PHP Job Trends in Birmingham

PHP
West Midlands > Birmingham

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Birmingham requiring PHP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 73 92 100
Rank change year-on-year +19 +8 -2
Permanent jobs citing PHP 32 22 38
As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham 1.38% 1.53% 1.60%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.91% 5.08% 5.33%
Number of salaries quoted 32 17 31
10th Percentile £25,125 £25,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,688 £29,000 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile £70,000 £71,250 £63,750
90th Percentile £98,000 - £70,000
West Midlands median annual salary £47,500 £55,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -13.64% +22.22% -14.29%

All Programming Languages
Birmingham

PHP falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring coding skills in Birmingham.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 359 433 713
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 15.45% 30.05% 29.98%
Number of salaries quoted 293 281 654
10th Percentile £28,250 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.55% - -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £84,964
West Midlands median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

PHP job vacancy trend in Birmingham

PHP
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing PHP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing PHP

PHP
Salary Histogram in Birmingham

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP in Birmingham over the 6 months to 20 March 2026.

Salary histogram for PHP in Birmingham

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Birmingham 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 6 (18.75%) WordPress
2 4 (12.50%) Apache
2 4 (12.50%) IIS
Cloud Services
1 7 (21.88%) Azure
1 7 (21.88%) SaaS
2 6 (18.75%) Figma
3 5 (15.63%) AWS
4 3 (9.38%) Firebase
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (28.13%) MySQL
2 6 (18.75%) SQL Server
3 3 (9.38%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (9.38%) Relational Database
4 2 (6.25%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (15.63%) Git
2 3 (9.38%) JIRA
3 2 (6.25%) git-flow
4 1 (3.13%) webpack
General
1 7 (21.88%) Social Skills
2 6 (18.75%) Health Technology
2 6 (18.75%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (9.38%) Finance
4 2 (6.25%) Law
Job Titles
1 13 (40.63%) Developer
2 10 (31.25%) PHP Developer
2 10 (31.25%) Software Engineer
3 5 (15.63%) Designer
3 5 (15.63%) HTML CSS Designer
3 5 (15.63%) Senior
3 5 (15.63%) Senior Developer
3 5 (15.63%) Senior PHP Developer
3 5 (15.63%) Web Designer
4 4 (12.50%) Applications Specialist
4 4 (12.50%) Applications Support
4 4 (12.50%) Applications Support Specialist
4 4 (12.50%) Graduate
4 4 (12.50%) Lead
4 4 (12.50%) Lead Software Engineer
4 4 (12.50%) Support Specialist
5 3 (9.38%) Graduate Developer
5 3 (9.38%) Graduate PHP Developer
5 3 (9.38%) Graduate Software Developer
5 3 (9.38%) Junior Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (34.38%) CSS
2 9 (28.13%) HTML
3 4 (12.50%) jQuery
3 4 (12.50%) LAMP
3 4 (12.50%) Next.js
4 3 (9.38%) Laravel
4 3 (9.38%) Node.js
4 3 (9.38%) React
4 3 (9.38%) React Native
4 3 (9.38%) Vue
5 2 (6.25%) .NET
5 2 (6.25%) .NET Framework
5 2 (6.25%) REST
5 2 (6.25%) Symfony
6 1 (3.13%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Linux Command Line
1 4 (12.50%) Onboarding
2 3 (9.38%) Mobile App
3 2 (6.25%) Robotics
Operating Systems
1 4 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Software Engineering
2 9 (28.13%) Problem-Solving
3 6 (18.75%) Computer Science
4 5 (15.63%) Agile
4 5 (15.63%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (15.63%) Data Collection
5 4 (12.50%) CRM
5 4 (12.50%) Customer Experience
5 4 (12.50%) DevOps
6 3 (9.38%) E-Commerce
6 3 (9.38%) Full-Stack Development
6 3 (9.38%) Mentoring
6 3 (9.38%) Mobile Application Development
7 2 (6.25%) CI/CD
7 2 (6.25%) Microservices
7 2 (6.25%) OOP
7 2 (6.25%) Process Improvement
7 2 (6.25%) Requirements Gathering
7 2 (6.25%) SDET
7 2 (6.25%) Trunk-Based Development
Programming Languages
1 12 (37.50%) SQL
2 7 (21.88%) JavaScript
3 4 (12.50%) C#
4 2 (6.25%) C++
4 2 (6.25%) Java
4 2 (6.25%) Rust
Qualifications
1 5 (15.63%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (15.63%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (12.50%) Microsoft
1 4 (12.50%) Oracle
1 4 (12.50%) Salesforce