PHP Jobs in the UK excluding London

PHP
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the UK excluding London 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 25 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
25 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 197 135 124
Rank change year-on-year -62 -11 -37
Permanent jobs citing PHP 504 1,497 1,737
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 1.37% 2.14% 2.79%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.11% 6.65% 6.89%
Number of salaries quoted 458 1,350 1,107
10th Percentile £29,525 £30,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £48,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +3.09% -3.00% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £60,000 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £71,375 £77,500
UK median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +10.00%

All Programming Languages
UK excluding London

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 UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 9,870 22,521 25,195
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 26.91% 32.22% 40.48%
Number of salaries quoted 7,215 16,422 14,112
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £53,568 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +2.67% -2.60% +1.99%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £82,500 £80,000 £85,000
UK median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for PHP in the UK excluding London

PHP
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PHP in the UK excluding London.

Salary trend for PHP in the UK excluding London

PHP
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 25 April 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP in the UK excluding London

PHP
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 25 April 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
North of England -99 139 £52,250 +10.00% 103
South East +4 115 £50,000 -9.09% 58
South West -3 86 £60,000 +33.33% 40
North West -84 80 £52,500 +5.00% 63
Midlands -54 70 £40,000 -11.11% 44
East of England -38 46 £35,000 -19.54% 22
Yorkshire -43 43 £47,500 +0.53% 37
West Midlands -25 39 £55,500 +23.33% 27
East Midlands -27 30 £35,000 -22.22% 15
Scotland +98 25 £55,000 +15.79% 10
Wales +21 20 £32,500 -35.00% 8
North East +39 16 £55,000 +22.22% 4
Northern Ireland +32 3 £85,000 +88.89% 3
PHP
UK

