WordPress Contracts in Scotland

WordPress
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring WordPress skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited WordPress over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 113 123 162
Rank change year-on-year +10 +39 +7
Contract jobs citing WordPress 3 6 1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Scotland 0.18% 0.27% 0.035%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.39% 1.80% 0.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 1
10th Percentile £364 - -
25th Percentile £370 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £380 £219 £250
Median % change year-on-year +73.52% -12.40% -52.38%
75th Percentile £390 £278 -
90th Percentile £396 £314 -
UK median daily rate £463 £300 £350
% change year-on-year +54.17% -14.29% -6.67%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Median hourly rate - £15.42 -
UK median hourly rate £13.90 £17.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -18.24% -22.73% -32.82%

All Application Platform Skills
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 216 334 316
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 13.29% 15.07% 11.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 136 203 230
10th Percentile £222 £219 £181
25th Percentile £313 £350 £329
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £453 £436
Median % change year-on-year -11.70% +3.90% -3.11%
75th Percentile £500 £588 £525
90th Percentile £575 £700 £650
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £513
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -0.87%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 9 3
10th Percentile £21.84 £15.36 £17.83
25th Percentile £22.50 £15.42 £17.99
Median hourly rate £24.09 £17.00 £18.50
Median % change year-on-year +41.71% -8.11% +5.71%
75th Percentile £27.91 £17.50 £36.25
90th Percentile £28.38 £24.93 £46.75
UK median hourly rate £41.00 £27.52 £40.00
% change year-on-year +49.01% -31.21% +81.82%

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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 1 May 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
Edinburgh +4 3 £380 +73.52%
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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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) Azure
1 3 (100.00%) Azure DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Google Analytics
General
1 2 (66.67%) Public Sector
2 1 (33.33%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Web Developer
3 1 (33.33%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) RESTful
1 3 (100.00%) Web Services
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Analytics
1 3 (100.00%) DevOps
1 3 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (100.00%) SEO
1 3 (100.00%) Web Development
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) PERC
1 3 (100.00%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Google