WordPress Job Trends in the Thames Valley

WordPress
South East > Thames Valley

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring WordPress skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 10 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 183 180 191
Rank change year-on-year -3 +11 -41
Permanent jobs citing WordPress 8 5 10
As % of all permanent jobs in the Thames Valley 0.12% 0.14% 0.19%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.62% 1.77% 2.35%
Number of salaries quoted 7 5 10
10th Percentile £32,150 £51,250 £29,675
25th Percentile £36,875 £62,500 £30,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £41,500 £65,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -36.15% +58.54% +2.50%
75th Percentile £42,750 £67,500 £56,250
90th Percentile £45,650 - -
South East median annual salary £41,500 £30,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year +38.33% -14.29% -12.50%

All Application Platform Skills
Thames Valley

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 Thames Valley.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 221 282 425
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Thames Valley 3.31% 7.79% 8.22%
Number of salaries quoted 162 178 303
10th Percentile £29,050 £28,425 £29,750
25th Percentile £37,500 £36,250 £36,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,166 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.81% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £59,875
90th Percentile £70,675 £80,000 £73,750
South East median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year +11.11% -3.23% -7.00%

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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley

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

WordPress job vacancy trend in the Thames Valley

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Salary Trend in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing WordPress.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing WordPress

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Salary Histogram in the Thames Valley

Salary distribution for jobs citing WordPress in the Thames Valley over the 6 months to 10 August 2026.

Salary histogram for WordPress in the Thames Valley

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Job Locations in the Thames Valley

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WordPress within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 10 August 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
Oxfordshire -18 4 £41,500 -12.63% 3
Berkshire +16 3 £37,500 -42.31% 2
Buckinghamshire - 1 - -
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South East

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Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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 3 (37.50%) Moodle
2 2 (25.00%) CMS
3 1 (12.50%) Apache
3 1 (12.50%) IIS
3 1 (12.50%) Tomcat
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Adobe Creative Cloud
2 2 (25.00%) AWS
2 2 (25.00%) Azure
2 2 (25.00%) GitHub
3 1 (12.50%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (25.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) Looker
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Git
2 1 (12.50%) Bitbucket
General
1 5 (62.50%) Multimedia
2 2 (25.00%) Marketing
3 1 (12.50%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 1 (12.50%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 5 (62.50%) Developer
2 4 (50.00%) Senior
3 3 (37.50%) Digital Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Senior Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Administrator
4 2 (25.00%) Trainee
4 2 (25.00%) Trainee Administrator
4 2 (25.00%) Web Administrator
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Executive
5 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing Executive
5 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Marketing Executive
5 1 (12.50%) PHP Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Digital Marketing Executive
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Marketing Executive
5 1 (12.50%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (75.00%) CSS
1 6 (75.00%) HTML
2 1 (12.50%) Ajax
2 1 (12.50%) CodeIgniter
2 1 (12.50%) CSS3
2 1 (12.50%) Google Maps API
2 1 (12.50%) HTML5
2 1 (12.50%) jQuery
2 1 (12.50%) JSON
2 1 (12.50%) Laravel
2 1 (12.50%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Animation
1 3 (37.50%) e-Learning
1 3 (37.50%) Learning Management System
1 3 (37.50%) SCORM
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Windows
1 1 (12.50%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (50.00%) Stakeholder Management
1 4 (50.00%) User Experience
2 3 (37.50%) Content Development
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Mentoring
2 3 (37.50%) Storyboarding
3 2 (25.00%) Web Development
4 1 (12.50%) Agile
4 1 (12.50%) AI
4 1 (12.50%) Analytics
4 1 (12.50%) Change Management
4 1 (12.50%) Digital Marketing
4 1 (12.50%) Incident Management
4 1 (12.50%) ITIL
4 1 (12.50%) Marketing Strategy
4 1 (12.50%) Pay per click
4 1 (12.50%) Project Management
4 1 (12.50%) Release Management
4 1 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (12.50%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 2 (25.00%) Python
2 2 (25.00%) R
3 1 (12.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) AWS Certification
1 2 (25.00%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
1 2 (25.00%) Azure Certification
1 2 (25.00%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (12.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (37.50%) Accessibility
1 3 (37.50%) QA
1 3 (37.50%) WCAG
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Adobe
2 2 (25.00%) Google
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
3 1 (12.50%) HubSpot
3 1 (12.50%) WooCommerce