PHP Contract Job Trends in Gloucestershire

PHP
South West > Gloucestershire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Gloucestershire requiring PHP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 28 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 46 - 56
Rank change year-on-year - - +1
Contract jobs citing PHP 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs in Gloucestershire 0.30% - 0.43%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.12% - 1.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £161
25th Percentile - - £169
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 - £193
Median % change year-on-year - - -28.70%
75th Percentile - - £219
90th Percentile - - £230
South West median daily rate £300 £350 £350
% change year-on-year -14.29% - -17.65%

All Programming Languages
Gloucestershire

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 Gloucestershire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 89 144 185
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Gloucestershire 26.97% 36.00% 39.87%
Number of daily rates quoted 65 77 128
10th Percentile £339 £460 £404
25th Percentile £413 £513 £505
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £600 £588
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +2.13% -2.08%
75th Percentile £650 £676 £700
90th Percentile £745 £703 £775
South West median daily rate £525 £543 £525
% change year-on-year -3.23% +3.33% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 7 14
10th Percentile £47.22 - £38.33
25th Percentile £60.82 £30.00 £75.75
Median hourly rate £68.00 £70.00 £78.00
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -10.26% +33.69%
75th Percentile - - -
90th Percentile £69.00 - £88.50
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year -7.14% +7.69% -

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in Gloucestershire

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

PHP job vacancy trend in Gloucestershire

PHP
Daily Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing PHP

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend in Gloucestershire

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Gloucestershire citing PHP

PHP
Contract Job Locations in Gloucestershire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the Gloucestershire region over the 6 months to 28 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
Cheltenham - 1 £300 - 1
PHP
South West

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Gloucestershire 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Laravel
1 1 (100.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development