PHP Job Trends in Stafford

PHP
Staffordshire > Stafford

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Stafford requiring PHP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 15 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
15 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 6 15 -
Rank change year-on-year +9 - -
Permanent jobs citing PHP 5 4 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Stafford 7.94% 5.97% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 83.33% 28.57% -
Number of salaries quoted 2 1 0
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £37,500 -
Median % change year-on-year +73.33% - -
Staffordshire median annual salary £50,000 £58,750 £82,500
% change year-on-year -14.89% -28.79% +83.33%

All Programming Languages
Stafford

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 Stafford.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 6 14 6
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Stafford 9.52% 20.90% 20.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3 9 5
10th Percentile £55,950 £40,450 -
25th Percentile £59,344 £41,500 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £55,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +18.18% +15.79% -13.64%
75th Percentile - £57,500 £51,250
90th Percentile - £70,000 -
Staffordshire median annual salary £51,500 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +14.44% - -10.00%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in Stafford

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

PHP job vacancy trend in Stafford

PHP
Salary Trend in Stafford

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stafford citing PHP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Stafford citing PHP

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Stafford 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:

Applications
1 3 (60.00%) Microsoft Excel
General
1 3 (60.00%) Organisational Skills
1 3 (60.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Development Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) PHP Software Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Python Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Python Software Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Software Development Engineer
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineer
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
2 2 (40.00%) PHP Developer
2 2 (40.00%) PHP Laravel Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (40.00%) Laravel
1 2 (40.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) Analytics
1 3 (60.00%) Clean Code
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (60.00%) Data Analytics
1 3 (60.00%) Software Engineering
1 3 (60.00%) Test Automation
1 3 (60.00%) Test Strategy
2 2 (40.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Python
1 3 (60.00%) VBA
Qualifications
1 3 (60.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (60.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (40.00%) QA