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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 489 438 668
Rank change year-on-year -51 +230 -120
Permanent jobs citing WordPress 198 537 336
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.38% 0.55% 0.32%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.46% 5.00% 2.81%
Number of salaries quoted 111 502 263
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £37,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% -16.67% +5.88%
75th Percentile £60,000 £52,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £36,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -2.78% -10.00% -

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 4,444 10,730 11,949
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 8.52% 10.91% 11.49%
Number of salaries quoted 3,060 7,087 7,898
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £34,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% +1.85%
75th Percentile £75,000 £67,500 £77,500
90th Percentile £106,500 £92,295 £96,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,628 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +7.36% -10.53% +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

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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 30 April 2025.

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 30 April 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
England -74 160 £37,250 -5.70% 194
Work from Home +51 93 £42,500 +6.25% 113
UK excluding London -59 88 £35,000 -2.78% 115
London +52 75 £67,500 +31.71% 82
Midlands +2 27 £35,000 - 24
South East +62 20 £30,000 -24.05% 21
East Midlands +42 19 £35,000 +7.69% 3
North of England +2 16 £33,000 -1.49% 46
East of England +16 12 £35,000 - 12
North West 0 12 £33,000 -1.49% 28
South West +67 10 £35,000 -12.50% 15
West Midlands -2 8 £36,062 +1.58% 23
Yorkshire +28 4 - - 13
Scotland +119 1 £47,500 +5.56% 1
Northern Ireland +33 1 - - 1
Wales +25 1 £45,000 +28.57%

