PHP Contract Job Trends in Glasgow

PHP
Scotland > Glasgow

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Glasgow requiring PHP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 72 71 76
Rank change year-on-year -1 +5 +4
Contract jobs citing PHP 1 5 3
As % of all contract jobs in Glasgow 0.15% 0.69% 0.35%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.35% 1.57% 0.88%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - £333 -
25th Percentile £438 £346 -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £384 £600
Median % change year-on-year +23.86% -36.08% +35.14%
75th Percentile £513 £413 -
90th Percentile - £420 -
Scotland median daily rate £69 £417 £518
% change year-on-year -83.45% -19.42% +16.55%

All Programming Languages
Glasgow

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 Glasgow.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 285 319 342
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Glasgow 42.41% 44.31% 40.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 158 210
10th Percentile £331 £350 £394
25th Percentile £400 £363 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £438 £525
Median % change year-on-year +2.86% -16.67% +0.96%
75th Percentile £540 £533 £650
90th Percentile £600 £583 £750
Scotland median daily rate £500 £461 £514
% change year-on-year +8.29% -10.22% +6.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 2 1
10th Percentile £52.00 - -
25th Percentile £55.00 - -
Median hourly rate £58.73 £19.59 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year +199.77% -60.82% +5.26%
75th Percentile £62.50 - -
90th Percentile £63.60 - -
Scotland median hourly rate £59.36 £23.77 £61.00
% change year-on-year +149.76% -61.04% +16.19%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in Glasgow

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

PHP job vacancy trend in Glasgow

PHP
Daily Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing PHP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing PHP

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend in Glasgow

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing PHP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Glasgow citing PHP

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Glasgow 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:

Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Apple Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Google Pay
1 1 (100.00%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
General
1 1 (100.00%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior WordPress Developer
1 1 (100.00%) WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) JSON
1 1 (100.00%) JWT
1 1 (100.00%) Middleware
1 1 (100.00%) OAuth
1 1 (100.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) API Integration
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) Collaborative Working
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Webhook
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Apple
1 1 (100.00%) GoCardless
1 1 (100.00%) Google