PHP Job Trends in Derbyshire

PHP
East Midlands > Derbyshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Derbyshire requiring PHP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 52 - 34
Rank change year-on-year - - +23
Permanent jobs citing PHP 4 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Derbyshire 0.78% - 0.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.89% - 1.92%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £31,250 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 - £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +8.22%
75th Percentile £33,750 - -
90th Percentile - - -
East Midlands median annual salary £40,000 £35,000 £51,245
% change year-on-year +14.29% -31.70% +20.58%

All Programming Languages
Derbyshire

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 Derbyshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 45 83 52
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Derbyshire 8.79% 27.48% 23.74%
Number of salaries quoted 29 54 38
10th Percentile £38,950 £36,625 £37,450
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,000 £41,563
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £45,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.78% -18.18% +15.79%
75th Percentile £69,000 £54,688 £59,500
90th Percentile £72,550 £64,250 £73,625
East Midlands median annual salary £45,390 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.22% -9.09% +2.80%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in Derbyshire

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

PHP job vacancy trend in Derbyshire

PHP
Salary Trend in Derbyshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing PHP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Derbyshire citing PHP

PHP
Job Locations in Derbyshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the Derbyshire region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Derby - 3 - - 3
Chesterfield - 1 £32,500 -
PHP
East Midlands

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Derbyshire 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:

Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (25.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) PostgreSQL
General
1 4 (100.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (75.00%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Development Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) PHP Software Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Python Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Python Software Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Software Development Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Junior
2 1 (25.00%) Junior Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Junior Software Developer
2 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (25.00%) Doctrine
1 1 (25.00%) Symfony
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) Clean Code
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (75.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (75.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (75.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (75.00%) Test Strategy
2 1 (25.00%) Coaching
2 1 (25.00%) Creative Thinking
2 1 (25.00%) Logistics
2 1 (25.00%) Mentoring
2 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) Python
1 3 (75.00%) VBA
2 1 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (75.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (75.00%) Degree