PHP Jobs in Scotland

PHP
UK > Scotland

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Scotland requiring PHP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PHP over the 6 months leading up to 11 December 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Dec 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 155 165 134
Rank change year-on-year +10 -31 -39
Permanent jobs citing PHP 43 27 101
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 0.85% 0.90% 2.08%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.55% 2.04% 4.29%
Number of salaries quoted 34 27 85
10th Percentile £35,000 £36,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £45,938 £39,625 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £47,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.79% - +5.56%
75th Percentile £60,000 £55,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 - £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.76% - +5.00%

All Programming Languages
Scotland

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 Scotland.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,210 1,321 2,357
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Scotland 23.95% 43.89% 48.53%
Number of salaries quoted 618 756 1,469
10th Percentile £35,000 £35,000 £37,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% - +15.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,433 £72,500
90th Percentile £77,500 £82,548 £85,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +8.33%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in Scotland

Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Scotland.

Job vacancy trend for PHP in Scotland

PHP
Salary Trend in Scotland

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PHP in Scotland.

Salary trend for PHP in Scotland

PHP
Salary Histogram in Scotland

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP in Scotland over the 6 months to 11 December 2024.

Salary histogram for PHP in Scotland

PHP
Job Locations in Scotland

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the Scotland region over the 6 months to 11 December 2024. 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
Edinburgh +30 25 £55,000 +15.79% 3
Glasgow +49 12 £55,000 +22.22% 7
Fife - 2 - -
Aberdeen - 2 £60,000 -
Dundee +3 1 - - 1
Stirling - 1 - -
PHP
UK

PHP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Scotland by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 2 (4.65%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 27 (62.79%) AWS
2 8 (18.60%) SaaS
3 5 (11.63%) GCP
4 1 (2.33%) Amazon EC2
4 1 (2.33%) Amazon S3
4 1 (2.33%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (60.47%) MySQL
2 2 (4.65%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (2.33%) Amazon RDS
Development Applications
1 6 (13.95%) Git
2 1 (2.33%) GitLab
2 1 (2.33%) Jenkins
2 1 (2.33%) PHPUnit
General
1 20 (46.51%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 6 (13.95%) Games
3 5 (11.63%) Analytical Skills
3 5 (11.63%) Social Skills
4 4 (9.30%) Finance
5 2 (4.65%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 36 (83.72%) Developer
2 25 (58.14%) Senior
3 24 (55.81%) PHP Developer
4 19 (44.19%) Senior Developer
5 10 (23.26%) Senior PHP Developer
6 6 (13.95%) Senior Software Engineer
6 6 (13.95%) Software Engineer
7 4 (9.30%) PHP Software Engineer
8 3 (6.98%) Full-Stack Developer
8 3 (6.98%) Senior Software Developer
8 3 (6.98%) Senior Web Developer
8 3 (6.98%) Software Developer
8 3 (6.98%) Web Developer
9 2 (4.65%) Backend Developer
9 2 (4.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
9 2 (4.65%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
9 2 (4.65%) Mid-Level PHP Developer
9 2 (4.65%) Senior Backend Developer
9 2 (4.65%) Senior Front-End Developer
9 2 (4.65%) Senior WordPress Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 28 (65.12%) Laravel
2 20 (46.51%) React
3 16 (37.21%) CSS
3 16 (37.21%) HTML
4 13 (30.23%) AngularJS
5 12 (27.91%) Node.js
6 6 (13.95%) Vue
7 4 (9.30%) LAMP
8 3 (6.98%) jQuery
8 3 (6.98%) RESTful
9 2 (4.65%) CodeIgniter
9 2 (4.65%) REST
9 2 (4.65%) Symfony
9 2 (4.65%) Twig
10 1 (2.33%) .NET
10 1 (2.33%) CSS3
10 1 (2.33%) HTML5
10 1 (2.33%) Jest
10 1 (2.33%) Twitter Bootstrap
Miscellaneous
1 11 (25.58%) Greenfield Project
2 4 (9.30%) Mobile App
3 2 (4.65%) Virtual Team
4 1 (2.33%) Linux Command Line
4 1 (2.33%) PropTech
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.98%) Linux
2 2 (4.65%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.33%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (41.86%) Software Engineering
2 13 (30.23%) Mentoring
2 13 (30.23%) Web Development
3 12 (27.91%) DevOps
4 11 (25.58%) Process Improvement
5 9 (20.93%) Problem-Solving
5 9 (20.93%) Technical Leadership
6 6 (13.95%) E-Commerce
6 6 (13.95%) Full-Stack Development
6 6 (13.95%) User Experience
7 5 (11.63%) Clean Code
7 5 (11.63%) Customer Experience
7 5 (11.63%) Front End Development
7 5 (11.63%) Project Planning
8 4 (9.30%) MVC
8 4 (9.30%) OOP
8 4 (9.30%) UX Design
9 3 (6.98%) CI/CD
9 3 (6.98%) Interaction Design
9 3 (6.98%) Website Architecture
Programming Languages
1 17 (39.53%) JavaScript
2 16 (37.21%) TypeScript
3 3 (6.98%) Ruby
4 1 (2.33%) Java
4 1 (2.33%) Python
Qualifications
1 1 (2.33%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (2.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (13.95%) QA
System Software
1 5 (11.63%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (4.65%) Kubernetes
2 1 (2.33%) Terraform
Vendors
1 2 (4.65%) WooCommerce
2 1 (2.33%) Twitter