PHP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring PHP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited PHP over the 6 months leading up to 9 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 191 223 159
Rank change year-on-year +32 -64 -82
Permanent jobs citing PHP 1,176 978 3,591
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.49% 1.60% 2.49%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.98% 3.94% 5.05%
Number of salaries quoted 740 861 2,152
10th Percentile £31,250 £33,750 £33,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - +10.53%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £82,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +11.11%

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 23,631 24,806 71,120
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 29.97% 40.65% 49.36%
Number of salaries quoted 13,763 19,234 38,730
10th Percentile £37,500 £39,500 £37,500
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +4.00% +4.17%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £108,750 £105,000 £101,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - +10.00%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PHP in the UK

PHP
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PHP.

Salary trend for PHP in the UK

PHP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP over the 6 months to 9 October 2024.

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 9 October 2024. 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 +29 1,094 £50,000 -5.66% 332
UK excluding London +47 1,018 £47,500 -5.00% 299
Work from Home -3 432 £47,500 -9.52% 235
South East -31 259 £52,500 +5.00% 75
North of England +41 249 £45,000 -10.00% 80
Midlands +74 170 £42,500 -15.00% 61
North West +42 168 £45,000 -10.00% 36
South West +14 146 £47,250 -5.50% 33
London -55 129 £62,500 +4.17% 63
East of England +34 127 £47,500 -20.83% 31
West Midlands +58 109 £42,500 -15.00% 36
East Midlands +6 61 £42,500 -22.73% 25
Yorkshire -1 56 £45,000 -10.00% 26
Scotland +2 35 £55,000 +18.92% 11
Wales +54 29 £32,500 -33.33% 10
North East -16 25 £38,750 +3.33% 18
Northern Ireland +19 4 £29,000 -49.57% 5

