PHP Contract Job Trends in the City of London

PHP
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring PHP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 4 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 119 115
Rank change year-on-year - -4 +24
Contract jobs citing PHP 0 6 8
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London - 0.34% 0.38%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.94% 1.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 4
10th Percentile - £314 £408
25th Percentile - £323 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £355 £475
Median % change year-on-year - -25.26% +13.43%
75th Percentile - £459 £531
90th Percentile - £589 £543
Central London median daily rate - £355 £475
% change year-on-year - -25.26% -15.63%

All Programming Languages
City of London

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 the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 644 640 734
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 29.50% 36.78% 34.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 457 459 480
10th Percentile £400 £385 £400
25th Percentile £454 £463 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £563 £600 £591
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% +1.61% -3.39%
75th Percentile £675 £688 £710
90th Percentile £775 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £579
% change year-on-year -4.35% -0.65% -4.97%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 7 3
10th Percentile £13.70 £22.05 £51.80
25th Percentile £19.25 £26.00 £74.38
Median hourly rate £37.50 £34.00 £112.00
Median % change year-on-year +10.29% -69.64% +796.00%
75th Percentile £41.25 £63.75 -
90th Percentile £61.50 £73.75 -
Central London median hourly rate £37.50 £42.72 £41.50
% change year-on-year -12.22% +2.94% +232.00%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

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

PHP job vacancy trend in the City of London

PHP
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PHP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PHP

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PHP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PHP