SEO Jobs in England

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for SEO skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited SEO over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 476 559 477
Rank change year-on-year +83 -82 -42
Permanent jobs citing SEO 397 387 1,055
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.45% 0.45% 0.75%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.47% 0.79%
Number of salaries quoted 339 257 535
10th Percentile £25,500 £28,700 £26,250
25th Percentile £29,000 £37,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £36,000 £42,500 £44,850
Median % change year-on-year -15.29% -5.24% -0.33%
75th Percentile £49,232 £53,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £59,500 £73,750 £77,500
UK median annual salary £36,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year -15.29% -10.53% +9.20%

All Process and Methodology Skills
England

SEO is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 74,781 82,738 134,313
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 84.16% 95.57% 95.95%
Number of salaries quoted 54,521 49,312 73,714
10th Percentile £29,000 £34,329 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £46,000 £44,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%
75th Percentile £72,500 £82,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £93,750 £102,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £61,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -9.84% +1.67% +9.09%

SEO
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing SEO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for SEO in England

SEO
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SEO in England.

Salary trend for SEO in England

SEO
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing SEO in England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for SEO in England

SEO
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the England region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. 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
North of England +114 95 £35,000 -17.65% 102
London +31 92 £45,000 - 100
South East -12 89 £32,500 -23.53% 51
North West +62 67 £35,000 -9.44% 56
Midlands +40 58 £34,500 -18.82% 50
West Midlands +43 38 £30,000 -29.41% 23
South West -10 34 £35,000 -7.89% 22
East of England +8 29 £33,500 +21.82% 25
Yorkshire +88 20 £35,000 -53.33% 32
East Midlands -3 20 £40,000 - 29
North East -5 8 £30,000 - 14
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UK

