SEO Job Trends in Surrey

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
South East > Surrey

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Surrey requiring SEO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 94 103 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Permanent jobs citing SEO 9 6 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Surrey 0.54% 0.48% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.66% 0.53% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 3 0
10th Percentile £33,650 £33,250 -
25th Percentile £45,625 £36,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £42,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +29.41% - -
75th Percentile £60,250 £61,875 -
90th Percentile - £72,750 -
South East median annual salary £43,750 £47,750 £39,750
% change year-on-year -8.38% +20.13% -11.67%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Surrey

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 Surrey.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,367 1,138 894
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Surrey 82.10% 91.70% 90.21%
Number of salaries quoted 783 517 591
10th Percentile £28,000 £35,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% +14.29% -8.70%
75th Percentile £65,000 £75,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £57,500 £53,500
% change year-on-year -13.04% +7.48% -2.73%

SEO
Job Vacancy Trend in Surrey

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

SEO job vacancy trend in Surrey

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Salary Trend in Surrey

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing SEO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Surrey citing SEO

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Salary Histogram in Surrey

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO in Surrey over the 6 months to 1 January 2026.

Salary histogram for SEO in Surrey

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Job Locations in Surrey

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the Surrey region over the 6 months to 1 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
Guildford - 6 £56,750 -
Leatherhead - 1 - -
Whyteleafe - 1 £31,500 -
SEO
South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Surrey 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 2 (22.22%) CMS
2 1 (11.11%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (11.11%) GIMP
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Excel
1 1 (11.11%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) MailChimp
2 1 (11.11%) Canva
2 1 (11.11%) Google Ads
2 1 (11.11%) Google Analytics
2 1 (11.11%) SaaS
General
1 9 (100.00%) Marketing
2 6 (66.67%) Organisational Skills
3 5 (55.56%) Social Skills
4 1 (11.11%) Advertising
4 1 (11.11%) Billing
4 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) E-Commerce Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Communications Manager
2 1 (11.11%) CRM Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Communications Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Digital Marketing Assistant
2 1 (11.11%) Email Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing Assistant
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing Executive
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Self-Motivation
2 2 (22.22%) Social Media
3 1 (11.11%) Animation
3 1 (11.11%) Video Editing
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Email Marketing
2 6 (66.67%) Analytics
2 6 (66.67%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
2 6 (66.67%) Customer Experience
2 6 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 6 (66.67%) Pay per click
2 6 (66.67%) User Experience
3 5 (55.56%) Affiliate Marketing
3 5 (55.56%) Commercial Awareness
3 5 (55.56%) Cybersecurity
3 5 (55.56%) Data-Driven Decision Making
3 5 (55.56%) Decision-Making
3 5 (55.56%) Stakeholder Management
3 5 (55.56%) Web Development
4 2 (22.22%) Copywriting
4 2 (22.22%) CRM
5 1 (11.11%) B2B
5 1 (11.11%) Content Management
5 1 (11.11%) Data Analysis
5 1 (11.11%) Project Management
Vendors
1 2 (22.22%) Google
2 1 (11.11%) Adobe
2 1 (11.11%) HubSpot
2 1 (11.11%) Microsoft