PHP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 30 April 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Apr 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 244 154 162
Rank change year-on-year -90 +8 -66
Permanent jobs citing PHP 634 1,865 2,386
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.22% 1.90% 2.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.05% 5.61% 5.28%
Number of salaries quoted 571 1,685 1,633
10th Percentile £30,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £36,250 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% -9.09% +7.71%
75th Percentile £67,500 £63,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,000 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.26% -5.00% -

All Programming Languages
UK

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.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 15,664 33,221 45,157
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 30.03% 33.78% 43.42%
Number of salaries quoted 11,561 25,021 28,803
10th Percentile £37,500 £35,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,683 £45,000 £49,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £60,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - -7.69% +4.00%
75th Percentile £82,500 £77,500 £86,250
90th Percentile £106,250 £100,000 £106,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +2.80% -2.73% +2.33%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PHP in the UK

PHP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for PHP in the UK

PHP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP in the UK

PHP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the UK over the 6 months to 30 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
England -88 573 £52,500 +5.00% 514
UK excluding London -70 500 £50,000 +5.26% 393
Work from Home -31 327 £55,000 +6.80% 441
North of England -99 138 £52,500 +10.53% 169
South East +3 116 £50,000 -9.09% 72
London -34 115 £60,000 -4.55% 131
South West -6 83 £60,000 +33.33% 41
North West -83 80 £52,500 +5.00% 107
Midlands -58 70 £40,000 -11.11% 83
East of England -37 46 £35,000 -19.54% 21
Yorkshire -50 42 £47,500 +3.26% 54
West Midlands -20 39 £55,500 +23.33% 40
East Midlands -30 30 £35,000 -24.32% 42
Scotland +102 24 £55,000 +15.79% 4
Wales +17 20 £32,500 -35.00% 9
North East +42 16 £55,000 +22.22% 9
Northern Ireland +30 3 £85,000 +88.89% 2