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
1 105 (53.03%) CMS
2 18 (9.09%) Drupal
3 7 (3.54%) SharePoint
3 7 (3.54%) Umbraco
4 6 (3.03%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (2.02%) Joomla!
6 1 (0.51%) Headless CMS
6 1 (0.51%) SAS
Applications
1 21 (10.61%) Microsoft Office
2 12 (6.06%) Microsoft Excel
2 12 (6.06%) Photoshop
3 8 (4.04%) Adobe Creative Suite
4 6 (3.03%) Adobe Premiere
4 6 (3.03%) Adobe XD
4 6 (3.03%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 5 (2.53%) Trello
6 4 (2.02%) Adobe Illustrator
6 4 (2.02%) Sketch
7 3 (1.52%) SOLIDWORKS
8 2 (1.01%) InDesign
8 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Project
8 2 (1.01%) MS Visio
9 1 (0.51%) Acrobat
9 1 (0.51%) Final Cut Pro
9 1 (0.51%) InVision
9 1 (0.51%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 18 (9.09%) Shopify
2 5 (2.53%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (1.52%) Magento
4 2 (1.01%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.51%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.51%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.51%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 54 (27.27%) Google Analytics
2 19 (9.60%) GitHub
3 17 (8.59%) Slack
4 14 (7.07%) Azure
4 14 (7.07%) Canva
4 14 (7.07%) Zapier
5 12 (6.06%) AWS
5 12 (6.06%) Google Ads
6 11 (5.56%) Microsoft 365
6 11 (5.56%) SaaS
7 8 (4.04%) Figma
8 7 (3.54%) MailChimp
8 7 (3.54%) Stripe
9 6 (3.03%) Entra ID
10 4 (2.02%) Asana
10 4 (2.02%) GCP
10 4 (2.02%) Google Data Studio
11 3 (1.52%) Azure Sentinel
11 3 (1.52%) Google Tag Manager
11 3 (1.52%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.05%) DNS
2 6 (3.03%) Internet
3 3 (1.52%) DHCP
3 3 (1.52%) DKIM
3 3 (1.52%) DMARC
3 3 (1.52%) Firewall
3 3 (1.52%) LAN
3 3 (1.52%) SSL
3 3 (1.52%) VLAN
3 3 (1.52%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (1.01%) Intranet
4 2 (1.01%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.51%) Broadband
5 1 (0.51%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (17.68%) MySQL
2 6 (3.03%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (2.02%) MongoDB
4 3 (1.52%) Power BI
5 2 (1.01%) Tableau
6 1 (0.51%) NoSQL
6 1 (0.51%) Relational Database
6 1 (0.51%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 39 (19.70%) Git
2 6 (3.03%) JIRA
3 4 (2.02%) Jasmine
4 3 (1.52%) Mocha
4 3 (1.52%) PHPUnit
5 2 (1.01%) Bitbucket
5 2 (1.01%) git-flow
6 1 (0.51%) Android Studio
6 1 (0.51%) Babel
6 1 (0.51%) GitLab
6 1 (0.51%) Visual Studio Code
6 1 (0.51%) webpack
General
1 61 (30.81%) Marketing
2 54 (27.27%) Social Skills
3 21 (10.61%) Organisational Skills
4 11 (5.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 9 (4.55%) Advertising
5 9 (4.55%) Multimedia
5 9 (4.55%) Publishing
6 7 (3.54%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (3.54%) Legal
6 7 (3.54%) Retail
7 6 (3.03%) Finance
7 6 (3.03%) Spanish Language
8 4 (2.02%) Banking
8 4 (2.02%) French Language
9 3 (1.52%) Automotive
9 3 (1.52%) German Language
9 3 (1.52%) Greek Language
9 3 (1.52%) Italian Language
9 3 (1.52%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.52%) Romanian Language
Job Titles
1 91 (45.96%) Developer
2 29 (14.65%) Web Developer
3 20 (10.10%) PHP Developer
4 15 (7.58%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 13 (6.57%) Senior
6 12 (6.06%) Full-Stack Developer
6 12 (6.06%) Lead
6 12 (6.06%) WordPress Developer
7 10 (5.05%) CMS Developer
8 9 (4.55%) Communications Officer
8 9 (4.55%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
8 9 (4.55%) IT Support
8 9 (4.55%) Lead Developer
8 9 (4.55%) Senior Developer
9 8 (4.04%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
9 8 (4.04%) SEO Manager
9 8 (4.04%) Website Developer
10 6 (3.03%) 1st Line Support
10 6 (3.03%) Paid Search Specialist
10 6 (3.03%) SEO Specialist
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (42.42%) HTML
2 83 (41.92%) CSS
3 37 (18.69%) Laravel
4 25 (12.63%) React
5 13 (6.57%) HTML5
6 11 (5.56%) AngularJS
6 11 (5.56%) Django
6 11 (5.56%) jQuery
7 10 (5.05%) Node.js
7 10 (5.05%) Vue
8 9 (4.55%) CSS3
8 9 (4.55%) FastAPI
9 6 (3.03%) Ajax
9 6 (3.03%) JSON
9 6 (3.03%) Sass
10 5 (2.53%) .NET
10 5 (2.53%) Tailwind CSS
10 5 (2.53%) XML
11 4 (2.02%) Bootstrap
11 4 (2.02%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 39 (19.70%) Social Media
2 19 (9.60%) Blog
3 16 (8.08%) Mobile App
4 14 (7.07%) Graphic Design
5 11 (5.56%) Management Information System
6 9 (4.55%) Onboarding
7 8 (4.04%) Learning Management System
7 8 (4.04%) Self-Motivation
8 6 (3.03%) Animation
8 6 (3.03%) Digital Media
9 5 (2.53%) Algorithms
9 5 (2.53%) Augmented Reality
9 5 (2.53%) Driving Licence
9 5 (2.53%) Motion Graphics
9 5 (2.53%) Photography
9 5 (2.53%) Video Editing
9 5 (2.53%) Virtual Reality
10 4 (2.02%) iPhone
11 3 (1.52%) Analytical Mindset
11 3 (1.52%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 13 (6.57%) Windows
2 8 (4.04%) Linux
3 3 (1.52%) Mac OS
3 3 (1.52%) Mac OS X
3 3 (1.52%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.51%) Android
4 1 (0.51%) Apple iOS
4 1 (0.51%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 79 (39.90%) SEO
2 63 (31.82%) Web Development
3 60 (30.30%) Analytics
4 57 (28.79%) User Experience
5 42 (21.21%) Content Management
6 40 (20.20%) Problem-Solving
7 38 (19.19%) E-Commerce
7 38 (19.19%) Project Management
8 33 (16.67%) Front End Development
9 29 (14.65%) Agile
10 28 (14.14%) Full-Stack Development
11 26 (13.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 25 (12.63%) Digital Marketing
13 22 (11.11%) Digital Strategy
14 21 (10.61%) Collaborative Working
15 20 (10.10%) Responsive Web Design
16 19 (9.60%) Computer Science
16 19 (9.60%) OO
16 19 (9.60%) UX Design
17 17 (8.59%) Pay per click
Programming Languages
1 83 (41.92%) PHP
2 66 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 28 (14.14%) Python
4 18 (9.09%) Java
5 6 (3.03%) C#
5 6 (3.03%) PowerShell
6 5 (2.53%) SQL
7 2 (1.01%) C++
8 1 (0.51%) Dart
8 1 (0.51%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 38 (19.19%) Degree
2 18 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
3 6 (3.03%) DBS Check
3 6 (3.03%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.51%) GISF
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (19.70%) Accessibility
2 12 (6.06%) WCAG
3 11 (5.56%) GDPR
3 11 (5.56%) QA
4 2 (1.01%) ISO 9001
4 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.51%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 7 (3.54%) Active Directory
2 5 (2.53%) Docker
3 3 (1.52%) Hyper-V
3 3 (1.52%) Virtual Desktop
4 1 (0.51%) BitLocker
4 1 (0.51%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 3 (1.52%) Single Sign-On
1 3 (1.52%) Terraform
2 1 (0.51%) cPanel
Vendors
1 61 (30.81%) Google
2 44 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 21 (10.61%) Adobe
4 20 (10.10%) WooCommerce
5 18 (9.09%) Ahrefs
6 14 (7.07%) Instagram
7 13 (6.57%) Facebook
8 11 (5.56%) Meraki
8 11 (5.56%) Salesforce
8 11 (5.56%) YouTube
9 10 (5.05%) Cisco
9 10 (5.05%) Screaming Frog
10 8 (4.04%) Twitter
11 7 (3.54%) Hootsuite
12 6 (3.03%) Apple
12 6 (3.03%) dotdigital
13 4 (2.02%) HubSpot
13 4 (2.02%) SAP
14 3 (1.52%) DocuSign
14 3 (1.52%) Zscaler