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 13 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
13 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 257 247 147
Rank change year-on-year -10 -100 +1
Permanent jobs citing PHP 678 601 1,965
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.73% 1.35% 1.83%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.10% 4.30% 5.78%
Number of salaries quoted 606 496 1,708
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £30,250
25th Percentile £37,500 £33,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -9.09%
75th Percentile £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £72,500 £76,250 £75,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year - - -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 16,544 13,968 34,004
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 17.84% 31.45% 31.69%
Number of salaries quoted 11,653 9,191 25,656
10th Percentile £36,500 £35,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £98,474
UK excluding London median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £54,500
% change year-on-year +4.55% +0.92% -0.91%

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 13 June 2026.

Salary histogram for PHP in the UK

PHP
Top 16 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 13 June 2026. 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 -9 626 £50,000 -0.16% 75
UK excluding London -22 531 £47,500 - 73
Work from Home -27 265 £40,000 -20.00% 38
North of England +9 173 £50,000 -1.96% 18
South East -4 135 £50,000 +8.11% 18
Midlands +13 113 £45,000 +12.50% 9
Yorkshire +22 107 £50,000 +33.33% 4
London -15 98 £70,000 +16.67% 12
West Midlands +9 73 £45,000 -18.92% 4
South West -58 60 £50,000 -13.04% 19
North West -7 57 £47,500 -9.52% 11
East of England -22 41 £25,000 -28.57% 7
East Midlands -16 40 £37,500 -6.25% 5
North East -45 9 £45,000 +66.67% 3
Wales -48 8 £35,000 -30.00% 2
Northern Ireland -31 1 - -

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 60 (8.85%) WordPress
2 33 (4.87%) CMS
3 16 (2.36%) ColdFusion
4 12 (1.77%) Apache
4 12 (1.77%) nginx
5 9 (1.33%) Drupal
6 6 (0.88%) Confluence
6 6 (0.88%) Microsoft Exchange
7 5 (0.74%) IIS
8 4 (0.59%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.29%) Liferay
9 2 (0.29%) Moodle
9 2 (0.29%) SharePoint
10 1 (0.15%) Apache Airflow
10 1 (0.15%) Joomla!
10 1 (0.15%) Tomcat
Applications
1 7 (1.03%) Photoshop
2 4 (0.59%) Adobe Illustrator
2 4 (0.59%) Microsoft Excel
3 1 (0.15%) AutoCAD
3 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Office
3 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 15 (2.21%) Shopify
2 13 (1.92%) Magento
3 5 (0.74%) Infor M3
4 4 (0.59%) Line 50
5 2 (0.29%) Payment Gateway
6 1 (0.15%) CiviCRM
6 1 (0.15%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 155 (22.86%) AWS
2 134 (19.76%) Azure
3 61 (9.00%) SaaS
4 23 (3.39%) GitHub
5 21 (3.10%) Figma
6 15 (2.21%) GCP
6 15 (2.21%) Serverless
7 12 (1.77%) Power Platform
8 11 (1.62%) Amazon EC2
9 9 (1.33%) Amazon S3
9 9 (1.33%) AWS Lambda
10 8 (1.18%) Amazon ECS
11 7 (1.03%) Microsoft 365
11 7 (1.03%) Stripe
12 6 (0.88%) Azure DevOps
12 6 (0.88%) GitHub Actions
13 5 (0.74%) Azure Stack
13 5 (0.74%) Slack
14 4 (0.59%) Amazon CloudWatch
14 4 (0.59%) DigitalOcean
Communications & Networking
1 21 (3.10%) Internet
2 13 (1.92%) DNS
3 9 (1.33%) VoIP
4 8 (1.18%) TCP/IP
5 7 (1.03%) HTTP
6 6 (0.88%) Network Security
7 4 (0.59%) DHCP
7 4 (0.59%) VPN
7 4 (0.59%) Wi-Fi
8 3 (0.44%) Intranet
8 3 (0.44%) LAN
8 3 (0.44%) WAN
9 2 (0.29%) Asterisk PBX
9 2 (0.29%) SSL
10 1 (0.15%) Broadband
10 1 (0.15%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 141 (20.80%) MySQL
2 88 (12.98%) SQL Server
3 26 (3.83%) PostgreSQL
3 26 (3.83%) Relational Database
4 19 (2.80%) MariaDB
5 14 (2.06%) NoSQL
6 13 (1.92%) MongoDB
7 11 (1.62%) Amazon RDS
8 5 (0.74%) Redis
9 4 (0.59%) FileMaker
9 4 (0.59%) Metadata
10 3 (0.44%) Apache Cassandra
10 3 (0.44%) Elasticsearch
10 3 (0.44%) Power BI
11 2 (0.29%) Amazon Athena
11 2 (0.29%) DynamoDB
11 2 (0.29%) Neo4j
11 2 (0.29%) phpMyAdmin
11 2 (0.29%) RDBMS
12 1 (0.15%) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications
1 83 (12.24%) Git
2 20 (2.95%) JIRA
3 9 (1.33%) PHPUnit
4 7 (1.03%) Claude Code
4 7 (1.03%) GitLab
5 6 (0.88%) Bitbucket
5 6 (0.88%) Postman
6 5 (0.74%) Vite
7 4 (0.59%) Cypress.io
8 3 (0.44%) Jenkins
9 2 (0.29%) Selenium
9 2 (0.29%) Terragrunt
9 2 (0.29%) webpack
10 1 (0.15%) Browser DevTools
10 1 (0.15%) CircleCI
10 1 (0.15%) Gatling
10 1 (0.15%) gulp
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle Forms
10 1 (0.15%) SonarQube
10 1 (0.15%) TeamCity
General
1 128 (18.88%) Social Skills
2 81 (11.95%) Finance
3 22 (3.24%) Marketing
4 21 (3.10%) Analytical Skills
5 12 (1.77%) Tech for Good
6 11 (1.62%) Public Sector
7 8 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
7 8 (1.18%) Retail
8 6 (0.88%) Documentation Skills
8 6 (0.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 5 (0.74%) Advertising
9 5 (0.74%) Games
9 5 (0.74%) Health Technology
9 5 (0.74%) Law
9 5 (0.74%) Pharmaceutical
10 4 (0.59%) Legal
10 4 (0.59%) Presentation Skills
10 4 (0.59%) Telecoms
11 3 (0.44%) Back Office
11 3 (0.44%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 468 (69.03%) Developer
2 238 (35.10%) PHP Developer
3 154 (22.71%) Senior
4 124 (18.29%) Software Developer
5 121 (17.85%) Senior Developer
6 95 (14.01%) Graduate
7 82 (12.09%) Graduate Developer
8 80 (11.80%) Graduate Software Developer
9 67 (9.88%) Software Engineer
10 64 (9.44%) C# Developer
10 64 (9.44%) C# Software Developer
10 64 (9.44%) Graduate C# Developer
10 64 (9.44%) Graduate C# Software Developer
11 62 (9.14%) Full-Stack Developer
11 62 (9.14%) Graduate SQL Developer
11 62 (9.14%) SQL Developer
12 53 (7.82%) Graduate PHP Developer
13 51 (7.52%) Senior PHP Developer
14 50 (7.37%) Web Developer
15 46 (6.78%) PHP Laravel Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 186 (27.43%) Laravel
2 182 (26.84%) CSS
3 145 (21.39%) HTML
4 74 (10.91%) Vue
5 72 (10.62%) jQuery
6 66 (9.73%) React
7 55 (8.11%) .NET
8 43 (6.34%) Node.js
9 31 (4.57%) RESTful
10 25 (3.69%) REST
11 21 (3.10%) Symfony
11 21 (3.10%) Tailwind CSS
12 20 (2.95%) HTML5
13 19 (2.80%) CSS3
14 18 (2.65%) JSON
15 17 (2.51%) AngularJS
15 17 (2.51%) LAMP
16 11 (1.62%) Sass
17 10 (1.47%) Jest
18 9 (1.33%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 28 (4.13%) Legacy Systems
1 28 (4.13%) Virtual Team
2 20 (2.95%) Cloud Native
3 15 (2.21%) Greenfield Project
4 10 (1.47%) Distributed Systems
4 10 (1.47%) Mobile App
4 10 (1.47%) Onboarding
5 9 (1.33%) CCTV
5 9 (1.33%) Educational Technology
6 7 (1.03%) AI Agents
6 7 (1.03%) Analytical Mindset
6 7 (1.03%) Product Ownership
6 7 (1.03%) Social Media
7 5 (0.74%) Driving Licence
7 5 (0.74%) IoT
7 5 (0.74%) Robotics
8 4 (0.59%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (0.59%) Linux Command Line
9 3 (0.44%) Legacy Applications
9 3 (0.44%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 55 (8.11%) Linux
2 22 (3.24%) Windows
3 15 (2.21%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 12 (1.77%) CentOS
5 11 (1.62%) Windows Server
6 10 (1.47%) Ubuntu
7 6 (0.88%) Debian
8 5 (0.74%) Windows Server 2019
9 4 (0.59%) Mac OS
9 4 (0.59%) Unix
9 4 (0.59%) Windows 10
10 2 (0.29%) Android
10 2 (0.29%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.15%) Alpine Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 155 (22.86%) Agile
2 126 (18.58%) Computer Science
3 101 (14.90%) Software Engineering
4 98 (14.45%) Full-Stack Development
5 92 (13.57%) Problem-Solving
6 87 (12.83%) Web Development
7 69 (10.18%) CI/CD
8 58 (8.55%) Mentoring
9 57 (8.41%) DevOps
10 54 (7.96%) OOP
11 52 (7.67%) Clean Code
12 50 (7.37%) E-Commerce
12 50 (7.37%) MVC
13 46 (6.78%) Microservices
14 43 (6.34%) AI
15 42 (6.19%) User Experience
16 36 (5.31%) Continuous Improvement
17 35 (5.16%) OO
18 32 (4.72%) SEO
19 31 (4.57%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 195 (28.76%) JavaScript
2 157 (23.16%) SQL
3 113 (16.67%) C#
4 85 (12.54%) Python
5 56 (8.26%) TypeScript
6 51 (7.52%) Java
7 30 (4.42%) C++
8 20 (2.95%) Go
9 19 (2.80%) Bash
10 12 (1.77%) PowerShell
11 9 (1.33%) Perl
12 5 (0.74%) VBA
13 4 (0.59%) Delphi
13 4 (0.59%) Pascal
14 3 (0.44%) CFML
14 3 (0.44%) Rust
14 3 (0.44%) Scala
15 2 (0.29%) Ruby
16 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.15%) VB6
Qualifications
1 99 (14.60%) Degree
2 87 (12.83%) Computer Science Degree
3 9 (1.33%) Security Cleared
4 4 (0.59%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.29%) Azure Certification
5 2 (0.29%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.15%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.15%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
6 1 (0.15%) DV Cleared
6 1 (0.15%) HNC
6 1 (0.15%) HND
6 1 (0.15%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
6 1 (0.15%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.15%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 39 (5.75%) Accessibility
2 18 (2.65%) QA
3 7 (1.03%) ISO 9001
4 5 (0.74%) GDPR
4 5 (0.74%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 5 (0.74%) WCAG
5 4 (0.59%) ISO 14001
6 3 (0.44%) PCI DSS
7 2 (0.29%) SLA
8 1 (0.15%) NCSC
8 1 (0.15%) Software Quality Assurance
System Software
1 50 (7.37%) Docker
2 4 (0.59%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.44%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 27 (3.98%) Kubernetes
2 20 (2.95%) Terraform
3 13 (1.92%) Ansible
4 5 (0.74%) Docker Swarm
4 5 (0.74%) Nagios
4 5 (0.74%) Podman
5 3 (0.44%) Plesk
6 1 (0.15%) Consul
6 1 (0.15%) Grafana
6 1 (0.15%) Kibana
6 1 (0.15%) Packer
6 1 (0.15%) Progress Chef
6 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.15%) Puppet
6 1 (0.15%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 38 (5.60%) Microsoft
2 20 (2.95%) Adobe
3 14 (2.06%) Google
4 8 (1.18%) WooCommerce
5 6 (0.88%) Apple
5 6 (0.88%) Sage
6 5 (0.74%) HubSpot
6 5 (0.74%) Splunk
7 4 (0.59%) OpenAI
8 3 (0.44%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.29%) BT
9 2 (0.29%) Dynatrace
9 2 (0.29%) MuleSoft
9 2 (0.29%) PayPal
9 2 (0.29%) Salesforce
10 1 (0.15%) Meraki
10 1 (0.15%) New Relic
10 1 (0.15%) Oracle
10 1 (0.15%) SAP
10 1 (0.15%) TOWER Software