PHP Jobs in the South West

PHP
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the South West 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 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 100 91 97
Rank change year-on-year -9 +6 -41
Permanent jobs citing PHP 83 268 225
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 2.38% 2.91% 3.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.07% 8.73% 8.60%
Number of salaries quoted 67 235 161
10th Percentile £41,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £48,125 £36,750 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +33.33% -5.26% -5.00%
75th Percentile £70,625 £57,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £76,250 £62,500 £66,250
England median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%

All Programming Languages
South West

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 South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,029 3,071 2,616
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 29.53% 33.30% 37.89%
Number of salaries quoted 795 2,438 1,720
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £33,700
25th Percentile £45,250 £42,500 £42,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,600 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.36% - +4.76%
75th Percentile £67,807 £66,250 £70,063
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £62,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year +3.33% -7.69% +4.00%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Job vacancy trend for PHP in the South West

PHP
Salary Trend in the South West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PHP in the South West.

Salary trend for PHP in the South West

PHP
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP in the South West over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP in the South West

PHP
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. 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
Bristol +25 45 £62,500 +38.89% 12
Dorset -15 17 £57,500 +27.78% 7
Wiltshire +44 10 £56,250 +12.50% 4
Somerset -15 6 £43,750 -7.89% 4
Devon +5 3 £70,000 +75.00% 7
Gloucestershire +47 2 - - 7
PHP
England

