WordPress Jobs in the UK excluding London

WordPress
UK > UK excluding London

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 7 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
7 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 411 494 471
Rank change year-on-year +83 -23 -152
Permanent jobs citing WordPress 416 237 470
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.53% 0.42% 0.62%
As % of the Application Platforms category 5.81% 4.27% 4.81%
Number of salaries quoted 376 174 333
10th Percentile £25,500 £31,250 £27,500
25th Percentile £29,750 £33,794 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £40,000 £41,024
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% -2.50% +9.40%
75th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £55,000
90th Percentile £56,250 £52,500 -
UK median annual salary £37,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -11.76% -5.56% +12.50%

All Application Platform Skills
UK excluding London

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 advertised in the UK excluding London with a requirement for application platform skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for application platform skills 7,166 5,548 9,763
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 9.13% 9.91% 12.95%
Number of salaries quoted 4,563 3,833 5,729
10th Percentile £26,250 £28,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £48,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.37% +7.78% -
75th Percentile £57,500 £62,500 £61,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £77,500 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% - +4.76%

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 7 June 2024.

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 7 June 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
North of England +80 103 £33,500 -16.25% 31
Midlands +63 91 £35,000 -15.15% 20
South East -70 72 £38,500 -3.75% 21
West Midlands +53 61 £35,000 -17.65% 11
South West +4 60 £40,000 -11.11% 9
East of England +42 59 £35,000 - 14
North West +36 49 £34,000 -6.21% 20
Yorkshire +103 47 £32,750 -22.02% 9
East Midlands +3 30 £33,750 -15.63% 11
Wales - 15 £35,000 - 1
Scotland -53 11 £45,000 -14.29% 5
North East -38 7 £40,000 -11.11% 2
Northern Ireland +22 6 £33,500 -4.29%
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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
1 110 (26.44%) CMS
2 27 (6.49%) Drupal
3 16 (3.85%) Apache
4 15 (3.61%) SharePoint
5 14 (3.37%) nginx
6 8 (1.92%) Joomla!
6 8 (1.92%) Umbraco
7 6 (1.44%) Headless CMS
7 6 (1.44%) Microsoft Exchange
8 4 (0.96%) IIS
9 1 (0.24%) Confluence
9 1 (0.24%) PrestaShop
Applications
1 24 (5.77%) Photoshop
2 22 (5.29%) Adobe Illustrator
3 20 (4.81%) Adobe XD
3 20 (4.81%) Microsoft Excel
4 16 (3.85%) InDesign
5 14 (3.37%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 11 (2.64%) Microsoft Office
7 8 (1.92%) Microsoft PowerPoint
8 7 (1.68%) Adobe After Effects
9 6 (1.44%) Spreadsheet
10 4 (0.96%) Sketch
11 3 (0.72%) Adobe Premiere
12 2 (0.48%) Acrobat
12 2 (0.48%) FileZilla
13 1 (0.24%) Elementor
13 1 (0.24%) SketchUp
Business Applications
1 37 (8.89%) Shopify
2 33 (7.93%) Magento
3 7 (1.68%) Payment Gateway
4 6 (1.44%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.48%) OpenCart
