SEO Jobs in the UK excluding London

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 468 558 440
Rank change year-on-year +90 -118 -47
Permanent jobs citing SEO 322 203 522
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.44% 0.35% 0.71%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.53% 0.37% 0.75%
Number of salaries quoted 278 163 368
10th Percentile £25,000 £26,250 £24,250
25th Percentile £28,000 £34,894 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - -
75th Percentile £43,750 £47,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £52,500 £52,200 £68,750
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
UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 61,033 55,511 69,479
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 82.47% 95.56% 94.27%
Number of salaries quoted 42,006 28,806 41,464
10th Percentile £27,336 £30,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +9.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,500 £80,000
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 the UK excluding London

Job postings citing SEO as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for SEO in the UK excluding London

SEO
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing SEO in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for SEO in the UK excluding London

SEO
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

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

Salary histogram for SEO in the UK excluding London

SEO
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SEO within the UK excluding London 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% 103
South East -12 89 £32,500 -23.53% 51
North West +62 67 £35,000 -9.44% 57
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
Scotland -67 11 £38,750 -3.13% 7
North East -5 8 £30,000 - 14
Wales +2 3 £32,000 -21.48% 4
Northern Ireland - 3 £33,500 - 1
SEO
UK

SEO
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 65 (20.19%) CMS
2 59 (18.32%) WordPress
3 7 (2.17%) Umbraco
4 6 (1.86%) Drupal
4 6 (1.86%) Joomla!
5 4 (1.24%) IIS
6 3 (0.93%) Confluence
6 3 (0.93%) Headless CMS
6 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (0.93%) Orchard CMS
7 2 (0.62%) Apache Spark
8 1 (0.31%) Adobe Experience Manager
Applications
1 14 (4.35%) Microsoft Excel
2 13 (4.04%) Photoshop
3 10 (3.11%) Adobe Illustrator
3 10 (3.11%) Microsoft Office
4 8 (2.48%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 7 (2.17%) Adobe XD
5 7 (2.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 4 (1.24%) Trello
7 2 (0.62%) FileZilla
8 1 (0.31%) CapCut
8 1 (0.31%) Elementor
8 1 (0.31%) InDesign
8 1 (0.31%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 16 (4.97%) Magento
2 10 (3.11%) Shopify
3 7 (2.17%) Payment Gateway
4 3 (0.93%) Sage 200
Cloud Services
1 79 (24.53%) Google Analytics
2 18 (5.59%) Google Ads
3 14 (4.35%) Azure
3 14 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
4 9 (2.80%) AWS
5 8 (2.48%) Adobe Analytics
5 8 (2.48%) Canva
5 8 (2.48%) Figma
6 7 (2.17%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 7 (2.17%) Google Tag Manager
7 6 (1.86%) Cloud Computing
7 6 (1.86%) Google Data Studio
7 6 (1.86%) npm
8 5 (1.55%) ChatGPT
9 4 (1.24%) GitHub
9 4 (1.24%) Power Platform
10 3 (0.93%) MailChimp
10 3 (0.93%) Microsoft Advertising
10 3 (0.93%) SaaS
10 3 (0.93%) Storyblok
Communications & Networking
1 6 (1.86%) VoIP
2 4 (1.24%) Internet
3 3 (0.93%) Intranet
4 2 (0.62%) FTP
5 1 (0.31%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (8.07%) MySQL
2 15 (4.66%) Looker
3 10 (3.11%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.24%) Power BI
4 4 (1.24%) Tableau
5 2 (0.62%) Amazon Aurora
5 2 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
5 2 (0.62%) MariaDB
5 2 (0.62%) Metadata
5 2 (0.62%) Redis
6 1 (0.31%) Data Lake
6 1 (0.31%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.31%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 33 (10.25%) Git
2 10 (3.11%) gulp
2 10 (3.11%) JIRA
3 6 (1.86%) Jenkins
4 3 (0.93%) Team Foundation Server
5 2 (0.62%) Cypress.io
5 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio
5 2 (0.62%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.31%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.31%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.31%) ESLint
