Hybrid/Remote PHP Developer Contract Job Trends

PHP Developer
UK > Work from Home

The median PHP Developer daily rate for remote/hybrid work is £400, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 13 December 2025.

The table below compares current contractor rates and summary statistics with the previous two years.

 6 months to
13 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 297 285 328
Rank change year-on-year -12 +43 +127
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Developer 21 31 63
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.21% 0.26% 0.35%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.27% 0.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 23 56
10th Percentile £282 £340 £263
25th Percentile £328 £345 £325
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £400 £417 £400
Median % change year-on-year -4.08% +4.25% -11.11%
75th Percentile £404 £544 £451
90th Percentile £419 £550 £600
UK median daily rate £400 £444 £400
% change year-on-year -9.86% +10.94% -11.11%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £52.50
Median hourly rate - - £55.00
75th Percentile - - £57.50
90th Percentile - - -
UK median hourly rate - - £55.00

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,503 11,296 16,780
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.31% 93.10% 94.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,215 7,149 11,556
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £513 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -2.38% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £620 £638 £638
90th Percentile £723 £750 £738
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 335 206 378
10th Percentile £15.18 £18.50 £17.60
25th Percentile £20.50 £24.26 £26.24
Median hourly rate £43.69 £38.25 £52.50
Median % change year-on-year +14.22% -27.14% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65.00 £65.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £70.00 £75.00 £86.63
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £34.75 £44.00
% change year-on-year -27.63% -21.02% +40.98%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'PHP Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

PHP Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid PHP Developer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid PHP Developer job vacancies

PHP Developer
Daily Rate Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Daily rate distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PHP Developer over the 6 months to 13 December 2025.

PHP Developer daily rate histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

PHP Developer
Hourly Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid PHP Developer job vacancies.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid PHP Developer job vacancies

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 13 December 2025, PHP Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) PHP
2 11 (52.38%) MySQL
3 10 (47.62%) Laravel
4 9 (42.86%) Vue
5 8 (38.10%) CSS
6 7 (33.33%) AWS
6 7 (33.33%) HTML
6 7 (33.33%) JavaScript
7 6 (28.57%) CI/CD
8 5 (23.81%) Agile
9 4 (19.05%) API Integration
9 4 (19.05%) Containerisation
9 4 (19.05%) OOP
9 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (19.05%) Symfony
9 4 (19.05%) Tailwind CSS
10 3 (14.29%) Azure
10 3 (14.29%) Docker
10 3 (14.29%) GitHub
10 3 (14.29%) HTML5
10 3 (14.29%) Migration
10 3 (14.29%) MVC
10 3 (14.29%) PHPUnit
10 3 (14.29%) Scrum
10 3 (14.29%) Software Engineering
10 3 (14.29%) SQL
10 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
10 3 (14.29%) TDD
11 2 (9.52%) API Development
11 2 (9.52%) Bitbucket

PHP Developer Skill Set
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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (9.52%) Confluence
1 2 (9.52%) WordPress
2 1 (4.76%) CMS
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) AWS
2 3 (14.29%) Azure
2 3 (14.29%) GitHub
3 1 (4.76%) Azure DevOps
3 1 (4.76%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (52.38%) MySQL
2 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 2 (9.52%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (4.76%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 3 (14.29%) PHPUnit
2 2 (9.52%) Bitbucket
2 2 (9.52%) JIRA
2 2 (9.52%) Postman
3 1 (4.76%) Git
General
1 2 (9.52%) Public Sector
2 1 (4.76%) Finance
2 1 (4.76%) Military
2 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (47.62%) Laravel
2 9 (42.86%) Vue
3 8 (38.10%) CSS
4 7 (33.33%) HTML
5 4 (19.05%) Symfony
5 4 (19.05%) Tailwind CSS
6 3 (14.29%) HTML5
7 2 (9.52%) CSS3
7 2 (9.52%) JSON
7 2 (9.52%) React
7 2 (9.52%) REST
8 1 (4.76%) Bootstrap
8 1 (4.76%) DOM
8 1 (4.76%) LAMP
8 1 (4.76%) Next.js
8 1 (4.76%) Node.js
8 1 (4.76%) Nuxt
8 1 (4.76%) RESTful
8 1 (4.76%) Web Services
8 1 (4.76%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.52%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (4.76%) Cloud Native
2 1 (4.76%) e-Learning
2 1 (4.76%) Greenfield Project
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (28.57%) CI/CD
2 5 (23.81%) Agile
3 4 (19.05%) API Integration
3 4 (19.05%) Containerisation
3 4 (19.05%) OOP
3 4 (19.05%) Problem-Solving
4 3 (14.29%) Migration
4 3 (14.29%) MVC
4 3 (14.29%) Scrum
4 3 (14.29%) Software Engineering
4 3 (14.29%) TDD
5 2 (9.52%) API Development
5 2 (9.52%) E-Commerce
5 2 (9.52%) Full-Stack Development
5 2 (9.52%) Sprint Planning
5 2 (9.52%) Sprint Retrospective
5 2 (9.52%) Sprint Review
5 2 (9.52%) Unit Testing
6 1 (4.76%) Clean Code
6 1 (4.76%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 21 (100.00%) PHP
2 7 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 3 (14.29%) SQL
4 1 (4.76%) Java
4 1 (4.76%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) BPSS Clearance
1 1 (4.76%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) QA
System Software
1 3 (14.29%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (9.52%) Salesforce
2 1 (4.76%) Microsoft
41 hybrid/remote PHP Developer jobs