PHP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the South West 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 10 (12.05%) WordPress
2 3 (3.61%) Apache Solr
2 3 (3.61%) nginx
3 2 (2.41%) CMS
3 2 (2.41%) Drupal
3 2 (2.41%) IIS
3 2 (2.41%) Joomla!
3 2 (2.41%) Microsoft Exchange
4 1 (1.20%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (1.20%) Adobe XD
1 1 (1.20%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 40 (48.19%) AWS
2 21 (25.30%) GCP
3 9 (10.84%) GitHub
4 7 (8.43%) Serverless
4 7 (8.43%) Stripe
5 4 (4.82%) SaaS
6 3 (3.61%) Amazon EC2
6 3 (3.61%) Amazon S3
6 3 (3.61%) AWS Lambda
6 3 (3.61%) Azure
7 2 (2.41%) Cloudflare
8 1 (1.20%) Figma
8 1 (1.20%) npm
8 1 (1.20%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.82%) Internet
1 4 (4.82%) TCP/IP
2 3 (3.61%) DNS
2 3 (3.61%) HTTPS
2 3 (3.61%) IPsec
3 2 (2.41%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (1.20%) Ethernet
4 1 (1.20%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (60.24%) MySQL
2 10 (12.05%) PostgreSQL
3 9 (10.84%) MongoDB
4 6 (7.23%) NoSQL
5 3 (3.61%) Amazon RDS
5 3 (3.61%) Couchbase
5 3 (3.61%) SQL Server
6 2 (2.41%) Relational Database
6 2 (2.41%) SQLite
7 1 (1.20%) Power BI
7 1 (1.20%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 35 (42.17%) Git
2 1 (1.20%) Babel
2 1 (1.20%) Bitbucket
2 1 (1.20%) CMake
2 1 (1.20%) PHPUnit
2 1 (1.20%) Selenium
2 1 (1.20%) Subversion
2 1 (1.20%) Vite
2 1 (1.20%) WiX
General
1 25 (30.12%) Games
2 23 (27.71%) Finance
3 13 (15.66%) Social Skills
4 7 (8.43%) Organisational Skills
5 5 (6.02%) Retail
6 4 (4.82%) Manufacturing
7 3 (3.61%) Marketing
7 3 (3.61%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.41%) Analytical Skills
8 2 (2.41%) Legal
8 2 (2.41%) Telecoms
9 1 (1.20%) Advertising
9 1 (1.20%) Aerospace
9 1 (1.20%) Automotive
9 1 (1.20%) Electronics
9 1 (1.20%) Health Technology
9 1 (1.20%) Public Sector
9 1 (1.20%) Publishing
9 1 (1.20%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 45 (54.22%) Developer
2 26 (31.33%) Senior
3 24 (28.92%) PHP Developer
4 18 (21.69%) Lead
4 18 (21.69%) Senior Developer
5 14 (16.87%) Senior PHP Developer
5 14 (16.87%) Web Developer
6 9 (10.84%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
7 8 (9.64%) Front-End Web Developer (Client-Side Web Developer)
7 8 (9.64%) Software Engineer
7 8 (9.64%) Technical Leader
7 8 (9.64%) Website Developer
8 6 (7.23%) Team Leader
9 5 (6.02%) Development Team Leader
9 5 (6.02%) Full-Stack Developer
9 5 (6.02%) PHP Web Developer
10 3 (3.61%) DevOps Engineer
10 3 (3.61%) Lead Software Engineer
10 3 (3.61%) PHP Architect
10 3 (3.61%) SaaS Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (55.42%) HTML
2 45 (54.22%) CSS
3 33 (39.76%) Laravel
4 32 (38.55%) LAMP
5 13 (15.66%) Node.js
6 12 (14.46%) React
7 9 (10.84%) AngularJS
8 7 (8.43%) Symfony
9 6 (7.23%) .NET
9 6 (7.23%) Tailwind CSS
10 5 (6.02%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (6.02%) RESTful
10 5 (6.02%) Vue
10 5 (6.02%) Web Services
11 4 (4.82%) HTML5
12 3 (3.61%) React Native
13 2 (2.41%) .NET Core
13 2 (2.41%) Bootstrap
13 2 (2.41%) CSS3
13 2 (2.41%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 16 (19.28%) Mobile App
2 10 (12.05%) IoT
3 7 (8.43%) Learning Management System
4 6 (7.23%) Greenfield Project
5 3 (3.61%) Cloud Native
5 3 (3.61%) e-Learning
5 3 (3.61%) Robotics
6 2 (2.41%) Product Ownership
7 1 (1.20%) Algorithms
7 1 (1.20%) BBC
7 1 (1.20%) Digital Signage
7 1 (1.20%) Educational Technology
7 1 (1.20%) EPoS
7 1 (1.20%) Legacy Code
7 1 (1.20%) Linux Command Line
7 1 (1.20%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 6 (7.23%) Linux
2 3 (3.61%) Windows
3 2 (2.41%) Windows Server
4 1 (1.20%) Android
4 1 (1.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (55.42%) E-Commerce
2 33 (39.76%) Web Development
3 31 (37.35%) OOP
4 23 (27.71%) MVC
5 22 (26.51%) Software Engineering
6 15 (18.07%) Agile
7 14 (16.87%) Mentoring
7 14 (16.87%) Problem-Solving
8 13 (15.66%) User Experience
9 12 (14.46%) Line Management
10 11 (13.25%) Front End Development
10 11 (13.25%) SOLID
11 9 (10.84%) CI/CD
11 9 (10.84%) Clean Code
11 9 (10.84%) Project Management
11 9 (10.84%) TDD
12 8 (9.64%) Full-Stack Development
12 8 (9.64%) OO
13 7 (8.43%) Change Management
13 7 (8.43%) Performance Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 49 (59.04%) JavaScript
2 11 (13.25%) Python
3 6 (7.23%) SQL
3 6 (7.23%) TypeScript
4 3 (3.61%) Go
4 3 (3.61%) Java
5 2 (2.41%) Bash
5 2 (2.41%) C
5 2 (2.41%) C++
5 2 (2.41%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (6.02%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (6.02%) Degree
2 2 (2.41%) BPSS Clearance
2 2 (2.41%) Security Cleared
3 1 (1.20%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (9.64%) Accessibility
2 7 (8.43%) WCAG
3 6 (7.23%) QA
4 3 (3.61%) GMP
5 1 (1.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 6 (7.23%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (8.43%) Kubernetes
2 4 (4.82%) Terraform
3 2 (2.41%) Ansible
Vendors
1 9 (10.84%) Microsoft
1 9 (10.84%) Twitter
2 1 (1.20%) Adobe
2 1 (1.20%) Google
2 1 (1.20%) SAP