Hybrid/Remote PEAR Contract Job Trends

PHP Extension and Application Repository (PEAR)
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for remote or hybrid contract work requiring PEAR skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 312 315 -
Rank change year-on-year +3 - -
Contract jobs citing PEAR 1 1 0
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% 0.009% -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.066% 0.069% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £563 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £575 £540 -
Median % change year-on-year +6.48% - -
75th Percentile £588 - -
90th Percentile - - -
UK median daily rate £575 £540 £400
% change year-on-year +6.48% +35.00% -

All Development Application Skills
Work from Home

PEAR falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring development application skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 1,509 1,443 2,030
As % of all contract jobs with a WFH option 14.88% 13.13% 12.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,013 954 1,503
10th Percentile £331 £325 £363
25th Percentile £400 £400 £430
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £505 £525
Median % change year-on-year -0.99% -3.81% -4.55%
75th Percentile £588 £623 £615
90th Percentile £669 £723 £700
UK median daily rate £500 £501 £538
% change year-on-year -0.15% -6.84% -4.02%
Number of hourly rates quoted 55 18 57
10th Percentile £39.00 £25.83 £46.50
25th Percentile - £33.44 £62.63
Median hourly rate £65.00 £61.25 £78.73
Median % change year-on-year +6.12% -22.20% +21.12%
75th Percentile £70.00 £67.76 £90.00
90th Percentile - £70.63 -
UK median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +5.69%

PEAR
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing PEAR and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

PEAR job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

PEAR
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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:

General
1 1 (100.00%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Engineer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Electron
1 1 (100.00%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Blockchain
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Android
1 1 (100.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Conflict Resolution
1 1 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 1 (100.00%) End-to-End Testing
1 1 (100.00%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) TypeScript