PHP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities 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 83 (13.09%) WordPress
2 62 (9.78%) CMS
3 17 (2.68%) nginx
4 14 (2.21%) Apache
4 14 (2.21%) Drupal
5 12 (1.89%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.63%) Joomla!
7 3 (0.47%) ColdFusion
7 3 (0.47%) IIS
7 3 (0.47%) SharePoint
8 2 (0.32%) Confluence
8 2 (0.32%) Microsoft Exchange
9 1 (0.16%) Headless CMS
9 1 (0.16%) Kentico
9 1 (0.16%) SAS
9 1 (0.16%) Tomcat
Applications
1 17 (2.68%) Microsoft Office
2 10 (1.58%) Photoshop
3 5 (0.79%) Adobe XD
4 4 (0.63%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (0.63%) Adobe Premiere
4 4 (0.63%) Microsoft Excel
5 2 (0.32%) Trello
6 1 (0.16%) InVision
6 1 (0.16%) Microsoft PowerPoint
6 1 (0.16%) MS Visio
6 1 (0.16%) Sketch
6 1 (0.16%) SPSS
6 1 (0.16%) Zeplin
Business Applications
1 20 (3.15%) Shopify
2 10 (1.58%) Magento
2 10 (1.58%) Payment Gateway
3 9 (1.42%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.32%) Dynamics CRM
4 2 (0.32%) Odoo
4 2 (0.32%) SAP Oil and Gas
5 1 (0.16%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 203 (32.02%) AWS
2 83 (13.09%) Azure
3 77 (12.15%) GCP
4 55 (8.68%) GitHub
5 36 (5.68%) SaaS
6 30 (4.73%) Serverless
7 21 (3.31%) AWS Lambda
8 16 (2.52%) Slack
9 14 (2.21%) Azure DevOps
9 14 (2.21%) Zapier
10 13 (2.05%) Amazon S3
10 13 (2.05%) npm
11 12 (1.89%) Google Analytics
12 10 (1.58%) Amazon EC2
13 9 (1.42%) Salesforce Commerce Cloud
14 8 (1.26%) Stripe
15 7 (1.10%) Amazon SQS
15 7 (1.10%) Figma
15 7 (1.10%) Power Platform
16 6 (0.95%) Microsoft 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (2.52%) DNS
2 15 (2.37%) Internet
2 15 (2.37%) TCP/IP
3 14 (2.21%) HTTPS
4 12 (1.89%) IPsec
5 5 (0.79%) VoIP
6 4 (0.63%) HTTP
6 4 (0.63%) MPLS
6 4 (0.63%) Network Security
7 3 (0.47%) Wireshark
8 2 (0.32%) FTP
8 2 (0.32%) Intrusion Detection
8 2 (0.32%) LoRaWAN
8 2 (0.32%) SSH
8 2 (0.32%) SSL
8 2 (0.32%) Wi-Fi
9 1 (0.16%) Ethernet
9 1 (0.16%) Multicast
9 1 (0.16%) RTSP
9 1 (0.16%) tcpdump
Database & Business Intelligence
1 329 (51.89%) MySQL
2 80 (12.62%) SQL Server
3 38 (5.99%) PostgreSQL
4 24 (3.79%) Relational Database
5 22 (3.47%) MongoDB
6 20 (3.15%) NoSQL
7 12 (1.89%) Amazon RDS
7 12 (1.89%) Couchbase
7 12 (1.89%) SQLite
8 10 (1.58%) Redis
9 8 (1.26%) RDBMS
10 5 (0.79%) Azure SQL Database
10 5 (0.79%) MariaDB
10 5 (0.79%) Power BI
11 4 (0.63%) Big Data
11 4 (0.63%) TimescaleDB
12 3 (0.47%) Data Warehouse
13 2 (0.32%) BusinessObjects
13 2 (0.32%) Data Mining
13 2 (0.32%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 194 (30.60%) Git
2 18 (2.84%) JIRA
3 15 (2.37%) Selenium
4 13 (2.05%) webpack
5 12 (1.89%) Jenkins
5 12 (1.89%) PHPUnit
6 10 (1.58%) Grunt
7 9 (1.42%) Bitbucket
8 7 (1.10%) Cypress.io
8 7 (1.10%) Postman
9 5 (0.79%) Cucumber
9 5 (0.79%) SoapUI
10 4 (0.63%) GitLab
10 4 (0.63%) Subversion
11 3 (0.47%) git-flow
11 3 (0.47%) Jasmine
11 3 (0.47%) Mocha
11 3 (0.47%) Vite
12 2 (0.32%) Octopus Deploy
13 1 (0.16%) Android Studio
General
1 168 (26.50%) Social Skills
2 108 (17.03%) Finance
3 88 (13.88%) Games
4 33 (5.21%) Marketing
5 29 (4.57%) Analytical Skills
6 27 (4.26%) Retail
7 19 (3.00%) Organisational Skills
8 14 (2.21%) Legal
8 14 (2.21%) Manufacturing
8 14 (2.21%) Pharmaceutical
9 13 (2.05%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 13 (2.05%) Law
10 12 (1.89%) Telecoms
11 10 (1.58%) Back Office
12 8 (1.26%) Public Sector
13 7 (1.10%) Turkish Language
14 4 (0.63%) Automotive
14 4 (0.63%) Documentation Skills
14 4 (0.63%) Electronics
15 3 (0.47%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 399 (62.93%) Developer
2 199 (31.39%) PHP Developer
3 174 (27.44%) Senior
4 110 (17.35%) Senior Developer
5 68 (10.73%) Software Engineer
6 58 (9.15%) Full-Stack Developer
7 56 (8.83%) Web Developer
8 54 (8.52%) Senior PHP Developer
9 47 (7.41%) Lead
10 41 (6.47%) PHP Software Engineer
11 36 (5.68%) Graduate
11 36 (5.68%) Graduate Developer
12 34 (5.36%) IT Graduate
13 31 (4.89%) Junior
14 30 (4.73%) Senior Software Engineer
15 29 (4.57%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 26 (4.10%) Junior Developer
17 21 (3.31%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
18 19 (3.00%) SQL Developer
19 18 (2.84%) Junior PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 304 (47.95%) CSS
2 280 (44.16%) HTML
3 265 (41.80%) Laravel
4 132 (20.82%) React
5 108 (17.03%) Vue
6 90 (14.20%) LAMP
7 79 (12.46%) .NET
8 71 (11.20%) jQuery
9 67 (10.57%) AngularJS
9 67 (10.57%) Symfony
10 57 (8.99%) Node.js
11 48 (7.57%) RESTful
12 43 (6.78%) ASP.NET
13 40 (6.31%) HTML5
14 33 (5.21%) CSS3
14 33 (5.21%) Web Services
15 28 (4.42%) Sass
16 24 (3.79%) CakePHP
17 21 (3.31%) Tailwind CSS
18 19 (3.00%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 52 (8.20%) Mobile App
2 27 (4.26%) Greenfield Project
3 17 (2.68%) Onboarding
4 15 (2.37%) IoT
5 13 (2.05%) Legacy Code
6 12 (1.89%) Product Ownership
7 11 (1.74%) Cloud Native
7 11 (1.74%) Virtual Team
8 10 (1.58%) Legacy Systems
9 9 (1.42%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.42%) Renewable Energy
10 7 (1.10%) Learning Management System
10 7 (1.10%) Self-Motivation
11 6 (0.95%) Linux Command Line
12 5 (0.79%) Blog
12 5 (0.79%) Driving Licence
12 5 (0.79%) Educational Technology
13 4 (0.63%) CCTV
13 4 (0.63%) NHS
13 4 (0.63%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 49 (7.73%) Linux
2 27 (4.26%) Windows
3 15 (2.37%) Android
3 15 (2.37%) Apple iOS
4 7 (1.10%) Unix
5 5 (0.79%) CentOS
6 3 (0.47%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.47%) Windows Server
7 2 (0.32%) AIX
7 2 (0.32%) Oracle Linux
8 1 (0.16%) Debian
8 1 (0.16%) Rocky
8 1 (0.16%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 180 (28.39%) E-Commerce
2 173 (27.29%) Agile
3 160 (25.24%) Web Development
4 155 (24.45%) Problem-Solving
5 146 (23.03%) Software Engineering
6 129 (20.35%) MVC
6 129 (20.35%) OOP
7 110 (17.35%) Full-Stack Development
8 91 (14.35%) Computer Science
9 86 (13.56%) OO
10 82 (12.93%) User Experience
11 71 (11.20%) Front End Development
12 70 (11.04%) Mentoring
13 69 (10.88%) TDD
14 68 (10.73%) DevOps
15 66 (10.41%) CI/CD
16 60 (9.46%) Continuous Improvement
17 49 (7.73%) Microservices
17 49 (7.73%) Test Automation
18 42 (6.62%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 347 (54.73%) JavaScript
2 110 (17.35%) SQL
3 82 (12.93%) Python
4 80 (12.62%) Java
5 66 (10.41%) C#
5 66 (10.41%) TypeScript
6 50 (7.89%) C++
7 37 (5.84%) Go
8 17 (2.68%) C
9 10 (1.58%) Perl
10 8 (1.26%) T-SQL
11 5 (0.79%) Objective-C
11 5 (0.79%) Scala
12 4 (0.63%) Bash
12 4 (0.63%) Kotlin
12 4 (0.63%) VB
13 3 (0.47%) R
14 2 (0.32%) Apex Code
14 2 (0.32%) AWK
14 2 (0.32%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 99 (15.62%) Degree
2 68 (10.73%) Computer Science Degree
3 5 (0.79%) DBS Check
3 5 (0.79%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (0.79%) Security Cleared
4 4 (0.63%) Chartered Engineer
5 3 (0.47%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.32%) BPSS Clearance
6 2 (0.32%) Master's Degree
7 1 (0.16%) HND
7 1 (0.16%) Postgraduate
7 1 (0.16%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 45 (7.10%) QA
2 34 (5.36%) Accessibility
3 16 (2.52%) WCAG
4 13 (2.05%) GDPR
5 8 (1.26%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.63%) GMP
7 3 (0.47%) SLA
8 2 (0.32%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.16%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 72 (11.36%) Docker
2 3 (0.47%) Samba
3 2 (0.32%) Active Directory
3 2 (0.32%) KVM
3 2 (0.32%) Postfix
3 2 (0.32%) Sendmail
4 1 (0.16%) Embedded Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) Firmware
4 1 (0.16%) Xen
Systems Management
1 33 (5.21%) Kubernetes
2 26 (4.10%) Terraform
3 15 (2.37%) Ansible
4 4 (0.63%) Cisco CUCM
4 4 (0.63%) Grafana
5 3 (0.47%) Puppet
6 2 (0.32%) Nagios
6 2 (0.32%) Nessus
6 2 (0.32%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.16%) cPanel
7 1 (0.16%) Progress Chef
Vendors
1 42 (6.62%) Microsoft
2 23 (3.63%) Google
3 22 (3.47%) Adobe
3 22 (3.47%) Twitter
4 18 (2.84%) WooCommerce
5 9 (1.42%) Cisco
5 9 (1.42%) New Relic
6 8 (1.26%) SAP
7 6 (0.95%) Salesforce
8 5 (0.79%) Ahrefs
8 5 (0.79%) Meraki
8 5 (0.79%) OpenAI
8 5 (0.79%) Screaming Frog
8 5 (0.79%) Xamarin
9 4 (0.63%) Apple
9 4 (0.63%) HubSpot
9 4 (0.63%) Red Hat
10 3 (0.47%) Oracle
10 3 (0.47%) Sage
11 2 (0.32%) IBM