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

6 months to
15 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 136 143 121
Rank change year-on-year +7 -22 +19
Permanent jobs citing PHP 126 72 225
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 1.06% 1.50% 2.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.80% 5.81% 7.45%
Number of salaries quoted 115 65 179
10th Percentile £25,000 £25,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £35,375 £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 £59,000 £53,750
90th Percentile £67,250 £74,000 £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 1,615 1,240 3,019
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the Midlands 13.57% 25.78% 27.30%
Number of salaries quoted 1,138 976 2,618
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 £63,250
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 15 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 15 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 +17 78 £50,000 -9.09% 8
East Midlands -29 49 £37,500 +7.14% 16
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 2 (1.59%) IIS
5 1 (0.79%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (5.56%) 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 2 (1.59%) Line 50
3 1 (0.79%) Infor M3
3 1 (0.79%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 18 (14.29%) Azure
2 15 (11.90%) AWS
3 13 (10.32%) Figma
4 5 (3.97%) GitHub
5 4 (3.17%) SaaS
6 2 (1.59%) Firebase
6 2 (1.59%) GCP
7 1 (0.79%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.79%) Entra ID
7 1 (0.79%) Microsoft 365
7 1 (0.79%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.59%) HTTP
1 2 (1.59%) Network Security
1 2 (1.59%) VoIP
2 1 (0.79%) Intranet
2 1 (0.79%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (26.19%) MySQL
2 9 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 5 (3.97%) PostgreSQL
4 4 (3.17%) Relational Database
5 3 (2.38%) NoSQL
6 2 (1.59%) FileMaker
6 2 (1.59%) MariaDB
7 1 (0.79%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 17 (13.49%) Git
2 5 (3.97%) JIRA
2 5 (3.97%) Vite
3 1 (0.79%) PHPUnit
3 1 (0.79%) webpack
General
1 17 (13.49%) Social Skills
2 15 (11.90%) Finance
3 6 (4.76%) Health Technology
3 6 (4.76%) Law
3 6 (4.76%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (3.97%) Public Sector
5 4 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.17%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.59%) Games
6 2 (1.59%) Marketing
7 1 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
7 1 (0.79%) Electronics
7 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
Job Titles
1 90 (71.43%) Developer
2 61 (48.41%) PHP Developer
3 27 (21.43%) Software Developer
4 13 (10.32%) Graduate
4 13 (10.32%) PHP Laravel Developer
5 12 (9.52%) C# Developer
5 12 (9.52%) C# Software Developer
5 12 (9.52%) Designer
5 12 (9.52%) Graduate C# Developer
5 12 (9.52%) Graduate C# Software Developer
5 12 (9.52%) Graduate Developer
5 12 (9.52%) Graduate Software Developer
5 12 (9.52%) HTML CSS Designer
5 12 (9.52%) Web Designer
6 11 (8.73%) Graduate SQL Developer
6 11 (8.73%) SQL Developer
7 10 (7.94%) Graduate PHP Developer
7 10 (7.94%) Software Engineer
8 8 (6.35%) Senior
8 8 (6.35%) Senior Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 49 (38.89%) CSS
2 44 (34.92%) HTML
3 37 (29.37%) Laravel
4 15 (11.90%) Vue
5 11 (8.73%) jQuery
6 7 (5.56%) Tailwind CSS
7 6 (4.76%) HTML5
7 6 (4.76%) LAMP
8 5 (3.97%) CSS3
8 5 (3.97%) LEMP Stack
8 5 (3.97%) RESTful
8 5 (3.97%) YAML
9 4 (3.17%) Node.js
9 4 (3.17%) React
9 4 (3.17%) Symfony
10 3 (2.38%) .NET
10 3 (2.38%) .NET Framework
10 3 (2.38%) CakePHP
10 3 (2.38%) CodeIgniter
10 3 (2.38%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 5 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (3.97%) Product Ownership
2 4 (3.17%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (3.17%) Onboarding
3 3 (2.38%) Virtual Team
3 3 (2.38%) Web Conferencing
4 2 (1.59%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (1.59%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.59%) Robotics
4 2 (1.59%) Social Media
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%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.14%) Linux
2 5 (3.97%) Windows
3 3 (2.38%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.59%) Mac OS
4 2 (1.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (20.63%) Agile
2 16 (12.70%) Computer Science
2 16 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
3 14 (11.11%) Full-Stack Development
4 13 (10.32%) OO
5 12 (9.52%) Software Engineering
6 11 (8.73%) MVC
7 10 (7.94%) E-Commerce
8 9 (7.14%) OO PHP
8 9 (7.14%) User Experience
9 8 (6.35%) Clean Code
9 8 (6.35%) Mentoring
9 8 (6.35%) Web Development
10 7 (5.56%) Software Testing
11 6 (4.76%) CI/CD
11 6 (4.76%) OOP
12 5 (3.97%) Business Strategy
12 5 (3.97%) Data Collection
12 5 (3.97%) Data-Driven Decision Making
12 5 (3.97%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 32 (25.40%) JavaScript
2 28 (22.22%) SQL
3 13 (10.32%) C#
4 11 (8.73%) Python
5 9 (7.14%) Java
6 8 (6.35%) TypeScript
6 8 (6.35%) VBA
7 5 (3.97%) Bash
7 5 (3.97%) C++
8 4 (3.17%) C
9 3 (2.38%) Rust
10 1 (0.79%) VB
10 1 (0.79%) VB6
Qualifications
1 9 (7.14%) Computer Science Degree
1 9 (7.14%) Degree
2 1 (0.79%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (5.56%) QA
2 2 (1.59%) ISO 14001
2 2 (1.59%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.79%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (3.97%) Docker
2 1 (0.79%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (6.35%) Microsoft
2 4 (3.17%) Adobe
3 3 (2.38%) Zend
4 2 (1.59%) Apple
4 2 (1.59%) Sage
5 1 (0.79%) OpenAI
5 1 (0.79%) SAP
5 1 (0.79%) ServiceNow