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 24 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 277 250 368
Rank change year-on-year -27 +118 -78
Permanent jobs citing SEO 52 44 94
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 0.42% 0.52% 0.50%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.51% 0.55% 0.53%
Number of salaries quoted 23 41 48
10th Percentile £33,000 £30,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £35,000 - £39,818
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £53,750
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -25.58% +53.57%
75th Percentile £48,750 £48,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £66,500 £55,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £44,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.11% -6.32% +18.75%

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 10,143 7,929 17,835
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 82.52% 93.76% 95.49%
Number of salaries quoted 5,010 5,232 10,377
10th Percentile £33,000 £31,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £72,500
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £83,750
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

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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 24 October 2024.

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 24 October 2024. 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
East Sussex +16 17 £46,250 -3.65% 4
Hampshire -34 15 £25,500 -18.40% 3
Thames Valley -3 12 £55,000 +37.50% 11
Oxfordshire -10 9 £70,000 +27.27% 4
Surrey -27 6 £42,500 +6.25%
Berkshire +1 3 £40,000 - 4
Kent -26 1 £100,000 +48.15% 3
Sussex - 1 - -
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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 28 (53.85%) CMS
2 14 (26.92%) WordPress
3 8 (15.38%) Kentico
4 7 (13.46%) Sitecore CMS
4 7 (13.46%) Sitefinity
4 7 (13.46%) Umbraco
5 5 (9.62%) ColdFusion
Applications
1 7 (13.46%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 7 (13.46%) Adobe Illustrator
1 7 (13.46%) Adobe XD
1 7 (13.46%) Photoshop
1 7 (13.46%) Sketch
2 1 (1.92%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 1 (1.92%) Magento
1 1 (1.92%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 11 (21.15%) Google Analytics
2 8 (15.38%) Figma
3 1 (1.92%) AWS
3 1 (1.92%) Google Ads
3 1 (1.92%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (1.92%) Kontent
3 1 (1.92%) npm
3 1 (1.92%) SaaS
3 1 (1.92%) Squarespace
3 1 (1.92%) Wix.com
Communications & Networking
1 12 (23.08%) Internet
2 4 (7.69%) SSL
3 2 (3.85%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (23.08%) SQL Server
2 2 (3.85%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (19.23%) Git
2 8 (15.38%) JIRA
3 1 (1.92%) webpack
General
1 37 (71.15%) Social Skills
2 27 (51.92%) Marketing
3 8 (15.38%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (7.69%) Public Sector
5 3 (5.77%) Advertising
5 3 (5.77%) Brand Awareness
6 1 (1.92%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.92%) Finance
6 1 (1.92%) Retail
6 1 (1.92%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 29 (55.77%) Developer
2 14 (26.92%) Web Developer
2 14 (26.92%) WordPress Developer
3 7 (13.46%) Delivery Manager
3 7 (13.46%) Digital Delivery Manager
4 5 (9.62%) Web Manager
5 4 (7.69%) Administrator
5 4 (7.69%) Web Administrator
5 4 (7.69%) Webmaster
6 2 (3.85%) Head of Marketing
6 2 (3.85%) PPC Specialist
6 2 (3.85%) Project Manager
6 2 (3.85%) Web Project Manager
7 1 (1.92%) Digital Marketer
7 1 (1.92%) Full-Stack Developer
7 1 (1.92%) Head of Digital
7 1 (1.92%) Head of Digital Marketing
7 1 (1.92%) PHP Laravel Developer
7 1 (1.92%) PPC Executive
7 1 (1.92%) Telecoms Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (55.77%) CSS
1 29 (55.77%) HTML
2 13 (25.00%) jQuery
3 12 (23.08%) .NET
4 3 (5.77%) React
5 1 (1.92%) HTML5
5 1 (1.92%) JSON
5 1 (1.92%) Laravel
5 1 (1.92%) Next.js
5 1 (1.92%) Sass
5 1 (1.92%) Zend Framework
Miscellaneous
1 7 (13.46%) Graphic Design
2 5 (9.62%) Social Media
3 2 (3.85%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.92%) Blog
4 1 (1.92%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.92%) Product Ownership
4 1 (1.92%) Self-Motivation
4 1 (1.92%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.92%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (38.46%) Web Development
2 19 (36.54%) Computer Science
2 19 (36.54%) User Experience
3 16 (30.77%) Analytics
4 13 (25.00%) Content Management
5 11 (21.15%) Digital Marketing
5 11 (21.15%) Front End Development
6 10 (19.23%) Problem-Solving
6 10 (19.23%) Roadmaps
6 10 (19.23%) Web Design
7 9 (17.31%) Project Management
8 8 (15.38%) Adaptive Web Design
8 8 (15.38%) Performance Optimisation
8 8 (15.38%) PRINCE2
8 8 (15.38%) Project Delivery
8 8 (15.38%) Project Planning
8 8 (15.38%) Scrum
9 7 (13.46%) Backlog Management
9 7 (13.46%) Collaborative Working
9 7 (13.46%) User Research
Programming Languages
1 28 (53.85%) JavaScript
2 24 (46.15%) PHP
3 12 (23.08%) SQL
4 7 (13.46%) Python
4 7 (13.46%) Ruby
5 1 (1.92%) C#
Qualifications
1 20 (38.46%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (26.92%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.92%) QA
2 1 (1.92%) SLA
Vendors
1 12 (23.08%) Google
2 8 (15.38%) Adobe
3 7 (13.46%) Optimizely
3 7 (13.46%) Sage
3 7 (13.46%) Sitecore
4 2 (3.85%) HubSpot
4 2 (3.85%) Microsoft
5 1 (1.92%) Zend