SEO Jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH Options

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent remote or hybrid work 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 15 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 277 409 470
Rank change year-on-year +132 +61 -96
Permanent jobs citing SEO 192 188 198
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 1.07% 0.56% 0.48%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 1.13% 0.61% 0.50%
Number of salaries quoted 94 173 163
10th Percentile £28,300 £25,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £31,563 £28,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £37,500 £44,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.67% -15.73% -7.30%
75th Percentile £69,688 £48,750 £58,750
90th Percentile £72,000 £74,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £41,500 £36,539 £42,500
% change year-on-year +13.58% -14.03% -10.53%

All Process and Methodology Skills
Work from Home

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 with remote or hybrid options requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 16,979 30,765 39,361
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 94.19% 91.36% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 9,664 23,348 27,351
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,750 £37,500
25th Percentile £43,231 £42,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -8.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £102,500 £95,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £61,180
% change year-on-year +4.55% -10.10% +1.97%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with remote working options citing SEO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

SEO trend for jobs with Hybrid/Remote/WFH options

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Salary Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average salary quoted in job vacancies with remote working options citing SEO.

SEO salary trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Salary Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Salary distribution for jobs with remote working options citing SEO over the 6 months to 15 May 2025.

SEO salary histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities with WFH Options 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 73 (38.02%) CMS
2 35 (18.23%) WordPress
3 11 (5.73%) Drupal
4 10 (5.21%) Umbraco
5 9 (4.69%) Kentico
6 7 (3.65%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (1.04%) IIS
8 1 (0.52%) Ethereum
8 1 (0.52%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 14 (7.29%) Photoshop
2 9 (4.69%) Microsoft Excel
2 9 (4.69%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 5 (2.60%) Adobe Premiere
3 5 (2.60%) Adobe XD
4 4 (2.08%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 4 (2.08%) Sketch
5 3 (1.56%) Adobe Illustrator
5 3 (1.56%) Trello
6 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Project
6 2 (1.04%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 5 (2.60%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (1.56%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 62 (32.29%) Google Analytics
2 15 (7.81%) SaaS
3 10 (5.21%) Google Ads
4 9 (4.69%) Figma
4 9 (4.69%) Kontent
5 7 (3.65%) Google Sheets
6 6 (3.13%) Canva
7 5 (2.60%) GitHub
8 4 (2.08%) Adobe Analytics
8 4 (2.08%) Google Docs
8 4 (2.08%) Google Tag Manager
8 4 (2.08%) Miro
8 4 (2.08%) Slack
9 3 (1.56%) Asana
9 3 (1.56%) BigCommerce
9 3 (1.56%) ClickUp
9 3 (1.56%) Facebook Ads
9 3 (1.56%) Storyblok
10 2 (1.04%) MailChimp
10 2 (1.04%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.08%) Intranet
2 1 (0.52%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (4.69%) Looker
2 4 (2.08%) Data Mining
3 2 (1.04%) MySQL
4 1 (0.52%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.52%) Metadata
4 1 (0.52%) MongoDB
4 1 (0.52%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (0.52%) SQL Server
4 1 (0.52%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 16 (8.33%) Bazaar
2 15 (7.81%) JIRA
