PHP Job Trends

PHP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring PHP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 313 159 193
Rank change year-on-year -154 +34 +12
Permanent jobs citing PHP 394 1,139 934
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.72% 1.83%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.33% 5.28% 4.46%
Number of salaries quoted 340 735 818
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.76% -
75th Percentile £62,500 £62,500 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -8.00% - -

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 11,828 21,587 20,928
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 21.86% 32.58% 40.90%
Number of salaries quoted 8,566 12,935 17,272
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,750
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - -
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £107,500 £108,418 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend

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

PHP job vacancy trend in the UK

PHP
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PHP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PHP

PHP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP over the 6 months to 29 November 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 29 November 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 -143 354 £50,000 - 287
UK excluding London -154 279 £46,000 -8.00% 282
Work from Home -55 190 £37,500 -21.05% 123
London +16 82 £60,000 - 40
North of England -71 68 £42,000 -6.67% 63
Midlands -10 67 £40,000 +6.67% 59
South East -91 59 £55,000 +10.00% 80
East of England -39 45 £40,000 -15.79% 29
West Midlands +10 41 £39,000 -8.24% 36
Yorkshire -7 34 £37,500 -23.08% 27
North West -59 30 £55,000 +29.41% 34
South West -76 30 £60,000 +14.29% 46
East Midlands -3 29 £40,000 +14.29% 22
Scotland -34 5 £60,000 +9.09% 5
North East -6 4 £25,000 -41.18% 2
Wales -23 3 £55,000 +69.23% 3
Northern Ireland 0 2 £55,000 - 5

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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:

