WordPress Job Trends in Berkshire

WordPress
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring WordPress skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 98 116 138
Rank change year-on-year +18 +22 +34
Permanent jobs citing WordPress 12 4 19
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.47% 0.26% 0.66%
As % of the Application Platforms category 17.91% 3.23% 6.62%
Number of salaries quoted 12 1 19
10th Percentile £34,375 - £29,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £45,000 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% +20.00% -6.25%
75th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £42,125
90th Percentile - - £56,250
South East median annual salary £42,250 £30,000 £39,500
% change year-on-year +40.83% -24.05% -1.25%

All Application Platform Skills
Berkshire

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

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 67 124 287
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 2.63% 8.16% 9.96%
Number of salaries quoted 39 56 207
10th Percentile £33,400 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £33,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -28.57% +5.53%
75th Percentile £55,000 £53,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £61,100 £71,875 £76,000
South East median annual salary £50,000 £51,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year -1.96% +20.00% -15.00%

WordPress
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

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

WordPress job vacancy trend in Berkshire

WordPress
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing WordPress.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing WordPress

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Salary Histogram in Berkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing WordPress in Berkshire over the 6 months to 3 May 2026.

Salary histogram for WordPress in Berkshire

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Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WordPress within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 3 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 10 £42,500 -
Slough - 2 £39,750 -
WordPress
South East

WordPress
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire 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 (8.33%) Apache
1 1 (8.33%) CMS
1 1 (8.33%) IIS
1 1 (8.33%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 2 (16.67%) AWS
1 2 (16.67%) Azure
1 2 (16.67%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (8.33%) MySQL
1 1 (8.33%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Git
2 1 (8.33%) Bitbucket
General
1 4 (33.33%) Tech for Good
2 2 (16.67%) Multimedia
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (83.33%) Developer
2 9 (75.00%) WordPress Developer
3 4 (33.33%) Web Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Administrator
4 2 (16.67%) Trainee
4 2 (16.67%) Trainee Administrator
4 2 (16.67%) Web Administrator
5 1 (8.33%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (8.33%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
5 1 (8.33%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (33.33%) CSS
1 4 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (8.33%) Ajax
2 1 (8.33%) CodeIgniter
2 1 (8.33%) CSS3
2 1 (8.33%) HTML5
2 1 (8.33%) jQuery
2 1 (8.33%) JSON
2 1 (8.33%) Laravel
2 1 (8.33%) REST
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Windows
1 1 (8.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Web Development
2 5 (41.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (8.33%) Agile
3 1 (8.33%) Analytical Thinking
3 1 (8.33%) API Development
3 1 (8.33%) API Integration
3 1 (8.33%) Change Management
3 1 (8.33%) Incident Management
3 1 (8.33%) ITIL
3 1 (8.33%) Line Management
3 1 (8.33%) Mobile First
3 1 (8.33%) Performance Optimisation
3 1 (8.33%) Proactive Monitoring
3 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (8.33%) Release Management
3 1 (8.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 1 (8.33%) Scrum
3 1 (8.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (8.33%) Sprint Retrospective
3 1 (8.33%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 2 (16.67%) PHP
2 2 (16.67%) Python
2 2 (16.67%) R
Qualifications
1 2 (16.67%) AWS Certification
1 2 (16.67%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 2 (16.67%) Azure Certification
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (8.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Vendors
1 2 (16.67%) Microsoft