WordPress
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for WordPress skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited WordPress over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 452 630 542
Rank change year-on-year +178 -88 -129
Permanent jobs citing WordPress 532 347 1,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.52% 0.36% 0.60%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.99% 3.13% 4.27%
Number of salaries quoted 494 277 578
10th Percentile £25,750 £32,500 £26,925
25th Percentile £30,000 £36,250 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £42,500 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year -11.76% - -
75th Percentile £51,250 £55,000 £55,000
90th Percentile £64,713 £66,000 £73,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £35,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -12.50% - +6.67%

All Application Platform Skills
UK

WordPress is in the Application Platforms category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 10,651 11,104 23,524
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 10.38% 11.41% 14.09%
Number of salaries quoted 7,087 7,484 11,651
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £28,750
25th Percentile £34,125 £40,000 £37,885
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,022 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.13% +0.04% +4.76%
75th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,672 £45,000
% change year-on-year -10.85% +5.94% -

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 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for WordPress in the UK

WordPress
Top 17 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 28 May 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 +188 491 £37,500 -11.76% 258
UK excluding London +135 402 £35,000 -12.50% 181
Work from Home +137 233 £39,500 -12.22% 77
London +161 118 £48,825 -2.35% 95
North of England +93 99 £33,500 -16.25% 60
Midlands +75 89 £35,000 -15.15% 38
South East -28 70 £39,500 -1.25% 30
West Midlands +67 60 £35,000 -17.65% 24
South West +2 59 £40,000 -11.11% 14
East of England +37 56 £35,000 -6.67% 21
Yorkshire +110 46 £32,750 -22.02% 17
North West +42 46 £33,750 -6.90% 37
East Midlands +9 29 £33,750 -15.63% 16
Wales - 15 £35,000 - 7
Scotland -49 10 £45,000 -14.29% 10
North East -28 7 £40,000 -11.11% 6
Northern Ireland +22 5 £33,500 -4.29% 3

