PHP Job Trends in Chelmsford

PHP
Essex > Chelmsford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Chelmsford requiring PHP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs citing PHP 3 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Chelmsford 1.76% - -
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.75% - -
Number of salaries quoted 3 0 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £24,000 - -
Essex median annual salary £25,000 £25,000 £44,000
% change year-on-year - -43.18% -20.00%

All Programming Languages
Chelmsford

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 Chelmsford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 16 15 42
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Chelmsford 9.41% 34.09% 31.11%
Number of salaries quoted 13 10 41
10th Percentile £24,000 £56,775 £41,250
25th Percentile £26,500 £65,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £66,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -20.45% +10.00% +26.32%
75th Percentile £63,750 £76,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £84,750 £93,250 £70,000
Essex median annual salary £52,500 £55,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -4.55% +15.79% -13.64%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in Chelmsford

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

PHP job vacancy trend in Chelmsford

PHP
Salary Trend in Chelmsford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing PHP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Chelmsford citing PHP

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chelmsford 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 3 (100.00%) Azure
General
1 2 (66.67%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Graduate
1 3 (100.00%) Graduate Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Graduate Software Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (66.67%) C# Developer
2 2 (66.67%) C# Software Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Graduate C# Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Graduate C# Software Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Graduate PHP Developer
2 2 (66.67%) Graduate SQL Developer
2 2 (66.67%) PHP Developer
2 2 (66.67%) SQL Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Computer Science
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C#
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (33.33%) Degree