Full-Stack PHP Developer Contract Job Trends in England

Full-Stack PHP Developer
UK > England

The median Full-Stack PHP Developer daily rate in England is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 20 October 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 517 516 580
Rank change year-on-year -1 +64 +173
Contract jobs requiring a Full-Stack PHP Developer 2 7 12
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.007% 0.022% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.008% 0.024% 0.031%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 10
10th Percentile - £285 £306
25th Percentile - £371 £328
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £469 £425
Median % change year-on-year -14.67% +10.29% +21.43%
75th Percentile - £544 £526
90th Percentile - £547 £593
UK median daily rate £400 £538 £425
% change year-on-year -25.58% +26.47% +11.11%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in England. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in England with a recognized job title 25,642 29,384 38,493
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.07% 93.02% 93.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 16,472 17,925 26,842
10th Percentile £278 £300 £300
25th Percentile £403 £413 £420
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £525 £540
Median % change year-on-year -2.73% -2.78% -1.82%
75th Percentile £625 £638 £650
90th Percentile £725 £750 £750
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1,469 1,199 1,415
10th Percentile £13.83 £15.10 £15.25
25th Percentile £17.30 £21.25 £19.25
Median hourly rate £25.15 £43.00 £45.88
Median % change year-on-year -41.51% -6.28% +58.75%
75th Percentile £50.00 £67.50 £65.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £74.89 £77.50
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £40.00 £44.50
% change year-on-year -37.13% -10.11% +66.48%

Full-Stack PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Full-Stack PHP Developer' in the job title relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in England.

Full-Stack PHP Developer job vacancy trend in England

Full-Stack PHP Developer
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Full-Stack PHP Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for Full-Stack PHP Developer job vacancies in England

Full-Stack PHP Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in England

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Full-Stack PHP Developer job vacancies in England.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for Full-Stack PHP Developer job vacancies in England

Full-Stack PHP Developer
Contract Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Full-Stack PHP Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 20 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Midlands - 1 £400 - 3
North West - 1 - - 3
West Midlands - 1 £400 -
North of England - 1 - - 4
Full-Stack PHP Developer
UK

Full-Stack PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 20 October 2025, Full-Stack PHP Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the England region featuring Full-Stack PHP Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Laravel
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
1 2 (100.00%) Vue
2 1 (50.00%) API Development
2 1 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) SaaS
2 1 (50.00%) Tailwind CSS
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience

Full-Stack PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (50.00%) AWS
1 1 (50.00%) Azure
1 1 (50.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
2 1 (50.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (50.00%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) Laravel
1 2 (100.00%) Vue
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) React
2 1 (50.00%) RESTful
2 1 (50.00%) Tailwind CSS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (50.00%) API Development
2 1 (50.00%) Re-Platforming
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript