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 31 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 135 131 144
Rank change year-on-year -4 +13 +5
Permanent jobs citing PHP 10 8 19
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.26% 0.42% 0.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.20% 0.94% 1.46%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 16
10th Percentile £51,250 £32,125 £54,375
25th Percentile - £49,375 £64,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £66,250 £68,750
Median % change year-on-year -16.98% -3.64% +1.85%
75th Percentile £93,750 £73,750 £81,250
90th Percentile - £74,875 £98,125
Central London median annual salary £55,000 £65,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year -15.38% -3.70% -

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 833 851 1,304
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 21.95% 44.77% 46.94%
Number of salaries quoted 660 708 1,022
10th Percentile £51,125 £51,775 £47,500
25th Percentile £67,500 £62,250 £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £80,000 £77,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.25% +3.23% -3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,500
90th Percentile £107,500 £131,625 £115,000
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £82,500 £75,000
% change year-on-year +3.03% +10.00% -6.25%

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 31 July 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 4 (40.00%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 4 (40.00%) AWS
2 3 (30.00%) SaaS
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) JIRA
1 2 (20.00%) Postman
General
1 4 (40.00%) Advertising
2 2 (20.00%) Marketing
2 2 (20.00%) Organisational Skills
2 2 (20.00%) Retail
2 2 (20.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 4 (40.00%) Lead
2 3 (30.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Senior
3 2 (20.00%) JavaScript Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Support Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Engineer
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Support
3 2 (20.00%) Technical Support Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) PHP Developer
4 1 (10.00%) React Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Senior Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (40.00%) Express.js
1 4 (40.00%) Node.js
1 4 (40.00%) Redux
2 2 (20.00%) Laravel
2 2 (20.00%) Vue
3 1 (10.00%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Marketing Technology
1 2 (20.00%) Onboarding
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 4 (40.00%) Open Source
2 4 (40.00%) Software Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (20.00%) Kalman Filter
3 2 (20.00%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (20.00%) Use Case
4 1 (10.00%) Mentoring
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (40.00%) Python
3 2 (20.00%) Bash
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (20.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Google
2 2 (20.00%) BT