PHP Contract Job Trends in Bristol

PHP
South West > Bristol

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Bristol requiring PHP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 83 56 69
Rank change year-on-year -27 +13 +10
Contract jobs citing PHP 1 4 11
As % of all contract jobs in Bristol 0.083% 0.74% 1.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.30% 2.27% 4.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 11
10th Percentile - £352 £225
25th Percentile £325 £353 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £355 £350
Median % change year-on-year -1.27% +1.29% -15.15%
75th Percentile £375 £397 £375
90th Percentile - £472 £438
South West median daily rate £550 £355 £350
% change year-on-year +55.15% +1.29% -12.50%

All Programming Languages
Bristol

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 Bristol.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 336 176 250
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol 28.02% 32.35% 23.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 108 100 139
10th Percentile £350 £349 £300
25th Percentile £409 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £438 £439
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -0.39% -7.53%
75th Percentile £538 £538 £538
90th Percentile £595 £625 £638
South West median daily rate £500 £500 £525
% change year-on-year - -4.76% +5.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 168 43 69
10th Percentile £60.88 £61.25 £52.50
25th Percentile - £65.00 £61.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £66.50 £67.50
Median % change year-on-year -2.26% -1.48% +3.05%
75th Percentile £67.25 £68.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.75 £68.75 £85.00
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £66.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.26% +2.31% -

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in Bristol

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PHP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Bristol.

PHP job vacancy trend in Bristol

PHP
Daily Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PHP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PHP

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend in Bristol

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PHP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Bristol citing PHP

PHP
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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Next.js
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) AI
1 1 (100.00%) Clean Code
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Microservices
1 1 (100.00%) Technical Leadership
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Python
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript