PHP Job Trends in Cambridge

PHP
Cambridgeshire > Cambridge

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridge requiring PHP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 47 52 -
Rank change year-on-year +5 - -
Permanent jobs citing PHP 7 10 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridge 1.37% 2.02% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.00% 3.89% -
Number of salaries quoted 7 1 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £31,250 -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £32,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +53.85% - -
75th Percentile - £33,750 -
90th Percentile £59,000 - -
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £50,000 £70,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year -28.57% +75.00% +3.90%

All Programming Languages
Cambridge

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 Cambridge.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 140 257 180
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridge 27.45% 51.92% 48.00%
Number of salaries quoted 99 146 111
10th Percentile £35,000 £47,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £52,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £68,750 £71,500
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% -3.85% +14.40%
75th Percentile £70,000 £80,000 £90,000
90th Percentile £77,100 £87,500 £92,500
Cambridgeshire median annual salary £55,000 £67,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year -18.52% +8.00% +4.17%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridge

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

PHP job vacancy trend in Cambridge

PHP
Salary Trend in Cambridge

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing PHP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridge citing PHP

PHP
Salary Histogram in Cambridge

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP in Cambridge over the 6 months to 20 December 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP in Cambridge

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridge 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:

Cloud Services
1 7 (100.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) MySQL
2 1 (14.29%) MariaDB
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
1 6 (85.71%) Software Developer
2 1 (14.29%) Senior
2 1 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
2 1 (14.29%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (100.00%) React
2 1 (14.29%) Laravel
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (14.29%) Coaching
1 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
1 1 (14.29%) Software Architecture
1 1 (14.29%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) JavaScript
2 1 (14.29%) Python
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) Docker