SEO Job Trends in Watford

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Hertfordshire > Watford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Watford requiring SEO skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 22 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 30 - 33
Rank change year-on-year - - +33
Permanent jobs citing SEO 6 0 7
As % of all permanent jobs in Watford 1.89% - 2.47%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.38% - 3.03%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 7
10th Percentile - - £29,650
25th Percentile £33,750 - £30,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 - £33,500
75th Percentile £41,250 - £36,875
90th Percentile - - £49,700
Hertfordshire median annual salary £37,500 £45,000 £33,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +34.33% +21.82%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Watford

SEO 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 in Watford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 252 140 231
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Watford 79.50% 92.11% 81.63%
Number of salaries quoted 180 74 171
10th Percentile £26,000 £36,250 £26,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £68,750 £51,734 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +32.89% +3.47% -16.67%
75th Percentile £80,000 £64,875 £63,750
90th Percentile £95,500 £78,375 £77,500
Hertfordshire median annual salary £55,000 £57,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -3.51% +3.64% -4.35%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Watford

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing SEO relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Watford.

SEO job vacancy trend in Watford

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Salary Trend in Watford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing SEO.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Watford citing SEO

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Watford 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) CMS
2 1 (16.67%) Confluence
Cloud Services
1 5 (83.33%) Google Analytics
2 4 (66.67%) Google Ads
3 1 (16.67%) Adobe Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) Contentsquare
3 1 (16.67%) Figma
3 1 (16.67%) SAP Commerce Cloud
Communications & Networking
1 1 (16.67%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (66.67%) Metadata
General
1 5 (83.33%) Marketing
2 2 (33.33%) Legal
2 2 (33.33%) Social Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Games
3 1 (16.67%) German Language
3 1 (16.67%) Influencing Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) SEO Specialist
2 1 (16.67%) Content Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Content Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Digital Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Content Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Digital Content Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Digital Designer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (83.33%) HTML
2 4 (66.67%) CSS
Miscellaneous
1 4 (66.67%) Algorithms
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Analytics
2 5 (83.33%) AI
3 4 (66.67%) Copywriting
3 4 (66.67%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (66.67%) Link Building
3 4 (66.67%) Online Marketing
3 4 (66.67%) Paid Search
3 4 (66.67%) Pay per click
4 2 (33.33%) Continuous Improvement
4 2 (33.33%) Roadmaps
5 1 (16.67%) A/B Testing
5 1 (16.67%) Agile
5 1 (16.67%) Content Management
5 1 (16.67%) Decision-Making
5 1 (16.67%) E-Commerce
5 1 (16.67%) Funnel Analysis
5 1 (16.67%) Mentoring
5 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
5 1 (16.67%) Personalization
5 1 (16.67%) User Experience
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) GDPR
2 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) WCAG
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Google
2 1 (16.67%) Adobe