WordPress Contract Job Trends in the North of England

WordPress
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring WordPress skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 187 167 197
Rank change year-on-year -20 +30 +33
Contract jobs citing WordPress 6 6 6
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.14% 0.14% 0.12%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.12% 1.52% 1.36%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 3
10th Percentile £413 - £205
25th Percentile £431 £238 £213
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £275 £225
Median % change year-on-year +77.27% +22.22% -35.71%
75th Percentile £519 £375 £263
90th Percentile £523 £413 £285
England median daily rate £418 £331 £400
% change year-on-year +26.04% -17.19% -

All Application Platform Skills
North of England

WordPress falls under the Application Platforms category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring application platform skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 536 394 442
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 12.81% 9.51% 8.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 387 229 284
10th Percentile £235 £234 £200
25th Percentile £332 £400 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £477 £425
Median % change year-on-year -10.90% +12.24% -5.56%
75th Percentile £516 £565 £575
90th Percentile £575 £643 £655
England median daily rate £500 £525 £513
% change year-on-year -4.76% +2.44% -2.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 4 23
10th Percentile £34.50 £26.56 £16.25
25th Percentile £35.38 £28.45 £16.44
Median hourly rate £44.09 £33.00 £22.00
Median % change year-on-year +33.61% +50.00% -51.38%
75th Percentile £63.40 £38.44 £22.53
90th Percentile £71.02 £44.63 £26.17
England median hourly rate £35.00 £42.50 £28.75
% change year-on-year -17.65% +47.83% +40.24%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing WordPress relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

WordPress job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing WordPress.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing WordPress

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Hourly Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing WordPress.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing WordPress

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Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WordPress within the North of England region over the 6 months to 15 October 2025. 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
Yorkshire - 5 £450 - 17
North West -18 1 £525 +90.91% 46
WordPress
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) CMS
2 2 (33.33%) Sitecore CMS
3 1 (16.67%) Drupal
Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (66.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 4 (66.67%) Asana
1 4 (66.67%) Google Ads
1 4 (66.67%) Wix.com
General
1 6 (100.00%) Marketing
2 5 (83.33%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (66.67%) Coordinator
1 4 (66.67%) Project Coordinator
2 1 (16.67%) Product Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Senior
2 1 (16.67%) Senior Manager
2 1 (16.67%) Web Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Marketing Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Digital Marketing
1 5 (83.33%) SEO
2 4 (66.67%) Pay per click
2 4 (66.67%) Project Management
2 4 (66.67%) Time Management
3 1 (16.67%) Agile
3 1 (16.67%) Analytics
3 1 (16.67%) API Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Content Strategy
3 1 (16.67%) CRM
3 1 (16.67%) Digital Transformation Programme
3 1 (16.67%) Lead Generation
3 1 (16.67%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (16.67%) Product Requirements
3 1 (16.67%) Product Roadmap
3 1 (16.67%) Re-Platforming
3 1 (16.67%) Roadmaps
3 1 (16.67%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (16.67%) User Experience
3 1 (16.67%) User Stories
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (16.67%) Accessibility
1 1 (16.67%) GDPR
Vendors
1 2 (33.33%) Sitecore
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce
2 1 (16.67%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud