PHP Developer Contract Job Trends in Bristol

PHP Developer
South West > Bristol

The median PHP Developer daily rate in Bristol is £475, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 26 April 2026.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 77 56 74
Rank change year-on-year -21 +18 +22
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Developer 2 2 5
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.16% 0.37% 0.47%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.39% 0.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 5
10th Percentile - £354 £218
25th Percentile £463 £354 £225
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £355 £350
Median % change year-on-year +33.99% +1.29% +7.69%
75th Percentile £488 £355 £375
90th Percentile - £355 -
South West median daily rate £475 £355 £350
% change year-on-year +33.99% +1.29% -3.45%

All Contract IT Job Roles
Bristol

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Bristol. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Bristol with a recognized job title 1,142 512 1,001
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 95.17% 95.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 517 307 554
10th Percentile £350 £213 £244
25th Percentile £413 £355 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £450 £500
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -0.50%
75th Percentile £575 £565 £622
90th Percentile £651 £668 £688
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £520
% change year-on-year - -3.85% -0.95%
Number of hourly rates quoted 319 89 206
10th Percentile £17.87 £18.51 £36.25
25th Percentile £53.53 £42.50 £45.00
Median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year - - -0.76%
75th Percentile £67.50 £68.00 £74.27
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £60.00 £63.00 £49.00
% change year-on-year -4.76% +28.57% -24.62%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'PHP Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

PHP Developer job vacancy trend in Bristol

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Bristol

PHP Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Bristol.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Bristol

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol

For the 6 months to 26 April 2026, PHP Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Bristol region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) AWS
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) Codeception
2 1 (50.00%) HTTP
2 1 (50.00%) OAuth
2 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Stripe
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Bristol by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 2 (100.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Codeception
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) OAuth
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Microservices
1 2 (100.00%) Migration
2 1 (50.00%) Regression Testing
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) PCI DSS