SEO Specialist Jobs in the UK excluding London

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

The median Search Engine Optimisation Specialist (SEO Specialist) salary in the UK excluding London is £33,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 10 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 570 744 752
Rank change year-on-year +174 +8 +80
Permanent jobs requiring an SEO Specialist 10 14 10
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.026% 0.020% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.028% 0.021% 0.019%
Number of salaries quoted 7 7 10
10th Percentile - - £25,000
25th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.08% -7.14% +16.67%
75th Percentile £36,625 £35,625 £37,500
90th Percentile £39,300 £41,500 £38,000
UK median annual salary £36,000 £32,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year +10.77% -7.14% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 35,260 67,223 53,634
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 94.80% 89.17%
Number of salaries quoted 18,851 47,591 30,483
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,716 £35,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £50,000 £53,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -5.66% +6.00%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,750 £68,750
90th Percentile £78,000 £76,250 £81,250
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +9.52% -12.50% -

SEO Specialist
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings that featured SEO Specialist in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SEO Specialist in the UK excluding London

SEO Specialist
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SEO Specialist in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SEO Specialist in the UK excluding London

SEO Specialist
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 Specialist within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 10 May 2025. 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
Midlands +73 5 £27,000 -40.00% 3
East Midlands - 4 £27,000 -
East of England +42 2 £33,500 - 2
North of England - 2 - - 5
Yorkshire - 2 - -
West Midlands +56 1 £37,500 -16.67% 2
Scotland - 1 £38,000 - 1
SEO Specialist
UK

SEO Specialist Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 10 May 2025, SEO Specialist job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the UK excluding London region featuring SEO Specialist in the job title.

1 10 (100.00%) SEO
2 9 (90.00%) Marketing
3 7 (70.00%) Digital Marketing
4 6 (60.00%) Google
4 6 (60.00%) Algorithms
5 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
5 5 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (40.00%) Analytics
6 4 (40.00%) Competitor Analysis
6 4 (40.00%) Google Analytics
7 3 (30.00%) Website Architecture
7 3 (30.00%) HTML
7 3 (30.00%) CSS
7 3 (30.00%) Actionable Recommendations
7 3 (30.00%) GDPR
7 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
7 3 (30.00%) Paid Search
7 3 (30.00%) Ahrefs
8 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
8 2 (20.00%) Google Ads
8 2 (20.00%) Pay per click
8 2 (20.00%) Advertising
8 2 (20.00%) Link Building
9 1 (10.00%) Web Development
9 1 (10.00%) Retail
9 1 (10.00%) Finance

SEO Specialist Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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:

Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) Google Analytics
2 2 (20.00%) Google Ads
General
1 9 (90.00%) Marketing
2 5 (50.00%) Analytical Skills
3 2 (20.00%) Advertising
3 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
4 1 (10.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (30.00%) CSS
1 3 (30.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 6 (60.00%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (100.00%) SEO
2 7 (70.00%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (50.00%) Actionable Insight
4 4 (40.00%) Analytics
4 4 (40.00%) Competitor Analysis
5 3 (30.00%) Paid Search
5 3 (30.00%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (30.00%) Website Architecture
6 2 (20.00%) Link Building
6 2 (20.00%) Pay per click
7 1 (10.00%) Web Development
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (30.00%) Actionable Recommendations
1 3 (30.00%) GDPR
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Google
2 3 (30.00%) Ahrefs