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 7 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 7 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 293 | 359 | 283 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +66 | -76 | -64 |
| Contract jobs citing PHP | 321 | 383 | 839 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.75% | 0.66% | 0.95% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.54% | 1.89% | 2.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 250 | 275 | 654 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £306 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £350 | £381 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £415 | £425 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.47% | -5.56% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £523 | £500 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | £600 | £650 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £425 | £400 | £426 |
| % change year-on-year | +6.25% | -6.16% | +21.79% |
| 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 | 12,657 | 20,243 | 31,905 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.55% | 34.85% | 36.27% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,005 | 14,597 | 23,243 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £394 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £775 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £490 | £500 | £488 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.10% | +2.56% | +14.71% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 485 | 460 | 505 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.12 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £60.63 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.27% | +21.25% | +14.94% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £79.67 | £78.00 | £69.05 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £60.94 | £49.75 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.56% | +22.49% | +19.88% |
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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 7 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 7 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 7 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 | +47 | 266 | £400 | -3.90% | 418 |
| UK excluding London | +58 | 154 | £425 | +6.25% | 321 |
| Work from Home | +68 | 149 | £450 | +12.50% | 261 |
| London | +69 | 136 | £410 | -8.89% | 107 |
| South East | +28 | 46 | £475 | +18.75% | 53 |
| North of England | +15 | 41 | £375 | -6.25% | 115 |
| North West | +18 | 30 | £425 | +9.68% | 73 |
| Wales | +28 | 20 | £523 | +17.75% | 5 |
| Midlands | +35 | 18 | £350 | -24.32% | 55 |
| South West | +11 | 17 | £350 | -12.50% | 55 |
| West Midlands | +25 | 10 | £138 | -70.27% | 30 |
| Scotland | +40 | 9 | £388 | -12.92% | 12 |
| Yorkshire | +21 | 9 | £328 | -18.13% | 35 |
| East Midlands | +22 | 8 | £350 | -15.66% | 25 |
| East of England | -7 | 3 | £475 | +31.94% | 32 |
| North East | +15 | 2 | £375 | - | 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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