WordPress Jobs

WordPress
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 10 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
10 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 540 556 602
Rank change year-on-year +16 +46 -213
Permanent jobs citing WordPress 267 221 697
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.36% 0.48%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.19% 3.35% 3.62%
Number of salaries quoted 138 196 438
10th Percentile £26,250 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £30,000 £34,313 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -20.00% +25.00%
75th Percentile £46,188 £50,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £59,500 £60,000 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% -20.00% +38.30%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 6,376 6,595 19,278
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.13% 10.86% 13.32%
Number of salaries quoted 3,696 5,152 10,249
10th Percentile £31,250 £31,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £39,000 £39,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £90,000 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £92,500 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - +5.56%

WordPress
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing WordPress as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for WordPress in the UK

WordPress
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing WordPress.

Salary trend for WordPress in the UK

WordPress
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing WordPress over the 6 months to 10 October 2024.

Salary histogram for WordPress in the UK

WordPress
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WordPress within the UK over the 6 months to 10 October 2024. 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
England +21 251 £35,000 -12.50% 236
UK excluding London +30 213 £35,000 -12.50% 182
Work from Home +22 104 £36,000 -14.79% 49
Midlands +14 54 £35,000 -22.22% 39
East of England +2 51 £35,000 -30.00% 20
London +12 43 £45,000 -2.70% 81
North of England +19 41 £35,000 - 53
South West +5 34 £32,000 -20.00% 23
North West +4 34 £35,000 +46.75% 27
East Midlands - 34 £35,000 - 17
South East -107 25 £31,250 -21.88% 27
West Midlands -10 20 £36,500 -18.89% 22
Yorkshire +31 5 £40,000 -4.76% 15
Scotland +6 5 £45,000 -10.00% 8
Northern Ireland +26 3 £29,000 -19.44% 4
North East -33 2 £27,500 -35.29% 11

