WordPress Contract Job Trends in Scotland

WordPress
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Scotland requiring WordPress skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 109 115 125
Rank change year-on-year +6 +10 +42
Contract jobs citing WordPress 2 4 9
As % of all contract jobs in Scotland 0.12% 0.24% 0.39%
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.29% 1.48% 2.63%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 5
10th Percentile - £368 -
25th Percentile £438 £380 £219
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £400 £300
Median % change year-on-year +18.75% +33.33% +20.00%
75th Percentile £513 £469 £338
90th Percentile - £510 £371
UK median daily rate £425 £380 £300
% change year-on-year +11.84% +26.67% -14.29%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £13.20 - -
Median hourly rate £13.91 - £15.42
75th Percentile £14.61 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate £16.00 - £25.00
% change year-on-year - - +13.64%

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 155 271 342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Scotland 9.66% 16.34% 14.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 163 199
10th Percentile £271 £207 £230
25th Percentile £360 £313 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £463 £400 £500
Median % change year-on-year +15.63% -20.00% +11.73%
75th Percentile £538 £500 £600
90th Percentile £628 £575 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £500 £495
% change year-on-year - +1.01% -4.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 9
10th Percentile £13.38 £21.84 £15.36
25th Percentile £32.38 £22.50 £15.42
Median hourly rate £55.00 £24.09 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +128.31% +41.71% -6.13%
75th Percentile £64.00 £27.91 £17.50
90th Percentile £66.00 £28.38 £24.93
UK median hourly rate £27.36 £40.59 £25.50
% change year-on-year -32.61% +59.18% +14.20%

WordPress
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

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

WordPress job vacancy trend in Scotland

WordPress
Daily Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing WordPress.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing WordPress

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Hourly Rate Trend in Scotland

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing WordPress.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Scotland citing WordPress

WordPress
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 9 March 2026. 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 0 1 - - 5
Glasgow - 1 £475 - 3
WordPress
UK

WordPress
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Scotland 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 1 (50.00%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) Apple Pay
1 1 (50.00%) Canva
1 1 (50.00%) Google Pay
1 1 (50.00%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Legal
1 1 (50.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior
1 1 (50.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Senior WordPress Developer
1 1 (50.00%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) CSS
1 1 (50.00%) CSS3
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) HTML5
1 1 (50.00%) JSON
1 1 (50.00%) JWT
1 1 (50.00%) Middleware
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
1 1 (50.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) FMCG
1 1 (50.00%) Social Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Analytics
1 1 (50.00%) API Integration
1 1 (50.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (50.00%) Community of Practice
1 1 (50.00%) Content Management
1 1 (50.00%) Copywriting
1 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (50.00%) SEO
1 1 (50.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
1 1 (50.00%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (50.00%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Apple
1 1 (50.00%) Facebook
1 1 (50.00%) GoCardless
1 1 (50.00%) Google