SEO Developer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Search Engine Optimisation Developer (SEO Developer)
UK > UK excluding London

The median Search Engine Optimisation Developer (SEO Developer) salary in the UK excluding London is £53,171 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 June 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 586 - 755
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring an SEO Developer 6 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.009% - 0.001%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% - 0.001%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £49,168 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,171 - -
75th Percentile £55,873 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median annual salary £49,212 - -

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 63,341 26,001 69,927
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.87% 89.03% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 42,359 13,849 50,656
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £26,750
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,967 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% +1.93% -6.54%
75th Percentile £70,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £85,000 £81,250 £76,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%

SEO Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'SEO Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

SEO Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

SEO Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for SEO Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for SEO Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

SEO Developer
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 SEO Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 2 June 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
Wales - 3 £53,171 -
South East - 2 £49,536 -
Midlands - 1 - -
West Midlands - 1 - -
SEO Developer
UK

SEO Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 2 June 2026, SEO Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring SEO Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) DevOps
1 6 (100.00%) SEO
2 5 (83.33%) Azure
2 5 (83.33%) Azure DevOps
3 4 (66.67%) Degree
3 4 (66.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (66.67%) TypeScript
4 3 (50.00%) .NET
4 3 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 3 (50.00%) AI
4 3 (50.00%) C#
4 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
4 3 (50.00%) GitHub
4 3 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
4 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (50.00%) Microservices
4 3 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
4 3 (50.00%) Scrum
4 3 (50.00%) SOA
5 2 (33.33%) Azure Functions
5 2 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
5 2 (33.33%) Azure Service Bus
5 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
5 2 (33.33%) CRM
5 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
5 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
5 2 (33.33%) Digital Innovation

SEO Developer Skill Set
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:

Business Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Azure
1 5 (83.33%) Azure DevOps
2 3 (50.00%) GitHub
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Functions
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Logic Apps
3 2 (33.33%) Azure Service Bus
3 2 (33.33%) Power Automate
3 2 (33.33%) Power Platform
3 2 (33.33%) PowerApps
3 2 (33.33%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (33.33%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (16.67%) Git
General
1 2 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (16.67%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) .NET
2 2 (33.33%) HTML5 Canvas
2 2 (33.33%) RESTful
3 1 (16.67%) CSS
3 1 (16.67%) HTML
3 1 (16.67%) Next.js
3 1 (16.67%) Node.js
3 1 (16.67%) React
3 1 (16.67%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Agile
1 6 (100.00%) DevOps
1 6 (100.00%) SEO
2 3 (50.00%) Acceptance Criteria
2 3 (50.00%) AI
2 3 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (50.00%) Microservices
2 3 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 3 (50.00%) Project Delivery
2 3 (50.00%) Scrum
2 3 (50.00%) SOA
3 2 (33.33%) Collaborative Working
3 2 (33.33%) CRM
3 2 (33.33%) Data Modelling
3 2 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 2 (33.33%) Digital Innovation
3 2 (33.33%) ITIL
3 2 (33.33%) Statistics
3 2 (33.33%) Unit Testing
4 1 (16.67%) Application Security
Programming Languages
1 4 (66.67%) TypeScript
2 3 (50.00%) C#
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) Python
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 2 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (50.00%) HMG Security Policy Framework
1 3 (50.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 4 (66.67%) Microsoft