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 citing PHP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 November 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 120 120
Rank change year-on-year - 0 +24
Contract jobs citing PHP 0 7 5
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London - 0.40% 0.24%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 1.11% 0.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 5 3
10th Percentile - £316 £425
25th Percentile - £328 £444
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £375 £500
Median % change year-on-year - -25.00% +21.21%
75th Percentile - £475 £538
90th Percentile - £595 £546
Central London median daily rate - £375 £488
% change year-on-year - -23.08% -18.75%

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 citing coding skills in the City of London.

6 months to
15 Nov 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Contract vacancies citing coding skills 648 633 748
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the City of London 32.43% 36.38% 35.30%
Number of daily rates quoted 454 470 477
10th Percentile £383 £381 £406
25th Percentile £450 £427 £481
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £575 £593
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% -2.95% -1.25%
75th Percentile £675 £685 £700
90th Percentile £775 £775 £825
Central London median daily rate £550 £575 £585
% change year-on-year -4.35% -1.71% -2.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 9 3
10th Percentile - £23.90 £51.80
25th Percentile - £26.25 £74.38
Median hourly rate £10.00 £34.00 £112.00
Median % change year-on-year -70.59% -69.64% +273.33%
75th Percentile - £63.75 -
90th Percentile - £68.75 -
Central London median hourly rate £62.50 £39.50 £41.50
% change year-on-year +58.23% -4.82% +38.33%

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