PHP Developer Contract Job Trends in Lancashire

PHP Developer
North West > Lancashire

The median PHP Developer daily rate in Lancashire is £425, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 3 November 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 27 40
Rank change year-on-year -5 +13 -
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Developer 1 2 1
As % of all contract jobs in Lancashire 0.48% 1.04% 0.40%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.53% 1.08% 0.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £413 £363 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £375 £350
Median % change year-on-year +13.33% +7.14% -
75th Percentile £438 £388 £375
90th Percentile - - -
North West median daily rate £425 £388 £400
% change year-on-year +9.68% -3.13% -

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Lancashire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in Lancashire. 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 Lancashire with a recognized job title 189 185 235
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 91.30% 96.35% 92.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 114 59 125
10th Percentile £153 £240 £338
25th Percentile £363 £306 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £475 £550
Median % change year-on-year +5.26% -13.64% +7.84%
75th Percentile £586 £588 £645
90th Percentile £667 £628 £720
North West median daily rate £450 £475 £500
% change year-on-year -5.26% -5.00% +4.17%
Number of hourly rates quoted 40 47 65
10th Percentile £36.56 £16.58 £20.40
25th Percentile £41.94 £17.29 £37.55
Median hourly rate £46.29 £40.33 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +14.79% -12.68% +22.18%
75th Percentile £74.26 £48.59 £50.00
90th Percentile £76.31 £74.37 £60.19
North West median hourly rate £28.43 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year -12.52% -7.14% +60.70%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Lancashire

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

PHP Developer job vacancy trend in Lancashire

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Lancashire.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Lancashire

PHP Developer
Hourly Rate Trend in Lancashire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Lancashire.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Lancashire

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 9 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire

For the 6 months to 3 November 2025, 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 Lancashire region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
1 1 (100.00%) Laravel
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) React

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Lancashire 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 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) GCP
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Laravel
1 1 (100.00%) React
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PHP