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 20 July 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Jul 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 466 590
Rank change year-on-year -49 +124 -27
Permanent jobs citing WordPress 206 470 301
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.34% 0.48% 0.36%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.38% 4.89% 3.29%
Number of salaries quoted 118 421 267
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,750 £35,175 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +13.01% -12.06% -20.00%
75th Percentile £59,375 £48,750 £51,250
90th Percentile £71,125 £62,500 £65,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £35,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year - -12.50% -20.00%

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 4,701 9,612 9,147
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 7.75% 9.77% 10.97%
Number of salaries quoted 2,989 6,509 6,941
10th Percentile £29,600 £28,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £35,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,500 £50,000 £55,043
Median % change year-on-year +7.00% -9.16% +0.08%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £107,500 £115,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £43,865 £48,050
% change year-on-year +2.59% -8.71% +1.16%

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 20 July 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 20 July 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 -105 161 £39,250 +9.03% 369
Work from Home -22 99 £40,000 +11.11% 81
UK excluding London -90 95 £35,000 - 266
London +47 68 £60,000 +33.33% 161
South East +36 33 £32,500 -8.45% 71
North of England -31 22 £35,000 - 79
North West -15 17 £37,250 +6.43% 45
East of England -29 17 £37,000 +5.71% 28
Midlands 0 14 £34,500 -8.00% 45
West Midlands +20 12 £32,000 -14.67% 25
South West +52 7 £36,250 +11.54% 21
Yorkshire +1 4 - - 27
East Midlands +12 2 £35,000 - 20
Scotland +81 1 £47,500 +5.56% 11
Northern Ireland +30 1 - - 3
North East +27 1 £31,200 -22.00% 8

