PHP
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PHP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PHP over the 6 months to 6 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 6 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 283 | 374 | 291 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +91 | -83 | -76 |
| Contract jobs citing PHP | 334 | 391 | 850 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.77% | 0.66% | 0.96% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.60% | 1.90% | 2.64% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 261 | 282 | 663 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £306 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £319 | £352 | £381 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £430 | £425 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.18% | -5.56% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £500 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | £600 | £650 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £450 | £400 | £428 |
| % change year-on-year | +12.50% | -6.43% | +22.14% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 10 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.50 | £24.47 | £27.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £28.44 | £43.38 | £32.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £80.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.88% | +128.57% | -22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.34 | £85.00 | £35.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £87.53 | £43.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £45.00 | £48.74 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.66% | +14.67% | +66.67% |
All Programming Languages
UK
PHP is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,853 | 20,585 | 32,198 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.62% | 34.85% | 36.29% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,145 | 14,838 | 23,462 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £394 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £489 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +2.25% | +15.06% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 490 | 466 | 512 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.93 | £26.19 | £19.56 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £61.60 | £60.28 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.20% | +20.55% | +14.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.25 | £78.00 | £69.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £61.18 | £49.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.17% | +22.96% | +18.45% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PHP.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PHP over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PHP.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PHP over the 6 months to 6 May 2024.
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Top 16 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the UK over the 6 months to 6 May 2024. 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 |
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| England | +70 | 277 | £400 | -4.76% | 429 |
| UK excluding London | +53 | 164 | £450 | +12.50% | 329 |
| Work from Home | +79 | 154 | £450 | +12.50% | 270 |
| London | +94 | 139 | £415 | -7.89% | 111 |
| South East | +32 | 49 | £475 | +18.75% | 55 |
| North of England | +20 | 45 | £369 | -7.81% | 117 |
| North West | +23 | 32 | £413 | +6.45% | 72 |
| Wales | +27 | 22 | £515 | +16.06% | 5 |
| Midlands | +34 | 19 | £350 | -24.32% | 58 |
| South West | +17 | 17 | £350 | -12.50% | 56 |
| Yorkshire | +18 | 11 | £328 | -18.13% | 38 |
| West Midlands | +20 | 10 | £138 | -70.27% | 32 |
| Scotland | +34 | 9 | £388 | -12.92% | 13 |
| East Midlands | +22 | 9 | £350 | -15.66% | 26 |
| East of England | -2 | 3 | £475 | +31.94% | 33 |
| North East | +16 | 2 | £375 | -1.32% | 8 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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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