PHP Job Trends in South Wales

PHP
Wales > South Wales

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in South Wales requiring PHP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 8 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
8 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 96 56 45
Rank change year-on-year -40 -11 +20
Permanent jobs citing PHP 6 4 24
As % of all permanent jobs in South Wales 0.28% 0.57% 2.40%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.48% 3.36% 8.89%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 21
10th Percentile - £51,625 -
25th Percentile £42,500 £52,188 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £55,000 £32,500
Median % change year-on-year -18.18% +69.23% -33.33%
75th Percentile £47,500 £58,125 £33,750
90th Percentile - £59,250 £46,250
Wales median annual salary £45,000 £55,000 £32,500
% change year-on-year -18.18% +69.23% -33.33%

All Programming Languages
South Wales

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 South Wales.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 242 119 270
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 11.15% 17.02% 27.03%
Number of salaries quoted 161 106 160
10th Percentile £35,000 £42,250 £27,125
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,682 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +15.45% +4.76% +4.50%
75th Percentile £73,750 £66,875 £65,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £77,673
Wales median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,250
% change year-on-year +9.09% +5.26% +13.07%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PHP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

PHP job vacancy trend in South Wales

PHP
Salary Trend in South Wales

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing PHP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in South Wales citing PHP

PHP
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 8 October 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
Cardiff -32 6 £45,000 -18.18% 3
PHP
Wales

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Wales 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 2 (33.33%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 2 (33.33%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 5 (83.33%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Git
2 2 (33.33%) Bower
2 2 (33.33%) Jenkins
2 2 (33.33%) JIRA
General
1 2 (33.33%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 6 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (83.33%) Web Developer
3 2 (33.33%) PHP Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Developer
4 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
4 1 (16.67%) PHP Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
1 6 (100.00%) HTML
1 6 (100.00%) jQuery
2 5 (83.33%) Ajax
2 5 (83.33%) JSON
2 5 (83.33%) XML
3 2 (33.33%) LESS
3 2 (33.33%) React
3 2 (33.33%) RESTful
3 2 (33.33%) Sass
3 2 (33.33%) SOAP
3 2 (33.33%) Web Services
4 1 (16.67%) Laravel
4 1 (16.67%) Twig
4 1 (16.67%) Vue
Operating Systems
1 2 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) Responsive Web Design
2 5 (83.33%) Agile
2 5 (83.33%) OO
2 5 (83.33%) OOP
2 5 (83.33%) Prototyping
2 5 (83.33%) Waterfall
2 5 (83.33%) Web Design
2 5 (83.33%) Web Development
3 2 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 2 (33.33%) MVC
4 1 (16.67%) API Design
4 1 (16.67%) API Integration
4 1 (16.67%) Clean Code
4 1 (16.67%) Continuous Improvement
4 1 (16.67%) Full-Stack Development
4 1 (16.67%) SEO
4 1 (16.67%) User Experience
4 1 (16.67%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Degree
1 2 (33.33%) Master's Degree
System Software
1 2 (33.33%) Docker