SEO Jobs in the South East

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South East 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 7 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 237 299 276
Rank change year-on-year +62 -23 +90
Permanent jobs citing SEO 78 90 87
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.77% 0.50% 0.69%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.86% 0.61% 0.73%
Number of salaries quoted 56 75 81
10th Percentile £27,875 £24,450 £30,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £28,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,750 £32,500 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +25.38% -18.75% -20.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £38,750 £48,000
90th Percentile £65,375 £46,500 £50,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £36,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -15.29% -3.51%

All Process and Methodology Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 9,110 14,648 11,915
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 90.48% 81.91% 94.06%
Number of salaries quoted 4,761 10,058 7,468
10th Percentile £28,250 £28,000 £30,625
25th Percentile £37,500 £37,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £85,000
England median annual salary £57,000 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +3.64% -12.00% +4.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

Job postings citing SEO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South East.

Job vacancy trend for SEO in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SEO in the South East.

Salary trend for SEO in the South East

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO in the South East over the 6 months to 7 July 2025.

Salary histogram for SEO in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the South East region over the 6 months to 7 July 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
Thames Valley +43 22 £65,000 +76.87% 14
West Sussex - 18 £32,500 - 5
Surrey +68 16 £36,250 - 11
Berkshire +22 16 £47,500 +26.67% 3
East Sussex +28 12 £43,250 +8.13% 3
Hampshire +65 5 £42,500 +41.67% 16
Kent +17 5 £37,500 +36.36% 6
Oxfordshire +46 4 £70,000 +115.38% 5
Buckinghamshire +17 2 - - 7
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England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South East 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 18 (23.08%) CMS
2 10 (12.82%) WordPress
3 5 (6.41%) Umbraco
4 3 (3.85%) Drupal
4 3 (3.85%) IIS
5 1 (1.28%) EPiServer
5 1 (1.28%) Kentico
Applications
1 10 (12.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 6 (7.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 4 (5.13%) Microsoft Office
4 3 (3.85%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 3 (3.85%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Shopify
2 2 (2.56%) Magento
3 1 (1.28%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 17 (21.79%) Google Analytics
2 15 (19.23%) SaaS
3 7 (8.97%) Google Ads
4 5 (6.41%) Google Sheets
5 3 (3.85%) AWS
5 3 (3.85%) Azure
5 3 (3.85%) GitHub
5 3 (3.85%) Google Docs
5 3 (3.85%) Google Workspace
5 3 (3.85%) npm
6 1 (1.28%) BigCommerce
6 1 (1.28%) Canva
6 1 (1.28%) ClickUp
6 1 (1.28%) Figma
6 1 (1.28%) Google Tag Manager
6 1 (1.28%) Kontent
6 1 (1.28%) Storyblok
6 1 (1.28%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.56%) Junos
1 2 (2.56%) LAN
1 2 (2.56%) VPN
1 2 (2.56%) WAN
1 2 (2.56%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (1.28%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.69%) SQL Server
2 2 (2.56%) Looker
Development Applications
1 4 (5.13%) JIRA
2 3 (3.85%) Bitbucket
2 3 (3.85%) Git
2 3 (3.85%) Octopus Deploy
2 3 (3.85%) Visual Studio
2 3 (3.85%) Visual Studio Code
2 3 (3.85%) Vite
3 1 (1.28%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 51 (65.38%) Marketing
2 44 (56.41%) Social Skills
3 28 (35.90%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (15.38%) Advertising
5 8 (10.26%) Automotive
5 8 (10.26%) Finance
6 6 (7.69%) Organisational Skills
6 6 (7.69%) Publishing
7 3 (3.85%) Back Office
8 2 (2.56%) Games
8 2 (2.56%) Presentation Skills
8 2 (2.56%) Retail
Job Titles
1 12 (15.38%) Developer
1 12 (15.38%) Marketing Manager
2 8 (10.26%) Product Manager
2 8 (10.26%) Product Marketing Manager
2 8 (10.26%) SEO Manager
3 6 (7.69%) E-Commerce Executive
3 6 (7.69%) Web Developer
4 5 (6.41%) Copywriter
4 5 (6.41%) Digital Copywriter
4 5 (6.41%) Marketing Copywriter
5 4 (5.13%) E-Commerce Specialist
5 4 (5.13%) Head of Marketing
5 4 (5.13%) Head of Strategy
5 4 (5.13%) SEO Specialist
6 3 (3.85%) Designer
6 3 (3.85%) Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (3.85%) Marketing Executive
7 2 (2.56%) CMS Developer
7 2 (2.56%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 2 (2.56%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 20 (25.64%) CSS
1 20 (25.64%) HTML
2 9 (11.54%) .NET
3 8 (10.26%) jQuery
4 3 (3.85%) .NET Core
4 3 (3.85%) .NET Framework
4 3 (3.85%) Sass
5 1 (1.28%) React
Miscellaneous
1 21 (26.92%) Social Media
2 12 (15.38%) Algorithms
3 10 (12.82%) Blog
4 6 (7.69%) Self-Motivation
5 4 (5.13%) Analytical Mindset
5 4 (5.13%) Marketing Technology
6 3 (3.85%) Product Ownership
7 2 (2.56%) Digital Media
8 1 (1.28%) e-Learning
8 1 (1.28%) Graphic Design
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (42.31%) Digital Marketing
2 25 (32.05%) Analytics
3 20 (25.64%) B2B
3 20 (25.64%) CRM
4 19 (24.36%) Marketing Strategy
5 18 (23.08%) E-Commerce
6 17 (21.79%) User Experience
7 16 (20.51%) Decision-Making
8 14 (17.95%) Customer Retention
9 13 (16.67%) Mentoring
9 13 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
9 13 (16.67%) Strategic Thinking
9 13 (16.67%) Web Development
10 12 (15.38%) Campaign Management
10 12 (15.38%) Project Management
11 11 (14.10%) Content Marketing
12 10 (12.82%) Collaborative Working
12 10 (12.82%) Customer Segmentation
12 10 (12.82%) Email Marketing
12 10 (12.82%) Product Marketing
Programming Languages
1 13 (16.67%) JavaScript
2 9 (11.54%) SQL
3 6 (7.69%) PHP
4 3 (3.85%) C#
Qualifications
1 22 (28.21%) Degree
2 3 (3.85%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.56%) CCNA
3 2 (2.56%) CCNP
3 2 (2.56%) Cisco Certification
3 2 (2.56%) DV Cleared
3 2 (2.56%) JNCIA
3 2 (2.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 2 (2.56%) SC Cleared
3 2 (2.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (19.23%) Accessibility
2 2 (2.56%) WCAG
3 1 (1.28%) GDPR
Vendors
1 30 (38.46%) Google
2 11 (14.10%) Ahrefs
2 11 (14.10%) Microsoft
3 7 (8.97%) HubSpot
3 7 (8.97%) Screaming Frog
4 5 (6.41%) Adobe
5 2 (2.56%) Cisco
5 2 (2.56%) Juniper
6 1 (1.28%) Hotjar
6 1 (1.28%) Optimizely