PHP Job Trends in London

PHP
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in London requiring PHP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 374 295 316
Rank change year-on-year -79 +21 -31
Permanent jobs citing PHP 79 73 128
As % of all permanent jobs in London 0.30% 0.62% 0.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 1.41% 1.66% 1.70%
Number of salaries quoted 44 48 81
10th Percentile £30,750 £32,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £46,526 £50,938 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £57,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +30.43% -4.17% -
75th Percentile £100,000 £78,750 £70,000
90th Percentile - £88,875 £82,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -6.10%

All Programming Languages
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 London.

6 months to
19 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 5,600 4,408 7,519
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 21.41% 37.61% 42.67%
Number of salaries quoted 3,629 2,941 4,992
10th Percentile £48,750 £48,500 £50,000
25th Percentile £62,500 £61,250 £62,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £82,500 £80,500 £82,500
Median % change year-on-year +2.48% -2.42% +3.13%
75th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £108,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £135,000 £130,000
England median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

PHP Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

PHP job vacancy trend in London

PHP Salary Trend in London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing PHP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in London citing PHP

PHP Salary Histogram in London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP in London over the 6 months to 19 October 2026.

Salary histogram for PHP in London

PHP Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the London region over the 6 months to 19 October 2026. 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
Central London +12 4 £92,500 +23.33% 24
East London -11 3 £24,000 - 1
South London -6 2 - -
PHP
England

PHP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in London by Category

The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.

Programming Languages

RankSkillShareJob Ads
1JavaScript41.8%33
2Python32.9%26
3SQL30.4%24
4Java25.3%20
4Ruby25.3%20
6Bash17.7%14
6Perl17.7%14
8C#11.4%9
8Go11.4%9
10C7.6%6
11TypeScript2.5%2