PHP
South East > Thames Valley
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the Thames Valley requiring PHP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 118 | 114 | 124 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -4 | +10 | +25 |
| Contract jobs citing PHP | 1 | 11 | 20 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 0.059% | 0.51% | 0.73% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 0.23% | 2.28% | 3.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £506 | £331 |
| 25th Percentile | £356 | £535 | £356 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £363 | £575 | £400 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -36.96% | +43.75% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £369 | £664 | £418 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £670 | £485 |
| South East median daily rate | £600 | £475 | £513 |
| % change year-on-year | +26.32% | -7.32% | +26.15% |
All Programming Languages
Thames Valley
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 Thames Valley.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 438 | 483 | 612 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley | 25.98% | 22.28% | 22.38% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 268 | 322 | 445 |
| 10th Percentile | £325 | £364 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £400 | £425 | £413 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £475 | £531 | £534 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -10.59% | -0.51% | +1.71% |
| 75th Percentile | £550 | £625 | £625 |
| 90th Percentile | £600 | £663 | £700 |
| South East median daily rate | £500 | £513 | £525 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.44% | -2.38% | - |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 1 | 10 | 13 |
| 10th Percentile | - | £34.80 | £32.30 |
| 25th Percentile | £18.75 | £55.87 | £32.32 |
| Median hourly rate | £19.50 | £58.49 | £48.40 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -66.66% | +20.85% | -24.88% |
| 75th Percentile | £20.25 | £73.57 | £54.56 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £88.13 | £62.81 |
| South East median hourly rate | £55.00 | £70.00 | £55.53 |
| % change year-on-year | -21.43% | +26.06% | -7.45% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the Thames Valley
Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Thames Valley.
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Daily Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PHP.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the Thames Valley
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the Thames Valley citing PHP.
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Contract Job Locations in the Thames Valley
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the Thames Valley region over the 6 months to 30 September 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buckinghamshire | -1 | 1 | £363 | -34.09% | 4 |
| PHP South East |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Thames Valley 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:
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