PHP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 153 (13.01%) WordPress
2 111 (9.44%) CMS
3 48 (4.08%) Apache
4 36 (3.06%) Drupal
5 35 (2.98%) nginx
6 22 (1.87%) Confluence
7 15 (1.28%) Totara
8 14 (1.19%) Moodle
9 6 (0.51%) SharePoint
10 5 (0.43%) ColdFusion
11 4 (0.34%) Headless CMS
11 4 (0.34%) IIS
11 4 (0.34%) Joomla!
11 4 (0.34%) Oracle Application Server
12 3 (0.26%) Apache Solr
13 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Exchange
14 1 (0.085%) Apache Spark
14 1 (0.085%) Cloud Foundry
14 1 (0.085%) PrestaShop
14 1 (0.085%) Tomcat
Applications
1 23 (1.96%) Photoshop
2 21 (1.79%) Adobe XD
3 17 (1.45%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 17 (1.45%) Adobe Illustrator
4 13 (1.11%) Sketch
5 8 (0.68%) Elementor
6 7 (0.60%) Simulink
7 4 (0.34%) InVision
7 4 (0.34%) Zeplin
8 2 (0.17%) InDesign
8 2 (0.17%) Microsoft Excel
8 2 (0.17%) Spreadsheet
9 1 (0.085%) Microsoft Office
9 1 (0.085%) SketchUp
9 1 (0.085%) SOLIDWORKS
Business Applications
1 47 (4.00%) Magento
2 36 (3.06%) Shopify
3 18 (1.53%) Payment Gateway
4 9 (0.77%) Salesforce CRM
4 9 (0.77%) SAP ERP
4 9 (0.77%) SAP SD
5 4 (0.34%) NetSuite
6 3 (0.26%) Sage 200
7 1 (0.085%) WebTrends
Cloud Services
1 316 (26.87%) AWS
2 140 (11.90%) SaaS
3 110 (9.35%) GitHub
4 104 (8.84%) Azure
5 92 (7.82%) GCP
6 39 (3.32%) Azure DevOps
7 32 (2.72%) npm
8 27 (2.30%) Serverless
9 20 (1.70%) Figma
10 19 (1.62%) Google Analytics
11 17 (1.45%) Datadog
11 17 (1.45%) GitHub Actions
11 17 (1.45%) Slack
11 17 (1.45%) Zapier
12 15 (1.28%) Microsoft 365
13 14 (1.19%) PaaS
14 12 (1.02%) Amazon S3
14 12 (1.02%) Power Platform
15 10 (0.85%) Adobe Creative Cloud
15 10 (0.85%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.81%) Internet
2 18 (1.53%) Wi-Fi
3 15 (1.28%) DNS
4 12 (1.02%) Wireless
5 9 (0.77%) Firewall
5 9 (0.77%) HTTP
5 9 (0.77%) LAN
5 9 (0.77%) SNMP
5 9 (0.77%) WAN
6 8 (0.68%) BGP
6 8 (0.68%) MPLS
6 8 (0.68%) OSPF
7 6 (0.51%) Network Security
7 6 (0.51%) SSH
8 5 (0.43%) Modbus
9 4 (0.34%) SMTP
10 3 (0.26%) SMS
10 3 (0.26%) TCP/IP
11 2 (0.17%) AMQP
11 2 (0.17%) RSVP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 570 (48.47%) MySQL
2 105 (8.93%) SQL Server
3 78 (6.63%) PostgreSQL
4 53 (4.51%) Relational Database
5 28 (2.38%) NoSQL
6 24 (2.04%) MongoDB
7 23 (1.96%) MariaDB
8 21 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
9 19 (1.62%) Azure SQL Database
10 18 (1.53%) SQLite
11 17 (1.45%) Redis
12 15 (1.28%) Data Warehouse
13 12 (1.02%) Power BI
14 10 (0.85%) Big Data
15 8 (0.68%) Amazon RDS
16 7 (0.60%) RDBMS
17 5 (0.43%) Amazon Redshift
17 5 (0.43%) Tableau
18 4 (0.34%) Oracle BI EE
18 4 (0.34%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 366 (31.12%) Git
2 57 (4.85%) JIRA
3 56 (4.76%) Selenium
4 52 (4.42%) PHPUnit
5 43 (3.66%) Bitbucket
6 35 (2.98%) Jenkins
7 31 (2.64%) Cypress.io
8 27 (2.30%) GitLab
9 23 (1.96%) webpack
10 21 (1.79%) Grunt
11 13 (1.11%) Mercurial
12 8 (0.68%) gulp
13 7 (0.60%) Mocha
13 7 (0.60%) Visual Studio
14 5 (0.43%) Babel
14 5 (0.43%) Postman
14 5 (0.43%) rollup.js
14 5 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
15 4 (0.34%) Crucible
15 4 (0.34%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 277 (23.55%) Social Skills
2 103 (8.76%) Finance
3 95 (8.08%) Marketing
4 82 (6.97%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (4.17%) Retail
6 31 (2.64%) Tech for Good
7 23 (1.96%) Automotive
8 21 (1.79%) Games
9 18 (1.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 18 (1.53%) Pharmaceutical
10 17 (1.45%) Law
11 14 (1.19%) Organisational Skills
12 13 (1.11%) Health Technology
13 12 (1.02%) Legal
13 12 (1.02%) Manufacturing
14 11 (0.94%) Electronics
15 9 (0.77%) Telecoms
16 7 (0.60%) Advertising
17 3 (0.26%) Banking
17 3 (0.26%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 907 (77.13%) Developer
2 482 (40.99%) PHP Developer
3 292 (24.83%) Senior
4 222 (18.88%) Senior Developer
5 165 (14.03%) Web Developer
6 160 (13.61%) Full-Stack Developer
7 114 (9.69%) Senior PHP Developer
8 89 (7.57%) Software Engineer
9 71 (6.04%) Lead
10 70 (5.95%) PHP Web Developer
11 67 (5.70%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
12 62 (5.27%) WordPress Developer
13 46 (3.91%) Senior Web Developer
14 41 (3.49%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 40 (3.40%) PHP Laravel Developer
16 37 (3.15%) Software Developer
17 33 (2.81%) Senior Software Engineer
18 31 (2.64%) React Developer
19 30 (2.55%) Backend Developer
20 29 (2.47%) Senior Front-End Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 545 (46.34%) HTML
2 502 (42.69%) CSS
3 428 (36.39%) Laravel
4 326 (27.72%) React
5 214 (18.20%) Vue
6 182 (15.48%) Symfony
7 132 (11.22%) jQuery
8 130 (11.05%) HTML5
9 121 (10.29%) Node.js
10 111 (9.44%) LAMP
11 84 (7.14%) .NET
11 84 (7.14%) AngularJS
11 84 (7.14%) CSS3
12 80 (6.80%) Sass
13 73 (6.21%) RESTful
14 61 (5.19%) REST
15 57 (4.85%) Web Services
16 42 (3.57%) CakePHP
17 38 (3.23%) Jest
18 31 (2.64%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 42 (3.57%) Greenfield Project
2 37 (3.15%) Cybercrime
3 36 (3.06%) Mobile App
4 35 (2.98%) IoT
5 27 (2.30%) Legacy Code
6 26 (2.21%) Product Ownership
6 26 (2.21%) Self-Motivation
6 26 (2.21%) Virtual Team
7 19 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
8 14 (1.19%) e-Learning
9 13 (1.11%) Graphic Design
10 12 (1.02%) Algorithms
10 12 (1.02%) Onboarding
10 12 (1.02%) Social Media
11 11 (0.94%) Data Centre
11 11 (0.94%) Enterprise Software
12 8 (0.68%) Distributed Systems
12 8 (0.68%) Linux Command Line
12 8 (0.68%) Management Information System
13 7 (0.60%) Educational Technology
Operating Systems
1 176 (14.97%) Linux
2 40 (3.40%) Windows
3 17 (1.45%) Android
3 17 (1.45%) Apple iOS
3 17 (1.45%) Ubuntu
4 13 (1.11%) Windows Server
5 12 (1.02%) CentOS
6 9 (0.77%) Windows Server 2019
7 6 (0.51%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 6 (0.51%) Unix
8 3 (0.26%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.085%) Alpine Linux
9 1 (0.085%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 305 (25.94%) Web Development
2 303 (25.77%) Full-Stack Development
3 253 (21.51%) Agile
4 244 (20.75%) Problem-Solving
5 202 (17.18%) Software Engineering
6 201 (17.09%) E-Commerce
7 165 (14.03%) OOP
8 143 (12.16%) Computer Science
8 143 (12.16%) OO
9 139 (11.82%) User Experience
10 132 (11.22%) DevOps
11 128 (10.88%) MVC
12 107 (9.10%) Front End Development
13 94 (7.99%) CI/CD
14 90 (7.65%) TDD
15 82 (6.97%) Clean Code
16 78 (6.63%) Cybersecurity
16 78 (6.63%) Mentoring
16 78 (6.63%) Project Management
17 73 (6.21%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 696 (59.18%) JavaScript
2 207 (17.60%) SQL
3 143 (12.16%) TypeScript
4 132 (11.22%) Python
5 95 (8.08%) C#
6 88 (7.48%) Java
7 45 (3.83%) C++
8 32 (2.72%) Go
9 29 (2.47%) C
10 16 (1.36%) Bash
10 16 (1.36%) PowerShell
10 16 (1.36%) T-SQL
11 15 (1.28%) Perl
12 14 (1.19%) Objective-C
13 12 (1.02%) Ruby
14 9 (0.77%) Shell Script
15 8 (0.68%) Kotlin
16 7 (0.60%) MATLAB
16 7 (0.60%) VB
17 5 (0.43%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 167 (14.20%) Degree
2 77 (6.55%) Computer Science Degree
3 12 (1.02%) Security Cleared
4 10 (0.85%) Master's Degree
4 10 (0.85%) Microsoft Certification
5 8 (0.68%) CCNP
5 8 (0.68%) Cisco Certification
6 6 (0.51%) JNCIS
7 5 (0.43%) CTC Cleared
7 5 (0.43%) DV Cleared
7 5 (0.43%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.26%) Azure Certification
9 2 (0.17%) JNCIP
9 2 (0.17%) Numerate Degree
9 2 (0.17%) NVQ Level 3
10 1 (0.085%) AWS Certification
10 1 (0.085%) BPSS Clearance
10 1 (0.085%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 35 (2.98%) Accessibility
2 29 (2.47%) WCAG
3 18 (1.53%) QA
4 10 (0.85%) GDPR
5 7 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 6 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials
6 6 (0.51%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
7 5 (0.43%) PCI DSS
8 4 (0.34%) Data Quality
9 1 (0.085%) Sarbanes-Oxley
9 1 (0.085%) SLA
System Software
1 200 (17.01%) Docker
2 9 (0.77%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.34%) VMware Infrastructure
4 2 (0.17%) Varnish
5 1 (0.085%) GlusterFS
5 1 (0.085%) PowerDNS
Systems Management
1 81 (6.89%) Kubernetes
2 27 (2.30%) Terraform
3 14 (1.19%) cPanel
4 8 (0.68%) Ansible
5 6 (0.51%) Grafana
6 5 (0.43%) Cacti
6 5 (0.43%) Nagios
7 4 (0.34%) Plesk
7 4 (0.34%) Proxmox
8 3 (0.26%) Galera Cluster
9 1 (0.085%) Prometheus
9 1 (0.085%) Puppet
9 1 (0.085%) systemd
Vendors
1 95 (8.08%) Google
2 34 (2.89%) WooCommerce
3 29 (2.47%) Adobe
4 24 (2.04%) Microsoft
5 20 (1.70%) Zend
6 14 (1.19%) Xamarin
7 13 (1.11%) VMware
8 12 (1.02%) Sage
8 12 (1.02%) SAP
9 10 (0.85%) Salesforce
10 9 (0.77%) OpenAI
10 9 (0.77%) Oracle
11 8 (0.68%) F5
11 8 (0.68%) New Relic
12 7 (0.60%) Atlassian
13 6 (0.51%) Openreach
14 5 (0.43%) Databricks
15 3 (0.26%) DevExpress
15 3 (0.26%) Facebook
15 3 (0.26%) Twitter