PHP Job Trends in the City of London

PHP
Central London > City of London

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 1 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 140 124 127
Rank change year-on-year -16 +3 +30
Permanent jobs citing PHP 14 18 44
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.34% 0.93% 1.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.43% 2.02% 2.92%
Number of salaries quoted 13 18 41
10th Percentile £52,000 £43,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £55,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £66,250 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.43% -1.85% -
75th Percentile £80,000 £92,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £91,250 £99,750 £87,500
Central London median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% -3.70% +12.50%

All Programming Languages
City of London

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 978 893 1,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 23.53% 46.05% 47.46%
Number of salaries quoted 766 748 1,231
10th Percentile £52,250 £52,500 £47,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £60,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% - +1.59%
75th Percentile £100,000 £105,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £101,500 £128,250 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
% change year-on-year +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 job vacancy trend 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.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing PHP

PHP
Salary Histogram in the City of London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP in the City of London over the 6 months to 1 June 2026.

Salary histogram for PHP in the City of London

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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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 6 (42.86%) SaaS
2 4 (28.57%) AWS
Development Applications
1 2 (14.29%) JIRA
1 2 (14.29%) Postman
General
1 3 (21.43%) Advertising
2 2 (14.29%) Marketing
2 2 (14.29%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (14.29%) Retail
2 2 (14.29%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (50.00%) Developer
1 7 (50.00%) Full-Stack Developer
1 7 (50.00%) Senior
2 5 (35.71%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
2 5 (35.71%) PHP Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Senior Developer
2 5 (35.71%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
3 4 (28.57%) Lead
4 3 (21.43%) JavaScript Engineer
4 3 (21.43%) Senior PHP Developer
5 2 (14.29%) PHP Software Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Senior Software Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Software Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Support Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Technical Engineer
5 2 (14.29%) Technical Support
5 2 (14.29%) Technical Support Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
6 1 (7.14%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (21.43%) Express.js
1 3 (21.43%) Laravel
1 3 (21.43%) Node.js
1 3 (21.43%) Redux
2 2 (14.29%) React
2 2 (14.29%) Vue
3 1 (7.14%) CSS
3 1 (7.14%) Django
3 1 (7.14%) HTML
3 1 (7.14%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 2 (14.29%) Marketing Technology
1 2 (14.29%) Onboarding
2 1 (7.14%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (7.14%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (57.14%) Full-Stack Development
2 5 (35.71%) Software Engineering
3 3 (21.43%) Open Source
3 3 (21.43%) Software Architecture
4 2 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 2 (14.29%) Kalman Filter
4 2 (14.29%) Problem-Solving
4 2 (14.29%) Use Case
5 1 (7.14%) Mentoring
5 1 (7.14%) Migration
5 1 (7.14%) Roadmaps
5 1 (7.14%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (7.14%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (7.14%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 7 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 5 (35.71%) Python
3 2 (14.29%) Bash
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (14.29%) SLA
Vendors
1 3 (21.43%) Google
2 2 (14.29%) BT