WordPress Job Trends in England

WordPress
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in England requiring WordPress skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 17 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
17 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 500 472 408
Rank change year-on-year -28 -64 +177
Permanent jobs citing WordPress 202 161 524
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.24% 0.41% 0.55%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.67% 4.35% 6.04%
Number of salaries quoted 182 98 473
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,500 £30,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £38,000 £37,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year +1.33% - -9.31%
75th Percentile £45,000 £60,000 £51,250
90th Percentile £54,067 £73,750 £63,986
UK median annual salary £38,750 £39,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year -2.52% +6.00% -11.76%

All Application Platform Skills
England

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 England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 3,562 3,699 8,671
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 4.28% 9.35% 9.14%
Number of salaries quoted 2,640 2,596 6,575
10th Percentile £28,500 £29,750 £27,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £51,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.27% +10.00% -13.04%
75th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £72,500
90th Percentile £92,500 £110,000 £102,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.16%

WordPress
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

WordPress job vacancy trend in England

WordPress
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing WordPress.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in England citing WordPress

WordPress
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WordPress in England over the 6 months to 17 June 2026.

Salary histogram for WordPress in England

WordPress
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WordPress within the England region over the 6 months to 17 June 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
North of England +1 52 £31,500 -10.00% 29
London -58 49 £48,676 -25.11% 22
North West +20 35 £37,500 +0.67% 14
Midlands -8 29 £45,000 +28.57% 21
South East -16 25 £42,500 +30.77% 36
West Midlands -3 24 £45,000 +30.43% 8
East of England -7 24 £38,500 +10.00% 28
South West -39 23 £35,000 - 19
North East -39 9 £30,000 -3.85% 7
Yorkshire -38 8 £30,750 - 8
East Midlands -31 5 £35,000 - 13
WordPress
UK

