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 13 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 216 256 244
Rank change year-on-year +40 -12 +136
Permanent jobs citing WordPress 43 31 36
As % of all permanent jobs in the North of England 0.40% 0.34% 0.42%
As % of the Application Platforms category 9.31% 4.18% 4.88%
Number of salaries quoted 41 10 35
10th Percentile - £26,125 £23,850
25th Percentile £26,250 £26,250 £28,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £32,500 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% - -27.78%
75th Percentile £42,500 £40,750 £41,875
90th Percentile £50,000 £49,750 £54,000
England median annual salary £33,000 £35,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -5.71% -22.22% -

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 462 742 738
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 4.31% 8.18% 8.62%
Number of salaries quoted 320 396 636
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,755 £25,750
25th Percentile £29,750 £32,688 £32,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.89% - -3.23%
75th Percentile £62,500 £58,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £81,289 £73,193 £80,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £57,000 £53,000
% change year-on-year -12.28% +7.55% -3.64%

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

WordPress
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 13 January 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 13 January 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 +30 30 £33,000 +1.54% 14
Yorkshire +3 12 £27,500 -31.25% 14
North East +4 1 - - 6
WordPress
England

WordPress
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 8 (18.60%) CMS
2 5 (11.63%) Drupal
2 5 (11.63%) nginx
2 5 (11.63%) SharePoint
3 3 (6.98%) Umbraco
4 1 (2.33%) Confluence
4 1 (2.33%) Headless CMS
4 1 (2.33%) Magnolia
4 1 (2.33%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 5 (11.63%) Photoshop
2 4 (9.30%) Adobe Creative Suite
2 4 (9.30%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (6.98%) Elementor
3 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (6.98%) Microsoft Project
4 1 (2.33%) Adobe Premiere
4 1 (2.33%) Adobe XD
4 1 (2.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 4 (9.30%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (44.19%) AWS
2 13 (30.23%) Azure
3 11 (25.58%) GitHub
4 6 (13.95%) Microsoft 365
5 5 (11.63%) Cloud Computing
5 5 (11.63%) Dynamics 365
5 5 (11.63%) Entra ID
5 5 (11.63%) OneDrive
5 5 (11.63%) Power Automate
5 5 (11.63%) Power Platform
6 4 (9.30%) Google Ads
7 3 (6.98%) Contentful
7 3 (6.98%) Slack
8 2 (4.65%) GCP
8 2 (4.65%) Google Analytics
9 1 (2.33%) Cloudflare
9 1 (2.33%) Figma
9 1 (2.33%) Google Tag Manager
9 1 (2.33%) SaaS
9 1 (2.33%) Sprout Social
Communications & Networking
1 11 (25.58%) Internet
2 1 (2.33%) DNS
2 1 (2.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.63%) MariaDB
1 5 (11.63%) Power BI
2 1 (2.33%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 14 (32.56%) Git
2 4 (9.30%) JIRA
General
1 17 (39.53%) Social Skills
2 11 (25.58%) Multimedia
3 8 (18.60%) Marketing
4 7 (16.28%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (11.63%) Local Government
5 5 (11.63%) Police
5 5 (11.63%) Public Sector
6 4 (9.30%) Finance
6 4 (9.30%) Retail
7 3 (6.98%) Automotive
7 3 (6.98%) Brand Awareness
8 2 (4.65%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (4.65%) Law
8 2 (4.65%) Tech for Good
9 1 (2.33%) Advertising
9 1 (2.33%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (25.58%) Administrator
1 11 (25.58%) Trainee
1 11 (25.58%) Trainee Administrator
1 11 (25.58%) Web Administrator
2 7 (16.28%) Account Manager
2 7 (16.28%) Senior
3 6 (13.95%) Developer
3 6 (13.95%) IT Support
4 5 (11.63%) Infrastructure Security Specialist
4 5 (11.63%) Infrastructure Specialist
4 5 (11.63%) Infrastructure Support
4 5 (11.63%) Infrastructure Support Specialist
4 5 (11.63%) Security Specialist
4 5 (11.63%) SEO Manager
4 5 (11.63%) Support Officer
4 5 (11.63%) Support Specialist
4 5 (11.63%) WordPress Developer
5 4 (9.30%) PHP Developer
5 4 (9.30%) Senior SEO Manager
5 4 (9.30%) Technical Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (48.84%) HTML
2 16 (37.21%) CSS
3 3 (6.98%) React
4 1 (2.33%) Laravel
4 1 (2.33%) Middleware
4 1 (2.33%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 5 (11.63%) Onboarding
1 5 (11.63%) Social Media
1 5 (11.63%) Video Conferencing
2 2 (4.65%) NHS
3 1 (2.33%) Data Protection Act
3 1 (2.33%) Driving Licence
3 1 (2.33%) Graphic Design
3 1 (2.33%) Management Information System
3 1 (2.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.63%) Windows
1 5 (11.63%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (32.56%) Problem-Solving
2 13 (30.23%) Web Development
3 10 (23.26%) Cybersecurity
4 9 (20.93%) SEO
5 5 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
5 5 (11.63%) Patch Management
5 5 (11.63%) Process Improvement
5 5 (11.63%) Security Patching
5 5 (11.63%) Threat Detection
6 4 (9.30%) B2B
6 4 (9.30%) Digital Marketing
6 4 (9.30%) Project Management
7 3 (6.98%) Analytics
7 3 (6.98%) Campaign Management
7 3 (6.98%) Copywriting
7 3 (6.98%) Email Marketing
7 3 (6.98%) Marketing Strategy
7 3 (6.98%) Pay per click
7 3 (6.98%) Performance Metrics
7 3 (6.98%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (32.56%) JavaScript
2 11 (25.58%) Python
2 11 (25.58%) R
3 4 (9.30%) PHP
Qualifications
1 16 (37.21%) AWS Certification
2 11 (25.58%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
2 11 (25.58%) Azure Certification
2 11 (25.58%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (11.63%) A+ Certification
3 5 (11.63%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (23.26%) Cyber Essentials
1 10 (23.26%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
2 6 (13.95%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 5 (11.63%) ISO 9001
4 3 (6.98%) Accessibility
5 1 (2.33%) Data Quality
5 1 (2.33%) GDPR
5 1 (2.33%) SLA
5 1 (2.33%) WCAG
System Software
1 5 (11.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (11.63%) Microsoft Intune
2 2 (4.65%) cPanel
2 2 (4.65%) Plesk
Vendors
1 20 (46.51%) Microsoft
2 6 (13.95%) Adobe
2 6 (13.95%) Google
3 5 (11.63%) Screaming Frog
4 1 (2.33%) Ahrefs
4 1 (2.33%) Hootsuite
4 1 (2.33%) HubSpot
4 1 (2.33%) Sitecore