PHP WordPress Developer Jobs

PHP WordPress Developer
UK

The median PHP WordPress Developer salary in the UK is £33,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
29 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 858 958 1189
Rank change year-on-year +100 +231 -320
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP WordPress Developer 27 28 33
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.027% 0.027% 0.021%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.029% 0.022%
Number of salaries quoted 26 28 33
10th Percentile £27,000 £37,125 -
25th Percentile £28,750 £37,500 £30,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £33,500 £45,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -25.56% +12.50% -
75th Percentile £41,063 £48,750 £42,500
90th Percentile £51,750 - £46,600
UK excluding London median annual salary £32,500 £45,000 £31,500
% change year-on-year -27.78% +42.86% -19.75%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the UK with a recognized job title 93,044 95,188 149,713
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.61% 91.52% 96.08%
Number of salaries quoted 66,821 59,863 85,291
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,750 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.08% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £81,250 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £96,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%

PHP WordPress Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured PHP WordPress Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PHP WordPress Developer in the UK

PHP WordPress Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PHP WordPress Developer.

Salary trend for PHP WordPress Developer in the UK

PHP WordPress Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP WordPress Developer over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.

Salary histogram for PHP WordPress Developer in the UK

PHP WordPress Developer
Top 15 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP WordPress Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 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
UK excluding London +3 24 £32,500 -27.78% 5
England +106 23 £32,500 -27.78% 6
Work from Home +74 14 £33,750 -28.95% 4
Midlands - 8 £33,750 - 1
North of England - 6 £31,500 -
Yorkshire - 5 £31,500 -
East Midlands - 4 £32,500 - 1
West Midlands - 4 £38,000 -
London +129 3 £70,000 +7.69% 1
South East +3 3 £30,000 -25.00% 2
Northern Ireland - 3 £33,500 -
South West -30 2 £32,000 -32.63% 2
Wales - 1 £35,000 -
North West - 1 £26,000 -
East of England - 1 £37,500 -

PHP WordPress Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 29 April 2024, PHP WordPress Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring PHP WordPress Developer in the job title.

1 27 (100.00%) PHP
1 27 (100.00%) WordPress
2 26 (96.30%) JavaScript
3 23 (85.19%) CSS
4 21 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
5 20 (74.07%) HTML
6 19 (70.37%) Web Development
7 12 (44.44%) jQuery
7 12 (44.44%) Front End Development
8 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
9 10 (37.04%) Git
10 9 (33.33%) CMS
11 8 (29.63%) Marketing
11 8 (29.63%) Full Stack Development
12 7 (25.93%) Clean Code
12 7 (25.93%) SEO
13 6 (22.22%) React
14 5 (18.52%) User Experience
14 5 (18.52%) Vue
14 5 (18.52%) WooCommerce
15 4 (14.81%) Kalman Filter
15 4 (14.81%) Laravel
15 4 (14.81%) Responsive Web Design
15 4 (14.81%) Sass
15 4 (14.81%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 4 (14.81%) Software Engineering
15 4 (14.81%) Adobe
15 4 (14.81%) Degree
15 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
16 3 (11.11%) Photography

PHP WordPress Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 27 (100.00%) WordPress
2 9 (33.33%) CMS
Business Applications
1 3 (11.11%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (11.11%) Google Tag Manager
1 3 (11.11%) npm
2 2 (7.41%) Stripe
3 1 (3.70%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (11.11%) Looker
1 3 (11.11%) MySQL
2 1 (3.70%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 10 (37.04%) Git
2 1 (3.70%) webpack
General
1 11 (40.74%) Social Skills
2 8 (29.63%) Marketing
3 1 (3.70%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 23 (85.19%) CSS
2 20 (74.07%) HTML
3 12 (44.44%) jQuery
4 6 (22.22%) React
5 5 (18.52%) Vue
6 4 (14.81%) Laravel
6 4 (14.81%) Sass
6 4 (14.81%) Twitter Bootstrap
7 3 (11.11%) REST
8 2 (7.41%) CSS3
8 2 (7.41%) HTML5
9 1 (3.70%) AngularJS
9 1 (3.70%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 3 (11.11%) Photography
2 1 (3.70%) Educational Technology
2 1 (3.70%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (77.78%) Problem-Solving
2 19 (70.37%) Web Development
3 12 (44.44%) Front End Development
4 8 (29.63%) Full Stack Development
5 7 (25.93%) Clean Code
5 7 (25.93%) SEO
6 5 (18.52%) User Experience
7 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
7 4 (14.81%) Kalman Filter
7 4 (14.81%) Responsive Web Design
7 4 (14.81%) Software Engineering
8 3 (11.11%) Collaborative Working
8 3 (11.11%) CRM
8 3 (11.11%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
8 3 (11.11%) E-Commerce
8 3 (11.11%) Email Marketing
8 3 (11.11%) Web Accessibility
8 3 (11.11%) Workflow
9 2 (7.41%) A/B Testing
10 1 (3.70%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 27 (100.00%) PHP
2 26 (96.30%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Degree
2 2 (7.41%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (11.11%) Accessibility
2 2 (7.41%) QA
Vendors
1 5 (18.52%) WooCommerce
2 4 (14.81%) Adobe
3 3 (11.11%) Google