PHP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring PHP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PHP over the 6 months leading up to 22 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
22 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 289 163 158
Rank change year-on-year -126 -5 -58
Permanent jobs citing PHP 592 1,832 2,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.08% 1.83% 2.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.63% 5.51% 5.32%
Number of salaries quoted 480 1,667 1,539
10th Percentile £29,900 £30,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,079 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.16% -9.09% +4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £63,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £83,350
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £48,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.17% -4.00% -

All Programming Languages
UK

PHP falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 16,310 33,227 42,836
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.72% 33.23% 43.33%
Number of salaries quoted 10,681 24,855 27,410
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £49,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £81,250 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £100,000 £107,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £54,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +1.85% -1.82% +4.76%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PHP in the UK

PHP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for PHP in the UK

PHP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP over the 6 months to 22 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP in the UK

PHP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the UK over the 6 months to 22 May 2025. 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
England -129 541 £50,579 +1.16% 710
UK excluding London -106 473 £50,000 +4.17% 522
Work from Home -65 336 £52,500 +5.00% 597
North of England -129 128 £52,500 +10.53% 195
South East -9 123 £50,000 -9.09% 137
London -24 97 £60,000 -6.41% 261
Midlands -54 79 £40,000 -11.11% 67
South West -17 74 £60,000 +33.33% 60
North West -118 72 £52,500 +5.00% 134
Yorkshire -63 41 £37,500 -21.05% 56
West Midlands -8 40 £58,750 +30.56% 36
East Midlands -26 38 £38,750 -13.89% 29
East of England -68 36 £35,000 -19.54% 50
Scotland +94 18 £55,000 +15.79% 12
North East +32 15 £55,000 +22.22% 10
Wales +13 13 £32,500 -35.00% 16
Northern Ireland +33 2 £85,000 +116.56% 9

PHP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 72 (12.16%) WordPress
2 48 (8.11%) CMS
3 13 (2.20%) Apache
4 11 (1.86%) Drupal
4 11 (1.86%) nginx
5 7 (1.18%) Apache Solr
6 5 (0.84%) Microsoft Exchange
7 3 (0.51%) ColdFusion
7 3 (0.51%) Confluence
7 3 (0.51%) IIS
7 3 (0.51%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.34%) Headless CMS
8 2 (0.34%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.17%) Kentico
9 1 (0.17%) SAS
Applications
1 15 (2.53%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.69%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.68%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.68%) Adobe Premiere
4 3 (0.51%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.34%) Adobe XD
6 1 (0.17%) Sketch
6 1 (0.17%) SPSS
6 1 (0.17%) Trello
6 1 (0.17%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 14 (2.36%) Shopify
2 12 (2.03%) Magento
3 11 (1.86%) Payment Gateway
4 9 (1.52%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.34%) Dynamics CRM
5 2 (0.34%) Odoo
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Business One
6 1 (0.17%) SAP Oil and Gas
Cloud Services
1 171 (28.89%) AWS
2 77 (13.01%) Azure
3 57 (9.63%) GCP
4 32 (5.41%) GitHub
5 28 (4.73%) Serverless
6 26 (4.39%) SaaS
7 19 (3.21%) AWS Lambda
8 11 (1.86%) Amazon S3
8 11 (1.86%) Slack
9 10 (1.69%) Google Analytics
9 10 (1.69%) Zapier
10 9 (1.52%) npm
10 9 (1.52%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
10 9 (1.52%) Stripe
11 8 (1.35%) Amazon EC2
12 7 (1.18%) Amazon SQS
12 7 (1.18%) Power Platform
13 5 (0.84%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (0.84%) Cloud Computing
14 4 (0.68%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 15 (2.53%) Internet
2 10 (1.69%) DNS
2 10 (1.69%) TCP/IP
3 8 (1.35%) HTTPS
4 7 (1.18%) IPsec
5 5 (0.84%) VoIP
6 4 (0.68%) MPLS
6 4 (0.68%) Network Security
7 3 (0.51%) HTTP
7 3 (0.51%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.34%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.34%) LoRaWAN
8 2 (0.34%) SSL
8 2 (0.34%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.17%) Bluetooth
9 1 (0.17%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.17%) FTP
9 1 (0.17%) RTP
9 1 (0.17%) RTSP
9 1 (0.17%) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence
1 265 (44.76%) MySQL
2 65 (10.98%) SQL Server
3 36 (6.08%) PostgreSQL
4 21 (3.55%) MongoDB
4 21 (3.55%) Relational Database
5 15 (2.53%) NoSQL
6 12 (2.03%) Amazon RDS
7 11 (1.86%) Redis
8 8 (1.35%) SQLite
9 7 (1.18%) Couchbase
9 7 (1.18%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.84%) Power BI
11 4 (0.68%) MariaDB
11 4 (0.68%) TimescaleDB
12 3 (0.51%) Data Warehouse
12 3 (0.51%) GIS
13 2 (0.34%) Big Data
13 2 (0.34%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.34%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.34%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 153 (25.84%) Git
2 14 (2.36%) JIRA
2 14 (2.36%) PHPUnit
2 14 (2.36%) Selenium
3 9 (1.52%) webpack
4 8 (1.35%) Jenkins
4 8 (1.35%) Postman
5 6 (1.01%) Cucumber
5 6 (1.01%) Cypress.io
5 6 (1.01%) Grunt
5 6 (1.01%) SoapUI
6 5 (0.84%) Bitbucket
7 4 (0.68%) Mocha
7 4 (0.68%) Subversion
8 3 (0.51%) git-flow
8 3 (0.51%) GitLab
8 3 (0.51%) Jasmine
9 2 (0.34%) Vite
10 1 (0.17%) Android Studio
10 1 (0.17%) IDA Disassembler
General
1 145 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 93 (15.71%) Finance
3 69 (11.66%) Games
4 23 (3.89%) Analytical Skills
4 23 (3.89%) Marketing
5 20 (3.38%) Retail
6 19 (3.21%) Organisational Skills
7 16 (2.70%) Legal
8 15 (2.53%) Law
9 13 (2.20%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.20%) Manufacturing
10 12 (2.03%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.69%) Pharmaceutical
12 9 (1.52%) Back Office
13 7 (1.18%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.18%) Turkish Language
14 4 (0.68%) Automotive
14 4 (0.68%) Documentation Skills
15 3 (0.51%) Advertising
15 3 (0.51%) French Language
Job Titles
1 338 (57.09%) Developer
2 171 (28.89%) PHP Developer
3 134 (22.64%) Senior
4 87 (14.70%) Senior Developer
5 54 (9.12%) Software Engineer
6 48 (8.11%) Full-Stack Developer
6 48 (8.11%) Web Developer
7 46 (7.77%) Lead
8 42 (7.09%) Senior PHP Developer
9 37 (6.25%) Graduate
9 37 (6.25%) Graduate Developer
9 37 (6.25%) IT Graduate
10 33 (5.57%) PHP Software Engineer
11 28 (4.73%) Junior
12 24 (4.05%) Senior Software Engineer
13 23 (3.89%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 23 (3.89%) Junior Developer
14 22 (3.72%) SQL Developer
