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 24 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 138 140 134
Rank change year-on-year +2 -6 -2
Permanent jobs citing PHP 98 92 150
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.07% 1.62% 1.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.63% 6.01% 5.87%
Number of salaries quoted 93 57 118
10th Percentile £27,250 - £30,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £32,500 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +21.43% -22.22% -5.26%
75th Percentile £53,250 £57,500 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,250 £71,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +5.00% -5.14%

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 1,285 1,532 2,557
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.07% 27.05% 30.12%
Number of salaries quoted 1,001 889 2,266
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £31,375
25th Percentile £36,750 £41,250 £39,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £67,250 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £73,829 £72,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 24 February 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 24 February 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 +18 65 £45,000 -25.00% 28
East Midlands -24 35 £40,000 +14.29% 15
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 15 (15.31%) IIS
2 9 (9.18%) Apache
3 8 (8.16%) CMS
3 8 (8.16%) WordPress
4 5 (5.10%) nginx
Applications
1 5 (5.10%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (5.10%) Photoshop
2 2 (2.04%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (6.12%) Shopify
2 3 (3.06%) SAP Business One
3 1 (1.02%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 20 (20.41%) SaaS
2 14 (14.29%) AWS
3 11 (11.22%) Azure
4 7 (7.14%) Figma
5 5 (5.10%) GitHub
6 3 (3.06%) ChatGPT
6 3 (3.06%) Firebase
7 2 (2.04%) GCP
8 1 (1.02%) Amazon ECS
8 1 (1.02%) Entra ID
8 1 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
8 1 (1.02%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.06%) Intranet
2 2 (2.04%) HTTP
3 1 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (27.55%) MySQL
2 23 (23.47%) SQL Server
3 6 (6.12%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.06%) Relational Database
5 1 (1.02%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 19 (19.39%) Git
2 6 (6.12%) JIRA
3 5 (5.10%) Vite
4 4 (4.08%) Browser DevTools
5 2 (2.04%) git-flow
6 1 (1.02%) PHPUnit
6 1 (1.02%) webpack
General
1 24 (24.49%) Social Skills
2 6 (6.12%) Health Technology
2 6 (6.12%) Pharmaceutical
3 5 (5.10%) Law
4 4 (4.08%) Finance
4 4 (4.08%) Public Sector
5 2 (2.04%) Games
5 2 (2.04%) Marketing
5 2 (2.04%) Organisational Skills
6 1 (1.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 54 (55.10%) Developer
2 34 (34.69%) PHP Developer
3 18 (18.37%) Software Developer
4 12 (12.24%) Software Engineer
5 10 (10.20%) PHP Laravel Developer
5 10 (10.20%) Support Specialist
6 9 (9.18%) Technical Support
7 6 (6.12%) Applications Specialist
7 6 (6.12%) Applications Support
7 6 (6.12%) Applications Support Specialist
7 6 (6.12%) Designer
7 6 (6.12%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (6.12%) Graduate
7 6 (6.12%) HTML CSS Designer
7 6 (6.12%) Senior
7 6 (6.12%) Senior Developer
7 6 (6.12%) Support Engineer
7 6 (6.12%) Symfony Developer
7 6 (6.12%) Web Designer
8 5 (5.10%) Product Owner
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 34 (34.69%) Laravel
2 30 (30.61%) CSS
3 28 (28.57%) HTML
4 16 (16.33%) Vue
5 11 (11.22%) LAMP
6 8 (8.16%) jQuery
6 8 (8.16%) REST
7 7 (7.14%) RESTful
7 7 (7.14%) Symfony
7 7 (7.14%) Tailwind CSS
8 5 (5.10%) .NET
8 5 (5.10%) LEMP Stack
8 5 (5.10%) Node.js
8 5 (5.10%) React
8 5 (5.10%) YAML
9 4 (4.08%) CakePHP
9 4 (4.08%) CodeIgniter
9 4 (4.08%) Next.js
9 4 (4.08%) SOAP
10 3 (3.06%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 10 (10.20%) Linux Command Line
2 5 (5.10%) Product Ownership
3 4 (4.08%) Onboarding
4 3 (3.06%) Legacy Code
4 3 (3.06%) Mobile App
4 3 (3.06%) Web Conferencing
5 2 (2.04%) Robotics
6 1 (1.02%) CCTV
6 1 (1.02%) Digital Media
6 1 (1.02%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 18 (18.37%) Linux
2 3 (3.06%) Windows
2 3 (3.06%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (23.47%) Agile
2 19 (19.39%) Problem-Solving
3 16 (16.33%) Computer Science
3 16 (16.33%) CRM
4 15 (15.31%) Full-Stack Development
4 15 (15.31%) Software Engineering
5 12 (12.24%) Customer Experience
6 9 (9.18%) MVC
7 8 (8.16%) OO
7 8 (8.16%) User Experience
8 7 (7.14%) Case Management
9 6 (6.12%) Mentoring
9 6 (6.12%) OOP
10 5 (5.10%) API Integration
10 5 (5.10%) Decision-Making
10 5 (5.10%) E-Commerce
10 5 (5.10%) OO PHP
10 5 (5.10%) Software Testing
10 5 (5.10%) Stakeholder Engagement
10 5 (5.10%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
Programming Languages
1 37 (37.76%) JavaScript
2 21 (21.43%) SQL
3 13 (13.27%) Python
4 10 (10.20%) C#
4 10 (10.20%) Java
5 9 (9.18%) TypeScript
6 7 (7.14%) VBA
7 5 (5.10%) Bash
8 3 (3.06%) C
9 2 (2.04%) C++
Qualifications
1 13 (13.27%) Computer Science Degree
1 13 (13.27%) Degree
2 5 (5.10%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.02%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (7.14%) QA
2 1 (1.02%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.02%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (5.10%) Docker
2 1 (1.02%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (1.02%) Ansible
1 1 (1.02%) Argo
1 1 (1.02%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.02%) Terraform
Vendors
1 15 (15.31%) Microsoft
1 15 (15.31%) Oracle
2 10 (10.20%) Salesforce
3 4 (4.08%) HubSpot
4 3 (3.06%) OpenAI
4 3 (3.06%) SAP
4 3 (3.06%) Zend
5 1 (1.02%) ServiceNow