PHP WordPress Developer Job Trends in the North West

PHP WordPress Developer
England > North West

The median PHP WordPress Developer salary in the North West is £47,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 December 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 173 207 -
Rank change year-on-year +34 - -
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP WordPress Developer 2 2 0
As % of all permanent jobs in the North West 0.033% 0.037% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.039% 0.040% -
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 - -
England median annual salary £60,000 £41,250 £54,000
% change year-on-year +45.45% -23.61% +13.68%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the North West. 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 the North West with a recognized job title 5,132 5,031 3,344
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 85.85% 93.43% 95.82%
Number of salaries quoted 2,719 2,722 2,555
10th Percentile £28,000 £32,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £40,000 £41,239
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -8.18% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,769 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,750 £82,548
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% - -

PHP WordPress Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

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 the North West.

PHP WordPress Developer job vacancy trend in the North West

PHP WordPress Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

Salary distribution trend for PHP WordPress Developer job vacancies in the North West.

Salary distribution trend for PHP WordPress Developer job vacancies in the North West

PHP WordPress Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP WordPress Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 17 December 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP WordPress Developer in the North West

PHP WordPress Developer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP WordPress Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 17 December 2025. 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
Manchester +23 2 £47,000 - 2
PHP WordPress Developer
England

PHP WordPress Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 17 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 North West 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 the North West 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