PHP Contract Job Trends in the East of England

PHP
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring PHP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 3 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
3 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank - 74 111
Rank change year-on-year - +37 +2
Contract jobs citing PHP 0 15 2
As % of all contract jobs in the East of England - 1.34% 0.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 4.08% 0.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 8 2
10th Percentile - £298 £244
25th Percentile - £378 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £450 £438
Median % change year-on-year - +2.86% +25.00%
75th Percentile - - £584
90th Percentile - - £661
England median daily rate £525 £400 £400
% change year-on-year +31.25% - -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £35.00 -
England median hourly rate - £34.50 £34.04
% change year-on-year - +1.37% -8.01%

All Programming Languages
East of England

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 East of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 448 368 421
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the East of England 19.87% 32.95% 21.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 229 197 175
10th Percentile £333 £306 £325
25th Percentile £413 £406 £369
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £500 £475
Median % change year-on-year - +5.26% -1.55%
75th Percentile £588 £575 £575
90th Percentile £638 £635 £633
England median daily rate £519 £520 £540
% change year-on-year -0.16% -3.70% -2.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 62 148
10th Percentile £55.80 £31.64 £52.50
25th Percentile £62.97 £54.44 £59.69
Median hourly rate £70.00 £65.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +7.69% - -
75th Percentile £74.00 £75.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £76.70 £88.00 £85.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £56.38 £65.00
% change year-on-year +15.30% -13.27% +4.00%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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

PHP job vacancy trend in the East of England

PHP
Daily Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing PHP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing PHP

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend in the East of England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing PHP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing PHP