PHP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 55 (10.91%) WordPress
2 41 (8.13%) CMS
3 14 (2.78%) Apache
4 12 (2.38%) nginx
5 10 (1.98%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.79%) Joomla!
7 3 (0.60%) ColdFusion
7 3 (0.60%) IIS
7 3 (0.60%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.40%) Drupal
8 2 (0.40%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.20%) Confluence
9 1 (0.20%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.20%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (2.38%) Microsoft Office
2 7 (1.39%) Photoshop
3 4 (0.79%) Adobe Illustrator
3 4 (0.79%) Adobe Premiere
4 3 (0.60%) Adobe XD
5 1 (0.20%) Trello
5 1 (0.20%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 16 (3.17%) Shopify
2 10 (1.98%) Magento
2 10 (1.98%) Payment Gateway
3 9 (1.79%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.40%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.40%) Odoo
4 2 (0.40%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.20%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 156 (30.95%) AWS
2 71 (14.09%) Azure
3 67 (13.29%) GCP
4 51 (10.12%) GitHub
5 34 (6.75%) SaaS
6 28 (5.56%) Serverless
7 18 (3.57%) AWS Lambda
8 16 (3.17%) Slack
9 14 (2.78%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (2.78%) Zapier
10 12 (2.38%) npm
11 9 (1.79%) Amazon S3
11 9 (1.79%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
12 8 (1.59%) Stripe
13 7 (1.39%) Amazon EC2
13 7 (1.39%) Power Platform
14 6 (1.19%) Amazon ECS
14 6 (1.19%) Amazon SQS
14 6 (1.19%) Microsoft 365
15 5 (0.99%) AWS CloudFormation
Communications & Networking
1 14 (2.78%) DNS
1 14 (2.78%) Internet
2 13 (2.58%) TCP/IP
3 12 (2.38%) HTTPS
4 10 (1.98%) IPsec
5 5 (0.99%) VoIP
6 4 (0.79%) HTTP
6 4 (0.79%) MPLS
6 4 (0.79%) Network Security
7 2 (0.40%) FTP
7 2 (0.40%) Intrusion Detection
7 2 (0.40%) LoRaWAN
7 2 (0.40%) SSH
7 2 (0.40%) SSL
7 2 (0.40%) Wi-Fi
8 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
8 1 (0.20%) Ethernet
8 1 (0.20%) RTP
8 1 (0.20%) RTSP
8 1 (0.20%) Wireshark
Database & Business Intelligence
1 279 (55.36%) MySQL
2 74 (14.68%) SQL Server
3 32 (6.35%) PostgreSQL
4 20 (3.97%) Relational Database
5 17 (3.37%) NoSQL
6 15 (2.98%) MongoDB
7 12 (2.38%) SQLite
8 10 (1.98%) Couchbase
9 9 (1.79%) Amazon RDS
10 8 (1.59%) RDBMS
11 6 (1.19%) MariaDB
12 5 (0.99%) Azure SQL Database
12 5 (0.99%) Power BI
13 4 (0.79%) TimescaleDB
14 3 (0.60%) Big Data
14 3 (0.60%) Data Warehouse
15 2 (0.40%) BusinessObjects
15 2 (0.40%) Data Mining
15 2 (0.40%) OLTP
15 2 (0.40%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 163 (32.34%) Git
2 15 (2.98%) JIRA
3 13 (2.58%) Selenium
3 13 (2.58%) webpack
4 11 (2.18%) Jenkins
5 10 (1.98%) Grunt
6 9 (1.79%) Bitbucket
7 8 (1.59%) Cypress.io
8 6 (1.19%) PHPUnit
9 4 (0.79%) Subversion
10 3 (0.60%) Cucumber
10 3 (0.60%) git-flow
10 3 (0.60%) Postman
10 3 (0.60%) SoapUI
10 3 (0.60%) Vite
11 1 (0.20%) Babel
11 1 (0.20%) GDB
11 1 (0.20%) gulp
11 1 (0.20%) IDA Disassembler
11 1 (0.20%) WinDbg
General
1 130 (25.79%) Social Skills
2 89 (17.66%) Finance
3 75 (14.88%) Games
4 28 (5.56%) Retail
5 27 (5.36%) Marketing
6 21 (4.17%) Analytical Skills
7 18 (3.57%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.78%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (2.58%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 12 (2.38%) Law
10 12 (2.38%) Legal
10 12 (2.38%) Manufacturing
11 10 (1.98%) Telecoms
12 7 (1.39%) Public Sector
13 6 (1.19%) Back Office
14 4 (0.79%) Automotive
14 4 (0.79%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.79%) Tech for Good
15 3 (0.60%) Electronics
15 3 (0.60%) Health Technology
Job Titles
1 321 (63.69%) Developer
2 157 (31.15%) PHP Developer
3 147 (29.17%) Senior
4 93 (18.45%) Senior Developer
5 58 (11.51%) Software Engineer
6 52 (10.32%) Senior PHP Developer
6 52 (10.32%) Web Developer
7 44 (8.73%) Lead
8 35 (6.94%) PHP Software Engineer
9 33 (6.55%) Full-Stack Developer
10 31 (6.15%) Graduate
10 31 (6.15%) Graduate Developer
11 29 (5.75%) IT Graduate
11 29 (5.75%) Junior
12 28 (5.56%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
13 27 (5.36%) Senior Software Engineer
14 26 (5.16%) Junior Developer
15 18 (3.57%) Junior PHP Developer
