WordPress Job Trends in the UK excluding London

WordPress
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring WordPress skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 13 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 468 466 398
Rank change year-on-year -2 -68 +87
Permanent jobs citing WordPress 164 95 398
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.28% 0.54%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.99% 3.63% 6.38%
Number of salaries quoted 158 74 346
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £25,625
25th Percentile £29,750 £30,300 £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% - -12.50%
75th Percentile £45,000 £42,000 £45,750
90th Percentile £50,000 £55,325 £55,000
UK median annual salary £38,500 £40,000 £36,000
% change year-on-year -3.75% +11.11% -11.54%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 2,736 2,614 6,234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 3.83% 7.74% 8.51%
Number of salaries quoted 2,094 1,718 4,299
10th Percentile £27,500 £27,750 £26,250
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,750 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - +5.88% -11.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £75,250 £73,750 £71,991
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -9.09%

WordPress
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing WordPress relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

WordPress job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

WordPress
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing WordPress.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing WordPress

WordPress
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WordPress in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 13 July 2026.

Salary histogram for WordPress in the UK excluding London

WordPress
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WordPress within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 13 July 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 of England +2 52 £31,500 -10.00% 15
North West 0 32 £37,500 +0.67% 7
Midlands -18 29 £45,000 +28.57% 8
South East -26 27 £42,500 +21.43% 13
East of England -8 26 £38,500 +6.94% 12
South West -44 25 £35,000 -3.45% 3
West Midlands -9 24 £45,000 +40.63% 4
Yorkshire -28 10 £31,500 - 5
North East -42 10 £30,750 -1.44% 3
Scotland +12 5 £32,500 -31.58%
East Midlands -28 5 £35,000 - 4
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UK

