WordPress Job Trends in the South East

WordPress
England > South East

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South East requiring WordPress skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 294 248 306
Rank change year-on-year -46 +58 -99
Permanent jobs citing WordPress 41 38 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the South East 0.22% 0.42% 0.20%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.99% 6.40% 2.47%
Number of salaries quoted 37 35 10
10th Percentile £30,000 £29,750 £24,675
25th Percentile £34,000 £30,000 £27,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £31,500 £31,250
Median % change year-on-year +19.05% +0.80% -21.88%
75th Percentile £43,750 £43,750 £34,688
90th Percentile £53,500 £64,000 £38,125
England median annual salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year - +7.14% -12.50%

All Application Platform Skills
South East

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 South East.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 684 594 1,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South East 3.62% 6.61% 8.18%
Number of salaries quoted 507 454 480
10th Percentile £27,500 £29,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £33,750 £32,750 £35,105
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.26% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £60,000
90th Percentile £70,300 £72,500 £73,750
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% -4.35% +2.68%

WordPress
Job Vacancy Trend in the South East

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

WordPress job vacancy trend in the South East

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Salary Trend in the South East

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WordPress.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South East citing WordPress

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Salary Histogram in the South East

Salary distribution for jobs citing WordPress in the South East over the 6 months to 8 October 2026.

Salary histogram for WordPress in the South East

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Job Locations in the South East

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WordPress within the South East region over the 6 months to 8 October 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
Hampshire -50 13 £45,000 +9.09% 6
Surrey -18 11 £30,000 -0.83% 5
Thames Valley +2 8 £41,500 -36.15% 8
East Sussex -7 5 £37,500 -9.64% 3
Oxfordshire - 5 £41,500 - 3
Kent -32 3 £60,000 +100.00%
Buckinghamshire - 2 - - 3
Berkshire +9 1 £42,000 -35.38% 2
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England

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South East 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 10 (24.39%) CMS
2 5 (12.20%) Moodle
3 1 (2.44%) Apache
3 1 (2.44%) IIS
3 1 (2.44%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (17.07%) Microsoft Office
2 5 (12.20%) Elementor
3 4 (9.76%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 4 (9.76%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (9.76%) Photoshop
4 2 (4.88%) Adobe After Effects
4 2 (4.88%) Adobe Premiere
4 2 (4.88%) InDesign
5 1 (2.44%) Chatbot
5 1 (2.44%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (24.39%) Shopify
2 1 (2.44%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) Canva
2 6 (14.63%) Google Analytics
3 5 (12.20%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 3 (7.32%) Google Workspace
4 3 (7.32%) SaaS
5 2 (4.88%) Google Tag Manager
5 2 (4.88%) MailChimp
5 2 (4.88%) Microsoft 365
6 1 (2.44%) AWS
6 1 (2.44%) Google Ads
6 1 (2.44%) Meta Ads
6 1 (2.44%) Power Platform
6 1 (2.44%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.76%) MySQL
2 1 (2.44%) Looker
2 1 (2.44%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (2.44%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 3 (7.32%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) Bitbucket
2 1 (2.44%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 28 (68.29%) Marketing
2 16 (39.02%) Social Skills
3 7 (17.07%) Retail
4 5 (12.20%) Multimedia
4 5 (12.20%) Organisational Skills
5 3 (7.32%) Finance
5 3 (7.32%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 3 (7.32%) Law
5 3 (7.32%) Publishing
6 2 (4.88%) Analytical Skills
6 2 (4.88%) Manufacturing
7 1 (2.44%) Advertising
7 1 (2.44%) Legal
7 1 (2.44%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 13 (31.71%) Marketing Executive
2 12 (29.27%) Developer
3 5 (12.20%) Digital Developer
3 5 (12.20%) Full-Stack Developer
3 5 (12.20%) Marketing Assistant
4 4 (9.76%) Administrator
4 4 (9.76%) Digital Executive
4 4 (9.76%) Digital Marketing Executive
4 4 (9.76%) Senior
5 3 (7.32%) Senior Developer
5 3 (7.32%) Web Marketing Executive
6 2 (4.88%) Digital Project Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Full-Stack Web Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Head of Digital
6 2 (4.88%) Head of Marketing
6 2 (4.88%) Junior
6 2 (4.88%) Junior Developer
6 2 (4.88%) Project Manager
6 2 (4.88%) Web Developer
6 2 (4.88%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (31.71%) CSS
1 13 (31.71%) HTML
2 3 (7.32%) Laravel
3 2 (4.88%) React
4 1 (2.44%) Ajax
4 1 (2.44%) CodeIgniter
4 1 (2.44%) CSS3
4 1 (2.44%) HTML5
4 1 (2.44%) jQuery
4 1 (2.44%) JSON
4 1 (2.44%) REST
4 1 (2.44%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 10 (24.39%) Social Media
2 6 (14.63%) Web Conferencing
3 5 (12.20%) Animation
3 5 (12.20%) e-Learning
3 5 (12.20%) Learning Management System
3 5 (12.20%) SCORM
4 4 (9.76%) Blog
4 4 (9.76%) Driving Licence
4 4 (9.76%) Photography
5 3 (7.32%) Digital Media
5 3 (7.32%) Self-Motivation
6 2 (4.88%) Graphic Design
6 2 (4.88%) Management Information System
6 2 (4.88%) Onboarding
6 2 (4.88%) PMI
7 1 (2.44%) Marketing Technology
7 1 (2.44%) Video Editing
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Linux
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
1 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (46.34%) Digital Marketing
2 16 (39.02%) SEO
3 14 (34.15%) User Experience
4 12 (29.27%) AI
5 11 (26.83%) B2B
5 11 (26.83%) CRM
6 9 (21.95%) E-Commerce
7 8 (19.51%) Analytics
7 8 (19.51%) Email Marketing
7 8 (19.51%) Web Development
8 7 (17.07%) Stakeholder Management
9 6 (14.63%) B2B Marketing
9 6 (14.63%) Full-Stack Development
9 6 (14.63%) Mentoring
10 5 (12.20%) Commercial Awareness
10 5 (12.20%) Content Development
10 5 (12.20%) Problem-Solving
10 5 (12.20%) Time Management
11 4 (9.76%) Continuous Improvement
11 4 (9.76%) Data Protection
Programming Languages
1 6 (14.63%) JavaScript
1 6 (14.63%) PHP
2 1 (2.44%) Python
2 1 (2.44%) SQL
2 1 (2.44%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 4 (9.76%) Degree
2 2 (4.88%) DBS Check
2 2 (4.88%) PMI Certification
3 1 (2.44%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (17.07%) Accessibility
2 6 (14.63%) GDPR
2 6 (14.63%) QA
3 3 (7.32%) WCAG
4 1 (2.44%) Data Quality
4 1 (2.44%) ISO 9001
4 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 42001
Vendors
1 12 (29.27%) Google
2 10 (24.39%) Adobe
3 5 (12.20%) Microsoft
4 4 (9.76%) HubSpot
5 3 (7.32%) WooCommerce
6 2 (4.88%) Ahrefs
6 2 (4.88%) dotdigital
6 2 (4.88%) Hotjar
6 2 (4.88%) Xero
7 1 (2.44%) Instagram
7 1 (2.44%) Salesforce
7 1 (2.44%) TikTok
7 1 (2.44%) YouTube