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

6 months to
20 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 325 166 199
Rank change year-on-year -159 +33 -6
Permanent jobs citing PHP 395 1,103 920
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.74% 1.64% 1.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.28% 5.14% 4.35%
Number of salaries quoted 342 694 801
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 £62,438 £61,250 £66,250
90th Percentile £78,625 £75,000 £77,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £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 12,032 21,446 21,129
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 22.67% 31.92% 40.81%
Number of salaries quoted 8,638 12,721 17,353
10th Percentile £32,500 £37,500 £39,500
25th Percentile £45,000 £47,500 £47,788
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 £108,750 £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 20 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 20 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 -140 351 £50,000 - 416
UK excluding London -152 278 £45,000 -5.26% 335
Work from Home -35 196 £40,000 -15.79% 219
London 0 82 £60,000 - 109
North of England -76 66 £42,000 -6.67% 83
Midlands -2 64 £40,000 +8.11% 68
South East -94 58 £55,000 +4.76% 86
East of England -47 46 £37,500 -21.05% 34
West Midlands +3 42 £39,000 -8.24% 46
Yorkshire -1 32 £40,000 -11.11% 33
South West -66 32 £60,000 +17.07% 52
North West -67 30 £55,000 +22.22% 48
East Midlands -5 25 £40,000 +14.29% 22
Scotland -32 6 £60,000 +9.09% 12
North East -12 4 £25,000 -41.18% 3
Wales -19 4 £55,000 +69.23% 4
Northern Ireland +2 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 (7.09%) WordPress
2 22 (5.57%) Apache
3 18 (4.56%) IIS
4 14 (3.54%) CMS
5 8 (2.03%) Apache Solr
6 7 (1.77%) nginx
7 5 (1.27%) Anypoint
8 3 (0.76%) Drupal
8 3 (0.76%) SharePoint
9 2 (0.51%) Confluence
9 2 (0.51%) Headless CMS
9 2 (0.51%) Microsoft Exchange
10 1 (0.25%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 8 (2.03%) Adobe Illustrator
1 8 (2.03%) Photoshop
2 7 (1.77%) Adobe XD
3 5 (1.27%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (1.01%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.76%) Elementor
6 2 (0.51%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.25%) InDesign
7 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Project
7 1 (0.25%) Sketch
Business Applications
1 8 (2.03%) Infor M3
2 7 (1.77%) Magento
3 4 (1.01%) Shopify
4 3 (0.76%) SAP Business One
5 2 (0.51%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.51%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 99 (25.06%) AWS
2 98 (24.81%) Azure
3 42 (10.63%) SaaS
4 19 (4.81%) GCP
5 18 (4.56%) GitHub
6 10 (2.53%) Power Automate
7 9 (2.28%) Power Platform
8 8 (2.03%) Cloudflare
9 7 (1.77%) Figma
10 6 (1.52%) Cloud Computing
10 6 (1.52%) Entra ID
10 6 (1.52%) npm
10 6 (1.52%) Serverless
11 5 (1.27%) Azure DevOps
11 5 (1.27%) Azure Machine Learning
11 5 (1.27%) Datadog
11 5 (1.27%) Google Analytics
11 5 (1.27%) Microsoft 365
11 5 (1.27%) PowerApps
12 4 (1.01%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.53%) Internet
2 7 (1.77%) Intrusion Detection
3 5 (1.27%) DNS
4 4 (1.01%) Intranet
5 3 (0.76%) HTTP
6 1 (0.25%) Broadband
6 1 (0.25%) DHCP
6 1 (0.25%) FTP
6 1 (0.25%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.25%) IPsec
6 1 (0.25%) IPv6
6 1 (0.25%) RFID
6 1 (0.25%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.25%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 162 (41.01%) MySQL
2 76 (19.24%) SQL Server
3 21 (5.32%) Relational Database
4 20 (5.06%) PostgreSQL
5 12 (3.04%) MariaDB
6 11 (2.78%) Elasticsearch
7 7 (1.77%) Redis
8 5 (1.27%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.01%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.76%) Power BI
11 2 (0.51%) GIS
12 1 (0.25%) Amazon Aurora
12 1 (0.25%) Amazon RDS
12 1 (0.25%) Azure SQL Database
12 1 (0.25%) Couchbase
12 1 (0.25%) Mixpanel
12 1 (0.25%) PostHog
12 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Analysis Services
12 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Integration Services
12 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 63 (15.95%) Git
2 16 (4.05%) JIRA
3 14 (3.54%) Postman
4 9 (2.28%) Cucumber
4 9 (2.28%) Selenium
4 9 (2.28%) SoapUI
5 5 (1.27%) PHPUnit
6 4 (1.01%) Browser DevTools
7 3 (0.76%) git-flow
7 3 (0.76%) Vite
7 3 (0.76%) webpack
8 2 (0.51%) GitLab
8 2 (0.51%) Jenkins
9 1 (0.25%) Bitbucket
9 1 (0.25%) Cypress.io
9 1 (0.25%) MSBuild
9 1 (0.25%) MSI
9 1 (0.25%) PhpStorm
9 1 (0.25%) Snyk
9 1 (0.25%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 132 (33.42%) Social Skills
2 73 (18.48%) Finance
3 23 (5.82%) Law
4 19 (4.81%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 16 (4.05%) Analytical Skills
6 14 (3.54%) Marketing
7 13 (3.29%) Games
8 8 (2.03%) Documentation Skills
9 7 (1.77%) Automotive
9 7 (1.77%) Organisational Skills
10 6 (1.52%) Health Technology
11 5 (1.27%) Legal
11 5 (1.27%) Retail
12 4 (1.01%) Public Sector
13 3 (0.76%) Pharmaceutical
14 2 (0.51%) Mandarin Language
14 2 (0.51%) Manufacturing
15 1 (0.25%) Advertising
15 1 (0.25%) Banking
15 1 (0.25%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 236 (59.75%) Developer
2 103 (26.08%) PHP Developer
3 61 (15.44%) Graduate
4 55 (13.92%) Graduate Developer
5 49 (12.41%) Senior
6 46 (11.65%) Software Developer
7 43 (10.89%) Senior Developer
8 39 (9.87%) Lead
9 35 (8.86%) IT Graduate
10 25 (6.33%) C# Developer
11 24 (6.08%) Graduate C# Developer
11 24 (6.08%) Graduate PHP Developer
12 23 (5.82%) SQL Developer
13 22 (5.57%) Graduate SQL Developer
13 22 (5.57%) Software Engineer
14 21 (5.32%) Azure Developer
14 21 (5.32%) Graduate Software Developer
14 21 (5.32%) PHP Laravel Developer
15 20 (5.06%) Full-Stack Developer
16 18 (4.56%) Web Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 139 (35.19%) CSS
2 102 (25.82%) Laravel
3 97 (24.56%) HTML
4 64 (16.20%) jQuery
5 60 (15.19%) React
6 58 (14.68%) .NET
7 54 (13.67%) Symfony
8 38 (9.62%) ASP.NET
9 36 (9.11%) Vue
10 28 (7.09%) REST
11 25 (6.33%) RESTful
12 24 (6.08%) Node.js
13 22 (5.57%) LAMP
14 17 (4.30%) HTML5
15 16 (4.05%) CakePHP
16 14 (3.54%) CodeIgniter
16 14 (3.54%) SOAP
17 13 (3.29%) CSS3
17 13 (3.29%) Tailwind CSS
18 10 (2.53%) AngularJS
Miscellaneous
1 21 (5.32%) CCTV
2 18 (4.56%) Legacy Systems
3 17 (4.30%) Driving Licence
4 15 (3.80%) Product Ownership
5 14 (3.54%) Virtual Team
6 12 (3.04%) Linux Command Line
7 10 (2.53%) IoT
8 9 (2.28%) Cloud Native
8 9 (2.28%) Mobile App
9 8 (2.03%) Legacy Code
9 8 (2.03%) Self-Motivation
10 6 (1.52%) Onboarding
11 5 (1.27%) Educational Technology
11 5 (1.27%) Mobile Games
11 5 (1.27%) NHS
12 4 (1.01%) e-Learning
12 4 (1.01%) Hybrid Cloud
13 3 (0.76%) Low-Code
14 2 (0.51%) Distributed Systems
14 2 (0.51%) Web Conferencing
Operating Systems
1 49 (12.41%) Linux
2 18 (4.56%) Windows
3 11 (2.78%) CentOS
3 11 (2.78%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 10 (2.53%) Windows Server
5 7 (1.77%) Android
5 7 (1.77%) Apple iOS
6 1 (0.25%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 127 (32.15%) Agile
1 127 (32.15%) Problem-Solving
2 76 (19.24%) MVC
3 72 (18.23%) OO
4 70 (17.72%) Computer Science
4 70 (17.72%) OOP
5 52 (13.16%) Full-Stack Development
5 52 (13.16%) Software Engineering
6 48 (12.15%) CI/CD
7 44 (11.14%) Web Development
8 43 (10.89%) DevOps
9 41 (10.38%) Continuous Improvement
9 41 (10.38%) Test Automation
10 36 (9.11%) Mentoring
11 34 (8.61%) User Experience
12 30 (7.59%) Clean Code
12 30 (7.59%) E-Commerce
13 28 (7.09%) AI
14 25 (6.33%) Roadmaps
15 24 (6.08%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 162 (41.01%) JavaScript
2 117 (29.62%) SQL
3 87 (22.03%) C#
4 69 (17.47%) Java
5 68 (17.22%) Python
6 46 (11.65%) C++
7 44 (11.14%) TypeScript
8 17 (4.30%) Go
9 7 (1.77%) Kotlin
10 5 (1.27%) DataWeave
10 5 (1.27%) VBA
11 4 (1.01%) Perl
11 4 (1.01%) PowerShell
12 3 (0.76%) C
12 3 (0.76%) T-SQL
13 2 (0.51%) Bash
13 2 (0.51%) Ruby
14 1 (0.25%) Rust
14 1 (0.25%) Scala
14 1 (0.25%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 76 (19.24%) Degree
2 64 (16.20%) Computer Science Degree
3 8 (2.03%) Master's Degree
3 8 (2.03%) Security Cleared
4 7 (1.77%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.25%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.25%) BPSS Clearance
5 1 (0.25%) MCSE
5 1 (0.25%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.25%) MySQL Certification
5 1 (0.25%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (5.57%) QA
2 9 (2.28%) Accessibility
3 8 (2.03%) GDPR
4 7 (1.77%) SLA
5 2 (0.51%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 1 (0.25%) California Consumer Privacy Act
6 1 (0.25%) PMO
System Software
1 33 (8.35%) Docker
2 1 (0.25%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 18 (4.56%) Ansible
2 12 (3.04%) Kubernetes
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
7 1 (0.25%) WMI
Vendors
1 40 (10.13%) Microsoft
2 19 (4.81%) Oracle
3 13 (3.29%) Salesforce
4 11 (2.78%) Adobe
4 11 (2.78%) Google
4 11 (2.78%) HubSpot
5 9 (2.28%) ServiceNow
6 6 (1.52%) OpenAI
7 5 (1.27%) Cisco
7 5 (1.27%) Meraki
7 5 (1.27%) MuleSoft
7 5 (1.27%) WooCommerce
8 3 (0.76%) SAP
9 2 (0.51%) Netlify
9 2 (0.51%) Zend
10 1 (0.25%) AppDynamics
10 1 (0.25%) Databricks
10 1 (0.25%) PayPal
10 1 (0.25%) Progress
10 1 (0.25%) RedGate