16 17 (3.37%) SQL Developer
17 14 (2.78%) C# Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 256 (50.79%) CSS
2 239 (47.42%) HTML
3 202 (40.08%) Laravel
4 97 (19.25%) React
5 83 (16.47%) LAMP
6 82 (16.27%) Vue
7 73 (14.48%) .NET
8 58 (11.51%) AngularJS
9 57 (11.31%) Symfony
10 55 (10.91%) jQuery
11 42 (8.33%) Node.js
12 37 (7.34%) ASP.NET
13 32 (6.35%) RESTful
14 26 (5.16%) Web Services
15 24 (4.76%) CakePHP
15 24 (4.76%) Sass
16 21 (4.17%) HTML5
17 20 (3.97%) Tailwind CSS
18 19 (3.77%) CSS3
19 15 (2.98%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 42 (8.33%) Mobile App
2 27 (5.36%) Greenfield Project
3 15 (2.98%) IoT
4 11 (2.18%) Legacy Code
5 10 (1.98%) Onboarding
5 10 (1.98%) Virtual Team
6 9 (1.79%) Renewable Energy
7 7 (1.39%) Learning Management System
7 7 (1.39%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (0.99%) Cloud Native
8 5 (0.99%) Educational Technology
8 5 (0.99%) Linux Command Line
9 4 (0.79%) CCTV
9 4 (0.79%) Driving Licence
9 4 (0.79%) Legacy Systems
10 3 (0.60%) e-Learning
10 3 (0.60%) Product Ownership
10 3 (0.60%) Robotics
10 3 (0.60%) Video Conferencing
11 2 (0.40%) Digital Signage
Operating Systems
1 44 (8.73%) Linux
2 23 (4.56%) Windows
3 12 (2.38%) Android
3 12 (2.38%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.39%) Unix
5 5 (0.99%) CentOS
6 3 (0.60%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.60%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.40%) AIX
7 2 (0.40%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.20%) Debian
8 1 (0.20%) Rocky
8 1 (0.20%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 160 (31.75%) E-Commerce
2 140 (27.78%) Agile
3 138 (27.38%) Problem-Solving
4 122 (24.21%) Software Engineering
5 121 (24.01%) Web Development
6 112 (22.22%) OOP
7 103 (20.44%) MVC
8 82 (16.27%) Computer Science
9 78 (15.48%) Full-Stack Development
10 68 (13.49%) User Experience
11 64 (12.70%) OO
12 59 (11.71%) TDD
13 56 (11.11%) Front End Development
14 54 (10.71%) Mentoring
15 52 (10.32%) DevOps
16 45 (8.93%) Continuous Improvement
17 44 (8.73%) CI/CD
18 36 (7.14%) SOLID
19 35 (6.94%) Project Management
20 33 (6.55%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 271 (53.77%) JavaScript
2 91 (18.06%) SQL
3 65 (12.90%) Java
4 64 (12.70%) Python
5 58 (11.51%) C#
6 48 (9.52%) TypeScript
7 42 (8.33%) C++
8 25 (4.96%) Go
9 16 (3.17%) C
10 5 (0.99%) Objective-C
10 5 (0.99%) Perl
10 5 (0.99%) T-SQL
11 4 (0.79%) VB
12 3 (0.60%) Bash
13 2 (0.40%) AWK
13 2 (0.40%) Korn
13 2 (0.40%) PL/SQL
13 2 (0.40%) R
14 1 (0.20%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.20%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 85 (16.87%) Degree
2 62 (12.30%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (0.99%) DBS Check
3 5 (0.99%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (0.99%) Security Cleared
4 4 (0.79%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (0.60%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.40%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.20%) HND
7 1 (0.20%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.20%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 37 (7.34%) QA
2 27 (5.36%) Accessibility
3 14 (2.78%) WCAG
4 12 (2.38%) GDPR
5 8 (1.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.79%) GMP
7 3 (0.60%) SLA
8 2 (0.40%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.20%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 58 (11.51%) Docker
2 2 (0.40%) Active Directory
2 2 (0.40%) KVM
2 2 (0.40%) Postfix
2 2 (0.40%) Sendmail
3 1 (0.20%) Embedded Firmware
3 1 (0.20%) Firmware
3 1 (0.20%) Xen
Systems Management
1 28 (5.56%) Kubernetes
2 19 (3.77%) Terraform
3 13 (2.58%) Ansible
4 4 (0.79%) Cisco CUCM
5 2 (0.40%) cPanel
5 2 (0.40%) Grafana
5 2 (0.40%) Nagios
5 2 (0.40%) Nessus
5 2 (0.40%) Puppet
Vendors
1 33 (6.55%) Microsoft
2 20 (3.97%) Adobe
3 19 (3.77%) Twitter
4 17 (3.37%) WooCommerce
5 10 (1.98%) Google
6 9 (1.79%) New Relic
7 8 (1.59%) Cisco
8 7 (1.39%) SAP
9 5 (0.99%) OpenAI
9 5 (0.99%) Xamarin
10 4 (0.79%) HubSpot
10 4 (0.79%) Meraki
10 4 (0.79%) Red Hat
10 4 (0.79%) Salesforce
11 3 (0.60%) Sage
12 2 (0.40%) IBM
12 2 (0.40%) Oracle
12 2 (0.40%) Tenable
12 2 (0.40%) Zoho
13 1 (0.20%) Spotify