PHP Job Trends in Suffolk

PHP
East of England > Suffolk

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Suffolk requiring PHP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 53 - 6
Rank change year-on-year - - +30
Permanent jobs citing PHP 1 0 21
As % of all permanent jobs in Suffolk 0.23% - 16.94%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.17% - 42.86%
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 21
10th Percentile - - £43,750
25th Percentile - - £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 - £60,000
75th Percentile - - £62,500
90th Percentile - - £67,500
East of England median annual salary £41,500 £47,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.63% -20.83% -

All Programming Languages
Suffolk

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 Suffolk.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 46 80 49
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Suffolk 10.75% 24.46% 39.52%
Number of salaries quoted 39 11 36
10th Percentile £31,250 £25,500 £31,875
25th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £43,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.64% -8.33% +4.35%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,625 £62,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £77,000 £67,500
East of England median annual salary £52,500 £61,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -14.63% +2.50% +4.35%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in Suffolk

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

PHP job vacancy trend in Suffolk

PHP
Salary Trend in Suffolk

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing PHP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Suffolk citing PHP

PHP
Job Locations in Suffolk

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the Suffolk region over the 6 months to 1 December 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
Ipswich - 1 £30,000 - 2
PHP
East of England

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Suffolk 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:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) PHP Developer
1 1 (100.00%) PHP Laravel Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Laravel