15 19 (3.21%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
16 18 (3.04%) Junior PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 274 (46.28%) HTML
2 255 (43.07%) CSS
3 205 (34.63%) Laravel
4 98 (16.55%) React
5 77 (13.01%) Vue
6 73 (12.33%) jQuery
7 68 (11.49%) .NET
8 67 (11.32%) LAMP
9 54 (9.12%) Symfony
10 47 (7.94%) AngularJS
11 44 (7.43%) Node.js
11 44 (7.43%) RESTful
12 42 (7.09%) ASP.NET
13 32 (5.41%) HTML5
14 27 (4.56%) CSS3
15 26 (4.39%) Web Services
16 21 (3.55%) REST
17 20 (3.38%) CakePHP
17 20 (3.38%) Tailwind CSS
18 16 (2.70%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 40 (6.76%) Mobile App
2 18 (3.04%) Greenfield Project
3 17 (2.87%) Onboarding
4 14 (2.36%) IoT
5 12 (2.03%) Product Ownership
6 11 (1.86%) Legacy Systems
7 10 (1.69%) Virtual Team
8 9 (1.52%) Legacy Code
9 8 (1.35%) Cloud Native
9 8 (1.35%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.35%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (1.18%) Learning Management System
10 7 (1.18%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (1.01%) Driving Licence
11 6 (1.01%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (0.84%) Blog
12 5 (0.84%) Distributed Systems
12 5 (0.84%) Educational Technology
12 5 (0.84%) e-Learning
13 4 (0.68%) CCTV
Operating Systems
1 47 (7.94%) Linux
2 27 (4.56%) Windows
3 12 (2.03%) Android
3 12 (2.03%) Apple iOS
4 6 (1.01%) Unix
5 5 (0.84%) Windows Server
6 4 (0.68%) CentOS
7 3 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 1 (0.17%) AIX
8 1 (0.17%) Debian
8 1 (0.17%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.17%) Rocky
8 1 (0.17%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 158 (26.69%) Agile
2 145 (24.49%) E-Commerce
3 131 (22.13%) Web Development
4 129 (21.79%) Computer Science
5 127 (21.45%) Problem-Solving
6 118 (19.93%) Software Engineering
7 110 (18.58%) OOP
8 105 (17.74%) MVC
9 84 (14.19%) Full-Stack Development
9 84 (14.19%) OO
10 68 (11.49%) User Experience
11 67 (11.32%) Artificial Intelligence
12 63 (10.64%) Front End Development
13 62 (10.47%) TDD
14 61 (10.30%) Mentoring
15 60 (10.14%) CI/CD
15 60 (10.14%) Machine Learning
16 53 (8.95%) Data Privacy
17 52 (8.78%) Continuous Improvement
18 46 (7.77%) Fintech
Programming Languages
1 341 (57.60%) JavaScript
2 150 (25.34%) SQL
3 120 (20.27%) Python
4 118 (19.93%) Java
5 106 (17.91%) C#
6 99 (16.72%) TypeScript
7 97 (16.39%) C++
8 61 (10.30%) C
9 52 (8.78%) R
10 50 (8.45%) Dart
10 50 (8.45%) MATLAB
11 49 (8.28%) Ruby
11 49 (8.28%) Rust
12 39 (6.59%) Go
13 9 (1.52%) Perl
14 5 (0.84%) Scala
15 4 (0.68%) Bash
15 4 (0.68%) Kotlin
15 4 (0.68%) T-SQL
16 2 (0.34%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 138 (23.31%) Degree
2 114 (19.26%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (1.35%) Security Cleared
4 4 (0.68%) BPSS Clearance
4 4 (0.68%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (0.51%) DBS Check
5 3 (0.51%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.34%) Master's Degree
6 2 (0.34%) SC Cleared
7 1 (0.17%) HND
7 1 (0.17%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.17%) PMI Certification
7 1 (0.17%) PMP
7 1 (0.17%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 44 (7.43%) QA
2 31 (5.24%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.36%) WCAG
4 13 (2.20%) GDPR
5 8 (1.35%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.68%) GMP
6 4 (0.68%) SLA
7 2 (0.34%) Data Quality
8 1 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 65 (10.98%) Docker
2 3 (0.51%) Samba
3 2 (0.34%) Active Directory
4 1 (0.17%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.17%) Firmware
4 1 (0.17%) KVM
4 1 (0.17%) Postfix
4 1 (0.17%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.17%) Varnish
4 1 (0.17%) Xen
Systems Management
1 28 (4.73%) Kubernetes
2 21 (3.55%) Terraform
3 10 (1.69%) Ansible
4 4 (0.68%) Cisco CUCM
5 3 (0.51%) Grafana
5 3 (0.51%) Puppet
6 2 (0.34%) Progress Chef
6 2 (0.34%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.17%) Nagios
7 1 (0.17%) Nessus
Vendors
1 35 (5.91%) Microsoft
2 21 (3.55%) Adobe
2 21 (3.55%) Google
3 13 (2.20%) Twitter
3 13 (2.20%) WooCommerce
4 10 (1.69%) Cisco
5 9 (1.52%) New Relic
6 7 (1.18%) SAP
7 6 (1.01%) Meraki
7 6 (1.01%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.84%) Ahrefs
8 5 (0.84%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.84%) Screaming Frog
9 4 (0.68%) HubSpot
10 3 (0.51%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.51%) Sage
11 2 (0.34%) Apple
11 2 (0.34%) Oracle
11 2 (0.34%) Zoho
12 1 (0.17%) Vertica