WordPress Contracts in Scotland

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UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for WordPress skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited WordPress over the 6 months to 3 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
3 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 123 165 174
Rank change year-on-year +42 +9 -30
Contract jobs citing WordPress 6 1 2
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.27% 0.035% 0.057%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.81% 0.32% 0.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £513
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £219 £250 £525
Median % change year-on-year -12.40% -52.38% +110.00%
75th Percentile £278 - £538
90th Percentile £314 - -
UK median daily rate £300 £350 £375
% change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Median hourly rate £15.42 - -
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £22.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year -22.73% -32.82% -12.67%

All Application Platform Skills
Scotland

WordPress is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 332 315 430
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 15.16% 11.17% 12.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 203 231 317
10th Percentile £219 £175 £211
25th Percentile £350 £325 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £453 £436 £450
Median % change year-on-year +3.90% -3.11% +5.88%
75th Percentile £588 £525 £573
90th Percentile £700 £650 £638
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £515
% change year-on-year -2.44% -0.49% +8.42%
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 3 7
10th Percentile £15.36 £17.83 £14.84
25th Percentile £15.42 £17.99 £16.27
Median hourly rate £17.00 £18.50 £17.50
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% +5.71% -72.22%
75th Percentile £17.50 £36.25 £28.55
90th Percentile £24.93 £46.75 £37.90
UK median hourly rate £26.50 £45.00 £22.25
% change year-on-year -41.11% +102.25% +1.55%

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Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing WordPress as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for WordPress in Scotland

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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing WordPress in Scotland.

Daily rate trend for WordPress in Scotland

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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing WordPress in Scotland.

Hourly rate trend for WordPress in Scotland

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Contract Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WordPress within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 3 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Edinburgh +39 4 £219 -12.40% 1
Glasgow - 2 - - 3
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UK

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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 2 (33.33%) Moodle
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft PowerPoint
2 1 (16.67%) Acrobat
2 1 (16.67%) Microsoft Office
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (16.67%) Azure
2 1 (16.67%) Azure DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Google Analytics
General
1 3 (50.00%) Public Sector
1 3 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (33.33%) Presentation Skills
3 1 (16.67%) Mandarin Language
3 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 2 (33.33%) Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) IT Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) IT Support
1 2 (33.33%) IT Support Analyst
1 2 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (50.00%) Web Services
2 2 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (16.67%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 2 (33.33%) VLE
2 1 (16.67%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (33.33%) E-Procurement
1 2 (33.33%) Service Design
1 2 (33.33%) Web Accessibility
2 1 (16.67%) Analytics
2 1 (16.67%) DevOps
2 1 (16.67%) Front End Development
2 1 (16.67%) SEO
2 1 (16.67%) Web Development
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (66.67%) Accessibility
2 3 (50.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) Adobe
2 1 (16.67%) Google