SEO Jobs in the West Midlands

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands requiring SEO skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited SEO over the 6 months leading up to 31 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 177 215 252
Rank change year-on-year +38 +37 0
Permanent jobs citing SEO 20 38 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.48% 0.48% 0.084%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.52% 0.59% 0.087%
Number of salaries quoted 14 31 5
10th Percentile £29,350 £25,750 £37,250
25th Percentile £34,375 £26,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,750 £30,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year +29.17% -29.41% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £40,000 £46,250
90th Percentile - £47,500 £50,000
England median annual salary £40,000 £36,270 £42,500
% change year-on-year +10.29% -14.66% -5.24%

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

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 the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 3,814 6,401 5,757
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 91.20% 81.10% 96.77%
Number of salaries quoted 1,573 4,665 3,155
10th Percentile £28,822 £26,350 £30,602
25th Percentile £37,000 £35,700 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -4.76% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% -12.00% +4.17%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing SEO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for SEO in the West Midlands

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Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SEO in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for SEO in the West Midlands

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Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 31 May 2025.

Salary histogram for SEO in the West Midlands

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Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 31 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
Staffordshire +14 4 £34,000 +29.52% 7
Birmingham +34 3 - - 21
Warwickshire 0 3 £37,500 +30.43% 4
Willenhall - 3 £45,000 -
West Bromwich - 2 - -
Shropshire +10 1 £65,000 +145.28% 5
Coventry - 1 £45,000 - 3
Halesowen - 1 £37,500 -
Stourbridge - 1 - - 1
SEO
England

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 4 (20.00%) CMS
2 1 (5.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 3 (15.00%) Microsoft Excel
2 2 (10.00%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 2 (10.00%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 6 (30.00%) Shopify
2 2 (10.00%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 7 (35.00%) Google Analytics
2 4 (20.00%) MailChimp
2 4 (20.00%) Power Platform
2 4 (20.00%) SaaS
3 3 (15.00%) Facebook Ads
3 3 (15.00%) Google Ads
4 2 (10.00%) Canva
4 2 (10.00%) Google Data Studio
5 1 (5.00%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (5.00%) Google Sheets
5 1 (5.00%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 2 (10.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (20.00%) Power BI
2 3 (15.00%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 2 (10.00%) JIRA
General
1 17 (85.00%) Marketing
2 14 (70.00%) Social Skills
3 8 (40.00%) Advertising
3 8 (40.00%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (30.00%) Retail
5 4 (20.00%) Automotive
5 4 (20.00%) Public Sector
6 3 (15.00%) Brand Awareness
6 3 (15.00%) Dutch Language
6 3 (15.00%) Finance
6 3 (15.00%) French Language
6 3 (15.00%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (5.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (5.00%) Law
Job Titles
1 5 (25.00%) Marketing Executive
2 4 (20.00%) E-Commerce Manager
3 3 (15.00%) Web Manager
4 2 (10.00%) E-Commerce Executive
4 2 (10.00%) Product Owner
5 1 (5.00%) Digital Marketer
5 1 (5.00%) Head of Digital
5 1 (5.00%) Head of ICT
5 1 (5.00%) SEO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (25.00%) CSS
1 5 (25.00%) HTML
2 1 (5.00%) EDI
Miscellaneous
1 5 (25.00%) Social Media
2 4 (20.00%) Product Ownership
3 1 (5.00%) Algorithms
3 1 (5.00%) Driving Licence
3 1 (5.00%) Taxonomies
3 1 (5.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (80.00%) Digital Marketing
2 15 (75.00%) Pay per click
3 12 (60.00%) Analytics
4 10 (50.00%) Marketing Strategy
5 9 (45.00%) E-Commerce
6 8 (40.00%) B2B
6 8 (40.00%) User Experience
7 7 (35.00%) Problem-Solving
8 6 (30.00%) Customer Engagement
8 6 (30.00%) Digital Strategy
8 6 (30.00%) Email Marketing
9 5 (25.00%) Logistics
10 4 (20.00%) Competitor Analysis
10 4 (20.00%) Project Management
10 4 (20.00%) Web Development
11 3 (15.00%) B2C
11 3 (15.00%) Continuous Improvement
11 3 (15.00%) Data Analytics
11 3 (15.00%) Product Marketing
11 3 (15.00%) Search Engine Marketing
Qualifications
1 2 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (15.00%) Actionable Recommendations
Vendors
1 10 (50.00%) Google
2 5 (25.00%) Facebook
3 2 (10.00%) Ahrefs
3 2 (10.00%) Hotjar
3 2 (10.00%) Instagram
3 2 (10.00%) Optimizely
3 2 (10.00%) WooCommerce
3 2 (10.00%) Zoho
4 1 (5.00%) Microsoft