Search Engine Marketing Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Search Engine Marketing
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Search Engine Marketing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 505 564 -
Rank change year-on-year +59 - -
Permanent jobs citing Search Engine Marketing 4 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.009% 0.006% -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.012% 0.006% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £30,375 - -
25th Percentile £30,938 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,750 - -
75th Percentile £38,125 - -
90th Percentile £43,750 - -
UK median annual salary £33,750 - -

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Search Engine Marketing 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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 33,283 31,985 30,588
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 78.49% 89.04% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 19,187 14,363 22,780
10th Percentile £27,750 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,500 £41,250 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +5.77% -5.45%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £83,750 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -4.00%

Search Engine Marketing
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Search Engine Marketing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Search Engine Marketing job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

Search Engine Marketing
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Search Engine Marketing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Search Engine Marketing

Search Engine Marketing
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Search Engine Marketing in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 14 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Search Engine Marketing in the UK excluding London

Search Engine Marketing
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Search Engine Marketing within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 14 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
East of England - 2 £33,750 -
South East +35 1 £30,000 - 1
West Midlands - 1 £45,000 -
Midlands - 1 £45,000 -
Search Engine Marketing
UK

Search Engine Marketing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 (25.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Amazon Ads
2 1 (25.00%) Google Ads
2 1 (25.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (25.00%) Google Tag Manager
Communications & Networking
1 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 4 (100.00%) Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) Advertising
2 2 (50.00%) Dutch Language
2 2 (50.00%) French Language
2 2 (50.00%) German Language
2 2 (50.00%) Italian Language
2 2 (50.00%) Swedish Language
3 1 (25.00%) Electronics
3 1 (25.00%) iGaming
3 1 (25.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (50.00%) Coordinator
2 1 (25.00%) Marketing Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) Performance Specialist
2 1 (25.00%) SEO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) CSS
1 1 (25.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Algorithms
1 1 (25.00%) Sports Betting
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Actionable Insight
1 3 (75.00%) Paid Search
1 3 (75.00%) SEO
2 2 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
2 2 (50.00%) E-Commerce
2 2 (50.00%) Pay per click
3 1 (25.00%) Analytics
3 1 (25.00%) Customer Acquisition
3 1 (25.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (25.00%) Website Architecture
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Google
2 1 (25.00%) Ahrefs
2 1 (25.00%) Criteo
2 1 (25.00%) TikTok