Application Platforms
1 25 (6.35%) WordPress
2 18 (4.57%) IIS
3 16 (4.06%) Apache
4 12 (3.05%) CMS
5 8 (2.03%) Apache Solr
6 7 (1.78%) nginx
7 5 (1.27%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.76%) Drupal
9 2 (0.51%) Confluence
9 2 (0.51%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.25%) Headless CMS
10 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.25%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 6 (1.52%) Adobe Illustrator
1 6 (1.52%) Photoshop
2 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (1.02%) Microsoft Excel
4 2 (0.51%) Adobe XD
4 2 (0.51%) Elementor
5 1 (0.25%) Adobe Creative Suite
5 1 (0.25%) InDesign
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 8 (2.03%) Infor M3
2 4 (1.02%) Magento
3 3 (0.76%) SAP Business One
4 2 (0.51%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
4 2 (0.51%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 102 (25.89%) AWS
2 98 (24.87%) Azure
3 46 (11.68%) SaaS
4 21 (5.33%) GCP
5 18 (4.57%) GitHub
6 7 (1.78%) Power Automate
7 6 (1.52%) Cloudflare
7 6 (1.52%) Power Platform
8 5 (1.27%) Azure Machine Learning
8 5 (1.27%) Cloud Computing
8 5 (1.27%) Datadog
8 5 (1.27%) Entra ID
8 5 (1.27%) npm
9 4 (1.02%) Figma
9 4 (1.02%) Microsoft 365
9 4 (1.02%) Serverless
9 4 (1.02%) Stripe
10 3 (0.76%) Azure DevOps
10 3 (0.76%) Azure Functions
10 3 (0.76%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.54%) Internet
2 5 (1.27%) DNS
3 4 (1.02%) HTTP
3 4 (1.02%) Intranet
4 3 (0.76%) Intrusion Detection
5 1 (0.25%) Broadband
5 1 (0.25%) DHCP
5 1 (0.25%) FTP
5 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
5 1 (0.25%) IPsec
5 1 (0.25%) IPv6
5 1 (0.25%) RFID
5 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (41.12%) MySQL
2 74 (18.78%) SQL Server
3 21 (5.33%) Relational Database
4 19 (4.82%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (2.79%) Elasticsearch
5 11 (2.79%) MariaDB
6 8 (2.03%) Redis
7 5 (1.27%) MongoDB
8 4 (1.02%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.76%) Power BI
10 1 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
10 1 (0.25%) Apache Cassandra
10 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.25%) Couchbase
10 1 (0.25%) GIS
10 1 (0.25%) PostHog
10 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
10 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 59 (14.97%) Git
2 15 (3.81%) JIRA
3 13 (3.30%) Postman
4 8 (2.03%) Cucumber
4 8 (2.03%) Selenium
4 8 (2.03%) SoapUI
5 5 (1.27%) PHPUnit
6 4 (1.02%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.76%) git-flow
7 3 (0.76%) Vite
8 2 (0.51%) GitLab
8 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
8 2 (0.51%) webpack
9 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.25%) MSBuild
9 1 (0.25%) PhpStorm
9 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 118 (29.95%) Social Skills
2 79 (20.05%) Finance
3 22 (5.58%) Law
4 19 (4.82%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 15 (3.81%) Marketing
6 13 (3.30%) Games
7 11 (2.79%) Analytical Skills
8 6 (1.52%) Automotive
8 6 (1.52%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (1.52%) Health Technology
8 6 (1.52%) Organisational Skills
9 5 (1.27%) Legal
10 4 (1.02%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (1.02%) Public Sector
11 3 (0.76%) Retail
12 2 (0.51%) Mandarin Language
12 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
13 1 (0.25%) Advertising
13 1 (0.25%) Banking
13 1 (0.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 241 (61.17%) Developer
2 110 (27.92%) PHP Developer
3 63 (15.99%) Graduate
4 57 (14.47%) Graduate Developer
4 57 (14.47%) Software Developer
5 55 (13.96%) Senior
6 48 (12.18%) Senior Developer
7 44 (11.17%) Lead
8 31 (7.87%) C# Developer
8 31 (7.87%) IT Graduate
9 30 (7.61%) Graduate C# Developer
9 30 (7.61%) Graduate PHP Developer
10 28 (7.11%) Graduate SQL Developer
10 28 (7.11%) SQL Developer
11 27 (6.85%) Graduate Software Developer
12 24 (6.09%) Software Engineer
13 22 (5.58%) C# Software Developer
13 22 (5.58%) Full-Stack Developer
13 22 (5.58%) Graduate C# Software Developer
14 21 (5.33%) Azure Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 125 (31.73%) CSS
2 104 (26.40%) Laravel
3 88 (22.34%) HTML
4 63 (15.99%) React
5 59 (14.97%) jQuery
6 54 (13.71%) .NET
7 48 (12.18%) Symfony
8 35 (8.88%) ASP.NET
9 34 (8.63%) Vue
10 27 (6.85%) REST
11 25 (6.35%) Node.js
12 23 (5.84%) RESTful
13 21 (5.33%) LAMP
14 15 (3.81%) CakePHP
14 15 (3.81%) CodeIgniter
15 14 (3.55%) HTML5
16 13 (3.30%) SOAP
16 13 (3.30%) Tailwind CSS
17 12 (3.05%) CSS3
18 10 (2.54%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.33%) CCTV
2 17 (4.31%) Driving Licence
3 16 (4.06%) Legacy Systems
4 15 (3.81%) Product Ownership
5 11 (2.79%) Linux Command Line
5 11 (2.79%) Virtual Team
6 10 (2.54%) Mobile App
7 9 (2.28%) IoT
8 8 (2.03%) Cloud Native
8 8 (2.03%) Legacy Code
8 8 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
9 7 (1.78%) Onboarding
10 5 (1.27%) Educational Technology
10 5 (1.27%) Mobile Games
11 4 (1.02%) Greenfield Project
11 4 (1.02%) Hybrid Cloud
11 4 (1.02%) NHS
12 3 (0.76%) e-Learning
12 3 (0.76%) Web Conferencing
13 2 (0.51%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 41 (10.41%) Linux
2 18 (4.57%) Windows
3 11 (2.79%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.78%) Android
4 7 (1.78%) Apple iOS
5 5 (1.27%) CentOS
5 5 (1.27%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 126 (31.98%) Agile
1 126 (31.98%) Problem-Solving
2 72 (18.27%) MVC
3 71 (18.02%) Computer Science
4 68 (17.26%) OOP
5 67 (17.01%) OO
6 54 (13.71%) Software Engineering
7 50 (12.69%) Full-Stack Development
8 49 (12.44%) CI/CD
9 43 (10.91%) Continuous Improvement
10 40 (10.15%) Web Development
11 38 (9.64%) Test Automation
12 34 (8.63%) DevOps
13 33 (8.38%) User Experience
14 32 (8.12%) AI
14 32 (8.12%) Clean Code
14 32 (8.12%) Mentoring
15 26 (6.60%) E-Commerce
15 26 (6.60%) Roadmaps
16 25 (6.35%) Machine Learning
Programming Languages
1 151 (38.32%) JavaScript
2 111 (28.17%) SQL
3 91 (23.10%) C#
4 68 (17.26%) Python
5 64 (16.24%) Java
6 47 (11.93%) TypeScript
7 42 (10.66%) C++
8 16 (4.06%) Go
9 7 (1.78%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.27%) DataWeave
10 5 (1.27%) VBA
11 4 (1.02%) C
11 4 (1.02%) Perl
12 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.51%) Bash
13 2 (0.51%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.25%) Ruby
14 1 (0.25%) Rust
14 1 (0.25%) Scala
14 1 (0.25%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 69 (17.51%) Degree
2 59 (14.97%) Computer Science Degree
3 7 (1.78%) Master's Degree
4 4 (1.02%) Security Cleared
5 3 (0.76%) DV Cleared
6 2 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
7 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
7 1 (0.25%) MCSE
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
7 1 (0.25%) MySQL Certification
7 1 (0.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (5.33%) QA
2 8 (2.03%) Accessibility
3 7 (1.78%) GDPR
3 7 (1.78%) SLA
4 1 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
4 1 (0.25%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 38 (9.64%) Docker
Systems Management
1 15 (3.81%) Kubernetes
2 12 (3.05%) Ansible
3 6 (1.52%) Terraform
4 5 (1.27%) CloudHub
5 3 (0.76%) cPanel
5 3 (0.76%) Grafana
5 3 (0.76%) Plesk
6 2 (0.51%) Argo
6 2 (0.51%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.25%) Opsgenie
Vendors
1 34 (8.63%) Microsoft
2 17 (4.31%) Oracle
3 12 (3.05%) Salesforce
4 10 (2.54%) HubSpot
5 9 (2.28%) ServiceNow
6 7 (1.78%) Google
6 7 (1.78%) OpenAI
7 6 (1.52%) Adobe
8 5 (1.27%) Cisco
8 5 (1.27%) Meraki
8 5 (1.27%) MuleSoft
9 3 (0.76%) SAP
9 3 (0.76%) Zend
10 2 (0.51%) Netlify
10 2 (0.51%) WooCommerce
11 1 (0.25%) AppDynamics
11 1 (0.25%) Databricks
11 1 (0.25%) PayPal
11 1 (0.25%) Progress
11 1 (0.25%) RedGate