Link Building Jobs

Link Building
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Link Building skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Link Building over the 6 months leading up to 28 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 682 874 955
Rank change year-on-year +192 +81 +278
Permanent jobs citing Link Building 29 36 9
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.053% 0.035% 0.009%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.057% 0.042% 0.010%
Number of salaries quoted 15 18 9
10th Percentile £26,900 £29,800 £37,900
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £35,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -36.36% -
75th Percentile £74,375 £37,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,500 £53,875 -
UK excluding London median annual salary £31,750 £35,000 £39,000
% change year-on-year -9.29% -10.26% -

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Link Building 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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 51,242 86,144 93,565
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 93.71% 84.33% 95.55%
Number of salaries quoted 25,211 60,433 55,406
10th Percentile £29,000 £29,250 £34,000
25th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% -9.84% +1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £92,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £51,645 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +3.29% -9.09% +4.76%

Link Building
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Link Building in the UK

Link Building
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Link Building.

Salary trend for Link Building in the UK

Link Building
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Link Building over the 6 months to 28 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Link Building in the UK

Link Building
Top 10 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Link Building within the UK over the 6 months to 28 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
England +150 27 £52,500 +50.00% 165
London +140 21 £70,000 +100.00% 43
Work from Home +113 17 £52,500 +50.00% 130
UK excluding London +165 6 £31,750 -9.29% 148
Midlands +55 4 £26,000 -42.22% 22
East Midlands +40 3 £26,000 - 12
South East +90 1 £40,000 +11.11% 40
West Midlands +58 1 £37,500 -16.67% 9
North of England +29 1 - - 41
North West -11 1 - - 23

Link Building
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 15 (51.72%) CMS
2 13 (44.83%) WordPress
3 6 (20.69%) Sitecore CMS
4 2 (6.90%) Drupal
4 2 (6.90%) Umbraco
5 1 (3.45%) Ethereum
Applications
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft Excel
1 6 (20.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Cloud Services
1 27 (93.10%) Google Analytics
2 8 (27.59%) Google Ads
3 2 (6.90%) Facebook Ads
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.24%) MySQL
2 1 (3.45%) Metadata
General
1 22 (75.86%) Marketing
2 18 (62.07%) Social Skills
3 12 (41.38%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (20.69%) Advertising
4 6 (20.69%) Presentation Skills
4 6 (20.69%) Publishing
5 5 (17.24%) Spanish Language
6 3 (10.34%) French Language
6 3 (10.34%) German Language
6 3 (10.34%) Greek Language
6 3 (10.34%) Italian Language
6 3 (10.34%) Romanian Language
7 2 (6.90%) Games
7 2 (6.90%) iGaming
7 2 (6.90%) Police
8 1 (3.45%) Retail
Job Titles
1 9 (31.03%) SEO Executive
1 9 (31.03%) SEO Specialist
2 7 (24.14%) SEO Manager
3 6 (20.69%) Digital Executive
4 4 (13.79%) Paid Search Specialist
5 2 (6.90%) Web Manager
6 1 (3.45%) Copywriter
6 1 (3.45%) SEO Copywriter
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (34.48%) HTML
2 9 (31.03%) CSS
3 5 (17.24%) XML
4 1 (3.45%) web3js
Miscellaneous
1 15 (51.72%) Blog
2 8 (27.59%) Analytical Mindset
2 8 (27.59%) Social Media
3 7 (24.14%) Algorithms
4 2 (6.90%) Online Games
4 2 (6.90%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (3.45%) Blockchain
5 1 (3.45%) Web3
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (100.00%) SEO
2 27 (93.10%) Analytics
3 15 (51.72%) Pay per click
4 11 (37.93%) Actionable Insight
5 8 (27.59%) GAP Analysis
6 6 (20.69%) Business Development
6 6 (20.69%) Content Writing
6 6 (20.69%) Digital Marketing
6 6 (20.69%) Paid Search
6 6 (20.69%) Social Commerce
7 5 (17.24%) B2C
7 5 (17.24%) Marketing Strategy
8 4 (13.79%) A/B Testing
8 4 (13.79%) Budget Management
8 4 (13.79%) Competitor Analysis
8 4 (13.79%) Content Strategy
8 4 (13.79%) Performance Metrics
9 3 (10.34%) E-Commerce
9 3 (10.34%) Performance Analysis
9 3 (10.34%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 5 (17.24%) PHP
2 2 (6.90%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) GDPR
2 1 (3.45%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 27 (93.10%) Google
2 23 (79.31%) Ahrefs
3 15 (51.72%) Screaming Frog
4 6 (20.69%) Microsoft
4 6 (20.69%) Salesforce
4 6 (20.69%) Sitecore
5 2 (6.90%) Facebook
5 2 (6.90%) Hotjar