WordPress Contracts with Work from Home Options

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UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with an option to work from home (WFH) and 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 14 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 309 399 528
Rank change year-on-year +90 +129 -134
Contract jobs citing WordPress 40 65 82
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 0.27% 0.26% 0.19%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.56% 2.29% 1.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 30 51 65
10th Percentile £105 £263 £194
25th Percentile £221 £303 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -6.67% +15.38%
75th Percentile £438 £408 £525
90th Percentile £538 £500 £558
UK median daily rate £300 £350 £375
% change year-on-year -14.28% -6.67% +15.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 2
10th Percentile - - £28.25
25th Percentile £22.50 £21.00 £29.38
Median hourly rate £26.25 £22.00 £32.50
Median % change year-on-year +19.32% -32.31% +116.67%
75th Percentile £30.31 £23.00 £34.38
90th Percentile £33.13 - £34.75
UK median hourly rate £17.00 £22.00 £32.75
% change year-on-year -22.73% -32.82% -20.61%

All Application Platform Skills
Work from Home

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 with a WFH option and a requirement for application platform skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 1,565 2,841 5,485
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 10.51% 11.37% 12.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,116 1,992 3,972
10th Percentile £300 £313 £315
25th Percentile £400 £413 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £520 £517
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +0.68% +8.74%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £619
90th Percentile £800 £750 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £513 £513
% change year-on-year -2.44% - +7.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 36 72 83
10th Percentile £16.50 £20.00 £15.28
25th Percentile £22.61 £22.16 £20.63
Median hourly rate £30.16 £55.00 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -45.16% +10.00% +85.32%
75th Percentile £45.41 £66.00 £65.54
90th Percentile £73.75 £81.38 £77.02
UK median hourly rate £28.50 £45.00 £24.50
% change year-on-year -36.67% +83.67% +8.89%

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Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

Job vacancies with a work from home option citing WordPress as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

WordPress trend for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WordPress.

WordPress daily rate for jobs with a WFH option

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Daily Rate Histogram for Jobs with a WFH Option

Daily rate distribution for jobs with a work from home option citing WordPress over the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

WordPress daily rate histogram for jobs with a WFH option

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Hourly Rate Trend for Jobs with a WFH Option

3-month moving average hourly rate quoted in job vacancies with a work from home option citing WordPress.

WordPress hourly rate 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 9 (22.50%) CMS
2 8 (20.00%) Drupal
3 5 (12.50%) Moodle
4 1 (2.50%) Adobe Experience Manager
4 1 (2.50%) Sitecore CMS
4 1 (2.50%) Umbraco
Cloud Services
1 9 (22.50%) AWS
1 9 (22.50%) GitHub
2 4 (10.00%) Amazon CloudWatch
2 4 (10.00%) Dynamics 365
2 4 (10.00%) Microsoft 365
3 3 (7.50%) GitHub Actions
3 3 (7.50%) Google Analytics
3 3 (7.50%) SaaS
4 2 (5.00%) Azure
5 1 (2.50%) Azure App Service
5 1 (2.50%) Azure DevOps
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Functions
5 1 (2.50%) Azure Storage
5 1 (2.50%) MailChimp
5 1 (2.50%) PaaS
5 1 (2.50%) Serverless
5 1 (2.50%) Squarespace
5 1 (2.50%) Veeva
Communications & Networking
1 5 (12.50%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) MySQL
1 4 (10.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.50%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 3 (7.50%) webpack
2 1 (2.50%) WiX
General
1 7 (17.50%) Public Sector
2 6 (15.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (2.50%) Health Technology
3 1 (2.50%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (55.00%) Developer
2 13 (32.50%) WordPress Developer
3 5 (12.50%) Support Officer
3 5 (12.50%) Technical Support
3 5 (12.50%) Technical Support Officer
4 4 (10.00%) Python Developer
5 3 (7.50%) Full Stack Engineer
5 3 (7.50%) JavaScript Engineer
6 2 (5.00%) PHP Developer
6 2 (5.00%) Web Developer
7 1 (2.50%) .NET Developer
7 1 (2.50%) Architect
7 1 (2.50%) CMS Developer
7 1 (2.50%) Consultant
7 1 (2.50%) Content Editor
7 1 (2.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 1 (2.50%) PHP Web Developer
7 1 (2.50%) Ruby Developer
7 1 (2.50%) Solutions Architect
7 1 (2.50%) Web Consultant
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (30.00%) HTML
1 12 (30.00%) React
2 9 (22.50%) CSS
2 9 (22.50%) Laravel
3 8 (20.00%) Node.js
4 6 (15.00%) .NET
5 3 (7.50%) Sass
5 3 (7.50%) Symfony
5 3 (7.50%) Twig
5 3 (7.50%) Web Services
6 2 (5.00%) RESTful
6 2 (5.00%) Tailwind CSS
6 2 (5.00%) Vue
7 1 (2.50%) ASP.NET
7 1 (2.50%) ASP.NET Core
7 1 (2.50%) CSS3
7 1 (2.50%) HTML5
7 1 (2.50%) jQuery
7 1 (2.50%) Next.js
7 1 (2.50%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 5 (12.50%) Learning Management System
2 1 (2.50%) Onboarding
2 1 (2.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.50%) Android
1 1 (2.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) Web Development
2 9 (22.50%) Full Stack Development
3 5 (12.50%) Front End Development
4 4 (10.00%) Agile
5 3 (7.50%) Analytics
5 3 (7.50%) BEM - Block Element Modifier
5 3 (7.50%) CI/CD
5 3 (7.50%) Containerisation
5 3 (7.50%) Problem-Solving
5 3 (7.50%) Scrum
5 3 (7.50%) SEO
6 2 (5.00%) Content Management
6 2 (5.00%) DevOps
6 2 (5.00%) Migration
6 2 (5.00%) MVC
6 2 (5.00%) Service Design
6 2 (5.00%) Web Accessibility
7 1 (2.50%) B2C
7 1 (2.50%) E-Commerce
7 1 (2.50%) Website Architecture
Programming Languages
1 12 (30.00%) PHP
2 11 (27.50%) JavaScript
3 5 (12.50%) Ruby
4 4 (10.00%) Python
5 2 (5.00%) SQL
6 1 (2.50%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (2.50%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (2.50%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) Accessibility
2 3 (7.50%) QA
2 3 (7.50%) WCAG
System Software
1 3 (7.50%) Docker
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Google
2 5 (12.50%) Salesforce
3 4 (10.00%) Microsoft
4 3 (7.50%) WooCommerce
5 1 (2.50%) Adobe
5 1 (2.50%) Sitecore