Senior web developer based in Leicester
WordPress, Craft CMS, Statamic and Laravel work for Leicester businesses and beyond. Twenty-five years on web projects. Based here, working with clients across the UK.
A Leicester web developer for serious projects
Leicester has plenty of web designers and a handful of agencies. Senior, independent web developers are rarer. I have been one of them since 2001, building, maintaining and rescuing sites for businesses across the UK from a Leicester base.
The work covers four main platforms. WordPress for the businesses that want direct content control. Craft CMS for content-led teams that publish regularly. Statamic for small teams that want a clean writer experience without the WordPress ecosystem. Laravel for custom web applications that go beyond a content site. Each platform suits a different shape of business, and the choice should follow the work, not the developer's preference.
What I work on
WordPress development and maintenance
Site rescue, maintenance retainers, WooCommerce builds, performance optimisation and white-label work for agencies.
Craft CMS work
Builds, rescues and migrations across Craft 3, 4 and 5. Content modelling, custom plugin development and ongoing retainer support.
Statamic builds and migrations
Statamic sites for small teams who want a flat-file CMS without WordPress overhead. Migrations from WordPress and Craft.
Laravel application development
Custom web applications, internal tools, integrations and SaaS platforms. Laravel where a CMS would be the wrong fit.
Site rescue across stacks
Taking over inherited sites built by previous developers. Audit, document and stabilise before any new work begins.
Emergency support
When a site is down or broken. Same-day diagnostic, often same-day fix. Retainer clients get priority response.
Why Leicester businesses choose a local senior developer
The web is global but business relationships are local. For Leicester businesses, working with a developer in the same city has practical advantages. The communication is direct. The accountability is real. The option of meeting in person is always available without scheduling a flight.
More important than location is depth. Most Leicester web work is done by small generalist agencies. That model serves brochure sites well. It struggles with the complex problems. Performance issues that no one can diagnose. Security incidents that need senior triage. Migrations between platforms. White-label work for other agencies who need a specialist. Those problems need someone with depth in a specific stack, and that is the gap I fill.
The base in Leicester is permanent. The work is delivered remotely for most clients, but the option to meet face to face is available for Leicester-based work where it helps the project.
Common questions from Leicester clients
Do you work only on one platform or across all of them?
Across all four: WordPress, Craft CMS, Statamic and Laravel. Each is suited to a different kind of project. I will recommend the right one for your situation, even if that is not the one you started with.
Can you meet in person in Leicester?
Yes. For Leicester clients, in-person meetings are easy to arrange when the project benefits from them. Most work happens remotely through staging and screen share, but the option for face-to-face is always there.
What kinds of businesses do you typically work with?
Small to mid-sized UK businesses, agencies, professional services firms and founders building new platforms. Common thread: serious about the website, want it done properly and willing to invest in senior delivery rather than the cheapest quote.
How do you charge for ongoing work?
Monthly retainer with agreed hours, or fixed-price project work. Both are quoted in writing before any work starts. No hourly billing surprises.
Do you take on emergency work?
Yes, for both new and existing clients. Retainer clients get priority response. For non-retainer clients, response time depends on existing commitments, usually within a few hours during working time.
Platform pages
For WordPress work in Leicester see WordPress developer Leicester. For Craft CMS see Craft CMS developer UK. For Statamic see Statamic developer UK. For Laravel see Laravel developer UK.
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