PHP Jobs in Scotland

PHP
UK > Scotland

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for PHP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PHP over the 6 months to 5 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 234 125 111
Rank change year-on-year -109 -14 -51
Permanent jobs citing PHP 49 99 146
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.73% 2.10% 2.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.29% 4.88% 5.58%
Number of salaries quoted 40 57 111
10th Percentile £38,750 £43,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £41,688 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% +10.00% +11.11%
75th Percentile £54,063 £61,250 £65,625
90th Percentile £56,875 - £85,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +16.67%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

PHP is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 3,797 2,027 2,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 56.38% 43.07% 45.29%
Number of salaries quoted 1,145 1,139 1,560
10th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £43,750 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% +10.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £75,000 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £85,000 £83,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for PHP in Scotland

PHP
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PHP in Scotland.

Salary trend for PHP in Scotland

PHP
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP in Scotland over the 6 months to 5 May 2024.

Salary histogram for PHP in Scotland

PHP
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 5 May 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
Dundee - 16 £47,500 - 3
Glasgow -150 12 £45,000 -21.74% 4
Edinburgh +12 8 £51,250 -6.82% 3
Fife -6 4 - -
Aberdeen -8 4 £42,500 -
Renfrewshire -3 1 £52,500 +28.51%
PHP
UK

PHP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland 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 5 (10.20%) WordPress
2 4 (8.16%) SharePoint
3 3 (6.12%) CMS
4 1 (2.04%) Drupal
Cloud Services
1 30 (61.22%) AWS
2 14 (28.57%) SaaS
3 7 (14.29%) Serverless
4 5 (10.20%) Azure
5 4 (8.16%) Power Automate
6 2 (4.08%) GCP
6 2 (4.08%) IaaS
6 2 (4.08%) PaaS
7 1 (2.04%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (46.94%) MySQL
2 6 (12.24%) SQL Server
3 2 (4.08%) MariaDB
3 2 (4.08%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (2.04%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (12.24%) Git
General
1 7 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 6 (12.24%) Inclusion and Diversity
3 3 (6.12%) Analytical Skills
4 2 (4.08%) Retail
5 1 (2.04%) Digital Healthcare
5 1 (2.04%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 45 (91.84%) Developer
2 26 (53.06%) PHP Developer
3 11 (22.45%) Software Developer
4 8 (16.33%) Senior
5 6 (12.24%) Full Stack Developer
5 6 (12.24%) Senior Developer
6 4 (8.16%) Lead
7 3 (6.12%) Full Stack PHP Developer
8 2 (4.08%) Cloud Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Development Team Leader
8 2 (4.08%) Lead Developer
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Cloud Engineer
8 2 (4.08%) Senior Full Stack Developer
8 2 (4.08%) Senior PHP Developer
8 2 (4.08%) Team Leader
9 1 (2.04%) Drupal Developer
9 1 (2.04%) Junior Developer
9 1 (2.04%) Lead PHP Developer
9 1 (2.04%) PHP Laravel Developer
9 1 (2.04%) React Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 22 (44.90%) Laravel
2 18 (36.73%) CSS
2 18 (36.73%) HTML
3 16 (32.65%) Vue
4 12 (24.49%) React
5 9 (18.37%) AngularJS
5 9 (18.37%) Node.js
6 7 (14.29%) Serverless Framework
7 6 (12.24%) Symfony
8 2 (4.08%) .NET
8 2 (4.08%) LAMP
8 2 (4.08%) REST
9 1 (2.04%) CSS3
9 1 (2.04%) HTML5
9 1 (2.04%) jQuery
9 1 (2.04%) RESTful
9 1 (2.04%) Yii
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.16%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 3 (6.12%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (4.08%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.08%) Life Science
4 1 (2.04%) Learning Management System
4 1 (2.04%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.12%) Linux
2 2 (4.08%) Unix
2 2 (4.08%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (30.61%) Full Stack Development
1 15 (30.61%) User Experience
2 13 (26.53%) UX Design
3 12 (24.49%) Agile
3 12 (24.49%) DevOps
4 9 (18.37%) OOP
4 9 (18.37%) Software Engineering
5 8 (16.33%) Microservices
6 6 (12.24%) Cross-Browser Compatibility
7 5 (10.20%) Clean Code
7 5 (10.20%) OO
7 5 (10.20%) OO PHP
7 5 (10.20%) Problem-Solving
8 4 (8.16%) Collaborative Working
9 3 (6.12%) Computer Science
9 3 (6.12%) Continuous Integration
9 3 (6.12%) Project Management
9 3 (6.12%) Unit Testing
10 2 (4.08%) Technical Architecture
10 2 (4.08%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 23 (46.94%) JavaScript
2 10 (20.41%) TypeScript
3 9 (18.37%) Java
4 7 (14.29%) C#
5 6 (12.24%) C
6 4 (8.16%) SQL
7 2 (4.08%) PowerShell
7 2 (4.08%) Python
7 2 (4.08%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 10 (20.41%) Degree
2 3 (6.12%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.20%) QA
System Software
1 4 (8.16%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (6.12%) Kubernetes
2 2 (4.08%) Progress Chef
2 2 (4.08%) Puppet
Vendors
1 2 (4.08%) Rollbar