6 1 (0.31%) Octopus Deploy
6 1 (0.31%) PHPUnit
6 1 (0.31%) Storybook
6 1 (0.31%) Vite
6 1 (0.31%) YouTrack
General
1 224 (69.57%) Marketing
2 112 (34.78%) Social Skills
3 57 (17.70%) Analytical Skills
4 32 (9.94%) Organisational Skills
5 29 (9.01%) Advertising
6 19 (5.90%) Games
7 17 (5.28%) Finance
8 10 (3.11%) Retail
9 8 (2.48%) Multimedia
10 6 (1.86%) Automotive
10 6 (1.86%) Brand Awareness
10 6 (1.86%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 6 (1.86%) Presentation Skills
11 5 (1.55%) iGaming
11 5 (1.55%) Law
11 5 (1.55%) Publishing
11 5 (1.55%) Telecoms
12 4 (1.24%) Manufacturing
13 3 (0.93%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.62%) Billing
Job Titles
1 85 (26.40%) Developer
2 29 (9.01%) PHP Developer
3 27 (8.39%) Web Developer
4 25 (7.76%) Senior
5 20 (6.21%) Administrator
5 20 (6.21%) SEO Manager
5 20 (6.21%) Web Administrator
6 18 (5.59%) E-Commerce Administrator
6 18 (5.59%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 18 (5.59%) SEO Executive
7 17 (5.28%) SEO Specialist
8 16 (4.97%) Digital Executive
9 14 (4.35%) Full Stack Developer
10 13 (4.04%) Analyst
10 13 (4.04%) Copywriter
11 11 (3.42%) WordPress Developer
12 10 (3.11%) Content Manager
12 10 (3.11%) Lead
13 9 (2.80%) Junior
13 9 (2.80%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 115 (35.71%) HTML
2 104 (32.30%) CSS
3 33 (10.25%) Sass
4 26 (8.07%) jQuery
5 23 (7.14%) .NET
5 23 (7.14%) React
6 19 (5.90%) HTML5
7 15 (4.66%) JSON
7 15 (4.66%) Vue
8 14 (4.35%) Node.js
9 13 (4.04%) Laravel
10 12 (3.73%) LESS
10 12 (3.73%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 11 (3.42%) CSS3
12 10 (3.11%) AngularJS
12 10 (3.11%) Electron
13 9 (2.80%) Tailwind CSS
14 8 (2.48%) Ajax
14 8 (2.48%) Next.js
15 7 (2.17%) .NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 76 (23.60%) Social Media
2 62 (19.25%) Blog
3 35 (10.87%) Self-Motivation
4 23 (7.14%) Algorithms
5 15 (4.66%) Graphic Design
6 7 (2.17%) Digital Media
7 6 (1.86%) Mobile App
8 5 (1.55%) Analytical Mindset
8 5 (1.55%) Video Editing
9 4 (1.24%) FMCG
9 4 (1.24%) Onboarding
9 4 (1.24%) Photography
10 3 (0.93%) NHS
11 2 (0.62%) Animation
11 2 (0.62%) Data Structures
11 2 (0.62%) Legacy Systems
11 2 (0.62%) Marketing Technology
11 2 (0.62%) Product Ownership
11 2 (0.62%) Taxonomies
12 1 (0.31%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 7 (2.17%) Linux
2 6 (1.86%) Windows
3 3 (0.93%) VMS
3 3 (0.93%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 131 (40.68%) Analytics
2 101 (31.37%) E-Commerce
3 100 (31.06%) Digital Marketing
3 100 (31.06%) User Experience
4 70 (21.74%) Web Development
5 63 (19.57%) Problem-Solving
6 50 (15.53%) Pay per click
7 48 (14.91%) Marketing Strategy
8 45 (13.98%) Project Management
9 39 (12.11%) Front End Development
10 37 (11.49%) A/B Testing
11 36 (11.18%) Content Management
12 35 (10.87%) Link Building
13 33 (10.25%) B2B
13 33 (10.25%) Conversion Rate Optimisation
14 24 (7.45%) Content Writing
15 23 (7.14%) Content Strategy
15 23 (7.14%) Decision-Making
16 21 (6.52%) Collaborative Working
16 21 (6.52%) Full Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 85 (26.40%) JavaScript
2 55 (17.08%) PHP
3 20 (6.21%) SQL
4 15 (4.66%) C#
5 5 (1.55%) Python
5 5 (1.55%) TypeScript
6 3 (0.93%) JSX
6 3 (0.93%) T-SQL
6 3 (0.93%) VBA
7 2 (0.62%) Java
Qualifications
1 56 (17.39%) Degree
2 15 (4.66%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (1.86%) HND
4 4 (1.24%) DBS Check
5 2 (0.62%) Master's Degree
6 1 (0.31%) CIPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (6.52%) Accessibility
2 19 (5.90%) QA
3 9 (2.80%) Actionable Recommendations
4 6 (1.86%) GDPR
System Software
1 10 (3.11%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (0.31%) Plesk
1 1 (0.31%) TeamSite
Vendors
1 109 (33.85%) Google
2 47 (14.60%) Adobe
3 24 (7.45%) Microsoft
4 16 (4.97%) Ahrefs
4 16 (4.97%) WooCommerce
5 13 (4.04%) Screaming Frog
6 9 (2.80%) Facebook
7 8 (2.48%) HubSpot
8 7 (2.17%) Twitter
9 5 (1.55%) Glassbox
10 4 (1.24%) dotdigital
10 4 (1.24%) Hotjar
10 4 (1.24%) Instagram
10 4 (1.24%) Progress
11 3 (0.93%) Hootsuite
11 3 (0.93%) Sage
11 3 (0.93%) Salesforce
12 1 (0.31%) Marketo
12 1 (0.31%) TikTok
12 1 (0.31%) YouTube