The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring PHP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 5 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
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 the City of London.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
711
1,326
1,501
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London
37.44%
46.92%
50.49%
Number of salaries quoted
592
972
1,381
10th Percentile
£52,500
£50,000
£50,000
25th Percentile
£62,500
£56,250
£60,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£85,000
£75,000
£80,000
Median % change year-on-year
+13.33%
-6.25%
+3.23%
75th Percentile
£105,000
£95,250
£101,250
90th Percentile
£131,138
£120,000
£115,000
Central London median annual salary
£85,000
£75,000
£80,000
% change year-on-year
+13.33%
-6.25%
+3.23%
PHP Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PHP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the City of London.
PHP Salary Trend in the City of London
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PHP.
PHP Top 11 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London
For the 6 months to 5 December 2025, job vacancies citing PHP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the City of London region with a requirement for PHP.
PHP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London 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:
