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 17 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 382 | 341 | 161 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -41 | -180 | +49 |
| Permanent jobs citing PHP | 555 | 380 | 1,142 |
| As % of all permanent jobs in the UK | 0.46% | 0.78% | 1.64% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.98% | 3.11% | 5.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 468 | 276 | 713 |
| 10th Percentile | £24,000 | £25,000 | £31,250 |
| 25th Percentile | £39,000 | £32,406 | £37,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £50,000 | £44,500 | £50,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +12.36% | -11.00% | -4.76% |
| 75th Percentile | £62,500 | £60,000 | £61,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £77,500 | £77,500 | £73,950 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £50,000 | £40,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +25.00% | -15.79% | -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.
| 6 months to 17 Oct 2026 |
Same period 2025 | Same period 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 18,644 | 12,220 | 22,000 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 15.57% | 25.01% | 31.51% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 13,208 | 8,073 | 13,205 |
| 10th Percentile | £40,000 | £32,500 | £37,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £50,000 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £65,000 | £62,500 | £65,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +4.00% | -3.85% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £83,750 | £83,750 | £85,000 |
| 90th Percentile | £100,000 | £110,000 | £110,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £60,000 | £55,000 | £55,000 |
| % change year-on-year | +9.09% | - | - |
PHP Job Vacancy Trend
Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PHP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.
PHP Salary Trend
Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing PHP.
PHP Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP over the 6 months to 17 October 2026.
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 17 October 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 | -26 | 501 | £50,000 | +11.11% | 311 |
| UK excluding London | -33 | 433 | £50,000 | +25.00% | 180 |
| Work from Home | -51 | 220 | £45,000 | +12.50% | 185 |
| South East | +24 | 161 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 48 |
| North of England | -11 | 131 | £50,000 | +19.05% | 49 |
| Yorkshire | +10 | 85 | £50,000 | +29.03% | 20 |
| London | -59 | 79 | £75,000 | +30.43% | 129 |
| South West | -50 | 51 | £53,750 | -4.44% | 17 |
| North West | -30 | 39 | £50,000 | -9.09% | 21 |
| East of England | -23 | 38 | £42,500 | +17.24% | 22 |
| Midlands | -87 | 38 | £37,500 | -6.25% | 28 |
| West Midlands | -62 | 21 | £37,500 | -3.85% | 16 |
| East Midlands | -46 | 17 | £38,750 | -3.13% | 12 |
| Scotland | +13 | 7 | £40,000 | -43.86% | 5 |
| North East | -63 | 7 | £31,000 | +24.00% | 8 |
| Wales | -70 | 6 | £45,000 | -18.18% | 7 |
| Northern Ireland | -79 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
PHP Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category
The table below expands on the one above by listing co-occurrences one category at a time. It covers the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences in each category.
Programming Languages
| Rank | Skill | Share | Job Ads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | JavaScript | 34.4% | 191 |
| 2 | SQL | 25.4% | 141 |
| 3 | C# | 16.9% | 94 |
| 4 | Python | 16.0% | 89 |
| 5 | Java | 9.0% | 50 |
| 6 | TypeScript | 7.6% | 42 |
| 7 | Bash | 5.9% | 33 |
| 8 | Ruby | 4.1% | 23 |
| 9 | Perl | 2.9% | 16 |
| 10 | PowerShell | 2.3% | 13 |
| 11 | C++ | 2.2% | 12 |
| 12 | Go | 1.8% | 10 |
| 13 | C | 1.3% | 7 |
| 14 | Kotlin | 0.5% | 3 |
| 14 | Swift | 0.5% | 3 |
| 16 | VBA | 0.4% | 2 |
| 17 | CFML | 0.2% | 1 |
| 17 | Scala | 0.2% | 1 |
| 17 | Shell Script | 0.2% | 1 |