The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Merseyside requiring PHP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PHP over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
6 months to 1 May 2025
Same period 2024
Same period 2023
Rank
48
79
81
Rank change year-on-year
+31
+2
+6
Permanent jobs citing PHP
4
13
27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside
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 Merseyside.
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills
109
332
331
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Merseyside
25.77%
25.66%
30.28%
Number of salaries quoted
82
255
145
10th Percentile
-
£31,250
£29,500
25th Percentile
£31,250
£36,500
£37,039
Median annual salary (50th Percentile)
£46,000
£50,000
£45,000
Median % change year-on-year
-8.00%
+11.11%
-8.16%
75th Percentile
£61,250
£70,000
£61,250
90th Percentile
£71,250
£85,000
£86,250
North West median annual salary
£52,500
£55,000
£55,000
% change year-on-year
-4.55%
-
-
PHP Job Vacancy Trend in Merseyside
Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Merseyside.
PHP Salary Trend in Merseyside
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PHP in Merseyside.
PHP Job Locations in Merseyside
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the Merseyside region over the 6 months to 1 May 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.
PHP Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside
For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, job vacancies citing PHP also mentioned the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity.
The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Merseyside region with a requirement for PHP.
PHP Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Merseyside 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:
