PHP Job Trends in Leicester

PHP
Leicestershire > Leicester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Leicester requiring PHP skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 18 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 32 37 37
Rank change year-on-year +5 0 +16
Permanent jobs citing PHP 2 8 11
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 1.03% 2.43% 3.83%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.92% 6.30% 7.69%
Number of salaries quoted 1 3 11
10th Percentile - - £39,720
25th Percentile £36,250 £52,500 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £55,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -31.82% -15.38% +8.33%
75th Percentile £38,750 £63,125 £72,500
90th Percentile - £66,500 -
Leicestershire median annual salary £37,500 £47,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year -21.05% -26.92% +18.18%

All Programming Languages
Leicester

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 Leicester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 51 127 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Leicester 26.29% 38.60% 49.83%
Number of salaries quoted 41 85 127
10th Percentile £41,250 £40,000 £33,400
25th Percentile £46,750 £47,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +4.55% +10.00%
75th Percentile £68,750 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £70,000 -
Leicestershire median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -13.64% +10.00%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in Leicester

Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Leicester.

Job vacancy trend for PHP in Leicester

PHP
Salary Trend in Leicester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing PHP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Leicester citing PHP

PHP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Leicester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) PHP Developer
1 1 (50.00%) PHP Laravel Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) CSS3
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) jQuery
2 1 (50.00%) Laravel
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Artificial Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Data Privacy
1 1 (50.00%) Machine Learning
1 1 (50.00%) OO
1 1 (50.00%) OO PHP
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C#
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) Dart
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) MATLAB
2 1 (50.00%) Python
2 1 (50.00%) R
2 1 (50.00%) Ruby
2 1 (50.00%) Rust
2 1 (50.00%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (50.00%) Degree