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 1 May 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
|
|
6 months to
1 May 2026 |
Same period 2025 |
Same period 2024 |
| Rank |
84 |
83 |
108 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
-1 |
+25 |
-17 |
| Permanent jobs citing PHP |
26 |
22 |
42 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in Birmingham |
0.91% |
1.71% |
1.55% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category |
6.70% |
5.98% |
5.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
24 |
19 |
34 |
| 10th Percentile |
£25,000 |
£25,000 |
£30,450 |
| 25th Percentile |
£42,500 |
£27,000 |
£36,563 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£45,000 |
£55,000 |
£48,750 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
-18.18% |
+12.82% |
-15.22% |
| 75th Percentile |
£70,000 |
£71,250 |
£67,500 |
| 90th Percentile |
£94,000 |
- |
£80,000 |
| West Midlands median annual salary |
£50,000 |
£55,500 |
£45,000 |
| % change year-on-year |
-9.91% |
+23.33% |
-14.29% |
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 |
388 |
368 |
762 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham |
13.56% |
28.66% |
28.04% |
| Number of salaries quoted |
313 |
290 |
697 |
| 10th Percentile |
£32,500 |
£37,500 |
£32,500 |
| 25th Percentile |
£45,000 |
£44,000 |
£42,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) |
£57,500 |
£55,000 |
£57,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year |
+4.55% |
-4.35% |
- |
| 75th Percentile |
£70,000 |
£65,000 |
£70,000 |
| 90th Percentile |
£84,500 |
£75,125 |
£84,964 |
| West Midlands median annual salary |
£55,000 |
£55,000 |
£52,500 |
| % change year-on-year |
- |
+4.76% |
-4.55% |
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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.
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Salary Trend in Birmingham
Salary distribution trend for jobs in Birmingham citing PHP.
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Salary Histogram in Birmingham
Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP in Birmingham over the 6 months to 1 May 2026.
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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:
