PHP Contract Job Trends in the South West

PHP
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring PHP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank - 126 130
Rank change year-on-year - +4 +17
Contract jobs citing PHP 0 2 23
As % of all contract jobs in the South West - 0.079% 0.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.30% 2.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 22
10th Percentile - - £213
25th Percentile - £325 £313
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - £350 £375
Median % change year-on-year - -6.67% -11.76%
75th Percentile - £375 £488
90th Percentile - - £575
England median daily rate £403 £400 £450
% change year-on-year +0.63% -11.11% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £48.75
Median hourly rate - - £52.50
75th Percentile - - £56.25
90th Percentile - - -
England median hourly rate £34.50 £42.79 £22.14
% change year-on-year -19.36% +93.25% -27.41%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 435 656 915
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 21.89% 26.05% 28.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 274 364 636
10th Percentile £322 £375 £363
25th Percentile £413 £450 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £511 £539 £525
Median % change year-on-year -5.20% +2.62% -
75th Percentile £600 £627 £670
90th Percentile £675 £685 £725
England median daily rate £513 £543 £550
% change year-on-year -5.53% -1.36% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 53 80 79
10th Percentile £61.25 £61.25 £47.70
25th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £58.59
Median hourly rate £67.50 £70.00 £65.00
Median % change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -
75th Percentile £72.50 - £70.00
90th Percentile £75.00 £74.44 £78.00
England median hourly rate £56.50 £65.00 £62.50
% change year-on-year -13.08% +4.00% +4.17%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

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

PHP job vacancy trend in the South West

PHP
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

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

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PHP

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

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

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing PHP