PHP Job Trends in the West Midlands

PHP
England > West Midlands

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the West Midlands requiring PHP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 131 141 151
Rank change year-on-year +10 +10 +48
Permanent jobs citing PHP 44 67 22
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.85% 1.49% 0.72%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.30% 6.00% 2.14%
Number of salaries quoted 40 24 18
10th Percentile £25,000 £31,625 £33,450
25th Percentile £32,125 £36,125 £34,125
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% +2.70% -7.50%
75th Percentile £52,500 £71,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,525 £82,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year - -6.54% +1.90%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

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 in the West Midlands.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 698 1,117 1,030
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 13.52% 24.92% 33.65%
Number of salaries quoted 568 582 907
10th Percentile £31,250 £32,500 £33,500
25th Percentile £40,875 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £68,750 £69,800 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £75,000 £77,500
England median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - -

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PHP relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

PHP job vacancy trend in the West Midlands

PHP
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PHP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the West Midlands citing PHP

PHP
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 19 December 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP in the West Midlands

PHP
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 19 December 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
Birmingham +6 20 £39,000 -40.00% 4
Staffordshire -8 8 £50,000 -14.89% 7
Warwickshire +21 2 £60,000 +41.18% 3
Solihull -3 1 £34,750 +6.92% 2
Bilston - 1 £66,500 - 1
Tipton - 1 £42,500 - 2
Wolverhampton - 1 £50,000 - 2
PHP
England

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 16 (36.36%) IIS
2 6 (13.64%) Apache
3 2 (4.55%) CMS
3 2 (4.55%) WordPress
4 1 (2.27%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (6.82%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (2.27%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (2.27%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.27%) Infor M3
1 1 (2.27%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 19 (43.18%) SaaS
2 7 (15.91%) Azure
3 6 (13.64%) AWS
4 3 (6.82%) Firebase
5 1 (2.27%) Figma
5 1 (2.27%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.27%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (40.91%) SQL Server
2 13 (29.55%) MySQL
3 3 (6.82%) PostgreSQL
3 3 (6.82%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 7 (15.91%) Git
2 4 (9.09%) Browser DevTools
2 4 (9.09%) JIRA
3 3 (6.82%) git-flow
4 1 (2.27%) PHPUnit
4 1 (2.27%) Vite
4 1 (2.27%) webpack
General
1 24 (54.55%) Social Skills
2 4 (9.09%) Health Technology
2 4 (9.09%) Pharmaceutical
3 3 (6.82%) Organisational Skills
4 2 (4.55%) Finance
5 1 (2.27%) Inclusion and Diversity
Job Titles
1 15 (34.09%) Developer
2 11 (25.00%) Software Engineer
3 10 (22.73%) Support Specialist
3 10 (22.73%) Technical Support
4 6 (13.64%) Applications Specialist
4 6 (13.64%) Applications Support
4 6 (13.64%) Applications Support Specialist
4 6 (13.64%) PHP Developer
4 6 (13.64%) Software Developer
4 6 (13.64%) Support Engineer
4 6 (13.64%) Technical Engineer
4 6 (13.64%) Technical Support Engineer
5 5 (11.36%) Graduate
6 4 (9.09%) Graduate Developer
6 4 (9.09%) Lead
6 4 (9.09%) Lead Software Engineer
6 4 (9.09%) Technical Specialist
6 4 (9.09%) Technical Support Specialist
7 3 (6.82%) Python Developer
7 3 (6.82%) Python Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (25.00%) LAMP
2 8 (18.18%) CSS
2 8 (18.18%) Laravel
3 7 (15.91%) .NET
3 7 (15.91%) REST
4 6 (13.64%) HTML
4 6 (13.64%) Vue
5 5 (11.36%) jQuery
6 4 (9.09%) Next.js
6 4 (9.09%) SOAP
6 4 (9.09%) Symfony
7 3 (6.82%) Node.js
7 3 (6.82%) React
7 3 (6.82%) React Native
8 1 (2.27%) Alpine.js
8 1 (2.27%) ASP.NET
8 1 (2.27%) HTML5
8 1 (2.27%) LEMP Stack
8 1 (2.27%) Tailwind CSS
8 1 (2.27%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 10 (22.73%) Linux Command Line
2 4 (9.09%) Onboarding
3 3 (6.82%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.27%) CCTV
4 1 (2.27%) Digital Media
4 1 (2.27%) Driving Licence
4 1 (2.27%) Product Ownership
4 1 (2.27%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 12 (27.27%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (38.64%) Computer Science
1 17 (38.64%) CRM
2 16 (36.36%) Problem-Solving
3 12 (27.27%) Software Engineering
4 10 (22.73%) Customer Experience
5 7 (15.91%) Agile
6 5 (11.36%) Full-Stack Development
7 4 (9.09%) Case Management
7 4 (9.09%) Proactive Management
7 4 (9.09%) Process Improvement
8 3 (6.82%) Analytics
8 3 (6.82%) Clean Code
8 3 (6.82%) Data Analytics
8 3 (6.82%) DevOps
8 3 (6.82%) E-Commerce
8 3 (6.82%) Mentoring
8 3 (6.82%) Mobile Application Development
8 3 (6.82%) Test Automation
8 3 (6.82%) Test Strategy
8 3 (6.82%) Trunk-Based Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (47.73%) JavaScript
2 17 (38.64%) SQL
3 12 (27.27%) Python
4 10 (22.73%) C#
5 8 (18.18%) Java
6 6 (13.64%) VBA
7 2 (4.55%) C++
8 1 (2.27%) Bash
Qualifications
1 15 (34.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 15 (34.09%) Degree
2 6 (13.64%) Master's Degree
3 1 (2.27%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (6.82%) QA
2 1 (2.27%) Accessibility
2 1 (2.27%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (2.27%) Docker
Vendors
1 16 (36.36%) Microsoft
1 16 (36.36%) Oracle
2 10 (22.73%) Salesforce
3 4 (9.09%) HubSpot
4 1 (2.27%) ServiceNow
4 1 (2.27%) Zend