The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Bolton requiring PHP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PHP over the 6 months leading up to 2 August 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
PHP falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills in Bolton.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
2
7
5
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bolton
4.26%
38.89%
23.81%
Number of daily rates quoted
2
2
3
10th Percentile
£208
-
£433
25th Percentile
£242
£513
£444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£308
£525
£475
Median % change year-on-year
-41.43%
+10.53%
+17.65%
75th Percentile
£377
£538
£494
90th Percentile
£413
-
£498
Manchester median daily rate
£475
£475
£525
% change year-on-year
-
-9.52%
-
Number of hourly rates quoted
0
3
0
Median hourly rate
-
£100.00
-
Manchester median hourly rate
£74.50
£70.94
£63.75
% change year-on-year
+5.03%
+11.27%
-8.93%
PHP Job Vacancy Trend in Bolton
Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Bolton.
PHP Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Bolton
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PHP in Bolton.
PHP Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton
For the 6 months to 2 August 2025, contractor job vacancies citing PHP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bolton region with a requirement for PHP.
PHP Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bolton 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:
