PHP Contract Job Trends in Leeds

PHP
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring PHP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 64 55 59
Rank change year-on-year -9 +4 +33
Contract jobs citing PHP 13 3 9
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 1.50% 0.67% 1.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.71% 1.78% 3.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 3 8
10th Percentile £413 £398 £294
25th Percentile £441 £418 £309
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £450 £500 £325
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% +53.85% -29.73%
75th Percentile - £550 £368
90th Percentile - - £465
West Yorkshire median daily rate £450 £500 £330
% change year-on-year -10.00% +51.52% -26.67%

All Programming Languages
Leeds

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 Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 276 169 229
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 31.94% 37.47% 28.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 192 109 165
10th Percentile £313 £325 £300
25th Percentile £425 £405 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £475 £488
Median % change year-on-year +2.63% -2.56% -7.14%
75th Percentile £550 £550 £594
90th Percentile £624 £728 £650
West Yorkshire median daily rate £488 £475 £475
% change year-on-year +2.63% - -9.52%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 6 1
10th Percentile - £31.62 -
25th Percentile - £44.87 £19.44
Median hourly rate - £91.05 £20.71
Median % change year-on-year - +339.76% -70.42%
75th Percentile - £101.14 £21.97
90th Percentile - £102.00 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate - £91.05 £20.71
% change year-on-year - +339.76% -70.42%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

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

PHP job vacancy trend in Leeds

PHP
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing PHP

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing PHP

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds 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 6 (46.15%) AWS
2 3 (23.08%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (23.08%) PostgreSQL
1 3 (23.08%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Developer
2 9 (69.23%) PHP Developer
3 3 (23.08%) Software Engineer
4 2 (15.38%) Delphi Software Engineer
5 1 (7.69%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
5 1 (7.69%) PHP Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (23.08%) .NET
1 3 (23.08%) CSS
1 3 (23.08%) HTML
1 3 (23.08%) WebSockets
2 2 (15.38%) REST
3 1 (7.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.69%) Legacy Applications
1 1 (7.69%) Legacy Code
1 1 (7.69%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (23.08%) Linux
1 3 (23.08%) Windows
2 1 (7.69%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (76.92%) Refactoring
2 9 (69.23%) Roadmaps
3 4 (30.77%) Clean Code
4 3 (23.08%) Software Engineering
5 2 (15.38%) Migration
5 2 (15.38%) Open Source
6 1 (7.69%) Agile
6 1 (7.69%) Containerisation
6 1 (7.69%) Front End Development
6 1 (7.69%) Microservices
6 1 (7.69%) Re-Platforming
6 1 (7.69%) TDD
6 1 (7.69%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 6 (46.15%) SQL
2 3 (23.08%) C#
2 3 (23.08%) Delphi
2 3 (23.08%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.69%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (7.69%) Degree
System Software
1 3 (23.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (7.69%) Kubernetes