PHP WordPress Developer Job Trends in Manchester

PHP WordPress Developer
North West > Manchester

The median PHP WordPress Developer salary in Manchester is £47,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 December 2025.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 129 158 -
Rank change year-on-year +29 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP WordPress Developer 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.077% 0.068% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.086% 0.073% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 0
10th Percentile £33,650 - -
25th Percentile £37,625 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 - -
75th Percentile £56,125 - -
90th Percentile £59,950 - -
North West median annual salary £47,000 - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Manchester with a recognized job title 2,319 2,749 2,050
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.26% 94.11% 95.62%
Number of salaries quoted 1,443 1,377 1,651
10th Percentile £28,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,500 £41,250 £42,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% +1.73%
75th Percentile £71,250 £70,000 £72,466
90th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £85,000
North West median annual salary £50,000 £50,055 £55,000
% change year-on-year -0.11% -8.99% +4.76%

PHP WordPress Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'PHP WordPress Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

PHP WordPress Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

PHP WordPress Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for PHP WordPress Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for PHP WordPress Developer job vacancies in Manchester

PHP WordPress Developer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP WordPress Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP WordPress Developer in Manchester

PHP WordPress Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, PHP WordPress Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring PHP WordPress Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
1 2 (100.00%) WordPress
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (50.00%) Adobe XD
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) Cloudflare
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) cPanel
2 1 (50.00%) GCP
2 1 (50.00%) Google
2 1 (50.00%) Google Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) HubSpot
2 1 (50.00%) Integrated Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) MySQL
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
2 1 (50.00%) Plesk
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) React

PHP WordPress Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (100.00%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe XD
1 1 (50.00%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) Cloudflare
1 1 (50.00%) GCP
1 1 (50.00%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (50.00%) Documentation Skills
1 1 (50.00%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Clean Code
2 1 (50.00%) Analytics
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Culture
2 1 (50.00%) Collaborative Working
2 1 (50.00%) Integrated Marketing
2 1 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (50.00%) Performance Optimisation
2 1 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 1 (50.00%) SEO
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
2 1 (50.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
Systems Management
1 1 (50.00%) cPanel
1 1 (50.00%) Plesk
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Adobe
1 1 (50.00%) Google
1 1 (50.00%) HubSpot