LAMP Job Trends in the Midlands

LAMP Stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Perl/Python)
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring LAMP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 2 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 212 237 214
Rank change year-on-year +25 -23 +107
Permanent jobs citing LAMP 11 8 6
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.14% 0.12% 0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.76% 0.74% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 11 8 6
10th Percentile - £45,375 £50,000
25th Percentile £32,125 £48,750 £50,313
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £39,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -29.09% +4.76% +50.00%
75th Percentile £39,500 £72,188 £53,750
90th Percentile - £75,000 -
England median annual salary £43,125 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -21.59% +4.76% -

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Midlands

LAMP falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 624 1,074 978
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 7.99% 16.21% 19.36%
Number of salaries quoted 517 594 866
10th Percentile £32,125 £35,000 £36,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
75th Percentile £70,000 £69,688 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,874 £75,000 £77,625
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - - -3.70%

LAMP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

LAMP job vacancy trend in the Midlands

LAMP
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing LAMP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing LAMP

LAMP
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing LAMP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 2 January 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
West Midlands +32 11 £39,000 -36.33% 2
LAMP
England

LAMP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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 10 (90.91%) IIS
2 6 (54.55%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 10 (90.91%) SaaS
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (90.91%) SQL Server
2 7 (63.64%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (36.36%) Browser DevTools
2 1 (9.09%) JIRA
2 1 (9.09%) PHPUnit
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 10 (90.91%) Support Specialist
2 6 (54.55%) Applications Specialist
2 6 (54.55%) Applications Support
2 6 (54.55%) Applications Support Specialist
3 4 (36.36%) Technical Specialist
3 4 (36.36%) Technical Support
3 4 (36.36%) Technical Support Specialist
4 1 (9.09%) Developer
4 1 (9.09%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (36.36%) REST
1 4 (36.36%) SOAP
2 1 (9.09%) Alpine.js
2 1 (9.09%) Laravel
2 1 (9.09%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 10 (90.91%) Linux Command Line
Operating Systems
1 11 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) CRM
2 10 (90.91%) Customer Experience
3 6 (54.55%) Problem-Solving
4 4 (36.36%) Case Management
4 4 (36.36%) Proactive Management
4 4 (36.36%) Process Improvement
5 1 (9.09%) CI/CD
5 1 (9.09%) Computer Science
5 1 (9.09%) Front End Development
5 1 (9.09%) Project Management
5 1 (9.09%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) PHP
2 10 (90.91%) JavaScript
2 10 (90.91%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (9.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (9.09%) Degree
1 1 (9.09%) MySQL Certification
Vendors
1 10 (90.91%) Microsoft
1 10 (90.91%) Oracle
1 10 (90.91%) Salesforce
2 4 (36.36%) HubSpot
3 1 (9.09%) Zend