WordPress Jobs in the UK excluding London

WordPress
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London requiring WordPress skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited WordPress over the 6 months leading up to 19 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 487 409 527
Rank change year-on-year -78 +118 -63
Permanent jobs citing WordPress 88 397 212
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.22% 0.55% 0.36%
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.27% 5.51% 3.55%
Number of salaries quoted 58 367 166
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £31,500 £29,750 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £36,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.78% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £40,563 £47,500 £47,500
90th Percentile £49,500 £56,250 £52,500
UK median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year +13.33% -11.76% +3.66%

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 2,695 7,208 5,973
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 6.77% 10.07% 10.13%
Number of salaries quoted 1,687 4,630 3,930
10th Percentile £28,250 £26,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,628 £42,500 £47,710
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -10.92% +6.02%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £73,750 £72,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,667
% change year-on-year +10.00% -10.18% +1.21%

WordPress
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing WordPress as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for WordPress in the UK excluding London

WordPress
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WordPress in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for WordPress in the UK excluding London

WordPress
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing WordPress in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 19 May 2025.

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 19 May 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
South East +48 24 £32,500 -17.72% 49
Midlands +6 23 £35,000 - 21
East Midlands +13 16 £35,000 - 1
North of England -36 16 £33,000 -1.49% 54
East of England -3 12 £35,000 - 22
North West -38 12 £33,000 -1.49% 31
South West +57 10 £35,000 -12.50% 14
West Midlands -10 7 £37,500 +7.14% 20
Yorkshire +22 4 - - 13
Scotland +110 1 £47,500 +5.56% 3
Northern Ireland +40 1 - - 4
Wales +23 1 £45,000 +28.57%
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UK

