PEAR Contract Job Trends in England

PHP Extension and Application Repository (PEAR)
UK > England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in England requiring PEAR skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 534 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing PEAR 1 0 0
As % of all contract jobs in England 0.003% - -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.021% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £540 £400
% change year-on-year +6.48% +35.00% -

All Development Application Skills
England

PEAR falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 4,670 3,610 4,257
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in England 14.70% 13.39% 11.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 3,229 2,254 3,037
10th Percentile £333 £336 £375
25th Percentile £410 £413 £450
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £516 £550
Median % change year-on-year -3.01% -6.27% -4.35%
75th Percentile £600 £638 £638
90th Percentile £700 £738 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £538
% change year-on-year -0.15% -6.84% -4.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 128 65 193
10th Percentile £39.53 £46.18 £44.85
25th Percentile £52.50 £54.00 £51.25
Median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%
75th Percentile £70.00 £68.75 £77.50
90th Percentile £81.65 £75.85 £90.00
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%

PEAR
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

PEAR job vacancy trend in England

PEAR
Daily Rate Trend in England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PEAR.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in England citing PEAR

PEAR
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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Electron
1 1 (100.00%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript