Ahrefs
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of Ahrefs products and/or services. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Ahrefs over the 6 months leading up to 8 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Ahrefs.

6 months to
8 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 751 710 1044
Rank change year-on-year -41 +334 +12
Permanent jobs citing Ahrefs 15 20 30
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.022% 0.038% 0.024%
As % of the Vendors category 0.062% 0.090% 0.059%
Number of salaries quoted 4 20 29
10th Percentile £31,875 - -
25th Percentile £40,313 £32,500 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £39,000 £27,500
Median % change year-on-year +28.21% +41.82% -14.73%
75th Percentile £55,000 £46,250 £38,750
90th Percentile - £55,250 £39,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £39,000 £27,500
% change year-on-year +28.21% +41.82% -

All Vendors
UK

Ahrefs falls under the Vendor Products and Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring knowledge or experience of all vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 24,118 22,101 50,518
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 34.77% 41.71% 41.13%
Number of salaries quoted 11,668 16,229 29,679
10th Percentile £31,500 £29,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £39,942 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £56,252 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.28% -4.35% +4.55%
75th Percentile £76,000 £73,750 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £91,934 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £49,290 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.44% -1.42% +5.26%

Ahrefs
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Ahrefs as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Ahrefs in the UK

Ahrefs
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Ahrefs.

Salary trend for Ahrefs in the UK

Ahrefs
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Ahrefs over the 6 months to 8 December 2024.

Salary histogram for Ahrefs in the UK

Ahrefs
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Ahrefs within the UK over the 6 months to 8 December 2024. 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
England -51 14 £50,000 +28.21% 26
London -5 9 £50,000 -13.04% 7
Work from Home +4 7 £50,000 +42.86% 15
North of England -30 5 £50,000 - 3
UK excluding London -86 5 £50,000 +28.21% 22
North West - 5 £50,000 - 3

Ahrefs
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 9 (60.00%) CMS
2 5 (33.33%) WordPress
3 4 (26.67%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft Excel
1 4 (26.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 12 (80.00%) Google Analytics
2 5 (33.33%) Google Ads
3 1 (6.67%) Google Tag Manager
3 1 (6.67%) MailChimp
General
1 11 (73.33%) Marketing
2 9 (60.00%) Social Skills
3 6 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (26.67%) Advertising
4 4 (26.67%) Presentation Skills
4 4 (26.67%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 7 (46.67%) SEO Executive
2 5 (33.33%) Digital Executive
3 4 (26.67%) Paid Search Specialist
3 4 (26.67%) SEO Specialist
4 3 (20.00%) SEO Manager
5 1 (6.67%) Digital Marketing Executive
5 1 (6.67%) Marketing Executive
5 1 (6.67%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (46.67%) CSS
1 7 (46.67%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) Analytical Mindset
1 4 (26.67%) Blog
1 4 (26.67%) Social Media
2 3 (20.00%) Algorithms
3 2 (13.33%) Data Protection Act
4 1 (6.67%) Online Gambling
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) SEO
2 12 (80.00%) Analytics
3 11 (73.33%) Link Building
4 9 (60.00%) Pay per click
5 8 (53.33%) Actionable Insight
6 4 (26.67%) B2C
6 4 (26.67%) Budget Management
6 4 (26.67%) Business Development
6 4 (26.67%) Content Writing
6 4 (26.67%) GAP Analysis
6 4 (26.67%) Marketing Strategy
6 4 (26.67%) Paid Search
6 4 (26.67%) Performance Metrics
6 4 (26.67%) Social Commerce
7 3 (20.00%) Time Management
8 2 (13.33%) Data Protection
8 2 (13.33%) Web Development
9 1 (6.67%) Digital Marketing
9 1 (6.67%) E-Commerce
Vendors
1 15 (100.00%) Google
2 8 (53.33%) Screaming Frog
3 4 (26.67%) Microsoft
3 4 (26.67%) Salesforce
3 4 (26.67%) Sitecore