WordPress
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 39 (44.32%) CMS
2 5 (5.68%) Drupal
3 4 (4.55%) SharePoint
4 3 (3.41%) Joomla!
4 3 (3.41%) Umbraco
5 1 (1.14%) Headless CMS
5 1 (1.14%) SAS
Applications
1 14 (15.91%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (11.36%) Microsoft Excel
3 7 (7.95%) Adobe Premiere
3 7 (7.95%) Photoshop
4 4 (4.55%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 3 (3.41%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 3 (3.41%) Final Cut Pro
6 2 (2.27%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (1.14%) Acrobat
7 1 (1.14%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 12 (13.64%) Shopify
2 2 (2.27%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (1.14%) Magento
3 1 (1.14%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 17 (19.32%) Google Analytics
2 12 (13.64%) GitHub
3 11 (12.50%) Slack
3 11 (12.50%) Zapier
4 7 (7.95%) Stripe
5 6 (6.82%) Azure
5 6 (6.82%) Canva
6 5 (5.68%) AWS
7 4 (4.55%) Google Ads
8 3 (3.41%) GCP
8 3 (3.41%) Google Data Studio
8 3 (3.41%) Google Tag Manager
8 3 (3.41%) MailChimp
8 3 (3.41%) Power Platform
9 2 (2.27%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (2.27%) DigitalOcean
9 2 (2.27%) Figma
9 2 (2.27%) Microsoft 365
9 2 (2.27%) SaaS
10 1 (1.14%) Google Sheets
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.27%) DNS
1 2 (2.27%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.14%) Broadband
2 1 (1.14%) Internet
2 1 (1.14%) SMS
2 1 (1.14%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 22 (25.00%) MySQL
2 6 (6.82%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (4.55%) MongoDB
4 3 (3.41%) Power BI
5 1 (1.14%) NoSQL
5 1 (1.14%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.14%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 27 (30.68%) Git
2 2 (2.27%) Bitbucket
2 2 (2.27%) git-flow
3 1 (1.14%) JIRA
3 1 (1.14%) Visual Website Optimizer
General
1 23 (26.14%) Marketing
1 23 (26.14%) Social Skills
2 8 (9.09%) Organisational Skills
3 7 (7.95%) Legal
4 6 (6.82%) Advertising
5 3 (3.41%) Automotive
5 3 (3.41%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (3.41%) Retail
6 2 (2.27%) Multimedia
7 1 (1.14%) Mandarin Language
7 1 (1.14%) Publishing
7 1 (1.14%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 53 (60.23%) Developer
2 24 (27.27%) Web Developer
3 11 (12.50%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
4 8 (9.09%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
4 8 (9.09%) Website Developer
5 7 (7.95%) 1st Line Support
6 6 (6.82%) IT Support
6 6 (6.82%) PHP Developer
7 5 (5.68%) Digital Developer
7 5 (5.68%) WordPress Developer
8 3 (3.41%) Communications Officer
8 3 (3.41%) Creative Developer
8 3 (3.41%) Creative Web Developer
8 3 (3.41%) Digital Marketing Developer
8 3 (3.41%) Digital Marketing Specialist
8 3 (3.41%) Head of Communications
8 3 (3.41%) Head of Design
8 3 (3.41%) Head of Digital
8 3 (3.41%) Marketing Specialist
8 3 (3.41%) Web Marketing Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 44 (50.00%) HTML
2 43 (48.86%) CSS
3 18 (20.45%) Laravel
4 8 (9.09%) AngularJS
4 8 (9.09%) React
5 7 (7.95%) HTML5
6 6 (6.82%) Vue
7 5 (5.68%) .NET
7 5 (5.68%) jQuery
7 5 (5.68%) Tailwind CSS
8 4 (4.55%) Bootstrap
8 4 (4.55%) Node.js
9 3 (3.41%) CSS3
9 3 (3.41%) REST
9 3 (3.41%) Sass
10 2 (2.27%) ASP.NET
10 2 (2.27%) Django
10 2 (2.27%) Flutter
10 2 (2.27%) Unreal Engine
11 1 (1.14%) DOM
Miscellaneous
1 17 (19.32%) Social Media
2 10 (11.36%) Graphic Design
3 9 (10.23%) Blog
4 7 (7.95%) Digital Media
4 7 (7.95%) Learning Management System
4 7 (7.95%) Self-Motivation
5 6 (6.82%) Driving Licence
6 5 (5.68%) Augmented Reality
6 5 (5.68%) Virtual Reality
7 4 (4.55%) Animation
7 4 (4.55%) Mobile App
7 4 (4.55%) Photography
8 3 (3.41%) Management Information System
8 3 (3.41%) Motion Graphics
8 3 (3.41%) Onboarding
8 3 (3.41%) Video Editing
9 2 (2.27%) Algorithms
9 2 (2.27%) Linux Command Line
10 1 (1.14%) Digital Signage
10 1 (1.14%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 7 (7.95%) Windows
2 2 (2.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (40.91%) Web Development
2 31 (35.23%) SEO
3 30 (34.09%) User Experience
4 27 (30.68%) E-Commerce
5 25 (28.41%) Front End Development
6 24 (27.27%) Project Management
7 22 (25.00%) Content Management
8 19 (21.59%) Problem-Solving
9 18 (20.45%) Analytics
10 17 (19.32%) Responsive Web Design
11 16 (18.18%) Computer Science
12 14 (15.91%) Full-Stack Development
13 13 (14.77%) UX Design
14 12 (13.64%) Agile
14 12 (13.64%) Digital Marketing
15 11 (12.50%) Server Management
16 10 (11.36%) Marketing Strategy
17 9 (10.23%) Performance Optimisation
17 9 (10.23%) Strategic Thinking
17 9 (10.23%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 52 (59.09%) PHP
2 30 (34.09%) JavaScript
3 16 (18.18%) Python
4 15 (17.05%) Java
5 6 (6.82%) C#
6 2 (2.27%) C++
6 2 (2.27%) SQL
Qualifications
1 26 (29.55%) Degree
2 15 (17.05%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (2.27%) DBS Check
3 2 (2.27%) Master's Degree
4 1 (1.14%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (15.91%) Accessibility
2 10 (11.36%) QA
3 7 (7.95%) GDPR
3 7 (7.95%) WCAG
System Software
1 2 (2.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.14%) cPanel
Vendors
1 24 (27.27%) Microsoft
2 23 (26.14%) Google
3 14 (15.91%) WooCommerce
4 13 (14.77%) Adobe
5 7 (7.95%) Twitter
5 7 (7.95%) YouTube
6 6 (6.82%) Cisco
6 6 (6.82%) Facebook
6 6 (6.82%) Instagram
6 6 (6.82%) Meraki
7 2 (2.27%) HubSpot
7 2 (2.27%) Salesforce
8 1 (1.14%) Ahrefs
8 1 (1.14%) Hotjar
8 1 (1.14%) Oracle
8 1 (1.14%) SAP
8 1 (1.14%) ServiceNow