WordPress
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 97 (36.33%) CMS
2 23 (8.61%) Drupal
3 6 (2.25%) SharePoint
4 5 (1.87%) Umbraco
5 4 (1.50%) Apache
5 4 (1.50%) Headless CMS
6 2 (0.75%) Moodle
6 2 (0.75%) nginx
7 1 (0.37%) Joomla!
7 1 (0.37%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.37%) PrestaShop
Applications
1 23 (8.61%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 23 (8.61%) Photoshop
2 22 (8.24%) Adobe XD
3 17 (6.37%) Adobe Illustrator
4 14 (5.24%) Sketch
5 10 (3.75%) Elementor
6 4 (1.50%) InVision
6 4 (1.50%) Microsoft Office
6 4 (1.50%) Zeplin
7 3 (1.12%) Microsoft Excel
7 3 (1.12%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 2 (0.75%) Adobe Premiere
8 2 (0.75%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 33 (12.36%) Shopify
2 17 (6.37%) Magento
3 2 (0.75%) CiviCRM
3 2 (0.75%) Payment Gateway
4 1 (0.37%) iTrent
4 1 (0.37%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 27 (10.11%) Google Analytics
2 24 (8.99%) GitHub
3 22 (8.24%) Figma
4 19 (7.12%) Zapier
5 18 (6.74%) Slack
6 13 (4.87%) Adobe Creative Cloud
7 12 (4.49%) npm
8 9 (3.37%) AWS
9 8 (3.00%) Azure
10 7 (2.62%) Microsoft 365
11 6 (2.25%) SaaS
12 5 (1.87%) Google Ads
12 5 (1.87%) MailChimp
13 4 (1.50%) Canva
14 3 (1.12%) Google Workspace
14 3 (1.12%) Miro
14 3 (1.12%) OneDrive
14 3 (1.12%) Vercel
15 2 (0.75%) Entra ID
15 2 (0.75%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.74%) DNS
2 1 (0.37%) DKIM
2 1 (0.37%) DMARC
2 1 (0.37%) Internet
2 1 (0.37%) LAN
2 1 (0.37%) PBX
2 1 (0.37%) Remote Desktop
2 1 (0.37%) SSL
2 1 (0.37%) VoIP
2 1 (0.37%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (24.34%) MySQL
2 7 (2.62%) Relational Database
3 3 (1.12%) NoSQL
3 3 (1.12%) QGIS
4 2 (0.75%) MariaDB
4 2 (0.75%) Metabase
4 2 (0.75%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (0.37%) BusinessObjects XI
5 1 (0.37%) FileMaker
5 1 (0.37%) MongoDB
5 1 (0.37%) Power BI
5 1 (0.37%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 62 (23.22%) Git
2 8 (3.00%) gulp
2 8 (3.00%) webpack
3 6 (2.25%) Bitbucket
4 4 (1.50%) Crucible
4 4 (1.50%) Grunt
5 1 (0.37%) Cucumber
5 1 (0.37%) JIRA
5 1 (0.37%) PHPUnit
5 1 (0.37%) Selenium
5 1 (0.37%) YouTrack
General
1 94 (35.21%) Marketing
2 77 (28.84%) Social Skills
3 18 (6.74%) Analytical Skills
4 13 (4.87%) Advertising
5 6 (2.25%) Legal
5 6 (2.25%) Manufacturing
5 6 (2.25%) Retail
6 5 (1.87%) Finance
6 5 (1.87%) Public Sector
7 4 (1.50%) Publishing
8 3 (1.12%) Dutch Language
8 3 (1.12%) Games
8 3 (1.12%) German Language
8 3 (1.12%) Presentation Skills
8 3 (1.12%) Tech for Good
9 2 (0.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 2 (0.75%) Multimedia
10 1 (0.37%) Documentation Skills
10 1 (0.37%) iGaming
10 1 (0.37%) Wearables
Job Titles
1 189 (70.79%) Developer
2 81 (30.34%) WordPress Developer
3 60 (22.47%) Web Developer
4 38 (14.23%) PHP Developer
5 21 (7.87%) Senior
6 16 (5.99%) Designer
6 16 (5.99%) Senior Developer
7 15 (5.62%) PHP WordPress Developer
8 13 (4.87%) Full-Stack Developer
8 13 (4.87%) SEO Manager
8 13 (4.87%) Web Designer
9 8 (3.00%) Magento Developer
9 8 (3.00%) PHP Web Developer
9 8 (3.00%) Senior PHP Developer
10 7 (2.62%) HTML CSS Developer
10 7 (2.62%) HTML Developer
10 7 (2.62%) React Developer
10 7 (2.62%) Senior Web Developer
11 6 (2.25%) Account Manager
11 6 (2.25%) SEO Account Manager
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 158 (59.18%) HTML
2 153 (57.30%) CSS
3 58 (21.72%) Laravel
4 48 (17.98%) jQuery
5 38 (14.23%) React
6 28 (10.49%) HTML5
6 28 (10.49%) Vue
7 19 (7.12%) Sass
8 12 (4.49%) CSS3
9 10 (3.75%) .NET
10 8 (3.00%) AngularJS
10 8 (3.00%) GraphQL
10 8 (3.00%) RESTful
10 8 (3.00%) Tailwind CSS
10 8 (3.00%) XML
11 7 (2.62%) KnockoutJS
11 7 (2.62%) LAMP
11 7 (2.62%) Next.js
12 6 (2.25%) Node.js
13 4 (1.50%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 22 (8.24%) Social Media
2 18 (6.74%) Self-Motivation
3 12 (4.49%) Graphic Design
4 11 (4.12%) Mobile App
5 7 (2.62%) Animation
5 7 (2.62%) Blog
6 5 (1.87%) Linux Command Line
7 4 (1.50%) Driving Licence
7 4 (1.50%) Greenfield Project
7 4 (1.50%) Virtual Team
8 3 (1.12%) FMCG
8 3 (1.12%) Legacy Systems
8 3 (1.12%) NHS
8 3 (1.12%) Photography
9 2 (0.75%) Analytical Mindset
9 2 (0.75%) Data Protection Act
9 2 (0.75%) EPoS
9 2 (0.75%) Learning Management System
9 2 (0.75%) Mobile Games
10 1 (0.37%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 12 (4.49%) Linux
2 4 (1.50%) Windows
3 2 (0.75%) Mac OS
3 2 (0.75%) Ubuntu
4 1 (0.37%) Android
4 1 (0.37%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.37%) Mac OS X
4 1 (0.37%) Unix
4 1 (0.37%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (45.69%) Web Development
2 97 (36.33%) SEO
3 80 (29.96%) User Experience
4 66 (24.72%) E-Commerce
5 55 (20.60%) Full-Stack Development
5 55 (20.60%) Problem-Solving
6 46 (17.23%) Front End Development
7 43 (16.10%) Content Management
8 37 (13.86%) Digital Marketing
9 34 (12.73%) Analytics
9 34 (12.73%) Project Management
10 33 (12.36%) Web Design
11 32 (11.99%) UX Design
12 31 (11.61%) Computer Science
13 24 (8.99%) CRM
14 22 (8.24%) Responsive Web Design
15 17 (6.37%) Server Management
16 15 (5.62%) Link Building
16 15 (5.62%) Marketing Strategy
17 12 (4.49%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 152 (56.93%) PHP
2 149 (55.81%) JavaScript
3 31 (11.61%) Python
4 18 (6.74%) Java
4 18 (6.74%) SQL
5 8 (3.00%) TypeScript
6 7 (2.62%) Ruby
7 2 (0.75%) Bash
7 2 (0.75%) C#
7 2 (0.75%) Google Apps Script
8 1 (0.37%) Kotlin
8 1 (0.37%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 35 (13.11%) Degree
2 23 (8.61%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.75%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (4.49%) QA
2 6 (2.25%) Accessibility
3 4 (1.50%) GDPR
4 2 (0.75%) WCAG
5 1 (0.37%) Actionable Recommendations
5 1 (0.37%) Cyber Essentials
5 1 (0.37%) SLA
System Software
1 7 (2.62%) Docker
2 3 (1.12%) BitLocker
3 2 (0.75%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.37%) Terminal Services
4 1 (0.37%) Varnish
4 1 (0.37%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 11 (4.12%) cPanel
2 5 (1.87%) Kubernetes
3 1 (0.37%) Plesk
Vendors
1 50 (18.73%) Google
2 37 (13.86%) Adobe
3 36 (13.48%) WooCommerce
4 13 (4.87%) Screaming Frog
5 9 (3.37%) Sage
6 7 (2.62%) Atlassian
7 6 (2.25%) Microsoft
8 5 (1.87%) Instagram
8 5 (1.87%) Zoho
9 3 (1.12%) Facebook
10 2 (0.75%) Ahrefs
10 2 (0.75%) Hotjar
10 2 (0.75%) HubSpot
11 1 (0.37%) Concur
11 1 (0.37%) Meraki
11 1 (0.37%) OpenAI
11 1 (0.37%) Optimizely
11 1 (0.37%) Salesforce
11 1 (0.37%) ServiceNow
11 1 (0.37%) YouTube