WordPress
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in 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 51 (25.25%) CMS
2 6 (2.97%) Apache
2 6 (2.97%) Drupal
3 4 (1.98%) Headless CMS
4 3 (1.49%) Umbraco
5 2 (0.99%) IIS
5 2 (0.99%) nginx
5 2 (0.99%) SharePoint
6 1 (0.50%) Apache Airflow
6 1 (0.50%) Confluence
6 1 (0.50%) Joomla!
6 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Exchange
6 1 (0.50%) Moodle
6 1 (0.50%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (6.93%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 12 (5.94%) Microsoft Office
3 7 (3.47%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (2.97%) Photoshop
5 5 (2.48%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (2.48%) Microsoft Excel
6 4 (1.98%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 2 (0.99%) Trello
8 1 (0.50%) Adobe Premiere
8 1 (0.50%) Elementor
8 1 (0.50%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 9 (4.46%) Shopify
2 4 (1.98%) Magento
3 3 (1.49%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 58 (28.71%) Azure
2 57 (28.22%) AWS
3 44 (21.78%) GitHub
4 27 (13.37%) Google Analytics
5 21 (10.40%) Canva
5 21 (10.40%) Figma
6 16 (7.92%) SaaS
7 10 (4.95%) Microsoft 365
8 9 (4.46%) Google Ads
9 8 (3.96%) Power Platform
10 5 (2.48%) MailChimp
10 5 (2.48%) Power Automate
11 3 (1.49%) Amazon EC2
11 3 (1.49%) Azure DevOps
11 3 (1.49%) Dynamics 365
11 3 (1.49%) Serverless
11 3 (1.49%) Vercel
12 2 (0.99%) Azure Functions
12 2 (0.99%) Contentful
12 2 (0.99%) GitHub Actions
Communications & Networking
1 44 (21.78%) Internet
2 6 (2.97%) DNS
3 4 (1.98%) Firewall
3 4 (1.98%) VPN
4 2 (0.99%) Intranet
4 2 (0.99%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (8.42%) MySQL
2 8 (3.96%) Power BI
3 5 (2.48%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (2.48%) SQL Server
4 4 (1.98%) Metadata
5 3 (1.49%) Relational Database
6 2 (0.99%) phpMyAdmin
7 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.50%) Data Warehouse
7 1 (0.50%) InterSystems Cache
7 1 (0.50%) Looker
7 1 (0.50%) Redis
Development Applications
1 54 (26.73%) Git
2 4 (1.98%) JIRA
3 2 (0.99%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.50%) Browser DevTools
4 1 (0.50%) CircleCI
4 1 (0.50%) Gatling
4 1 (0.50%) JMeter
4 1 (0.50%) TeamCity
4 1 (0.50%) Vagrant
4 1 (0.50%) Vite
4 1 (0.50%) webpack
General
1 76 (37.62%) Marketing
2 60 (29.70%) Social Skills
3 45 (22.28%) Multimedia
4 24 (11.88%) Organisational Skills
5 16 (7.92%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (5.94%) Brand Awareness
7 11 (5.45%) Advertising
8 8 (3.96%) Legal
9 7 (3.47%) Games
10 5 (2.48%) Finance
10 5 (2.48%) Telecoms
11 4 (1.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 3 (1.49%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.49%) Publishing
13 2 (0.99%) Law
13 2 (0.99%) Retail
14 1 (0.50%) Local Government
14 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
14 1 (0.50%) Spanish Language
14 1 (0.50%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 48 (23.76%) Developer
2 44 (21.78%) Administrator
3 40 (19.80%) Trainee
3 40 (19.80%) Trainee Administrator
3 40 (19.80%) Web Administrator
4 20 (9.90%) Designer
4 20 (9.90%) Web Designer
5 18 (8.91%) HTML CSS Designer
6 17 (8.42%) Senior
6 17 (8.42%) WordPress Developer
7 16 (7.92%) Marketing Executive
8 15 (7.43%) Marketing Manager
9 14 (6.93%) Web Developer
10 8 (3.96%) Coordinator
10 8 (3.96%) Lead
10 8 (3.96%) Senior Developer
11 7 (3.47%) Full-Stack Developer
12 4 (1.98%) Marketing Communications Manager
12 4 (1.98%) Senior Marketing Executive
12 4 (1.98%) Web Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 94 (46.53%) CSS
2 93 (46.04%) HTML
3 16 (7.92%) Laravel
4 8 (3.96%) REST
5 7 (3.47%) Ajax
5 7 (3.47%) CSS3
5 7 (3.47%) JSON
6 6 (2.97%) .NET
6 6 (2.97%) HTML5
7 5 (2.48%) Express.js
7 5 (2.48%) Node.js
7 5 (2.48%) Redux
8 4 (1.98%) Bootstrap
8 4 (1.98%) RESTful
9 3 (1.49%) Middleware
9 3 (1.49%) React
9 3 (1.49%) Tailwind CSS
10 2 (0.99%) Microsoft Graph
10 2 (0.99%) Next.js
10 2 (0.99%) Nuxt
Miscellaneous
1 22 (10.89%) Social Media
2 16 (7.92%) Web Conferencing
3 13 (6.44%) Blog
4 10 (4.95%) Podcast
5 9 (4.46%) Onboarding
6 6 (2.97%) Self-Motivation
7 5 (2.48%) Analytical Mindset
7 5 (2.48%) Legacy Systems
8 4 (1.98%) IoT
8 4 (1.98%) Linux Command Line
8 4 (1.98%) Management Information System
8 4 (1.98%) Video Editing
9 2 (0.99%) Driving Licence
9 2 (0.99%) Educational Technology
9 2 (0.99%) Graphic Design
9 2 (0.99%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.99%) NHS
10 1 (0.50%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.50%) Marketing Technology
10 1 (0.50%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.95%) Linux
2 7 (3.47%) Windows
3 6 (2.97%) Windows Server
4 4 (1.98%) Apple iOS
4 4 (1.98%) Mac OS
5 3 (1.49%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.50%) Alpine Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 67 (33.17%) Web Development
2 44 (21.78%) Digital Marketing
3 41 (20.30%) Analytics
4 40 (19.80%) B2B
5 38 (18.81%) AI
6 36 (17.82%) SEO
7 30 (14.85%) Problem-Solving
8 28 (13.86%) Project Management
9 23 (11.39%) CRM
9 23 (11.39%) User Experience
10 21 (10.40%) Content Management
11 20 (9.90%) Agile
12 19 (9.41%) Responsive Web Design
13 18 (8.91%) Copywriting
14 16 (7.92%) Collaborative Working
15 15 (7.43%) Stakeholder Management
16 14 (6.93%) Line Management
17 13 (6.44%) Email Marketing
17 13 (6.44%) Full-Stack Development
17 13 (6.44%) Marketing Automation
Programming Languages
1 70 (34.65%) JavaScript
2 60 (29.70%) PHP
3 47 (23.27%) Python
4 40 (19.80%) R
5 11 (5.45%) SQL
6 7 (3.47%) C#
7 3 (1.49%) TypeScript
8 2 (0.99%) Ruby
9 1 (0.50%) Bash
Qualifications
1 41 (20.30%) AWS Certification
1 41 (20.30%) Azure Certification
1 41 (20.30%) Microsoft Certification
2 40 (19.80%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 31 (15.35%) Degree
4 5 (2.48%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (0.50%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.50%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
5 1 (0.50%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (10.40%) Accessibility
2 17 (8.42%) QA
3 11 (5.45%) GDPR
4 7 (3.47%) WCAG
5 4 (1.98%) SLA
6 1 (0.50%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.50%) Data Quality
6 1 (0.50%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.50%) NCSC
6 1 (0.50%) NIST
System Software
1 3 (1.49%) Docker
2 1 (0.50%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 3 (1.49%) Ansible
1 3 (1.49%) Terraform
2 2 (0.99%) Proxmox
2 2 (0.99%) ZABBIX
3 1 (0.50%) Consul
3 1 (0.50%) Kibana
3 1 (0.50%) Packer
3 1 (0.50%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.50%) Puppet
Vendors
1 60 (29.70%) Microsoft
2 39 (19.31%) Google
3 19 (9.41%) Adobe
4 10 (4.95%) HubSpot
4 10 (4.95%) Pardot
5 9 (4.46%) Salesforce
6 8 (3.96%) WooCommerce
7 6 (2.97%) Apple
8 4 (1.98%) Marketo
8 4 (1.98%) OpenAI
9 3 (1.49%) Ahrefs
9 3 (1.49%) Hotjar
9 3 (1.49%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.99%) Facebook
10 2 (0.99%) TOWER Software
11 1 (0.50%) Cisco
11 1 (0.50%) Meraki
11 1 (0.50%) Netlify
11 1 (0.50%) New Relic
11 1 (0.50%) Screaming Frog