PHP Job Trends in Cambridgeshire

PHP
East of England > Cambridgeshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire requiring PHP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 67 60 67
Rank change year-on-year -7 +7 +51
Permanent jobs citing PHP 4 25 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Cambridgeshire 0.53% 2.30% 0.17%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.15% 5.83% 0.42%
Number of salaries quoted 4 11 1
10th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 -
25th Percentile £47,500 £67,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +75.00% +9.59%
75th Percentile £61,250 £72,500 £42,500
90th Percentile £68,000 - -
East of England median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% -20.83% +9.09%

All Programming Languages
Cambridgeshire

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 Cambridgeshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 186 429 236
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cambridgeshire 24.73% 39.39% 40.55%
Number of salaries quoted 144 234 151
10th Percentile £31,250 £46,250 £39,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £50,500 £45,404
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £70,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -21.43% +16.67% +4.35%
75th Percentile £63,750 £82,313 £81,250
90th Percentile £74,625 £85,000 £92,500
East of England median annual salary £50,000 £60,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year -16.67% +4.35% +4.55%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in Cambridgeshire

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

PHP job vacancy trend in Cambridgeshire

PHP
Salary Trend in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing PHP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Cambridgeshire citing PHP

PHP
Salary Histogram in Cambridgeshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP in Cambridgeshire over the 6 months to 1 November 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP in Cambridgeshire

PHP
Job Locations in Cambridgeshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the Cambridgeshire region over the 6 months to 1 November 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Cambridge +4 2 £52,500 - 2
PHP
East of England

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Cambridgeshire 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 (50.00%) Apache Solr
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) Elasticsearch
1 2 (50.00%) MySQL
2 1 (25.00%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 2 (50.00%) Git
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Backend Developer
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Integration Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Junior
3 1 (25.00%) Junior Backend Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Junior Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Junior Web Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (25.00%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (75.00%) Node.js
2 2 (50.00%) Laravel
3 1 (25.00%) Django
3 1 (25.00%) React
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Linux
1 2 (50.00%) Windows
1 2 (50.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
2 2 (50.00%) AI
2 2 (50.00%) API Management
2 2 (50.00%) CI/CD
2 2 (50.00%) Containerisation
2 2 (50.00%) Image Processing
2 2 (50.00%) Machine Learning
2 2 (50.00%) OO
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (25.00%) Coaching
3 1 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
3 1 (25.00%) Software Architecture
3 1 (25.00%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Python
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
System Software
1 4 (100.00%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (50.00%) Ansible
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Microsoft