WordPress developer for London businesses
Senior WordPress developer working remotely with London businesses and agencies. 25 years of experience, available without the overhead of a London hire.
A senior WordPress developer without the London rate card
London businesses pay a premium for in-house WordPress developers. Senior talent is hard to find, harder to keep and expensive to replace. Agencies face the same problem when they need technical depth for a project that exceeds what their team can deliver.
I am a senior WordPress developer based in Leicester. I have 25 years of experience and have worked on more than 1,000 projects. I work remotely with London businesses and agencies through staging environments, version control and screen share. You get senior technical capacity without the overhead of a London-based hire or an agency retainer.
What I work on with London clients
White-label agency development
Senior WordPress capacity delivered under your brand. I work as an extension of your team, joining your tools and processes. The client relationship stays with you.
WooCommerce performance and fixes
Checkout faults, slow product pages, payment gateway problems and plugin conflicts. I diagnose the root cause, fix it and verify the result with real data.
WordPress maintenance
Updates applied in staging first, then released deliberately. Security patches, backup verification and plugin compatibility checks on a predictable schedule.
Performance optimisation
Slow pages cost conversions. I measure, diagnose and fix. Load time improvements are verified with before-and-after data, not assumptions.
Site rescue and takeover
Taking over a WordPress site from a previous developer. I audit the code, plugins, hosting and security before changing anything. That baseline protects the next phase of work.
Hosting migration
Moving to WP Engine, Kinsta or Cloudways. I run the full migration through staging with testing at each step. No data loss, no surprises.
How I work with London agencies
London has a large concentration of digital agencies. Demand for senior WordPress developers spikes unpredictably, and hiring full-time for that capacity is expensive. I work with agencies as a white-label developer, available for overflow, complex builds and ongoing retainer support.
Most agency partnerships start with a single project. A WooCommerce build that needs more backend depth than the team has available, or a site rescue where a previous supplier left undocumented code. Once the working relationship is established, it typically becomes ongoing.
I work inside your tools. Slack, Basecamp, Jira, Asana, whatever you use. I attend standups if needed and deploy on your release schedule. The client sees your brand, not mine.
The TMKEd WooCommerce project is a good example. Performance work cut page load time to under 1 second and contributed to a 24% increase in sales. That project came through an agency relationship.
Common questions from London clients
Why work with a remote developer instead of someone based in London?
The work does not require physical presence. WordPress development happens through code editors, staging servers and version control. I am available on calls during working hours, I use your project tools and I deploy on your schedule. The difference is cost and availability. London senior developers are expensive and often overcommitted.
How do agency white-label arrangements work?
I deliver the work, you present it to your client. I work inside your project management tools and follow your processes. I do not contact your clients directly. Most arrangements are either project-based or on a monthly retainer with agreed hours.
What industries do your London clients typically come from?
Professional services, publishing, retail, education and finance. The common thread is usually a WordPress or WooCommerce site that generates revenue and needs someone who can maintain or improve it reliably.
How quickly can you start on urgent work?
For site-down or security issues, I can usually start the same day. For planned projects, I give a realistic start date based on what is already in the queue.
Do you work as a WordPress consultant for London businesses?
Yes. Some London engagements are pure consulting: reviewing a site, advising on a rebuild, scoping a project with an in-house team or producing a written audit. The consulting hour rate is the same as development. The difference is the output, not the work itself.
How does this compare to hiring a London WordPress agency?
A London WordPress agency typically charges London agency rates, which include account management, project management and a full team. Working with me directly removes that overhead for projects that need one senior developer rather than a team. Day rates for senior WordPress developers in London sit between 600 and 900 pounds. My rate is below that range and the seniority is at the upper end.
What is your hourly or day rate?
For one-off projects I quote a fixed price after scoping. For ongoing work, retainers start at 600 pounds per month for a defined block of hours. Pure consulting is billed at a senior day rate. I give clear figures during the first call so you can decide whether the engagement makes financial sense.
Will the work be done in the UK?
Yes. All development is done by me, in the UK, on UK working hours. Development is not subcontracted offshore and there is no hand-off chain to manage. The person you talk to is the person writing the code.
WordPress consultant for London businesses
Some London engagements do not need a developer at all. They need a consultant. A London business has an in-house team, a WordPress site that is not working well and a strategic decision to make about what comes next. A consultant helps the team decide what to build. A developer builds it. The same person can do both, which keeps the advice grounded in what is actually deliverable.
Common consulting briefs from London clients are: scoping a rebuild before going out to agencies, auditing a site before purchase or acquisition, reviewing a plugin stack for risk, advising on a hosting migration, or producing a written technical opinion that an internal team can act on. The output is documentation and recommendations, not code.
London businesses often need this view before they commit to an agency engagement. A clear technical brief, written by someone independent of the agencies bidding for the work, saves money and reduces the chance of being sold the wrong solution.
WordPress developer across the UK
I also work with WordPress clients in Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Bristol. For WooCommerce-specific work including checkout failures and store performance, see the WooCommerce developer London page.
If you are still working out what to look for in a developer, how to find a reliable WordPress developer in the UK covers the signals that matter before you commit.
Working on a WordPress project in London?
Describe the problem or project and I will tell you whether I can help and what the next step looks like.