SEO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 87 (21.91%) CMS
2 66 (16.62%) WordPress
3 8 (2.02%) Umbraco
4 6 (1.51%) Drupal
4 6 (1.51%) Joomla!
5 4 (1.01%) IIS
6 3 (0.76%) Adobe Experience Manager
6 3 (0.76%) Confluence
6 3 (0.76%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.76%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.76%) Orchard CMS
7 2 (0.50%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.25%) EPiServer
Applications
1 28 (7.05%) Microsoft Office
2 18 (4.53%) Microsoft Excel
2 18 (4.53%) Photoshop
3 11 (2.77%) Adobe Illustrator
4 10 (2.52%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 9 (2.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 9 (2.27%) Trello
6 8 (2.02%) Adobe XD
7 2 (0.50%) Elementor
7 2 (0.50%) FileZilla
7 2 (0.50%) Sketch
7 2 (0.50%) Spreadsheet
8 1 (0.25%) CapCut
8 1 (0.25%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 18 (4.53%) Magento
1 18 (4.53%) Shopify
2 7 (1.76%) Payment Gateway
3 3 (0.76%) Sage 200
4 1 (0.25%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 110 (27.71%) Google Analytics
2 26 (6.55%) Google Ads
3 16 (4.03%) Azure
3 16 (4.03%) Azure DevOps
4 12 (3.02%) Google Tag Manager
5 10 (2.52%) Figma
6 8 (2.02%) Adobe Analytics
6 8 (2.02%) AWS
6 8 (2.02%) Canva
7 6 (1.51%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 6 (1.51%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.51%) npm
8 5 (1.26%) GitHub
8 5 (1.26%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.26%) SaaS
9 4 (1.01%) ChatGPT
9 4 (1.01%) Google Sheets
9 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Advertising
10 3 (0.76%) Google Data Studio
10 3 (0.76%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.51%) VoIP
2 4 (1.01%) Internet
3 3 (0.76%) Intranet
4 2 (0.50%) FTP
4 2 (0.50%) SNA
5 1 (0.25%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (6.30%) MySQL
2 12 (3.02%) Looker
3 11 (2.77%) SQL Server
4 5 (1.26%) Power BI
4 5 (1.26%) Tableau
5 4 (1.01%) Metadata
6 2 (0.50%) Amazon Aurora
6 2 (0.50%) Amazon Redshift
6 2 (0.50%) MariaDB
6 2 (0.50%) Redis
7 1 (0.25%) Data Lake
7 1 (0.25%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.25%) Mixpanel
7 1 (0.25%) MS Access
7 1 (0.25%) NoSQL
7 1 (0.25%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.25%) Power Query
7 1 (0.25%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 40 (10.08%) Git
2 18 (4.53%) JIRA
3 10 (2.52%) gulp
4 6 (1.51%) Jenkins
5 3 (0.76%) Team Foundation Server
6 2 (0.50%) Cypress.io
6 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio
6 2 (0.50%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.25%) ESLint
7 1 (0.25%) Octopus Deploy
7 1 (0.25%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.25%) Storybook
7 1 (0.25%) Vite
7 1 (0.25%) YouTrack
General
1 269 (67.76%) Marketing
2 128 (32.24%) Social Skills
3 69 (17.38%) Analytical Skills
4 48 (12.09%) Organisational Skills
5 42 (10.58%) Advertising
6 37 (9.32%) Finance
7 23 (5.79%) Retail
8 19 (4.79%) Games
9 16 (4.03%) Publishing
10 12 (3.02%) French Language
11 10 (2.52%) Presentation Skills
12 9 (2.27%) Multimedia
13 8 (2.02%) Banking
14 6 (1.51%) Automotive
14 6 (1.51%) Brand Awareness
14 6 (1.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
14 6 (1.51%) Law
14 6 (1.51%) Legal
15 5 (1.26%) iGaming
15 5 (1.26%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 96 (24.18%) Developer
2 30 (7.56%) Web Developer
3 29 (7.30%) Senior
4 27 (6.80%) PHP Developer
5 25 (6.30%) SEO Manager
6 21 (5.29%) Administrator
6 21 (5.29%) Full Stack Developer
7 20 (5.04%) Web Administrator
8 19 (4.79%) E-Commerce Administrator
8 19 (4.79%) SEO Specialist
9 18 (4.53%) Content Manager
9 18 (4.53%) Copywriter
9 18 (4.53%) Lead
10 17 (4.28%) Analyst
10 17 (4.28%) Digital Executive
10 17 (4.28%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 16 (4.03%) Lead Developer
11 16 (4.03%) SEO Executive
11 16 (4.03%) Web Manager
12 15 (3.78%) E-Commerce Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (35.01%) HTML
2 124 (31.23%) CSS
3 35 (8.82%) Sass
4 30 (7.56%) .NET
5 26 (6.55%) React
6 25 (6.30%) HTML5
7 23 (5.79%) jQuery
8 18 (4.53%) Vue
9 16 (4.03%) Laravel
10 15 (3.78%) JSON
10 15 (3.78%) Node.js
11 14 (3.53%) .NET Core
11 14 (3.53%) CSS3
12 12 (3.02%) LESS
12 12 (3.02%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 11 (2.77%) AngularJS
14 10 (2.52%) Electron
14 10 (2.52%) Tailwind CSS
15 9 (2.27%) Next.js
16 8 (2.02%) Ajax
Miscellaneous
1 108 (27.20%) Social Media
2 64 (16.12%) Blog
3 37 (9.32%) Self-Motivation
4 24 (6.05%) Algorithms
5 19 (4.79%) Graphic Design
6 11 (2.77%) Video Editing
7 10 (2.52%) Digital Media
8 9 (2.27%) Management Information System
8 9 (2.27%) Onboarding
9 8 (2.02%) Mobile App
10 7 (1.76%) Analytical Mindset
11 6 (1.51%) Photography
12 5 (1.26%) Marketing Technology
13 4 (1.01%) FMCG
13 4 (1.01%) NHS
14 3 (0.76%) Animation
14 3 (0.76%) e-Learning
15 2 (0.50%) Data Structures
15 2 (0.50%) EPoS
15 2 (0.50%) Taxonomies
Operating Systems
1 8 (2.02%) Windows
2 7 (1.76%) Linux
3 3 (0.76%) VMS
3 3 (0.76%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 171 (43.07%) Analytics
2 128 (32.24%) E-Commerce
3 124 (31.23%) Digital Marketing
4 121 (30.48%) User Experience
5 78 (19.65%) Web Development
6 75 (18.89%) Problem-Solving
7 69 (17.38%) Project Management
8 61 (15.37%) Pay per click
9 55 (13.85%) Marketing Strategy
10 52 (13.10%) Content Management
11 43 (10.83%) Front End Development
12 42 (10.58%) A/B Testing
12 42 (10.58%) B2B
13 40 (10.08%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
14 36 (9.07%) Link Building
15 34 (8.56%) Content Strategy
15 34 (8.56%) Content Writing
16 30 (7.56%) Full Stack Development
17 28 (7.05%) Email Marketing
18 27 (6.80%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 99 (24.94%) JavaScript
2 55 (13.85%) PHP
3 23 (5.79%) SQL
4 22 (5.54%) C#
5 6 (1.51%) TypeScript
6 4 (1.01%) Python
7 3 (0.76%) JSX
7 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
7 3 (0.76%) VBA
8 2 (0.50%) Dart
9 1 (0.25%) Java
Qualifications
1 77 (19.40%) Degree
2 15 (3.78%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (1.76%) DBS Check
4 6 (1.51%) HND
5 3 (0.76%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.25%) CIPD
6 1 (0.25%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.25%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 26 (6.55%) Accessibility
2 21 (5.29%) QA
3 9 (2.27%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (1.51%) GDPR
5 1 (0.25%) Data Quality
System Software
1 9 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.25%) Plesk
Vendors
1 142 (35.77%) Google
2 52 (13.10%) Adobe
3 35 (8.82%) Microsoft
4 23 (5.79%) Ahrefs
5 17 (4.28%) Screaming Frog
5 17 (4.28%) WooCommerce
6 10 (2.52%) Facebook
7 8 (2.02%) HubSpot
8 7 (1.76%) Twitter
9 5 (1.26%) Glassbox
10 4 (1.01%) dotdigital
10 4 (1.01%) Hotjar
10 4 (1.01%) Instagram
10 4 (1.01%) Progress
10 4 (1.01%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.76%) Hootsuite
11 3 (0.76%) Sage
12 2 (0.50%) Optimizely
13 1 (0.25%) Qubit
13 1 (0.25%) YouTube