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
1 137 (25.75%) CMS
2 41 (7.71%) Drupal
3 21 (3.95%) SharePoint
4 18 (3.38%) Apache
5 15 (2.82%) nginx
6 14 (2.63%) Umbraco
7 11 (2.07%) Microsoft Exchange
8 10 (1.88%) Confluence
8 10 (1.88%) Joomla!
9 9 (1.69%) IIS
10 6 (1.13%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 6 (1.13%) Apache Solr
10 6 (1.13%) Headless CMS
10 6 (1.13%) Sitecore CMS
11 4 (0.75%) Moodle
12 1 (0.19%) PrestaShop
Applications
1 34 (6.39%) Photoshop
2 26 (4.89%) Adobe Illustrator
3 24 (4.51%) Microsoft Excel
4 20 (3.76%) Adobe XD
5 16 (3.01%) InDesign
6 15 (2.82%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 11 (2.07%) Microsoft Office
7 11 (2.07%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 10 (1.88%) Adobe After Effects
9 9 (1.69%) Adobe Premiere
10 7 (1.32%) Sketch
10 7 (1.32%) Spreadsheet
11 3 (0.56%) Final Cut Pro
11 3 (0.56%) InVision
12 2 (0.38%) Acrobat
12 2 (0.38%) Elementor
12 2 (0.38%) FileZilla
13 1 (0.19%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 44 (8.27%) Shopify
2 32 (6.02%) Magento
3 7 (1.32%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (1.13%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.38%) CiviCRM
5 2 (0.38%) OpenCart
6 1 (0.19%) iTrent
6 1 (0.19%) Salesforce CRM
6 1 (0.19%) Yoast SEO
Cloud Services
1 41 (7.71%) AWS
2 40 (7.52%) Google Analytics
3 35 (6.58%) Azure
4 33 (6.20%) Figma
5 32 (6.02%) Microsoft 365
6 17 (3.20%) Canva
7 16 (3.01%) MailChimp
8 15 (2.82%) SaaS
9 14 (2.63%) Power Platform
10 12 (2.26%) OneDrive
11 11 (2.07%) Adobe Creative Cloud
11 11 (2.07%) GitHub
12 9 (1.69%) Google Drive
12 9 (1.69%) npm
13 8 (1.50%) PaaS
14 6 (1.13%) Azure Cognitive Search
14 6 (1.13%) DigitalOcean
14 6 (1.13%) Google Ads
14 6 (1.13%) IaaS
14 6 (1.13%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 34 (6.39%) DNS
2 23 (4.32%) Firewall
3 21 (3.95%) Intranet
4 12 (2.26%) SSL
5 9 (1.69%) Fibre Channel
5 9 (1.69%) iSCSI
5 9 (1.69%) NAS
5 9 (1.69%) SAN
5 9 (1.69%) VPN
5 9 (1.69%) Wireless
6 2 (0.38%) DHCP
6 2 (0.38%) DKIM
6 2 (0.38%) DMARC
6 2 (0.38%) FTP
6 2 (0.38%) Internet
6 2 (0.38%) IP Telephony
6 2 (0.38%) PBX
6 2 (0.38%) Remote Desktop
6 2 (0.38%) VoIP
6 2 (0.38%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (18.80%) MySQL
2 22 (4.14%) SQL Server
3 14 (2.63%) Power BI
4 6 (1.13%) Relational Database
5 5 (0.94%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 4 (0.75%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.56%) Amazon Aurora
7 3 (0.56%) Looker
7 3 (0.56%) QGIS
8 2 (0.38%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.38%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.38%) phpMyAdmin
9 1 (0.19%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.19%) BusinessObjects XI
9 1 (0.19%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.19%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.19%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.19%) Redis
Development Applications
1 78 (14.66%) Git
2 19 (3.57%) JIRA
3 5 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
4 4 (0.75%) webpack
5 3 (0.56%) GitLab
5 3 (0.56%) gulp
6 2 (0.38%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.38%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.38%) Subversion
6 2 (0.38%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.19%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.19%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.19%) Grunt
7 1 (0.19%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.19%) Selenium
7 1 (0.19%) YouTrack
General
1 191 (35.90%) Marketing
2 152 (28.57%) Social Skills
3 45 (8.46%) Finance
4 41 (7.71%) Publishing
5 38 (7.14%) Analytical Skills
6 24 (4.51%) Advertising
7 21 (3.95%) Retail
8 20 (3.76%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.69%) Law
10 8 (1.50%) German Language
10 8 (1.50%) Legal
11 7 (1.32%) Spanish Language
12 6 (1.13%) French Language
12 6 (1.13%) Games
12 6 (1.13%) Multimedia
13 5 (0.94%) Brand Awareness
14 4 (0.75%) Manufacturing
14 4 (0.75%) Presentation Skills
14 4 (0.75%) Public Sector
15 3 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 306 (57.52%) Developer
2 131 (24.62%) WordPress Developer
3 80 (15.04%) PHP Developer
4 70 (13.16%) Web Developer
5 52 (9.77%) Senior
6 41 (7.71%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 39 (7.33%) Web Manager
8 34 (6.39%) Full Stack Developer
9 32 (6.02%) Senior Developer
10 31 (5.83%) Designer
11 29 (5.45%) PHP WordPress Developer
12 26 (4.89%) Junior
13 23 (4.32%) PHP Web Developer
13 23 (4.32%) Website Manager
14 21 (3.95%) Junior Developer
15 18 (3.38%) HTML Developer
16 16 (3.01%) Graphic Designer
16 16 (3.01%) HTML CSS Developer
16 16 (3.01%) Lead
17 13 (2.44%) Digital Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 239 (44.92%) CSS
2 232 (43.61%) HTML
3 78 (14.66%) React
4 74 (13.91%) jQuery
5 67 (12.59%) Laravel
6 40 (7.52%) Vue
7 36 (6.77%) HTML5
8 34 (6.39%) LAMP
9 30 (5.64%) CSS3
10 27 (5.08%) Sass
11 16 (3.01%) Node.js
12 15 (2.82%) Tailwind CSS
12 15 (2.82%) Twitter Bootstrap
13 13 (2.44%) EDI
14 11 (2.07%) REST
15 10 (1.88%) .NET
15 10 (1.88%) Next.js
15 10 (1.88%) RESTful
16 9 (1.69%) AngularJS
16 9 (1.69%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 59 (11.09%) Social Media
2 36 (6.77%) Self-Motivation
3 32 (6.02%) Graphic Design
4 24 (4.51%) Blog
5 21 (3.95%) Mobile App
6 16 (3.01%) Onboarding
7 12 (2.26%) Animation
7 12 (2.26%) Management Information System
7 12 (2.26%) Video Editing
8 11 (2.07%) Greenfield Project
9 10 (1.88%) Linux Command Line
9 10 (1.88%) Product Ownership
10 9 (1.69%) Data Centre
10 9 (1.69%) Driving Licence
10 9 (1.69%) Replication
11 7 (1.32%) Low-Code
12 6 (1.13%) Learning Management System
12 6 (1.13%) Photography
13 5 (0.94%) Digital Media
14 4 (0.75%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 22 (4.14%) Linux
1 22 (4.14%) Windows
2 11 (2.07%) Windows Server
3 10 (1.88%) Ubuntu
4 9 (1.69%) VMS
4 9 (1.69%) Windows Server 2016
4 9 (1.69%) Windows Server 2019
5 5 (0.94%) Mac OS
6 4 (0.75%) Android
6 4 (0.75%) Apple iOS
6 4 (0.75%) Windows 10
7 2 (0.38%) Mac OS X
7 2 (0.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 152 (28.57%) Web Development
2 121 (22.74%) Problem-Solving
3 100 (18.80%) E-Commerce
4 91 (17.11%) User Experience
5 72 (13.53%) SEO
6 60 (11.28%) Full Stack Development
7 55 (10.34%) Content Management
7 55 (10.34%) Front End Development
8 53 (9.96%) Digital Marketing
9 52 (9.77%) Analytics
10 50 (9.40%) Marketing Strategy
11 44 (8.27%) Agile
12 40 (7.52%) Project Management
13 34 (6.39%) CRM
14 33 (6.20%) Collaborative Working
15 32 (6.02%) DevOps
15 32 (6.02%) UX Design
16 26 (4.89%) Clean Code
16 26 (4.89%) Mentoring
17 22 (4.14%) B2B
Programming Languages
1 265 (49.81%) PHP
2 228 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 26 (4.89%) SQL
4 14 (2.63%) PowerShell
5 13 (2.44%) Python
6 6 (1.13%) TypeScript
7 2 (0.38%) Bash
7 2 (0.38%) Java
8 1 (0.19%) Apex Code
8 1 (0.19%) C
8 1 (0.19%) Rust
8 1 (0.19%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 62 (11.65%) Degree
2 15 (2.82%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (0.75%) DBS Check
4 3 (0.56%) Master's Degree
4 3 (0.56%) SC Cleared
4 3 (0.56%) Security Cleared
5 2 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (4.14%) GDPR
2 16 (3.01%) Accessibility
3 8 (1.50%) Cyber Essentials
3 8 (1.50%) QA
4 6 (1.13%) ISO 20022
4 6 (1.13%) PSD2
5 3 (0.56%) SLA
6 2 (0.38%) ISO 9001
6 2 (0.38%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 1 (0.19%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
System Software
1 17 (3.20%) Active Directory
2 12 (2.26%) Docker
3 9 (1.69%) vSphere
4 3 (0.56%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.38%) Terminal Services
5 2 (0.38%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 9 (1.69%) Microsoft Intune
1 9 (1.69%) SCCM
2 7 (1.32%) cPanel
3 5 (0.94%) Kubernetes
4 4 (0.75%) Terraform
5 1 (0.19%) Ansible
5 1 (0.19%) Plesk
5 1 (0.19%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 75 (14.10%) Adobe
2 70 (13.16%) Google
3 56 (10.53%) WooCommerce
4 43 (8.08%) Microsoft
5 17 (3.20%) Facebook
5 17 (3.20%) Instagram
6 13 (2.44%) Salesforce
7 12 (2.26%) HubSpot
8 9 (1.69%) Aruba
8 9 (1.69%) Palo Alto
8 9 (1.69%) ProCurve
8 9 (1.69%) Synology
8 9 (1.69%) Veeam
8 9 (1.69%) VMware
8 9 (1.69%) Xero
8 9 (1.69%) Zerto
9 8 (1.50%) Atlassian
10 7 (1.32%) Ahrefs
10 7 (1.32%) WorldPay
11 6 (1.13%) Freshdesk