PHP Jobs in the West Midlands

PHP
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for PHP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PHP over the 6 months to 27 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 138 159 102
Rank change year-on-year +21 -57 -58
Permanent jobs citing PHP 114 121 214
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.58% 1.80% 2.96%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.12% 4.89% 7.11%
Number of salaries quoted 88 59 188
10th Percentile £28,750 £36,900 £29,800
25th Percentile £37,188 £41,250 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +29.41%
75th Percentile £55,000 £61,250 £70,000
90th Percentile £71,500 - £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +11.11%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

PHP is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,862 2,474 3,011
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 25.76% 36.78% 41.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,621 1,270 2,138
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £76,750 £78,775 £82,641
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for PHP in the West Midlands

PHP
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for PHP in the West Midlands

PHP
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

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 27 April 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
Birmingham -7 42 £48,750 -15.22% 12
Staffordshire -18 18 £50,000 +8.11% 7
Warwickshire +48 10 £40,000 - 1
Shropshire - 10 £27,500 - 2
Worcestershire -11 7 £37,500 -31.82% 2
Solihull +3 5 £50,000 -4.76%
Coventry +19 4 £45,000 +50.00% 1
Halesowen - 2 £60,000 -
Walsall - 1 £50,000 -
PHP
England

PHP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 27 (23.68%) WordPress
2 10 (8.77%) CMS
3 7 (6.14%) nginx
4 6 (5.26%) Headless CMS
5 4 (3.51%) IIS
6 2 (1.75%) Apache
6 2 (1.75%) Drupal
6 2 (1.75%) Liferay
6 2 (1.75%) Magnolia
6 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (1.75%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.75%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.88%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (2.63%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 7 (6.14%) Magento
2 4 (3.51%) NetSuite
3 3 (2.63%) Shopify
4 1 (0.88%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 21 (18.42%) AWS
2 12 (10.53%) SaaS
3 7 (6.14%) npm
4 6 (5.26%) GitHub
5 5 (4.39%) Azure
5 5 (4.39%) GitHub Actions
6 4 (3.51%) Amazon EC2
6 4 (3.51%) Amazon Kinesis
6 4 (3.51%) Amazon S3
6 4 (3.51%) PaaS
7 3 (2.63%) Figma
8 2 (1.75%) Azure App Service
8 2 (1.75%) Azure Cosmos DB
8 2 (1.75%) Azure DevOps
8 2 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
8 2 (1.75%) GCP
8 2 (1.75%) Google Analytics
8 2 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
8 2 (1.75%) Power Platform
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.75%) 2G
1 2 (1.75%) 3G
1 2 (1.75%) 4G
1 2 (1.75%) DHCP
1 2 (1.75%) DNS
1 2 (1.75%) Ethernet
1 2 (1.75%) HTTP
1 2 (1.75%) IPv6
1 2 (1.75%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 45 (39.47%) MySQL
2 5 (4.39%) Relational Database
2 5 (4.39%) SQL Server
3 4 (3.51%) Amazon RDS
3 4 (3.51%) Amazon Redshift
3 4 (3.51%) Data Warehouse
3 4 (3.51%) MongoDB
3 4 (3.51%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (3.51%) RDBMS
4 3 (2.63%) Crystal Reports
4 3 (2.63%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 2 (1.75%) Apache Cassandra
5 2 (1.75%) DB2
5 2 (1.75%) DTS
5 2 (1.75%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.88%) Amazon Aurora
6 1 (0.88%) MariaDB
6 1 (0.88%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 36 (31.58%) Git
2 6 (5.26%) JIRA
3 5 (4.39%) gulp
3 5 (4.39%) webpack
4 4 (3.51%) Postman
5 2 (1.75%) Bower
5 2 (1.75%) Moq
5 2 (1.75%) MSBuild
5 2 (1.75%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.88%) Grunt
