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 18 April 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 121 134 144
Rank change year-on-year +13 +10 +18
Permanent jobs citing PHP 76 40 110
As % of all permanent jobs in the West Midlands 0.97% 1.20% 1.56%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.06% 5.19% 5.87%
Number of salaries quoted 70 33 88
10th Percentile £27,600 £25,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £41,563 £37,500 £37,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +22.22% -14.29%
75th Percentile £63,750 £71,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £70,000 £75,000 £71,500
England median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

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 943 771 1,873
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 11.98% 23.09% 26.52%
Number of salaries quoted 717 591 1,637
10th Percentile £32,000 £32,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £67,500 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £76,250 £77,050
England median annual salary £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%

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 18 April 2026.

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 18 April 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
Birmingham -3 27 £45,000 -18.18% 3
Tipton - 9 £60,000 -
Herefordshire - 8 £45,000 - 2
Staffordshire -13 7 £55,000 -21.43%
Dudley - 5 £55,000 -
Bilston - 5 £66,500 -
Stourbridge - 4 £40,000 -
Warwickshire +3 3 - - 1
Shropshire -29 3 - -
Wolverhampton -19 2 £41,250 -
Worcestershire -22 2 £42,500 -10.53% 2
Halesowen - 1 £25,500 -
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 13 (17.11%) WordPress
2 5 (6.58%) CMS
2 5 (6.58%) nginx
3 2 (2.63%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (9.21%) Photoshop
2 5 (6.58%) Adobe Illustrator
3 2 (2.63%) Microsoft Excel
4 1 (1.32%) AutoCAD
Business Applications
1 6 (7.89%) Shopify
2 2 (2.63%) Line 50
3 1 (1.32%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 13 (17.11%) Figma
2 10 (13.16%) AWS
3 7 (9.21%) Azure
4 5 (6.58%) GitHub
5 1 (1.32%) Entra ID
5 1 (1.32%) Firebase
5 1 (1.32%) Microsoft 365
5 1 (1.32%) Power Platform
5 1 (1.32%) SaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.63%) Network Security
1 2 (2.63%) VoIP
2 1 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (17.11%) MySQL
2 3 (3.95%) NoSQL
2 3 (3.95%) Relational Database
2 3 (3.95%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.63%) FileMaker
3 2 (2.63%) MariaDB
4 1 (1.32%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.32%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 9 (11.84%) Git
2 5 (6.58%) Vite
3 2 (2.63%) JIRA
4 1 (1.32%) PHPUnit
4 1 (1.32%) webpack
General
1 10 (13.16%) Social Skills
2 7 (9.21%) Finance
3 6 (7.89%) Health Technology
3 6 (7.89%) Pharmaceutical
4 4 (5.26%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (5.26%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 4 (5.26%) Public Sector
5 3 (3.95%) Law
6 1 (1.32%) Documentation Skills
6 1 (1.32%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 45 (59.21%) Developer
2 29 (38.16%) PHP Developer
3 14 (18.42%) Software Developer
4 12 (15.79%) Designer
4 12 (15.79%) HTML CSS Designer
4 12 (15.79%) Web Designer
5 8 (10.53%) Software Engineer
6 5 (6.58%) Graduate
6 5 (6.58%) IT Support
6 5 (6.58%) LAMP Developer
6 5 (6.58%) PHP LAMP Developer
6 5 (6.58%) Product Owner
6 5 (6.58%) Python Developer
6 5 (6.58%) Senior
6 5 (6.58%) Senior Developer
6 5 (6.58%) Senior PHP Developer
6 5 (6.58%) VBA Developer
7 4 (5.26%) Graduate C# Software Developer
7 4 (5.26%) Lead
7 4 (5.26%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (40.79%) CSS
2 28 (36.84%) HTML
3 10 (13.16%) Laravel
4 8 (10.53%) Vue
5 6 (7.89%) LAMP
6 5 (6.58%) LEMP Stack
6 5 (6.58%) Tailwind CSS
6 5 (6.58%) YAML
7 3 (3.95%) .NET
7 3 (3.95%) .NET Framework
7 3 (3.95%) jQuery
7 3 (3.95%) XML
8 2 (2.63%) JSON
8 2 (2.63%) Next.js
9 1 (1.32%) Alpine.js
9 1 (1.32%) HTML5
9 1 (1.32%) Node.js
9 1 (1.32%) React
9 1 (1.32%) React Native
9 1 (1.32%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 5 (6.58%) Legacy Systems
1 5 (6.58%) Product Ownership
2 4 (5.26%) Analytical Mindset
2 4 (5.26%) Onboarding
3 2 (2.63%) Legacy Applications
3 2 (2.63%) Robotics
3 2 (2.63%) Social Media
4 1 (1.32%) CCTV
4 1 (1.32%) Driving Licence
4 1 (1.32%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (1.32%) Mobile App
4 1 (1.32%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 8 (10.53%) Linux
2 4 (5.26%) Windows
3 2 (2.63%) Mac OS
3 2 (2.63%) Unix
3 2 (2.63%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (11.84%) Agile
1 9 (11.84%) Problem-Solving
2 8 (10.53%) Software Engineering
2 8 (10.53%) User Experience
3 6 (7.89%) CI/CD
3 6 (7.89%) Computer Science
4 5 (6.58%) Backlog Management
4 5 (6.58%) Backlog Prioritisation
4 5 (6.58%) Business Strategy
4 5 (6.58%) Cybersecurity
4 5 (6.58%) Data Collection
4 5 (6.58%) Data-Driven Decision Making
4 5 (6.58%) Decision-Making
4 5 (6.58%) Product Backlog
4 5 (6.58%) Product Vision
4 5 (6.58%) Roadmaps
4 5 (6.58%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 5 (6.58%) User-Centered Design (UCD)
5 4 (5.26%) Software Testing
6 3 (3.95%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 14 (18.42%) JavaScript
1 14 (18.42%) SQL
2 8 (10.53%) Python
3 7 (9.21%) VBA
4 5 (6.58%) Bash
4 5 (6.58%) C#
5 4 (5.26%) Java
6 3 (3.95%) C++
6 3 (3.95%) Rust
7 1 (1.32%) C
7 1 (1.32%) VB
7 1 (1.32%) VB6
Qualifications
1 5 (6.58%) Computer Science Degree
1 5 (6.58%) Degree
2 1 (1.32%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (9.21%) QA
2 2 (2.63%) ISO 14001
2 2 (2.63%) ISO 9001
3 1 (1.32%) SLA
System Software
1 5 (6.58%) Docker
2 1 (1.32%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 6 (7.89%) Microsoft
2 4 (5.26%) Adobe
3 2 (2.63%) Apple
3 2 (2.63%) Sage
4 1 (1.32%) ServiceNow
4 1 (1.32%) Zend