The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in Staffordshire requiring PHP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PHP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
15
-
25
Rank change year-on-year
-
-
-
Contract jobs citing PHP
1
0
1
As % of all contract jobs advertised in Staffordshire
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 Staffordshire.
Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
12
14
17
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire
17.91%
13.33%
11.72%
Number of daily rates quoted
4
12
15
10th Percentile
£208
-
£290
25th Percentile
£219
£325
£356
Median daily rate (50th Percentile)
£400
£350
£375
Median % change year-on-year
+14.29%
-6.67%
-9.09%
75th Percentile
£556
£388
£510
90th Percentile
£568
£421
£595
West Midlands median daily rate
£475
£456
£525
% change year-on-year
+4.11%
-13.10%
+14.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted
5
0
0
10th Percentile
£16.85
-
-
25th Percentile
£17.00
-
-
Median hourly rate
£18.00
-
-
75th Percentile
£20.24
-
-
90th Percentile
-
-
-
West Midlands median hourly rate
£27.50
£57.50
£29.32
% change year-on-year
-52.17%
+96.13%
+68.59%
PHP Job Vacancy Trend in Staffordshire
Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Staffordshire.
PHP Contractor Daily Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PHP in Staffordshire.
PHP Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in Staffordshire
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PHP in Staffordshire.
PHP Top 7 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, contractor job vacancies citing PHP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Staffordshire region with a requirement for PHP.
PHP Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Staffordshire by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category.
The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
