WordPress Job Trends in the North of England

WordPress
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring WordPress skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 283 283 280
Rank change year-on-year 0 -3 +74
Permanent jobs citing WordPress 51 17 103
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.26% 0.21% 0.55%
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.22% 2.92% 7.33%
Number of salaries quoted 50 10 100
10th Percentile £27,225 £31,470 £26,950
25th Percentile £27,500 £31,500 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,500 £37,250 £33,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.44% +11.19% -16.25%
75th Percentile £43,438 £50,500 £45,000
90th Percentile £45,250 £60,250 £51,250
England median annual salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -10.71%

All Application Platform Skills
North of 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 the North of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 706 583 1,405
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 3.58% 7.17% 7.51%
Number of salaries quoted 595 383 1,125
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £33,375 £31,250 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -6.51%
75th Percentile £65,320 £61,125 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,500 £75,772
England median annual salary £52,246 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.01% +10.00% -10.71%

WordPress
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

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

WordPress job vacancy trend in the North of England

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Salary Trend in the North of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing WordPress.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing WordPress

WordPress
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing WordPress in the North of England over the 6 months to 7 June 2026.

Salary histogram for WordPress in the North of England

WordPress
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WordPress within the North of England region over the 6 months to 7 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 West +7 36 £37,500 -5.06% 5
North East -35 8 £30,000 -3.85% 4
Yorkshire -41 7 £31,500 - 9
WordPress
England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of 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 21 (41.18%) CMS
2 3 (5.88%) Umbraco
3 2 (3.92%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 7 (13.73%) Spreadsheet
2 2 (3.92%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 2 (3.92%) Trello
3 1 (1.96%) Adobe Premiere
3 1 (1.96%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (1.96%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (1.96%) Dynamics CRM
1 1 (1.96%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 22 (43.14%) Azure
2 15 (29.41%) AWS
2 15 (29.41%) GitHub
3 11 (21.57%) Google Analytics
4 7 (13.73%) Figma
5 5 (9.80%) Power Automate
6 3 (5.88%) Google Ads
7 2 (3.92%) Azure DevOps
7 2 (3.92%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (3.92%) OneDrive
8 1 (1.96%) Canva
8 1 (1.96%) Power Platform
8 1 (1.96%) SaaS
8 1 (1.96%) Vercel
Communications & Networking
1 15 (29.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.84%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.88%) Metadata
3 1 (1.96%) MySQL
3 1 (1.96%) phpMyAdmin
3 1 (1.96%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 20 (39.22%) Git
2 2 (3.92%) JIRA
General
1 23 (45.10%) Marketing
2 15 (29.41%) Multimedia
3 10 (19.61%) Social Skills
4 7 (13.73%) Organisational Skills
5 4 (7.84%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (7.84%) Legal
6 2 (3.92%) Advertising
6 2 (3.92%) Games
6 2 (3.92%) Publishing
6 2 (3.92%) Tech for Good
7 1 (1.96%) Finance
7 1 (1.96%) Law
7 1 (1.96%) Local Government
7 1 (1.96%) Manufacturing
7 1 (1.96%) Retail
Job Titles
1 16 (31.37%) Administrator
2 15 (29.41%) Trainee
2 15 (29.41%) Trainee Administrator
2 15 (29.41%) Web Administrator
3 12 (23.53%) Developer
4 7 (13.73%) Coordinator
4 7 (13.73%) Designer
4 7 (13.73%) Web Designer
5 6 (11.76%) HTML CSS Designer
6 4 (7.84%) Full-Stack Developer
6 4 (7.84%) WordPress Developer
7 3 (5.88%) Software Developer
8 2 (3.92%) Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) Content Coordinator
8 2 (3.92%) Marketing Executive
8 2 (3.92%) Marketing Manager
8 2 (3.92%) Project Consultant
8 2 (3.92%) Senior
8 2 (3.92%) Web Developer
9 1 (1.96%) Senior WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 37 (72.55%) CSS
2 33 (64.71%) HTML
3 5 (9.80%) REST
4 4 (7.84%) .NET
5 3 (5.88%) Bootstrap
6 1 (1.96%) Laravel
6 1 (1.96%) React
Miscellaneous
1 6 (11.76%) Onboarding
2 3 (5.88%) Social Media
3 2 (3.92%) Blog
4 1 (1.96%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (1.96%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.96%) Graphic Design
4 1 (1.96%) Management Information System
4 1 (1.96%) NHS
4 1 (1.96%) Web Conferencing
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (39.22%) Web Development
2 15 (29.41%) Responsive Web Design
3 13 (25.49%) User Experience
4 12 (23.53%) Analytics
5 11 (21.57%) SEO
6 10 (19.61%) AI
6 10 (19.61%) Digital Marketing
7 9 (17.65%) B2B
7 9 (17.65%) Content Management
8 8 (15.69%) B2C
9 7 (13.73%) Agile
9 7 (13.73%) CRM
9 7 (13.73%) Digital Content Management
10 5 (9.80%) Computer Science
10 5 (9.80%) Generative AI
10 5 (9.80%) Performance Optimisation
10 5 (9.80%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (7.84%) Event-Driven
11 4 (7.84%) Full-Stack Development
11 4 (7.84%) LLM
Programming Languages
1 21 (41.18%) JavaScript
2 15 (29.41%) Python
2 15 (29.41%) R
3 12 (23.53%) PHP
4 4 (7.84%) C#
5 1 (1.96%) SQL
Qualifications
1 15 (29.41%) AWS Certification
1 15 (29.41%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 15 (29.41%) Azure Certification
1 15 (29.41%) Microsoft Certification
2 13 (25.49%) Degree
3 4 (7.84%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (19.61%) QA
2 5 (9.80%) Accessibility
3 1 (1.96%) Data Quality
3 1 (1.96%) WCAG
Vendors
1 19 (37.25%) Microsoft
2 11 (21.57%) Google
3 4 (7.84%) OpenAI
4 3 (5.88%) Adobe
5 2 (3.92%) Ahrefs
5 2 (3.92%) Hotjar
6 1 (1.96%) HubSpot
6 1 (1.96%) Netlify
6 1 (1.96%) TOWER Software
6 1 (1.96%) WooCommerce