PHP Job Trends in the Midlands

PHP
England > Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the Midlands requiring PHP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 138 128 166
Rank change year-on-year -10 +38 +9
Permanent jobs citing PHP 76 153 59
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.34% 1.72% 1.16%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.55% 7.13% 3.24%
Number of salaries quoted 53 69 43
10th Percentile £26,250 £32,250 £30,500
25th Percentile £33,500 £32,500 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £49,990
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -24.98% -0.02%
75th Percentile £47,500 £52,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £58,650 £60,000 £72,500
England median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% -6.54% +1.90%

All Programming Languages
Midlands

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 the Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,161 2,146 1,822
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 20.45% 24.08% 35.96%
Number of salaries quoted 948 1,179 1,501
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £38,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year +0.96% -2.80% +1.90%
75th Percentile £67,813 £65,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £75,000
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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

PHP job vacancy trend in the Midlands

PHP
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PHP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the Midlands citing PHP

PHP
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP in the Midlands over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP in the Midlands

PHP
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 PHP within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 7 November 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.

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 -1 44 £39,000 -2.50% 47
East Midlands +5 35 £40,000 +14.29% 26
PHP
England

PHP
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 16 (21.05%) IIS
2 9 (11.84%) Apache
3 3 (3.95%) WordPress
4 1 (1.32%) Apache Solr
4 1 (1.32%) CMS
4 1 (1.32%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (3.95%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (3.95%) SAP Business One
2 1 (1.32%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 19 (25.00%) SaaS
2 7 (9.21%) Azure
3 6 (7.89%) AWS
4 3 (3.95%) ChatGPT
4 3 (3.95%) Firebase
5 2 (2.63%) GCP
5 2 (2.63%) GitHub
6 1 (1.32%) Amazon ECS
6 1 (1.32%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.95%) Intranet
2 1 (1.32%) DNS
2 1 (1.32%) HTTPS
2 1 (1.32%) IPsec
2 1 (1.32%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (31.58%) MySQL
2 23 (30.26%) SQL Server
3 5 (6.58%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.95%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.32%) Couchbase
5 1 (1.32%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 12 (15.79%) Git
2 4 (5.26%) Browser DevTools
2 4 (5.26%) JIRA
3 3 (3.95%) git-flow
4 1 (1.32%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
4 1 (1.32%) webpack
General
1 26 (34.21%) Social Skills
2 11 (14.47%) Law
3 3 (3.95%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (2.63%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 2 (2.63%) Marketing
5 1 (1.32%) Health Technology
5 1 (1.32%) Pharmaceutical
5 1 (1.32%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 27 (35.53%) Developer
2 15 (19.74%) PHP Developer
3 12 (15.79%) Symfony Developer
4 10 (13.16%) PHP Symfony Developer
4 10 (13.16%) Support Specialist
4 10 (13.16%) Technical Support
5 9 (11.84%) Software Engineer
6 7 (9.21%) PHP Laravel Developer
7 6 (7.89%) Applications Specialist
7 6 (7.89%) Applications Support
7 6 (7.89%) Applications Support Specialist
7 6 (7.89%) Support Engineer
7 6 (7.89%) Technical Engineer
7 6 (7.89%) Technical Support Engineer
8 4 (5.26%) Graduate
8 4 (5.26%) Junior
8 4 (5.26%) Software Developer
8 4 (5.26%) Technical Specialist
8 4 (5.26%) Technical Support Specialist
8 4 (5.26%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 39 (51.32%) HTML
2 22 (28.95%) CSS
3 17 (22.37%) Laravel
4 15 (19.74%) Symfony
5 11 (14.47%) LAMP
6 9 (11.84%) jQuery
7 8 (10.53%) .NET
8 7 (9.21%) CakePHP
8 7 (9.21%) CodeIgniter
8 7 (9.21%) React
8 7 (9.21%) REST
9 4 (5.26%) Next.js
9 4 (5.26%) React Native
9 4 (5.26%) RESTful
9 4 (5.26%) SOAP
9 4 (5.26%) Vue
10 3 (3.95%) Node.js
10 3 (3.95%) Playwright
11 2 (2.63%) ASP.NET
11 2 (2.63%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.47%) Linux Command Line
2 3 (3.95%) Legacy Code
2 3 (3.95%) Mobile App
3 2 (2.63%) Virtual Team
4 1 (1.32%) CCTV
4 1 (1.32%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.32%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.32%) Onboarding
4 1 (1.32%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 14 (18.42%) Linux
2 3 (3.95%) Windows
2 3 (3.95%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (44.74%) Computer Science
2 22 (28.95%) AI
2 22 (28.95%) Problem-Solving
3 20 (26.32%) Agile
4 19 (25.00%) Data Privacy
4 19 (25.00%) Machine Learning
5 16 (21.05%) CRM
5 16 (21.05%) OO
6 12 (15.79%) MVC
7 11 (14.47%) Customer Experience
8 10 (13.16%) Full-Stack Development
8 10 (13.16%) Software Engineering
9 9 (11.84%) OOP
10 8 (10.53%) OO PHP
11 7 (9.21%) Test Automation
12 6 (7.89%) Mentoring
13 5 (6.58%) Case Management
13 5 (6.58%) DevOps
13 5 (6.58%) E-Commerce
14 4 (5.26%) Process Improvement
Programming Languages
1 56 (73.68%) JavaScript
2 38 (50.00%) SQL
3 30 (39.47%) Python
4 29 (38.16%) TypeScript
5 28 (36.84%) C#
5 28 (36.84%) Java
6 21 (27.63%) C++
7 20 (26.32%) C
8 19 (25.00%) Dart
8 19 (25.00%) MATLAB
8 19 (25.00%) R
8 19 (25.00%) Ruby
8 19 (25.00%) Rust
9 4 (5.26%) VBA
10 1 (1.32%) Go
10 1 (1.32%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 33 (43.42%) Computer Science Degree
1 33 (43.42%) Degree
2 6 (7.89%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.32%) Accessibility
1 1 (1.32%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (2.63%) Ansible
1 2 (2.63%) Kubernetes
1 2 (2.63%) Terraform
2 1 (1.32%) Argo
Vendors
1 16 (21.05%) Microsoft
1 16 (21.05%) Oracle
2 10 (13.16%) Salesforce
3 4 (5.26%) HubSpot
4 3 (3.95%) OpenAI
4 3 (3.95%) SAP
5 1 (1.32%) Google
5 1 (1.32%) ServiceNow
5 1 (1.32%) Zend