250 £32,200
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +15.79% -5.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,603 £62,500
90th Percentile £84,250 £80,000 £70,000
South Yorkshire median annual salary £45,000 £54,992 £45,000
% change year-on-year -18.17% +22.20% -10.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Sheffield

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

SEO job vacancy trend in Sheffield

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Salary Trend in Sheffield

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing SEO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sheffield citing SEO

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sheffield 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WordPress
Business Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Shopify
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Account Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Account Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior SEO Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Technical Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SEO Account Manager
1 1 (100.00%) SEO Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Account Manager
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Manager
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Screaming Frog