6 1 (0.24%) iTrent
6 1 (0.24%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 34 (8.17%) Google Analytics
2 32 (7.69%) AWS
3 27 (6.49%) Figma
3 27 (6.49%) Microsoft 365
4 19 (4.57%) Azure
5 12 (2.88%) Power Platform
6 11 (2.64%) Adobe Creative Cloud
6 11 (2.64%) npm
7 9 (2.16%) Google Drive
7 9 (2.16%) MailChimp
8 8 (1.92%) GitHub
9 7 (1.68%) Canva
9 7 (1.68%) OneDrive
9 7 (1.68%) SaaS
10 6 (1.44%) DigitalOcean
11 5 (1.20%) ChatGPT
11 5 (1.20%) Google Ads
11 5 (1.20%) Google Tag Manager
12 4 (0.96%) Cloud Computing
13 3 (0.72%) Amazon S3
Communications & Networking
1 27 (6.49%) DNS
2 18 (4.33%) Firewall
3 12 (2.88%) SSL
4 4 (0.96%) Fibre Channel
4 4 (0.96%) iSCSI
4 4 (0.96%) NAS
4 4 (0.96%) SAN
4 4 (0.96%) VPN
4 4 (0.96%) Wireless
5 2 (0.48%) DHCP
5 2 (0.48%) DKIM
5 2 (0.48%) DMARC
5 2 (0.48%) FTP
5 2 (0.48%) Internet
5 2 (0.48%) IP Telephony
5 2 (0.48%) PBX
5 2 (0.48%) Remote Desktop
5 2 (0.48%) VoIP
5 2 (0.48%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (21.39%) MySQL
2 12 (2.88%) Power BI
3 8 (1.92%) SQL Server
4 4 (0.96%) Relational Database
4 4 (0.96%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 3 (0.72%) Looker
5 3 (0.72%) NoSQL
6 2 (0.48%) Elasticsearch
6 2 (0.48%) phpMyAdmin
7 1 (0.24%) Amazon RDS
7 1 (0.24%) BusinessObjects XI
7 1 (0.24%) Crystal Reports
7 1 (0.24%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.24%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.24%) Redis
Development Applications
1 67 (16.11%) Git
2 8 (1.92%) JIRA
3 5 (1.20%) webpack
4 4 (0.96%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (0.72%) gulp
6 2 (0.48%) Sonatype Nexus
6 2 (0.48%) Subversion
6 2 (0.48%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
7 1 (0.24%) Cucumber
7 1 (0.24%) Grunt
7 1 (0.24%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.24%) Selenium
7 1 (0.24%) YouTrack
General
1 167 (40.14%) Marketing
2 113 (27.16%) Social Skills
3 30 (7.21%) Finance
4 25 (6.01%) Analytical Skills
5 18 (4.33%) Organisational Skills
6 17 (4.09%) Advertising
6 17 (4.09%) Retail
7 11 (2.64%) Publishing
8 9 (2.16%) Law
9 6 (1.44%) Multimedia
10 5 (1.20%) Brand Awareness
10 5 (1.20%) Games
11 4 (0.96%) French Language
11 4 (0.96%) German Language
11 4 (0.96%) Manufacturing
11 4 (0.96%) Spanish Language
12 3 (0.72%) Telecoms
13 2 (0.48%) Automotive
13 2 (0.48%) Back Office
13 2 (0.48%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 274 (65.87%) Developer
2 110 (26.44%) WordPress Developer
3 81 (19.47%) PHP Developer
4 69 (16.59%) Web Developer
5 38 (9.13%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
6 35 (8.41%) Senior
7 29 (6.97%) Full Stack Developer
8 28 (6.73%) PHP WordPress Developer
9 26 (6.25%) Designer
10 24 (5.77%) Senior Developer
11 23 (5.53%) PHP Web Developer
12 22 (5.29%) Junior
13 21 (5.05%) Junior Developer
14 17 (4.09%) Web Manager
15 16 (3.85%) HTML CSS Developer
15 16 (3.85%) HTML Developer
16 15 (3.61%) Graphic Designer
17 12 (2.88%) Digital Developer
17 12 (2.88%) Lead Developer
17 12 (2.88%) Senior PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 225 (54.09%) CSS
2 218 (52.40%) HTML
3 73 (17.55%) jQuery
3 73 (17.55%) React
4 64 (15.38%) Laravel
5 43 (10.34%) Vue
6 32 (7.69%) HTML5
7 27 (6.49%) LAMP
8 25 (6.01%) Sass
9 24 (5.77%) CSS3
