Ascend Consulting
Web Developer
Job Description
Salary: £35,000 - 42,000 per year
Requirements:- PHP, WordPress, JavaScript and jQuery experience
- Experience with WordPress themes, templates and ACF
- Good HTML and CSS skills
- Experience implementing front-end changes within WordPress websites
- Understanding of responsive design and mobile-first development
- Good understanding of website hosting, performance and security
- Experience troubleshooting website and integration issues
- Familiarity with GA4, Google Tag Manager and Google Search Console
- Basic understanding of technical SEO principles
- Experience working with APIs, forms and third-party integrations
- Comfortable using browser developer tools
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Able to manage multiple priorities and work independently
- Experience with Wordfence or similar security tools
- Experience with A/B testing and CRO
- Familiarity with Core Web Vitals and PageSpeed optimisation
- Knowledge of accessibility auditing and WCAG standards
- Familiarity with Zapier and workflow automation platforms
- Understanding of AI search, answer engines and emerging search technologies
- Experience working with AI-powered tools or chatbots
- Experience working with lead generation websites
- Experience with CRM integrations and customer journey optimisation
- Experience with Google Workspace
- Maintain, improve and evolve a business-critical website
- Ensure the platform remains secure, reliable, fast, accessible and commercially effective
- Support ongoing improvements across analytics, conversion optimisation, search visibility, customer journeys and user experience
- Build, improve, test, maintain and optimise digital experiences
- Take ownership of implementation and make changes directly
- Solve problems directly and keep a high-traffic, revenue-generating platform running well
- Support more complex development, hosting, security and infrastructure matters alongside our Head of Technology
- AI
- CSS
- CRM
- Support
- JavaScript
- Mobile
- PHP
- Security
- Web
- WordPress
- Zapier
- jQuery
More:
We are a growing online services business offering a hands-on web developer role focused on WordPress, SEO, HTML and CSS. This is a remote position with a salary of up to £42,000, where you will play a key role in maintaining and evolving a business-critical website. You will work closely with our Head of Technology on more complex technical matters while taking genuine ownership of day-to-day implementation and optimisation.
last updated 31 week of 2026
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About Ascend Consulting
Ascend Consulting
Farringdon
IT
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£38,500
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£55,000
UK median
This salary is 30% below the UK median for Developers (£55,000/yr).
Based on 2024–2025 UK technology sector benchmarks