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 6 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 127 118
Rank change year-on-year -14 -9 +56
Permanent jobs citing PHP 9 23 63
As % of all permanent jobs in the City of London 0.30% 0.97% 2.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.99% 2.04% 4.18%
Number of salaries quoted 8 17 57
10th Percentile £53,875 £41,500 £33,750
25th Percentile £58,750 £47,500 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £67,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% -3.57% +16.67%
75th Percentile £76,250 £97,500 £81,250
90th Percentile £80,375 £105,000 £112,500
Central London median annual salary £60,000 £66,250 £68,750
% change year-on-year -9.43% -3.64% +14.58%

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 913 1,125 1,506
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the City of London 30.54% 47.45% 48.66%
Number of salaries quoted 719 879 1,358
10th Percentile £51,650 £51,250 £49,789
25th Percentile £65,625 £57,500 £61,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
Median % change year-on-year +9.68% -3.13% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £102,500
90th Percentile £113,750 £120,000 £117,500
Central London median annual salary £85,000 £77,500 £80,000
% change year-on-year +9.68% -3.13% +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 6 March 2026.

Salary histogram for PHP in the City of London

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:

Cloud Services
1 5 (55.56%) SaaS
2 2 (22.22%) AWS
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) JIRA
1 1 (11.11%) Postman
General
1 1 (11.11%) Marketing
1 1 (11.11%) Organisational Skills
1 1 (11.11%) Retail
1 1 (11.11%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 6 (66.67%) Developer
1 6 (66.67%) Full-Stack Developer
2 5 (55.56%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
2 5 (55.56%) PHP Developer
2 5 (55.56%) Senior
3 3 (33.33%) Senior Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Senior PHP Developer
4 2 (22.22%) PHP Software Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Senior Software Engineer
4 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Full-Stack Software Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) JavaScript Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Lead Full-Stack Developer
5 1 (11.11%) PHP Laravel Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Python Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) React Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Full-Stack Engineer
5 1 (11.11%) Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (33.33%) React
2 2 (22.22%) Laravel
3 1 (11.11%) CSS
3 1 (11.11%) Django
3 1 (11.11%) HTML
3 1 (11.11%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (11.11%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Marketing Technology
1 1 (11.11%) Onboarding
1 1 (11.11%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (77.78%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (22.22%) Software Engineering
3 1 (11.11%) CI/CD
3 1 (11.11%) Clean Code
3 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
3 1 (11.11%) Front End Development
3 1 (11.11%) Kalman Filter
3 1 (11.11%) Mentoring
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (11.11%) Roadmaps
3 1 (11.11%) Technical Leadership
3 1 (11.11%) Technology Roadmap
3 1 (11.11%) Translating Business Requirements
3 1 (11.11%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 2 (22.22%) Python
3 1 (11.11%) Bash
3 1 (11.11%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility
1 1 (11.11%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (11.11%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) BT