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 23 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
23 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 132 144 121
Rank change year-on-year +12 -23 +9
Permanent jobs citing PHP 126 71 231
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.02% 1.45% 2.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.54% 5.65% 7.58%
Number of salaries quoted 114 64 183
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,188 £32,500 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -14.29%
75th Percentile £55,000 £59,250 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,250 £74,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

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 1,670 1,256 3,048
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.53% 25.65% 26.87%
Number of salaries quoted 1,151 991 2,609
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,750 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £73,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 23 April 2026.

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 23 April 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 +15 79 £50,000 -9.91% 9
East Midlands -32 47 £37,500 +7.14% 5
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 13 (10.32%) WordPress
2 7 (5.56%) CMS
3 5 (3.97%) nginx
4 3 (2.38%) IIS
5 1 (0.79%) Apache
Applications
1 8 (6.35%) Photoshop
2 5 (3.97%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (3.17%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (0.79%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (4.76%) Shopify
2 3 (2.38%) Line 50
3 1 (0.79%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.79%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 17 (13.49%) Azure
2 14 (11.11%) AWS
3 13 (10.32%) Figma
4 5 (3.97%) GitHub
5 3 (2.38%) SaaS
6 2 (1.59%) GCP
7 1 (0.79%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.79%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.79%) Firebase
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.38%) Network Security
1 3 (2.38%) VoIP
2 2 (1.59%) HTTP
3 1 (0.79%) Intranet
3 1 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 32 (25.40%) MySQL
2 9 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (2.38%) FileMaker
4 3 (2.38%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.38%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.59%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 16 (12.70%) Git
2 5 (3.97%) Vite
3 4 (3.17%) JIRA
4 1 (0.79%) PHPUnit
4 1 (0.79%) webpack
General
1 17 (13.49%) Social Skills
2 16 (12.70%) Finance
3 6 (4.76%) Health Technology
3 6 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (3.97%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (3.97%) Law
5 4 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 4 (3.17%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.59%) Games
6 2 (1.59%) Marketing
7 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.79%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 91 (72.22%) Developer
2 63 (50.00%) PHP Developer
3 27 (21.43%) Software Developer
4 15 (11.90%) PHP Laravel Developer
5 13 (10.32%) C# Developer
5 13 (10.32%) C# Software Developer
5 13 (10.32%) Graduate
5 13 (10.32%) Graduate C# Developer
5 13 (10.32%) Graduate C# Software Developer
5 13 (10.32%) Graduate Developer
5 13 (10.32%) Graduate Software Developer
6 12 (9.52%) Designer
6 12 (9.52%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 12 (9.52%) HTML CSS Designer
6 12 (9.52%) SQL Developer
6 12 (9.52%) Web Designer
7 11 (8.73%) Graduate PHP Developer
8 7 (5.56%) IT Support
8 7 (5.56%) Senior
8 7 (5.56%) Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 50 (39.68%) CSS
2 45 (35.71%) HTML
3 37 (29.37%) Laravel
4 16 (12.70%) Vue
5 12 (9.52%) jQuery
6 7 (5.56%) HTML5
6 7 (5.56%) Tailwind CSS
7 6 (4.76%) CSS3
7 6 (4.76%) LAMP
8 5 (3.97%) LEMP Stack
8 5 (3.97%) RESTful
8 5 (3.97%) YAML
9 3 (2.38%) .NET
9 3 (2.38%) .NET Framework
9 3 (2.38%) JSON
9 3 (2.38%) Node.js
9 3 (2.38%) React
9 3 (2.38%) Symfony
9 3 (2.38%) XML
10 2 (1.59%) CodeIgniter
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.97%) Analytical Mindset
1 5 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (3.97%) Product Ownership
1 5 (3.97%) Virtual Team
2 4 (3.17%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.38%) Social Media
3 3 (2.38%) Web Conferencing
4 2 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (1.59%) Robotics
5 1 (0.79%) CCTV
5 1 (0.79%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.79%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (0.79%) Legacy Code
5 1 (0.79%) Mobile App
5 1 (0.79%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.14%) Linux
2 7 (5.56%) Windows
3 4 (3.17%) Windows Server
4 3 (2.38%) Mac OS
4 3 (2.38%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (19.84%) Agile
2 16 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
3 15 (11.90%) Computer Science
4 12 (9.52%) Full-Stack Development
4 12 (9.52%) OO
5 10 (7.94%) MVC
6 9 (7.14%) E-Commerce
6 9 (7.14%) Software Engineering
6 9 (7.14%) User Experience
7 8 (6.35%) OO PHP
7 8 (6.35%) Software Testing
7 8 (6.35%) Web Development
8 7 (5.56%) Clean Code
9 6 (4.76%) CI/CD
9 6 (4.76%) Mentoring
9 6 (4.76%) OOP
10 5 (3.97%) Business Strategy
10 5 (3.97%) Cybersecurity
10 5 (3.97%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (3.97%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 32 (25.40%) JavaScript
2 30 (23.81%) SQL
3 13 (10.32%) C#
4 11 (8.73%) Python
5 9 (7.14%) Java
6 8 (6.35%) VBA
7 6 (4.76%) TypeScript
8 5 (3.97%) Bash
8 5 (3.97%) C++
9 4 (3.17%) C
10 3 (2.38%) Rust
11 1 (0.79%) VB
11 1 (0.79%) VB6
Qualifications
1 7 (5.56%) Computer Science Degree
1 7 (5.56%) Degree
2 1 (0.79%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.56%) QA
2 3 (2.38%) ISO 14001
2 3 (2.38%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.97%) Docker
2 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 9 (7.14%) Microsoft
2 6 (4.76%) Adobe
3 3 (2.38%) Apple
3 3 (2.38%) Sage
3 3 (2.38%) Zend
4 1 (0.79%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.79%) SAP
4 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow