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 14 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 307 167 194
Rank change year-on-year -140 +27 -4
Permanent jobs citing PHP 425 1,111 932
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.80% 1.63% 1.77%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.54% 5.17% 4.31%
Number of salaries quoted 323 698 810
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £49,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -1.00% -4.76% -
75th Percentile £62,375 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,750 £75,000 £76,325
UK excluding London median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -10.53% -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 11,991 21,477 21,618
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.64% 31.60% 41.04%
Number of salaries quoted 8,576 12,741 17,735
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £48,140
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 £108,750 £108,750 £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 14 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 14 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 -137 380 £49,500 -1.00% 424
UK excluding London -133 305 £42,500 -10.53% 345
Work from Home -18 236 £40,000 -15.79% 259
London +19 83 £60,000 - 99
Midlands -3 78 £40,000 +6.67% 64
North of England -66 77 £42,000 -6.67% 109
South East -95 69 £55,000 +4.76% 75
West Midlands -3 46 £39,000 -2.50% 42
East of England -50 41 £37,500 -21.05% 36
Yorkshire +4 40 £40,000 -11.11% 39
East Midlands +1 35 £40,000 +14.29% 22
North West -58 32 £55,000 +22.22% 66
South West -66 28 £55,000 +10.00% 46
Scotland -35 6 £60,000 +9.09% 11
North East -10 5 £25,000 -41.18% 5
Wales -20 4 £55,000 +69.23% 6
Northern Ireland +1 2 £55,000 +89.66% 4

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 28 (6.59%) WordPress
2 22 (5.18%) Apache
3 19 (4.47%) IIS
4 13 (3.06%) CMS
5 8 (1.88%) Apache Solr
6 6 (1.41%) nginx
7 5 (1.18%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.71%) Drupal
8 3 (0.71%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.47%) Confluence
9 2 (0.47%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.47%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.24%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 7 (1.65%) Adobe Illustrator
1 7 (1.65%) Adobe XD
1 7 (1.65%) Photoshop
2 5 (1.18%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.94%) Microsoft Excel
4 3 (0.71%) Elementor
5 2 (0.47%) Adobe Creative Suite
6 1 (0.24%) InDesign
6 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Project
6 1 (0.24%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (1.88%) Magento
2 7 (1.65%) Infor M3
3 3 (0.71%) SAP Business One
3 3 (0.71%) Shopify
4 2 (0.47%) NetSuite
4 2 (0.47%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 93 (21.88%) Azure
2 90 (21.18%) AWS
3 41 (9.65%) SaaS
4 16 (3.76%) GCP
4 16 (3.76%) GitHub
5 10 (2.35%) Power Automate
6 9 (2.12%) Power Platform
7 8 (1.88%) Cloudflare
8 7 (1.65%) Figma
9 6 (1.41%) Cloud Computing
9 6 (1.41%) Entra ID
9 6 (1.41%) npm
9 6 (1.41%) Serverless
10 5 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
10 5 (1.18%) Azure Machine Learning
10 5 (1.18%) Datadog
10 5 (1.18%) Google Analytics
10 5 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
10 5 (1.18%) PowerApps
11 4 (0.94%) Azure Functions
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.35%) Internet
2 7 (1.65%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (1.18%) DNS
4 4 (0.94%) Intranet
5 3 (0.71%) HTTP
6 1 (0.24%) Broadband
6 1 (0.24%) DHCP
6 1 (0.24%) FTP
6 1 (0.24%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.24%) IPsec
6 1 (0.24%) IPv6
6 1 (0.24%) RFID
6 1 (0.24%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.24%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 150 (35.29%) MySQL
2 74 (17.41%) SQL Server
3 21 (4.94%) Relational Database
4 20 (4.71%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (2.82%) MariaDB
6 11 (2.59%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (1.65%) Redis
8 4 (0.94%) MongoDB
9 3 (0.71%) NoSQL
9 3 (0.71%) Power BI
10 2 (0.47%) Azure SQL Database
10 2 (0.47%) GIS
11 1 (0.24%) Amazon Aurora
11 1 (0.24%) Apache Cassandra
11 1 (0.24%) Couchbase
11 1 (0.24%) Mixpanel
11 1 (0.24%) PostHog
11 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Analysis Services
11 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Integration Services
11 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 63 (14.82%) Git
2 15 (3.53%) JIRA
3 14 (3.29%) Postman
4 9 (2.12%) Cucumber
4 9 (2.12%) Selenium
4 9 (2.12%) SoapUI
5 4 (0.94%) Browser DevTools
5 4 (0.94%) PHPUnit
6 3 (0.71%) git-flow
6 3 (0.71%) webpack
7 2 (0.47%) GitLab
7 2 (0.47%) Jenkins
7 2 (0.47%) Vite
8 1 (0.24%) Bitbucket
8 1 (0.24%) Cypress.io
8 1 (0.24%) MSBuild
8 1 (0.24%) MSI
8 1 (0.24%) PhpStorm
8 1 (0.24%) Snyk
8 1 (0.24%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 133 (31.29%) Social Skills
2 67 (15.76%) Finance
3 22 (5.18%) Law
4 19 (4.47%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (3.76%) Analytical Skills
6 12 (2.82%) Games
6 12 (2.82%) Marketing
7 7 (1.65%) Automotive
7 7 (1.65%) Organisational Skills
8 6 (1.41%) Documentation Skills
9 5 (1.18%) Health Technology
9 5 (1.18%) Legal
9 5 (1.18%) Public Sector
9 5 (1.18%) Retail
10 3 (0.71%) Pharmaceutical
11 2 (0.47%) Mandarin Language
11 2 (0.47%) Manufacturing
12 1 (0.24%) Advertising
12 1 (0.24%) Local Government
12 1 (0.24%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 220 (51.76%) Developer
2 90 (21.18%) PHP Developer
3 56 (13.18%) Graduate
4 50 (11.76%) Graduate Developer
5 42 (9.88%) Senior
6 37 (8.71%) IT Graduate
6 37 (8.71%) Software Developer
7 36 (8.47%) Lead
7 36 (8.47%) Senior Developer
8 22 (5.18%) Software Engineer
9 19 (4.47%) C# Developer
9 19 (4.47%) PHP Laravel Developer
9 19 (4.47%) SQL Developer
10 18 (4.24%) Full-Stack Developer
10 18 (4.24%) Graduate C# Developer
10 18 (4.24%) Graduate PHP Developer
10 18 (4.24%) Graduate SQL Developer
10 18 (4.24%) Web Developer
11 16 (3.76%) Azure Developer
11 16 (3.76%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 144 (33.88%) HTML
2 134 (31.53%) CSS
3 95 (22.35%) Laravel
4 62 (14.59%) jQuery
5 61 (14.35%) .NET
6 56 (13.18%) React
7 51 (12.00%) Symfony
8 40 (9.41%) ASP.NET
9 35 (8.24%) Vue
10 28 (6.59%) REST
11 25 (5.88%) RESTful
12 23 (5.41%) Node.js
13 21 (4.94%) LAMP
14 18 (4.24%) HTML5
15 15 (3.53%) CakePHP
16 14 (3.29%) CSS3
16 14 (3.29%) SOAP
17 13 (3.06%) CodeIgniter
18 12 (2.82%) Tailwind CSS
19 9 (2.12%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 20 (4.71%) CCTV
2 17 (4.00%) Driving Licence
2 17 (4.00%) Legacy Systems
3 14 (3.29%) Product Ownership
3 14 (3.29%) Virtual Team
4 12 (2.82%) Linux Command Line
5 9 (2.12%) Cloud Native
5 9 (2.12%) IoT
6 8 (1.88%) Legacy Code
6 8 (1.88%) Mobile App
6 8 (1.88%) Self-Motivation
7 6 (1.41%) Onboarding
8 5 (1.18%) Educational Technology
8 5 (1.18%) Mobile Games
9 4 (0.94%) e-Learning
9 4 (0.94%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (0.71%) Low-Code
10 3 (0.71%) NHS
11 2 (0.47%) Distributed Systems
11 2 (0.47%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 48 (11.29%) Linux
2 19 (4.47%) Windows
3 11 (2.59%) CentOS
3 11 (2.59%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 11 (2.59%) Windows Server
4 7 (1.65%) Android
4 7 (1.65%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.24%) Unix
5 1 (0.24%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 122 (28.71%) Problem-Solving
2 121 (28.47%) Agile
3 113 (26.59%) Computer Science
4 77 (18.12%) AI
5 73 (17.18%) OO
6 72 (16.94%) MVC
7 71 (16.71%) Machine Learning
8 64 (15.06%) OOP
9 53 (12.47%) Software Engineering
10 49 (11.53%) Data Privacy
10 49 (11.53%) Full-Stack Development
11 47 (11.06%) CI/CD
12 45 (10.59%) DevOps
13 43 (10.12%) Web Development
14 42 (9.88%) Test Automation
15 41 (9.65%) Continuous Improvement
16 34 (8.00%) Mentoring
17 32 (7.53%) User Experience
18 28 (6.59%) Clean Code
18 28 (6.59%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 204 (48.00%) JavaScript
2 161 (37.88%) SQL
3 131 (30.82%) C#
4 118 (27.76%) Python
5 115 (27.06%) Java
6 92 (21.65%) C++
6 92 (21.65%) TypeScript
7 52 (12.24%) C
8 51 (12.00%) Ruby
9 50 (11.76%) Rust
10 49 (11.53%) Dart
10 49 (11.53%) MATLAB
10 49 (11.53%) R
11 18 (4.24%) Go
12 7 (1.65%) Kotlin
13 5 (1.18%) DataWeave
13 5 (1.18%) PowerShell
13 5 (1.18%) VBA
14 4 (0.94%) Perl
15 3 (0.71%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 121 (28.47%) Degree
2 109 (25.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (1.88%) Master's Degree
3 8 (1.88%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.65%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.24%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.24%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.24%) MCSE
5 1 (0.24%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.24%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 21 (4.94%) QA
2 8 (1.88%) Accessibility
2 8 (1.88%) GDPR
3 7 (1.65%) SLA
4 2 (0.47%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 1 (0.24%) California Consumer Privacy Act
5 1 (0.24%) PMO
System Software
1 31 (7.29%) Docker
2 1 (0.24%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.24%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 19 (4.47%) Ansible
2 13 (3.06%) Kubernetes
3 7 (1.65%) Terraform
4 5 (1.18%) CloudHub
5 3 (0.71%) Grafana
6 2 (0.47%) Argo
6 2 (0.47%) Prometheus
7 1 (0.24%) cPanel
7 1 (0.24%) Opsgenie
7 1 (0.24%) Plesk
7 1 (0.24%) Progress Chef
7 1 (0.24%) WMI
Vendors
1 40 (9.41%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.47%) Oracle
3 13 (3.06%) Salesforce
4 12 (2.82%) Adobe
5 11 (2.59%) Google
6 10 (2.35%) HubSpot
7 9 (2.12%) ServiceNow
8 6 (1.41%) OpenAI
9 5 (1.18%) Cisco
9 5 (1.18%) Meraki
9 5 (1.18%) MuleSoft
9 5 (1.18%) WooCommerce
10 3 (0.71%) SAP
11 2 (0.47%) Netlify
12 1 (0.24%) AppDynamics
12 1 (0.24%) Databricks
12 1 (0.24%) PayPal
12 1 (0.24%) Progress
12 1 (0.24%) RedGate
12 1 (0.24%) Zend