Ahrefs
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Ahrefs products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Ahrefs over the 6 months to 6 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 710 1045 1070
Rank change year-on-year +335 +25 -316
Permanent jobs citing Ahrefs 20 29 26
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.037% 0.023% 0.020%
As % of the Vendors category 0.089% 0.057% 0.052%
Number of salaries quoted 20 28 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £32,500 £26,250 £26,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £27,500 £32,250
Median % change year-on-year +41.82% -14.73% +37.23%
75th Percentile £46,250 £35,938 £68,438
90th Percentile £55,250 £38,750 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £39,000 £27,500 £27,500
% change year-on-year +41.82% - +17.02%

All Vendors
UK

Ahrefs is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 22,493 51,075 50,183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 41.96% 41.13% 39.23%
Number of salaries quoted 16,472 30,030 33,277
10th Percentile £29,000 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £39,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £73,750 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £91,934 £95,000 £88,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £49,500 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -1.00% +5.26% +4.40%

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 6 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Ahrefs in the UK

Ahrefs
Top 10 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 6 December 2023. 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
UK excluding London +236 19 £39,000 +41.82% 22
Work from Home +282 10 £35,000 +7.69% 12
Scotland +63 10 £35,000 -12.50%
England +298 8 £39,000 +41.82% 30
Midlands +125 5 £39,000 +20.00% 5
East Midlands +60 5 £39,000 +20.00% 2
North of England +133 2 £50,000 +81.82% 12
Wales - 2 £47,500 - 1
Yorkshire - 2 £50,000 - 3
London +260 1 £57,500 +35.29% 10

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 1 (5.00%) CMS
1 1 (5.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (5.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 19 (95.00%) Google Analytics
2 2 (10.00%) Google Data Studio
3 1 (5.00%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (5.00%) Figma
3 1 (5.00%) Power Platform
3 1 (5.00%) WhatsApp
3 1 (5.00%) Zapier
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.00%) Mixpanel
1 1 (5.00%) Power BI
General
1 15 (75.00%) Marketing
2 10 (50.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 8 (40.00%) Social Skills
4 5 (25.00%) Brand Awareness
Job Titles
1 17 (85.00%) SEO Manager
2 1 (5.00%) Digital Product Owner
2 1 (5.00%) Head of SEO
2 1 (5.00%) Product Owner
2 1 (5.00%) SEO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (30.00%) CSS
1 6 (30.00%) HTML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Social Media
2 1 (5.00%) Educational Technology
2 1 (5.00%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (5.00%) Marketing Technology
2 1 (5.00%) Onboarding
2 1 (5.00%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (100.00%) Analytics
2 19 (95.00%) SEO
3 16 (80.00%) Link Building
4 15 (75.00%) Pay per click
5 10 (50.00%) Digital Marketing
6 7 (35.00%) Roadmaps
7 5 (25.00%) Content Analysis
7 5 (25.00%) Integrated Marketing
8 2 (10.00%) Development Roadmap
8 2 (10.00%) Web Analytics
9 1 (5.00%) Prototyping
9 1 (5.00%) User Experience
9 1 (5.00%) UX Design
9 1 (5.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (5.00%) PHP
Qualifications
1 5 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 19 (95.00%) Google
2 7 (35.00%) Screaming Frog
3 2 (10.00%) DeepCrawl
4 1 (5.00%) Adobe
4 1 (5.00%) Facebook
4 1 (5.00%) Instagram