PHP
North West > Cheshire
The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Cheshire 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 1 May 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | - | 56 | 56 |
| Rank change year-on-year | - | 0 | -5 |
| Contract jobs citing PHP | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in Cheshire | - | 0.40% | 1.32% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | - | 1.55% | 3.68% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £215 |
| 25th Percentile | - | - | £268 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | - | - | £403 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | - | +15.00% |
| 75th Percentile | - | - | £493 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £509 |
| North West median daily rate | - | £394 | £388 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +1.61% | -3.13% |
All Programming Languages
Cheshire
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 Cheshire.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 133 | 129 | 190 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Cheshire | 29.62% | 25.60% | 35.85% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 101 | 103 | 146 |
| 10th Percentile | £323 | £311 | £315 |
| 25th Percentile | £358 | £393 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £410 | £489 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -16.16% | -2.20% | +23.15% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £582 | £575 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £610 | £638 |
| North West median daily rate | £470 | £475 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -1.05% | -5.00% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| 10th Percentile | - | - | £25.93 |
| 25th Percentile | - | £41.25 | £31.21 |
| Median hourly rate | £86.00 | £42.50 | £40.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +102.35% | +6.25% | +63.27% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £43.75 | £52.88 |
| 90th Percentile | - | - | £60.60 |
| North West median hourly rate | £70.00 | £48.43 | £40.59 |
| % change year-on-year | +44.54% | +19.32% | -2.19% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in Cheshire
Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Cheshire.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PHP in Cheshire.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Cheshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PHP in Cheshire.