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SEO jobs in 2026 — demand, top roles hiring, and related skills

As of 2026-11-04, SEO appears in 998 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the past 90 days — Product Manager has the most postings mentioning SEO.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-11-04

Postings · last 90 days
998
Top role · 9.2% of skill postings
Product Manager
Top hiring metro
Kolkata

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Frequently asked questions about SEO

+Is SEO in demand in 2026?

Yes. SEO appears in 998 job postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-11-04. Product Manager accounts for the most postings mentioning SEO (9.2% of all postings mentioning SEO).

+What jobs require SEO?

According to the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-04, among roles with at least 20 postings, the highest shares mentioning SEO are Affiliate Manager (97.1% of that role’s postings mention SEO), SEO Specialist (73.5% of that role’s postings mention SEO), WordPress Developer (27.6% of that role’s postings mention SEO).

+What skills are commonly paired with SEO?

Across job postings indexed by Skillenai (90 days ending 2026-11-04), SEO most often appears alongside JavaScript, A/B testing, PHP, Wordpress, React.

+Where is SEO most in demand?

As of 2026-11-04, the metro areas posting the most jobs requiring SEO are Kolkata, New York City, San Francisco, Berlin, Webb, according to the Skillenai jobs index.

+How can I keep up with new SEO content and jobs?

Skillenai indexes news, blog posts, and research papers mentioning SEO alongside the jobs index. You can subscribe to a daily email digest of new SEO content from your Skillenai account.

+Which skills come before and after SEO?

The skill-flow chart shows skills documented in adjacent positions across observed employer changes. An outgoing skill is documented in the following position but not the preceding one. These are ideas to explore, not proven prerequisites, acquisition dates, or levels of mastery. Each ribbon counts employer moves with that skill pair; one move can contribute several pairs.

Weekly indexed postings requiring SEO — last 90 days

Salary distribution

Box = 25th–75th percentile · tick = median · whisker = 10th–90th · USD, annualized

Career paths around SEO

Skills documented before and after this skill across employer changes.

Historical career profiles · all locations

Skills before SEO

Before SEOHTML → SEO: 36 observed employer moves with this skill pairCSS → SEO: 31 observed employer moves with this skill pairJavaScript → SEO: 28 observed employer moves with this skill pairWordPress → SEO: 22 observed employer moves with this skill pairPHP → SEO: 17 observed employer moves with this skill pairpython → SEO: 13 observed employer moves with this skill pairReact → SEO: 13 observed employer moves with this skill pairsql → SEO: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairSEOHTML: 36 movesHTML36 movesCSS: 31 movesCSS31 movesJavaScript: 28 movesJavaScript28 movesWordPress: 22 movesWordPress22 movesPHP: 17 movesPHP17 movespython: 13 movespython13 movesReact: 13 movesReact13 movessql: 12 movessql12 moves

Skills after SEO

After SEOSEO → JavaScript: 28 observed employer moves with this skill pairSEO → python: 23 observed employer moves with this skill pairSEO → HTML: 21 observed employer moves with this skill pairSEO → sql: 20 observed employer moves with this skill pairSEO → CSS: 20 observed employer moves with this skill pairSEO → React: 16 observed employer moves with this skill pairSEO → Node.js: 13 observed employer moves with this skill pairSEO → Agile: 12 observed employer moves with this skill pairSEOJavaScript: 28 movesJavaScript28 movespython: 23 movespython23 movesHTML: 21 movesHTML21 movessql: 20 movessql20 movesCSS: 20 movesCSS20 movesReact: 16 movesReact16 movesNode.js: 13 movesNode.js13 movesAgile: 12 movesAgile12 moves
How to read this chart · view counts

Each side is an independent set of observed employer moves, not the same people followed through three stages. Ribbon widths compare move counts within that side. Internal moves are not included.

The following position documents a skill that the preceding position does not. Skills must be linked to both positions, with clear dates and no overlap. One move can connect several skill pairs. These patterns suggest skills to explore; they do not establish prerequisites, when a skill was learned, or a higher skill level.

Source: Skillenai talent graph, historical career profiles. Historical descriptions and coverage can change. Only the leading published connections are shown.

Observed connections and move counts
ConnectionMoves
Before: HTML36
Before: CSS31
Before: JavaScript28
Before: WordPress22
Before: PHP17
Before: python13
Before: React13
Before: sql12
After: JavaScript28
After: python23
After: HTML21
After: sql20
After: CSS20
After: React16
After: Node.js13
After: Agile12

Roles most likely to require SEO

Among roles with at least 20 postings in the same period.

RolePostings mentioning skill% of role postings mentioning skill
Affiliate Manager3397.1%
SEO Specialist3673.5%
WordPress Developer827.6%
Web Designer523.8%
Growth Engineer1222.2%
Front-end Developer820.0%
Web Developer8715.4%
Shopify Developer315.0%
Growth Marketer513.9%
Ruby on Rails Developer210.0%

Roles with the most SEO postings

RolePostings mentioning skillShare of skill postings
Product Manager929.2%
Web Developer878.7%
Software Engineer626.2%
Android Developer565.6%
SEO Specialist363.6%
Affiliate Manager333.3%
Frontend Engineer252.5%
Software Developer222.2%
iOS Developer181.8%
SEO Manager161.6%

Top companies posting jobs requiring SEO

Employers ranked by indexed job postings in the last 90 days.

Top companies posting jobs requiring SEO
CompanyPostings · 90 days
Hemakshi Endeavor it solution66
Weblee Technologies57
Endeavor IT Solutions Pvt.Ltd.52
EverAI33
Feverup17
Uvation8
Agoda8
Adobe8
Endeavour Solutions7
CLERA6

Job postings indexed over the past 90 days, grouped by resolved employer. Counts are postings, not hires. Companies without a published page appear without a link.

Top metros hiring for SEO

NamePostingsShare
Kolkata393.9%
New York City323.2%
San Francisco292.9%
Berlin181.8%
Webb181.8%
London161.6%
Austin151.5%
Paris131.3%
Bengaluru121.2%

Skills commonly paired with SEO

JavaScript (295)A/B testing (223)PHP (193)Wordpress (184)React (184)HTML (179)CSS (176)HTML5 (163)TypeScript (144)AEO (113)

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How this was computed

Weekly job-count charts omit the incomplete current week (weeks start Monday, UTC). Totals include all postings in the stated window. Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-11-04. Skills are resolved against the Skillenai canonical taxonomy, so the same entity is counted whether a posting writes 'Python', 'Python 3', or 'python'. Role prevalence divides postings mentioning SEO by all postings for each role in the same window, ranking roles with at least 20 postings. Role distribution divides each role’s SEO postings by all SEO postings, including postings without a role. Shares need not sum to 100% for the displayed roles. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-requested skills). An adjusted trend is not shown because comparable posting coverage is insufficient.

source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
entity_id
25d1fea9cedadc85
data_as_of
2026-11-04
window_days
90
Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index