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 26 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
26 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 144 140 148
Rank change year-on-year -4 +8 +34
Permanent jobs citing PHP 78 102 120
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.96% 1.64% 1.62%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.79% 6.03% 5.13%
Number of salaries quoted 74 53 88
10th Percentile £27,750 - £33,450
25th Percentile £35,188 £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £35,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +14.29% -30.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £53,063 £57,500 £57,625
90th Percentile £66,575 £71,250 £70,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +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 1,148 1,692 2,337
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 14.15% 27.19% 31.48%
Number of salaries quoted 923 916 2,062
10th Percentile £28,750 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £52,335
Median % change year-on-year - +0.32% -4.85%
75th Percentile £67,250 £65,000 £64,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £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 26 January 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 26 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 +17 49 £40,000 -27.27% 18
East Midlands -19 32 £40,000 +14.29% 22
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 (20.51%) IIS
2 9 (11.54%) Apache
3 5 (6.41%) CMS
4 4 (5.13%) nginx
5 2 (2.56%) WordPress
Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (5.13%) Photoshop
2 3 (3.85%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (5.13%) Shopify
2 3 (3.85%) SAP Business One
3 1 (1.28%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 21 (26.92%) SaaS
2 12 (15.38%) AWS
3 9 (11.54%) Azure
4 5 (6.41%) GitHub
5 3 (3.85%) ChatGPT
5 3 (3.85%) Firebase
6 2 (2.56%) GCP
7 1 (1.28%) Amazon ECS
7 1 (1.28%) Figma
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.85%) Intranet
2 2 (2.56%) HTTP
3 1 (1.28%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (32.05%) MySQL
2 24 (30.77%) SQL Server
3 7 (8.97%) PostgreSQL
4 3 (3.85%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 18 (23.08%) Git
2 6 (7.69%) JIRA
3 4 (5.13%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (5.13%) Vite
4 3 (3.85%) git-flow
5 1 (1.28%) PHPUnit
5 1 (1.28%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
5 1 (1.28%) webpack
General
1 24 (30.77%) Social Skills
2 7 (8.97%) Law
3 4 (5.13%) Health Technology
3 4 (5.13%) Pharmaceutical
4 3 (3.85%) Finance
4 3 (3.85%) Organisational Skills
5 2 (2.56%) Games
5 2 (2.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 2 (2.56%) Marketing
6 1 (1.28%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 41 (52.56%) Developer
2 25 (32.05%) PHP Developer
3 15 (19.23%) Software Developer
4 12 (15.38%) Software Engineer
5 10 (12.82%) Support Specialist
5 10 (12.82%) Technical Support
6 8 (10.26%) PHP Laravel Developer
6 8 (10.26%) Symfony Developer
7 6 (7.69%) Applications Specialist
7 6 (7.69%) Applications Support
7 6 (7.69%) Applications Support Specialist
7 6 (7.69%) Full-Stack Developer
7 6 (7.69%) PHP Symfony Developer
7 6 (7.69%) Support Engineer
7 6 (7.69%) Technical Engineer
7 6 (7.69%) Technical Support Engineer
8 5 (6.41%) Graduate
8 5 (6.41%) Python Developer
8 5 (6.41%) VBA Developer
9 4 (5.13%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (35.90%) Laravel
2 22 (28.21%) CSS
3 21 (26.92%) HTML
4 12 (15.38%) Symfony
5 11 (14.10%) LAMP
5 11 (14.10%) Vue
6 9 (11.54%) REST
7 8 (10.26%) jQuery
8 6 (7.69%) .NET
8 6 (7.69%) CakePHP
8 6 (7.69%) CodeIgniter
8 6 (7.69%) Tailwind CSS
9 5 (6.41%) Node.js
9 5 (6.41%) React
9 5 (6.41%) RESTful
10 4 (5.13%) LEMP Stack
10 4 (5.13%) Next.js
10 4 (5.13%) SOAP
10 4 (5.13%) YAML
11 3 (3.85%) React Native
Miscellaneous
1 10 (12.82%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (5.13%) Onboarding
2 4 (5.13%) Product Ownership
3 3 (3.85%) Legacy Code
3 3 (3.85%) Mobile App
3 3 (3.85%) Web Conferencing
4 1 (1.28%) CCTV
4 1 (1.28%) Digital Media
4 1 (1.28%) Driving Licence
Operating Systems
1 18 (23.08%) Linux
2 3 (3.85%) Windows
2 3 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (28.21%) Agile
1 22 (28.21%) Problem-Solving
2 17 (21.79%) Computer Science
2 17 (21.79%) CRM
3 15 (19.23%) Full-Stack Development
3 15 (19.23%) Software Engineering
4 12 (15.38%) Customer Experience
5 10 (12.82%) MVC
5 10 (12.82%) OO
6 7 (8.97%) Case Management
6 7 (8.97%) Mentoring
6 7 (8.97%) OO PHP
6 7 (8.97%) User Experience
7 5 (6.41%) API Integration
7 5 (6.41%) Clean Code
7 5 (6.41%) E-Commerce
7 5 (6.41%) OOP
8 4 (5.13%) Backlog Management
8 4 (5.13%) Business Strategy
8 4 (5.13%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 37 (47.44%) JavaScript
2 22 (28.21%) SQL
3 15 (19.23%) Python
4 11 (14.10%) TypeScript
5 10 (12.82%) C#
5 10 (12.82%) Java
6 8 (10.26%) VBA
7 4 (5.13%) Bash
8 3 (3.85%) C
9 1 (1.28%) C++
9 1 (1.28%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 14 (17.95%) Computer Science Degree
1 14 (17.95%) Degree
2 6 (7.69%) Master's Degree
3 1 (1.28%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.69%) QA
2 1 (1.28%) Accessibility
2 1 (1.28%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (5.13%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.28%) Ansible
1 1 (1.28%) Argo
1 1 (1.28%) Kubernetes
1 1 (1.28%) Terraform
Vendors
1 16 (20.51%) Microsoft
1 16 (20.51%) Oracle
2 10 (12.82%) Salesforce
3 4 (5.13%) HubSpot
4 3 (3.85%) OpenAI
4 3 (3.85%) SAP
4 3 (3.85%) Zend
5 1 (1.28%) ServiceNow