6 1 (0.88%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.88%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 24 (21.05%) Marketing
2 21 (18.42%) Social Skills
3 11 (9.65%) Finance
4 5 (4.39%) Analytical Skills
4 5 (4.39%) Retail
5 3 (2.63%) Manufacturing
6 2 (1.75%) Automotive
6 2 (1.75%) Electronics
6 2 (1.75%) iGaming
6 2 (1.75%) Public Sector
6 2 (1.75%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.88%) Banking
7 1 (0.88%) French Language
7 1 (0.88%) German Language
7 1 (0.88%) Law
7 1 (0.88%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.88%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 101 (88.60%) Developer
2 62 (54.39%) PHP Developer
3 30 (26.32%) Full Stack Developer
4 26 (22.81%) Web Developer
5 15 (13.16%) PHP Web Developer
6 13 (11.40%) Full Stack PHP Developer
7 9 (7.89%) Lead
8 8 (7.02%) HTML CSS Developer
8 8 (7.02%) HTML Developer
8 8 (7.02%) JavaScript Developer
8 8 (7.02%) Senior
8 8 (7.02%) WordPress Developer
9 7 (6.14%) Full Stack Web Developer
9 7 (6.14%) Junior
9 7 (6.14%) Junior Developer
9 7 (6.14%) Junior PHP Developer
9 7 (6.14%) Senior Developer
10 6 (5.26%) Digital Developer
11 5 (4.39%) Lead Developer
11 5 (4.39%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (53.51%) HTML
2 60 (52.63%) CSS
3 49 (42.98%) Laravel
4 30 (26.32%) React
5 20 (17.54%) Vue
6 18 (15.79%) HTML5
6 18 (15.79%) Sass
7 17 (14.91%) jQuery
8 15 (13.16%) Node.js
9 10 (8.77%) JSON
9 10 (8.77%) Tailwind CSS
10 8 (7.02%) React Native
11 7 (6.14%) Symfony
12 6 (5.26%) GraphQL
12 6 (5.26%) LESS
13 5 (4.39%) .NET
13 5 (4.39%) AngularJS
13 5 (4.39%) LAMP
13 5 (4.39%) LEMP Stack
13 5 (4.39%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.77%) Mobile App
2 4 (3.51%) Cloud Native
2 4 (3.51%) Management Information System
3 3 (2.63%) BBC
3 3 (2.63%) Photography
3 3 (2.63%) Self-Motivation
4 2 (1.75%) Digital Media
4 2 (1.75%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (1.75%) Learning Management System
5 1 (0.88%) Driving Licence
5 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.88%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.88%) Legacy Code
5 1 (0.88%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 17 (14.91%) Linux
2 2 (1.75%) Android
2 2 (1.75%) Windows
3 1 (0.88%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (33.33%) Full Stack Development
2 37 (32.46%) Web Development
3 29 (25.44%) Agile
4 24 (21.05%) E-Commerce
5 22 (19.30%) MVC
5 22 (19.30%) OO
5 22 (19.30%) Problem-Solving
6 17 (14.91%) OOP
6 17 (14.91%) Software Engineering
7 14 (12.28%) DevOps
8 13 (11.40%) Front End Development
8 13 (11.40%) Project Management
8 13 (11.40%) User Experience
9 11 (9.65%) Digital Marketing
9 11 (9.65%) Infrastructure as Code
10 10 (8.77%) CI/CD
10 10 (8.77%) Computer Science
11 9 (7.89%) Collaborative Working
11 9 (7.89%) Containerisation
12 8 (7.02%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 55 (48.25%) JavaScript
2 20 (17.54%) SQL
3 10 (8.77%) TypeScript
4 8 (7.02%) Java
5 6 (5.26%) Python
6 4 (3.51%) C
6 4 (3.51%) C#
6 4 (3.51%) PowerShell
7 3 (2.63%) Go
8 2 (1.75%) Kotlin
8 2 (1.75%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.75%) VB
8 2 (1.75%) XAML
9 1 (0.88%) Bash
9 1 (0.88%) Ruby
9 1 (0.88%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 17 (14.91%) Degree
2 8 (7.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.75%) MCSE
3 2 (1.75%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.51%) QA
2 2 (1.75%) Accessibility
System Software
1 17 (14.91%) Docker
Systems Management
1 9 (7.89%) Terraform
2 2 (1.75%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (3.51%) WooCommerce
2 3 (2.63%) Adobe
2 3 (2.63%) Zend
3 2 (1.75%) Apple
3 2 (1.75%) Google
3 2 (1.75%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.75%) MuleSoft
3 2 (1.75%) OpenText
3 2 (1.75%) Pega
3 2 (1.75%) Remedy
3 2 (1.75%) SAP
3 2 (1.75%) Sitecore
4 1 (0.88%) YouTube