3 10 (5.21%) Git
4 3 (1.56%) Jasmine
4 3 (1.56%) Mocha
4 3 (1.56%) PHPUnit
4 3 (1.56%) Vite
4 3 (1.56%) webpack
5 1 (0.52%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.52%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 123 (64.06%) Marketing
2 79 (41.15%) Social Skills
3 47 (24.48%) Analytical Skills
4 25 (13.02%) Advertising
5 24 (12.50%) Retail
6 23 (11.98%) Publishing
7 21 (10.94%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 15 (7.81%) Legal
9 14 (7.29%) Organisational Skills
10 11 (5.73%) Finance
11 9 (4.69%) Presentation Skills
12 8 (4.17%) Automotive
13 6 (3.13%) Law
14 5 (2.60%) Brand Awareness
14 5 (2.60%) Games
14 5 (2.60%) Influencing Skills
15 4 (2.08%) Banking
15 4 (2.08%) Multimedia
16 3 (1.56%) Dutch Language
16 3 (1.56%) French Language
Job Titles
1 21 (10.94%) Senior
2 16 (8.33%) Developer
3 15 (7.81%) Marketing Executive
3 15 (7.81%) Web Manager
4 12 (6.25%) Digital Executive
5 11 (5.73%) Designer
5 11 (5.73%) Marketing Manager
5 11 (5.73%) SEO Executive
6 9 (4.69%) Analyst
6 9 (4.69%) Project Manager
6 9 (4.69%) SEO Manager
6 9 (4.69%) SEO Specialist
6 9 (4.69%) Web Project Manager
7 8 (4.17%) Content Designer
7 8 (4.17%) Product Owner
7 8 (4.17%) Senior Analyst
8 7 (3.65%) Lead
9 6 (3.13%) Development Manager
9 6 (3.13%) Digital Project Manager
9 6 (3.13%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (21.88%) HTML
2 36 (18.75%) CSS
3 13 (6.77%) React
4 9 (4.69%) CSS3
4 9 (4.69%) HTML5
4 9 (4.69%) Vue
5 6 (3.13%) AngularJS
5 6 (3.13%) Node.js
6 5 (2.60%) JSON
7 4 (2.08%) .NET
7 4 (2.08%) Jest
7 4 (2.08%) jQuery
8 3 (1.56%) Ajax
8 3 (1.56%) ASP.NET
8 3 (1.56%) LESS
8 3 (1.56%) Sass
8 3 (1.56%) Web Services
9 2 (1.04%) KnockoutJS
9 2 (1.04%) REST
9 2 (1.04%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 43 (22.40%) Social Media
2 29 (15.10%) Blog
3 22 (11.46%) Algorithms
4 20 (10.42%) Product Ownership
5 9 (4.69%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (3.65%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.65%) Marketing Technology
7 5 (2.60%) Driving Licence
8 4 (2.08%) BBC
9 3 (1.56%) Graphic Design
9 3 (1.56%) Virtual Team
10 2 (1.04%) Mobile App
10 2 (1.04%) Onboarding
10 2 (1.04%) Online Games
10 2 (1.04%) Podcast
10 2 (1.04%) Self-Motivation
10 2 (1.04%) Video Editing
10 2 (1.04%) W3C
11 1 (0.52%) Digital Media
11 1 (0.52%) EPoS
Processes & Methodologies
1 93 (48.44%) Analytics
2 69 (35.94%) Digital Marketing
3 48 (25.00%) E-Commerce
4 46 (23.96%) Pay per click
5 39 (20.31%) CRM
5 39 (20.31%) Roadmaps
6 37 (19.27%) User Experience
7 34 (17.71%) Problem-Solving
7 34 (17.71%) Web Development
8 33 (17.19%) Content Management
9 32 (16.67%) B2B
10 31 (16.15%) Content Strategy
10 31 (16.15%) Project Management
11 24 (12.50%) Actionable Insight
12 21 (10.94%) Data Privacy
13 20 (10.42%) Copywriting
13 20 (10.42%) Marketing Strategy
13 20 (10.42%) Strategic Thinking
14 19 (9.90%) Agile
15 18 (9.38%) Link Building
Programming Languages
1 22 (11.46%) JavaScript
2 7 (3.65%) PHP
2 7 (3.65%) Python
3 5 (2.60%) R
3 5 (2.60%) SQL
4 4 (2.08%) C#
5 2 (1.04%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 21 (10.94%) Degree
2 6 (3.13%) DBS Check
3 2 (1.04%) BPSS Clearance
3 2 (1.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.04%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (21.88%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.65%) Actionable Recommendations
2 7 (3.65%) WCAG
3 5 (2.60%) GDPR
4 1 (0.52%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.52%) QA
System Software
1 3 (1.56%) Docker
2 1 (0.52%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (0.52%) cPanel
1 1 (0.52%) Kubernetes
1 1 (0.52%) Matomo
Vendors
1 91 (47.40%) Google
2 25 (13.02%) Ahrefs
2 25 (13.02%) Microsoft
3 22 (11.46%) Screaming Frog
4 12 (6.25%) Adobe
4 12 (6.25%) Salesforce
5 11 (5.73%) Hotjar
6 7 (3.65%) Sitecore
7 6 (3.13%) Instagram
8 5 (2.60%) Facebook
9 4 (2.08%) Intel
9 4 (2.08%) JD Edwards
9 4 (2.08%) TikTok
9 4 (2.08%) WooCommerce
10 3 (1.56%) HubSpot
10 3 (1.56%) SAP
10 3 (1.56%) YouTube
11 2 (1.04%) Hootsuite
11 2 (1.04%) Mercator
11 2 (1.04%) Zoho