Junior WordPress Developer

Salary: £63,000 - 91,000 per year

Requirements:

• Some commercial experience working, ideally within an agency, software house, or in-house development team.
• Solid experience customising, building, or maintaining WordPress sites, including themes and plugins.
• Strong grasp of HTML5, CSS/SCSS, JavaScript, and responsive web design.
• Practical understanding of database interactions and basic query writing with MySQL/SQL.
• Comfortable using IDEs such as Visual Studio Code, Git/version control, and local development environments.
• A genuine passion for web technology and a drive to expand our skill set toward Full Stack development.
• Exposure to modern JavaScript frameworks such as React or Vue, or experience with TypeScript.
• Familiarity with Python or other back-end scripting languages.
• Basic awareness of UI/UX design principles or technical SEO.

Responsibilities:

• Assist in creating, customising, and maintaining bespoke WordPress themes and plugins.
• Turn design wireframes into clean, responsive, cross-browser compatible web pages.
• Develop clean, scalable code using HTML, SCSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and PHP.
• Learn to write and optimize SQL queries for database performance and reliability.
• Gain hands-on exposure to deployment processes, AWS cloud platforms, and Linux environments.
• Troubleshoot functional issues, fix bugs, and implement clean solutions across client sites.
• Stay curious about emerging web technologies, frameworks, and modern developer tooling.
• Work closely with experienced developers and designers in a collaborative, design-led environment.
• Build experience across the full development lifecycle, from front-end WordPress work to back-end logic and cloud infrastructure.
• Progress toward full stack development with support from a senior mentor and structured training.

Technologies:

• AWS
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• CSS
• Git
• HTML5
• Support
• JavaScript
• Linux
• MySQL
• PHP
• Python
• React
• SCSS
• SQL
• TypeScript
• Visual Studio
• Vue
• Web
• WordPress
• UX UI Design
• NodeJS

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We are an ambitious digital agency based in Basingstoke, offering a hybrid working arrangement with around two days per week onsite and a comfortable commuting distance preferred, ideally with access to a car. We are growing our development team and provide a structured pathway for a Junior Developer to progress into a Full Stack Developer role. You will work in a collaborative, design-led environment alongside experienced developers and designers, with direct access to senior mentoring, regular performance and salary reviews, and hands-on training across WordPress, PHP, databases, AWS, CI/CD, and modern JavaScript frameworks. We offer a relaxed and inclusive culture, a company pension scheme, and free on-site parking.

last updated 31 week of 2026