PHP Job Trends in Manchester

PHP
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring PHP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 141 124 86
Rank change year-on-year -17 -38 +29
Permanent jobs citing PHP 46 43 113
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.66% 1.73% 2.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.11% 5.07% 8.64%
Number of salaries quoted 44 39 92
10th Percentile - £34,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £24,000 £46,375 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% -
75th Percentile £65,000 £71,875 £57,813
90th Percentile £68,750 £77,500 £70,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.18% +10.00% +4.17%

All Programming Languages
Manchester

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 Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,119 848 1,308
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 16.06% 34.17% 29.52%
Number of salaries quoted 867 538 914
10th Percentile £41,250 £33,125 £40,000
25th Percentile £50,000 £45,875 £45,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £57,750
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% +3.90% -3.75%
75th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £80,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -4.35%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

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

PHP job vacancy trend in Manchester

PHP
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing PHP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing PHP

PHP
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP in Manchester over the 6 months to 21 August 2026.

Salary histogram for PHP in Manchester

PHP
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 21 August 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
Oldham - 5 £67,500 -
Altrincham - 1 £47,500 - 1
PHP
North West

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 5 (10.87%) WordPress
2 4 (8.70%) Microsoft Exchange
3 2 (4.35%) nginx
Business Applications
1 4 (8.70%) NEC Housing
Cloud Services
1 22 (47.83%) Azure
2 6 (13.04%) AWS
3 5 (10.87%) Figma
4 2 (4.35%) Azure DevOps
4 2 (4.35%) npm
4 2 (4.35%) Serverless
5 1 (2.17%) Power Automate
5 1 (2.17%) Power Platform
5 1 (2.17%) PowerApps
5 1 (2.17%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (26.09%) SQL Server
2 8 (17.39%) MySQL
3 2 (4.35%) NoSQL
3 2 (4.35%) Relational Database
4 1 (2.17%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 5 (10.87%) Git
General
1 14 (30.43%) Social Skills
2 7 (15.22%) Analytical Skills
3 4 (8.70%) Finance
3 4 (8.70%) Law
3 4 (8.70%) Legal
4 3 (6.52%) Health Technology
4 3 (6.52%) Pharmaceutical
5 2 (4.35%) Public Sector
6 1 (2.17%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 29 (63.04%) Developer
2 15 (32.61%) Graduate
3 10 (21.74%) Software Engineer
4 9 (19.57%) Software Developer
5 8 (17.39%) Graduate Developer
5 8 (17.39%) Graduate Software Developer
6 7 (15.22%) Graduate Software Engineer
6 7 (15.22%) PHP Developer
6 7 (15.22%) Senior
6 7 (15.22%) Senior Developer
7 5 (10.87%) Designer
7 5 (10.87%) HTML CSS Designer
7 5 (10.87%) Web Designer
8 4 (8.70%) Proclaim Developer
8 4 (8.70%) Senior Systems Developer
8 4 (8.70%) Systems Developer
9 3 (6.52%) Full-Stack Developer
9 3 (6.52%) Graduate C# Software Developer
9 3 (6.52%) PHP Software Engineer
9 3 (6.52%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (39.13%) HTML
2 11 (23.91%) CSS
2 11 (23.91%) Laravel
3 7 (15.22%) .NET
4 6 (13.04%) Web Services
5 5 (10.87%) React
6 4 (8.70%) Vue
6 4 (8.70%) XML
7 3 (6.52%) jQuery
8 2 (4.35%) CSS3
8 2 (4.35%) HTML5
8 2 (4.35%) LAMP
8 2 (4.35%) LEMP Stack
8 2 (4.35%) LESS
8 2 (4.35%) Node.js
8 2 (4.35%) REST
8 2 (4.35%) RESTful
8 2 (4.35%) Sass
8 2 (4.35%) Symfony
9 1 (2.17%) ASP.NET
Miscellaneous
1 4 (8.70%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (8.70%) Greenfield Project
2 3 (6.52%) Robotics
3 2 (4.35%) Cloud Native
3 2 (4.35%) Distributed Systems
3 2 (4.35%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.35%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.17%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 4 (8.70%) Windows
2 2 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (32.61%) Problem-Solving
2 14 (30.43%) Software Engineering
3 11 (23.91%) Computer Science
4 10 (21.74%) Agile
5 8 (17.39%) Mentoring
6 6 (13.04%) DevOps
6 6 (13.04%) OO
6 6 (13.04%) Requirements Gathering
7 5 (10.87%) Clean Code
7 5 (10.87%) Code Quality
7 5 (10.87%) Fintech
7 5 (10.87%) Full-Stack Development
7 5 (10.87%) Scrum
7 5 (10.87%) SDLC
8 4 (8.70%) Case Management
8 4 (8.70%) Collaborative Working
8 4 (8.70%) Microservices
8 4 (8.70%) Project Delivery
8 4 (8.70%) Time Management
8 4 (8.70%) Translating Business Requirements
Programming Languages
1 22 (47.83%) C#
2 20 (43.48%) SQL
3 11 (23.91%) Python
4 8 (17.39%) Java
4 8 (17.39%) JavaScript
5 2 (4.35%) TypeScript
6 1 (2.17%) C++
Qualifications
1 8 (17.39%) Computer Science Degree
1 8 (17.39%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.17%) QA
1 1 (2.17%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 4 (8.70%) Active Directory
2 1 (2.17%) Docker
Vendors
1 4 (8.70%) NEC
1 4 (8.70%) Sage
2 2 (4.35%) Microsoft