PHP Contract Job Trends in Wiltshire

PHP
South West > Wiltshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Wiltshire requiring PHP skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 53 76
Rank change year-on-year -14 +23 +15
Contract jobs citing PHP 5 1 1
As % of all contract jobs in Wiltshire 0.84% 0.21% 0.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.90% 1.59% 0.62%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 1
10th Percentile £589 - -
25th Percentile £619 £325 £151
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £688 £350 £153
Median % change year-on-year +96.43% +129.51% -72.27%
75th Percentile £706 £375 £154
90th Percentile - - -
South West median daily rate £638 £353 £350
% change year-on-year +80.85% +0.71% -24.32%

All Programming Languages
Wiltshire

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 Wiltshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 102 63 161
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire 17.17% 13.38% 20.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 51 115
10th Percentile £454 £410 £435
25th Percentile £531 £460 £464
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £594 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year +7.95% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £715 £619 £638
90th Percentile £725 £700 £698
South West median daily rate £525 £535 £540
% change year-on-year -1.87% -0.93% +0.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
10th Percentile - - £58.90
25th Percentile - - £61.00
Median hourly rate - - £67.00
75th Percentile - - £69.50
90th Percentile - - -
South West median hourly rate £65.00 £66.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year -2.26% +2.31% -

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in Wiltshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PHP relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Wiltshire.

PHP job vacancy trend in Wiltshire

PHP
Daily Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing PHP.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing PHP

PHP
Hourly Rate Trend in Wiltshire

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing PHP.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Wiltshire citing PHP

PHP
Contract Job Locations in Wiltshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the Wiltshire region over the 6 months to 16 December 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
Corsham - 5 £688 - 5
PHP
South West

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Wiltshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Applications
1 4 (80.00%) Microsoft Office
General
1 5 (100.00%) Public Sector
2 4 (80.00%) Analytical Skills
2 4 (80.00%) Social Skills
3 1 (20.00%) Military
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Automation Engineer
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (80.00%) REST
1 4 (80.00%) SOAP
1 4 (80.00%) Web Services
Operating Systems
1 1 (20.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) Deployment Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Automation
1 5 (100.00%) Infrastructure Engineering
2 4 (80.00%) Critical Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Agile
3 2 (40.00%) Analytical Thinking
3 2 (40.00%) Computer Science
3 2 (40.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (40.00%) Service Management
3 2 (40.00%) System Testing
4 1 (20.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (20.00%) Containerisation
4 1 (20.00%) Infrastructure as Code
4 1 (20.00%) Task Automation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) PowerShell
3 1 (20.00%) Bash
3 1 (20.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) SC Cleared
1 5 (100.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (40.00%) Computer Science Degree
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (20.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) Ansible
1 1 (20.00%) Kubernetes
1 1 (20.00%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft