PHP Contract Job Trends in South Wales

PHP
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring PHP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 14 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 40 30 35
Rank change year-on-year -10 +5 +16
Contract jobs citing PHP 1 16 11
As % of all contract jobs in South Wales 0.28% 4.44% 3.09%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.16% 17.98% 10.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 9
10th Percentile - £498 £315
25th Percentile £413 £503 £400
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £538 £425
Median % change year-on-year -20.93% +26.47% -11.92%
75th Percentile £438 £550 £530
90th Percentile - - £626
Wales median daily rate £425 £538 £425
% change year-on-year -20.93% +26.47% -5.56%

All Programming Languages
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 86 89 102
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Wales 23.89% 24.72% 28.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 53 73
10th Percentile £257 £162 £196
25th Percentile £369 £210 £275
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £456 £425 £425
Median % change year-on-year +7.35% - -18.07%
75th Percentile £532 £544 £563
90th Percentile £651 £570 £669
Wales median daily rate £475 £494 £425
% change year-on-year -3.80% +16.18% -15.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 13 7
10th Percentile £26.42 £16.19 £23.72
25th Percentile £30.00 £20.12 £36.43
Median hourly rate £31.25 £20.24 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +54.44% -61.46% +191.67%
75th Percentile £72.19 £22.00 £55.25
90th Percentile £86.25 £26.25 -
Wales median hourly rate £30.50 £20.24 £52.50
% change year-on-year +50.73% -61.46% +191.67%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

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

PHP job vacancy trend in South Wales

PHP
Daily Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing PHP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing PHP

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend in South Wales

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing PHP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing PHP

PHP
Contract Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 14 December 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
Cardiff -14 1 £425 -20.93% 3
PHP
Wales

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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%) Drupal
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Drupal Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) Drush
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) Twig
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (100.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript