SEO Job Trends in Sussex

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
South East > Sussex

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Sussex requiring SEO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 17 - 26
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing SEO 5 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Sussex 4.27% - 0.61%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 5.21% - 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £34,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 - -
75th Percentile £62,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
South East median annual salary £45,000 £40,625 £43,750
% change year-on-year +10.77% -7.14% +9.38%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Sussex

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 Sussex.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 96 33 126
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Sussex 82.05% 68.75% 76.36%
Number of salaries quoted 68 28 63
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,175 £40,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £30,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -15.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £47,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £63,100 £70,500
South East median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% -

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Job Vacancy Trend in Sussex

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

SEO job vacancy trend in Sussex

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Salary Trend in Sussex

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sussex citing SEO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Sussex citing SEO

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Salary Histogram in Sussex

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO in Sussex over the 6 months to 9 October 2026.

Salary histogram for SEO in Sussex

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sussex 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:

Business Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 2 (40.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (20.00%) BigCommerce
2 1 (20.00%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (40.00%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) Metadata
General
1 5 (100.00%) Marketing
2 4 (80.00%) Retail
3 3 (60.00%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (40.00%) Social Skills
5 1 (20.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) E-Commerce Executive
2 2 (40.00%) Digital Performance Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Performance Manager
2 2 (40.00%) Senior
Miscellaneous
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
1 5 (100.00%) E-Commerce
2 4 (80.00%) Analytics
2 4 (80.00%) Digital Marketing
2 4 (80.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 3 (60.00%) A/B Testing
3 3 (60.00%) CRM
3 3 (60.00%) Customer Experience
4 2 (40.00%) Affiliate Marketing
4 2 (40.00%) AI
4 2 (40.00%) Customer Acquisition
4 2 (40.00%) Customer Insight
4 2 (40.00%) Customer Retention
4 2 (40.00%) Decision-Making
4 2 (40.00%) Digital Transformation Programme
4 2 (40.00%) Email Marketing
4 2 (40.00%) Marketing Strategy
4 2 (40.00%) Paid Search
4 2 (40.00%) Pay per click
4 2 (40.00%) Performance Metrics
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Google