10 16 (3.85%) Twitter Bootstrap
11 15 (3.61%) Tailwind CSS
12 13 (3.13%) Node.js
13 10 (2.40%) .NET
13 10 (2.40%) EDI
14 9 (2.16%) RESTful
14 9 (2.16%) Symfony
15 8 (1.92%) Next.js
15 8 (1.92%) REST
16 7 (1.68%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.30%) Social Media
2 31 (7.45%) Self-Motivation
3 30 (7.21%) Graphic Design
4 21 (5.05%) Blog
5 18 (4.33%) Mobile App
6 15 (3.61%) Onboarding
7 11 (2.64%) Animation
7 11 (2.64%) Greenfield Project
8 10 (2.40%) Product Ownership
9 9 (2.16%) Data Centre
9 9 (2.16%) Management Information System
10 7 (1.68%) Low-Code
10 7 (1.68%) Photography
10 7 (1.68%) Video Editing
11 6 (1.44%) Driving Licence
12 5 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
13 4 (0.96%) Replication
14 3 (0.72%) CCTV
14 3 (0.72%) Digital Media
14 3 (0.72%) Motion Graphics
Operating Systems
1 15 (3.61%) Windows
2 13 (3.13%) Linux
3 6 (1.44%) Windows Server
4 5 (1.20%) Mac OS
4 5 (1.20%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.96%) Android
5 4 (0.96%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.96%) VMS
5 4 (0.96%) Windows 10
5 4 (0.96%) Windows Server 2016
5 4 (0.96%) Windows Server 2019
6 2 (0.48%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 145 (34.86%) Web Development
2 107 (25.72%) Problem-Solving
3 85 (20.43%) E-Commerce
4 82 (19.71%) User Experience
5 61 (14.66%) SEO
6 59 (14.18%) Full Stack Development
7 52 (12.50%) Front End Development
8 48 (11.54%) Digital Marketing
9 47 (11.30%) Content Management
10 46 (11.06%) Analytics
11 40 (9.62%) Marketing Strategy
12 30 (7.21%) Agile
12 30 (7.21%) Project Management
12 30 (7.21%) UX Design
13 27 (6.49%) Collaborative Working
14 26 (6.25%) Clean Code
15 24 (5.77%) CRM
16 18 (4.33%) B2B
17 17 (4.09%) Computer Science
18 16 (3.85%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 228 (54.81%) PHP
2 209 (50.24%) JavaScript
3 23 (5.53%) SQL
4 10 (2.40%) Python
5 9 (2.16%) PowerShell
6 4 (0.96%) TypeScript
7 1 (0.24%) Apex Code
7 1 (0.24%) C#
7 1 (0.24%) Java
7 1 (0.24%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 50 (12.02%) Degree
2 14 (3.37%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.48%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.24%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (3.85%) GDPR
2 10 (2.40%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.68%) Cyber Essentials
4 5 (1.20%) QA
5 2 (0.48%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 12 (2.88%) Active Directory
2 7 (1.68%) Docker
3 4 (0.96%) vSphere
4 3 (0.72%) Hyper-V
5 2 (0.48%) Terminal Services
6 1 (0.24%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 5 (1.20%) cPanel
2 4 (0.96%) Microsoft Intune
2 4 (0.96%) SCCM
3 2 (0.48%) Kubernetes
4 1 (0.24%) Ansible
4 1 (0.24%) Plesk
4 1 (0.24%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 62 (14.90%) Adobe
2 59 (14.18%) Google
3 51 (12.26%) WooCommerce
4 38 (9.13%) Microsoft
5 13 (3.13%) Facebook
6 11 (2.64%) Instagram
7 9 (2.16%) Salesforce
7 9 (2.16%) Xero
8 6 (1.44%) Freshdesk
8 6 (1.44%) WorldPay
9 4 (0.96%) Aruba
9 4 (0.96%) Atlassian
9 4 (0.96%) ConnectWise
9 4 (0.96%) Hotjar
9 4 (0.96%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.96%) Palo Alto
9 4 (0.96%) Synology
9 4 (0.96%) Veeam
9 4 (0.96%) VMware
9 4 (0.96%) Zerto