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 91 (44.17%) CMS
2 14 (6.80%) Drupal
3 11 (5.34%) Umbraco
4 7 (3.40%) Headless CMS
5 5 (2.43%) SharePoint
6 3 (1.46%) Magnolia
7 2 (0.97%) Joomla!
8 1 (0.49%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 26 (12.62%) Photoshop
2 23 (11.17%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (5.83%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 12 (5.83%) Adobe Illustrator
4 11 (5.34%) Microsoft Excel
5 9 (4.37%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 8 (3.88%) Adobe Premiere
7 7 (3.40%) Adobe XD
8 6 (2.91%) InDesign
9 3 (1.46%) Elementor
9 3 (1.46%) Final Cut Pro
9 3 (1.46%) Sketch
10 1 (0.49%) Spreadsheet
10 1 (0.49%) Trello
Business Applications
1 10 (4.85%) Shopify
2 7 (3.40%) Magento
3 6 (2.91%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.97%) Dynamics CRM
5 1 (0.49%) CiviCRM
5 1 (0.49%) Raiser’s Edge
5 1 (0.49%) Salesforce CRM
5 1 (0.49%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 59 (28.64%) Google Analytics
2 19 (9.22%) Canva
3 15 (7.28%) Google Ads
4 13 (6.31%) AWS
5 10 (4.85%) Azure
5 10 (4.85%) Figma
5 10 (4.85%) MailChimp
6 7 (3.40%) SaaS
6 7 (3.40%) Slack
7 5 (2.43%) Cloudflare
7 5 (2.43%) GCP
7 5 (2.43%) GitHub
7 5 (2.43%) Google Sheets
8 4 (1.94%) Boomi
8 4 (1.94%) Google Tag Manager
8 4 (1.94%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.94%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.46%) Google Data Studio
9 3 (1.46%) Google Docs
9 3 (1.46%) Zapier
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.88%) DNS
2 2 (0.97%) Internet
2 2 (0.97%) Intranet
2 2 (0.97%) SMS
2 2 (0.97%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.49%) Broadband
3 1 (0.49%) LAN
3 1 (0.49%) SSL
3 1 (0.49%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.49%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (13.11%) MySQL
2 7 (3.40%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (1.94%) MongoDB
3 4 (1.94%) Power BI
4 2 (0.97%) Tableau
5 1 (0.49%) Geospatial Data
5 1 (0.49%) Looker
5 1 (0.49%) Metadata
5 1 (0.49%) NoSQL
5 1 (0.49%) Relational Database
5 1 (0.49%) SAP HANA
Development Applications
1 22 (10.68%) Git
2 7 (3.40%) JIRA
3 4 (1.94%) Jasmine
4 3 (1.46%) Mocha
4 3 (1.46%) PHPUnit
5 2 (0.97%) git-flow
6 1 (0.49%) Babel
6 1 (0.49%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.49%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.49%) GitLab
6 1 (0.49%) Visual Website Optimizer
6 1 (0.49%) webpack
General
1 89 (43.20%) Marketing
2 68 (33.01%) Social Skills
3 20 (9.71%) Organisational Skills
4 16 (7.77%) Advertising
5 14 (6.80%) Analytical Skills
6 11 (5.34%) Finance
6 11 (5.34%) Retail
7 10 (4.85%) Legal
7 10 (4.85%) Publishing
8 8 (3.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 6 (2.91%) Spanish Language
10 5 (2.43%) Multimedia
11 4 (1.94%) French Language
11 4 (1.94%) Public Sector
12 3 (1.46%) Automotive
12 3 (1.46%) German Language
12 3 (1.46%) Greek Language
12 3 (1.46%) Italian Language
12 3 (1.46%) Pharmaceutical
12 3 (1.46%) Romanian Language
Job Titles
1 65 (31.55%) Developer
2 22 (10.68%) Web Developer
3 18 (8.74%) WordPress Developer
4 14 (6.80%) Senior
5 13 (6.31%) PHP Developer
6 12 (5.83%) Communications Officer
7 11 (5.34%) Designer
8 10 (4.85%) Lead
8 10 (4.85%) Senior Developer
8 10 (4.85%) SEO Manager
9 9 (4.37%) IT Support
9 9 (4.37%) Web Manager
10 8 (3.88%) 1st Line Support
11 7 (3.40%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
11 7 (3.40%) Full-Stack Developer
12 6 (2.91%) E-Commerce Manager
12 6 (2.91%) PHP WordPress Developer
13 5 (2.43%) Coordinator
14 4 (1.94%) Account Manager
14 4 (1.94%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (30.58%) CSS
1 63 (30.58%) HTML
2 18 (8.74%) HTML5
3 15 (7.28%) jQuery
3 15 (7.28%) React
4 14 (6.80%) Laravel
5 12 (5.83%) CSS3
6 11 (5.34%) AngularJS
7 10 (4.85%) Vue
8 8 (3.88%) Ajax
8 8 (3.88%) Sass
9 7 (3.40%) JSON
9 7 (3.40%) Node.js
10 6 (2.91%) Bootstrap
10 6 (2.91%) REST
11 5 (2.43%) LESS
11 5 (2.43%) Tailwind CSS
11 5 (2.43%) XML
12 4 (1.94%) .NET
12 4 (1.94%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 44 (21.36%) Social Media
2 24 (11.65%) Blog
3 20 (9.71%) Graphic Design
4 11 (5.34%) Self-Motivation
5 9 (4.37%) Digital Media
5 9 (4.37%) Driving Licence
6 7 (3.40%) Management Information System
6 7 (3.40%) Mobile App
6 7 (3.40%) Video Editing
7 6 (2.91%) Algorithms
7 6 (2.91%) Animation
7 6 (2.91%) Onboarding
7 6 (2.91%) Photography
8 5 (2.43%) Motion Graphics
9 4 (1.94%) Augmented Reality
9 4 (1.94%) Virtual Reality
10 3 (1.46%) Analytical Mindset
10 3 (1.46%) Marketing Technology
10 3 (1.46%) Podcast
10 3 (1.46%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 10 (4.85%) Windows
2 3 (1.46%) Linux
3 1 (0.49%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (40.29%) SEO
2 68 (33.01%) Analytics
3 54 (26.21%) Web Development
4 52 (25.24%) User Experience
5 48 (23.30%) Digital Marketing
6 38 (18.45%) E-Commerce
7 34 (16.50%) CRM
8 32 (15.53%) Content Management
8 32 (15.53%) Project Management
9 27 (13.11%) Agile
9 27 (13.11%) B2B
10 23 (11.17%) Digital Strategy
10 23 (11.17%) Marketing Strategy
11 22 (10.68%) Problem-Solving
12 19 (9.22%) Email Marketing
13 17 (8.25%) Continuous Improvement
13 17 (8.25%) Pay per click
14 16 (7.77%) Strategic Thinking
15 15 (7.28%) A/B Testing
15 15 (7.28%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 63 (30.58%) PHP
2 56 (27.18%) JavaScript
3 8 (3.88%) Python
4 6 (2.91%) C#
4 6 (2.91%) Java
5 4 (1.94%) SQL
5 4 (1.94%) TypeScript
6 2 (0.97%) C++
7 1 (0.49%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 33 (16.02%) Degree
2 6 (2.91%) Computer Science Degree
2 6 (2.91%) DBS Check
3 3 (1.46%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.97%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.49%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.49%) GISF
5 1 (0.49%) ITIL Certification
5 1 (0.49%) NVQ Level 4
5 1 (0.49%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 40 (19.42%) Accessibility
2 16 (7.77%) GDPR
3 9 (4.37%) QA
3 9 (4.37%) WCAG
4 3 (1.46%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.97%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.97%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.49%) Actionable Recommendations
System Software
1 3 (1.46%) Docker
2 1 (0.49%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.49%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (0.97%) Terraform
2 1 (0.49%) AppManager
2 1 (0.49%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 73 (35.44%) Google
2 30 (14.56%) Adobe
3 25 (12.14%) WooCommerce
4 24 (11.65%) Microsoft
5 22 (10.68%) Salesforce
6 20 (9.71%) Ahrefs
7 16 (7.77%) HubSpot
7 16 (7.77%) Instagram
8 13 (6.31%) Facebook
9 12 (5.83%) Screaming Frog
10 11 (5.34%) Cisco
10 11 (5.34%) YouTube
11 9 (4.37%) Meraki
12 8 (3.88%) Twitter
13 6 (2.91%) Hotjar
13 6 (2.91%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
14 4 (1.94%) Hootsuite
15 2 (0.97%) Apple
15 2 (0.97%) dotdigital
15 2 (0.97%) Netlify