WordPress
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 41 (25.00%) CMS
2 3 (1.83%) Umbraco
3 2 (1.22%) Apache
3 2 (1.22%) Headless CMS
3 2 (1.22%) IIS
3 2 (1.22%) SharePoint
4 1 (0.61%) Confluence
4 1 (0.61%) Drupal
4 1 (0.61%) Joomla!
4 1 (0.61%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (0.61%) nginx
4 1 (0.61%) Tomcat
Applications
1 14 (8.54%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (7.32%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 7 (4.27%) Spreadsheet
4 6 (3.66%) Microsoft Excel
5 5 (3.05%) Adobe Illustrator
5 5 (3.05%) Photoshop
6 4 (2.44%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 3 (1.83%) Elementor
8 2 (1.22%) Trello
9 1 (0.61%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 9 (5.49%) Shopify
2 4 (2.44%) Magento
3 1 (0.61%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 54 (32.93%) Azure
2 45 (27.44%) AWS
3 36 (21.95%) GitHub
4 21 (12.80%) Figma
5 18 (10.98%) Google Analytics
6 17 (10.37%) Canva
7 11 (6.71%) Microsoft 365
8 10 (6.10%) Google Ads
9 8 (4.88%) SaaS
10 7 (4.27%) Power Platform
11 5 (3.05%) Power Automate
12 4 (2.44%) GCP
12 4 (2.44%) MailChimp
13 3 (1.83%) Azure DevOps
13 3 (1.83%) Dynamics 365
14 2 (1.22%) Anthropic Claude
14 2 (1.22%) OneDrive
15 1 (0.61%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 1 (0.61%) Algolia
15 1 (0.61%) AWS CodePipeline
Communications & Networking
1 40 (24.39%) Internet
2 5 (3.05%) DNS
2 5 (3.05%) Firewall
2 5 (3.05%) VPN
3 2 (1.22%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (6.71%) MySQL
2 7 (4.27%) Power BI
3 5 (3.05%) PostgreSQL
3 5 (3.05%) SQL Server
4 4 (2.44%) Metadata
5 2 (1.22%) phpMyAdmin
6 1 (0.61%) Amazon RDS
6 1 (0.61%) InterSystems Cache
6 1 (0.61%) Looker
6 1 (0.61%) Redis
6 1 (0.61%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 46 (28.05%) Git
2 3 (1.83%) JIRA
3 2 (1.22%) Claude Code
4 1 (0.61%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.61%) Gatling
4 1 (0.61%) JMeter
4 1 (0.61%) Vagrant
4 1 (0.61%) Vite
General
1 56 (34.15%) Marketing
2 40 (24.39%) Social Skills
3 39 (23.78%) Multimedia
4 15 (9.15%) Organisational Skills
5 9 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (4.27%) Games
7 5 (3.05%) Advertising
7 5 (3.05%) Public Sector
7 5 (3.05%) Telecoms
8 4 (2.44%) Brand Awareness
8 4 (2.44%) Finance
8 4 (2.44%) Legal
9 3 (1.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.83%) Publishing
10 1 (0.61%) Local Government
10 1 (0.61%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 45 (27.44%) Developer
2 36 (21.95%) Administrator
3 35 (21.34%) Trainee
3 35 (21.34%) Trainee Administrator
3 35 (21.34%) Web Administrator
4 20 (12.20%) Designer
4 20 (12.20%) Web Designer
5 18 (10.98%) HTML CSS Designer
5 18 (10.98%) Marketing Executive
6 16 (9.76%) WordPress Developer
7 12 (7.32%) Web Developer
8 11 (6.71%) Full-Stack Developer
9 9 (5.49%) Coordinator
10 7 (4.27%) Senior
11 6 (3.66%) Marketing Manager
12 5 (3.05%) PHP Developer
13 4 (2.44%) DevOps Engineer
13 4 (2.44%) Lead
13 4 (2.44%) Marketing Communications Manager
13 4 (2.44%) Senior Marketing Executive
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 83 (50.61%) CSS
2 80 (48.78%) HTML
3 13 (7.93%) Laravel
4 8 (4.88%) .NET
4 8 (4.88%) REST
5 5 (3.05%) Bootstrap
6 3 (1.83%) jQuery
6 3 (1.83%) Nuxt
6 3 (1.83%) React
6 3 (1.83%) RESTful
6 3 (1.83%) Ruby on Rails
6 3 (1.83%) Tailwind CSS
7 2 (1.22%) CSS3
7 2 (1.22%) HTML5
8 1 (0.61%) .NET Framework
8 1 (0.61%) Google Maps API
8 1 (0.61%) Memcached
8 1 (0.61%) Next.js
8 1 (0.61%) Node.js
8 1 (0.61%) Semantic HTML
Miscellaneous
1 20 (12.20%) Social Media
2 15 (9.15%) Web Conferencing
3 11 (6.71%) Blog
4 10 (6.10%) Podcast
5 9 (5.49%) Onboarding
6 5 (3.05%) Analytical Mindset
6 5 (3.05%) Legacy Systems
6 5 (3.05%) Self-Motivation
7 4 (2.44%) IoT
7 4 (2.44%) Video Editing
8 3 (1.83%) Linux Command Line
9 2 (1.22%) Management Information System
10 1 (0.61%) Digital Media
10 1 (0.61%) FMCG
10 1 (0.61%) Graphic Design
Operating Systems
1 7 (4.27%) Linux
1 7 (4.27%) Windows
1 7 (4.27%) Windows Server
2 5 (3.05%) Apple iOS
2 5 (3.05%) Mac OS
3 1 (0.61%) Alpine Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (33.54%) Web Development
2 36 (21.95%) Digital Marketing
3 35 (21.34%) SEO
4 34 (20.73%) B2B
5 29 (17.68%) AI
5 29 (17.68%) Problem-Solving
6 27 (16.46%) Analytics
7 25 (15.24%) CRM
8 20 (12.20%) User Experience
9 18 (10.98%) Responsive Web Design
10 15 (9.15%) Project Management
11 14 (8.54%) Agile
12 13 (7.93%) Full-Stack Development
13 12 (7.32%) B2B Marketing
13 12 (7.32%) Content Management
14 11 (6.71%) Collaborative Working
14 11 (6.71%) Continuous Improvement
14 11 (6.71%) Email Marketing
14 11 (6.71%) Stakeholder Management
15 10 (6.10%) Marketing Strategy
Programming Languages
1 54 (32.93%) JavaScript
2 47 (28.66%) PHP
3 38 (23.17%) Python
4 35 (21.34%) R
5 13 (7.93%) SQL
6 7 (4.27%) C#
7 3 (1.83%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 36 (21.95%) AWS Certification
1 36 (21.95%) Azure Certification
1 36 (21.95%) Microsoft Certification
2 35 (21.34%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
3 28 (17.07%) Degree
4 4 (2.44%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (1.22%) Security Cleared
6 1 (0.61%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.61%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.61%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (10.98%) QA
2 12 (7.32%) Accessibility
3 5 (3.05%) GDPR
3 5 (3.05%) SLA
4 3 (1.83%) WCAG
5 1 (0.61%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.61%) NCSC
System Software
1 2 (1.22%) Docker
2 1 (0.61%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (2.44%) Ansible
1 4 (2.44%) Terraform
2 3 (1.83%) Proxmox
2 3 (1.83%) ZABBIX
3 1 (0.61%) Consul
3 1 (0.61%) Packer
3 1 (0.61%) Progress Chef
3 1 (0.61%) Puppet
Vendors
1 55 (33.54%) Microsoft
2 26 (15.85%) Google
3 16 (9.76%) Adobe
4 10 (6.10%) HubSpot
5 8 (4.88%) WooCommerce
6 5 (3.05%) Apple
7 4 (2.44%) Marketo
7 4 (2.44%) OpenAI
7 4 (2.44%) Pardot
8 3 (1.83%) Ahrefs
8 3 (1.83%) Hotjar
9 2 (1.22%) Facebook
9 2 (1.22%) Salesforce
9 2 (1.22%) TOWER Software
10 1 (0.61%) Netlify
10 1 (0.61%) Screaming Frog