PHP
England > West Midlands
The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring PHP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 6 Sep 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 112 | 101 | 114 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -11 | +13 | +33 |
| Contract jobs citing PHP | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 0.45% | 0.53% | 0.47% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 1.79% | 2.49% | 1.95% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| 10th Percentile | £417 | £319 | £288 |
| 25th Percentile | £428 | £325 | £381 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £435 | £363 | £420 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +20.00% | -13.69% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £509 | £425 | £471 |
| 90th Percentile | £595 | £644 | £525 |
| England median daily rate | £425 | £415 | £450 |
| % change year-on-year | +2.53% | -7.89% | - |
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
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 West Midlands.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 448 | 402 | 513 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands | 25.21% | 21.21% | 24.20% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 277 | 260 | 352 |
| 10th Percentile | £306 | £313 | £300 |
| 25th Percentile | £413 | £375 | £400 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £500 | £492 | £500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +1.73% | -1.70% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £545 | £575 | £600 |
| 90th Percentile | £625 | £650 | £725 |
| England median daily rate | £513 | £550 | £550 |
| % change year-on-year | -6.82% | - | -4.35% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 23 | 5 | 9 |
| 10th Percentile | £30.25 | £34.36 | £17.70 |
| 25th Percentile | £33.91 | £35.00 | £18.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £50.00 | £55.00 | £23.22 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -9.09% | +136.86% | -48.40% |
| 75th Percentile | - | £58.75 | £25.88 |
| 90th Percentile | - | £68.50 | £38.81 |
| England median hourly rate | £55.00 | £65.00 | £63.00 |
| % change year-on-year | -15.38% | +3.17% | +12.50% |
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Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands
Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.
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Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PHP.
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Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PHP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 6 September 2025.
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Hourly Rate Trend in the West Midlands
Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PHP.
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Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birmingham | 0 | 6 | £435 | +8.75% | 5 |
| PHP England |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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: