Hybrid/Remote PHP Job Trends

PHP
UK > Work from Home

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for remote or hybrid work requiring PHP skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 11 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
11 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 194 129 118
Rank change year-on-year -65 -11 +34
Permanent jobs citing PHP 187 405 739
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.15% 2.58% 2.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.25% 5.81% 5.89%
Number of salaries quoted 176 277 701
10th Percentile £24,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £25,938 £37,500 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £51,794 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.46% -1.34% -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £78,750 £83,500 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +4.76% +5.00% -9.09%

All Programming Languages
Work from Home

PHP falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with remote or hybrid options requiring coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 4,402 6,970 12,541
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.17% 44.47% 45.41%
Number of salaries quoted 3,247 4,465 10,909
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,500 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.31% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £79,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £97,750
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% +8.33% -7.69%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing PHP and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

PHP job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid jobs

PHP
Salary Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PHP.

Salary distribution trend for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PHP

PHP
Salary Histogram for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Salary distribution for jobs with remote/hybrid work options citing PHP over the 6 months to 11 February 2026.

PHP salary histogram for jobs with remote/hybrid work options

PHP
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs 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 (6.95%) CMS
2 8 (4.28%) nginx
2 8 (4.28%) WordPress
3 7 (3.74%) Apache Solr
4 5 (2.67%) IIS
5 3 (1.60%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.60%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.07%) Drupal
6 2 (1.07%) Headless CMS
7 1 (0.53%) Apache
7 1 (0.53%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 4 (2.14%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (2.14%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.53%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (3.21%) Shopify
2 2 (1.07%) Magento
3 1 (0.53%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 70 (37.43%) Azure
2 64 (34.22%) AWS
3 26 (13.90%) SaaS
4 13 (6.95%) GitHub
5 7 (3.74%) GCP
6 5 (2.67%) Azure Machine Learning
7 4 (2.14%) Cloud Computing
7 4 (2.14%) DigitalOcean
8 3 (1.60%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.60%) Firebase
8 3 (1.60%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.60%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.07%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.07%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.07%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.07%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.07%) Google Gemini
9 2 (1.07%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.07%) PowerApps
9 2 (1.07%) Slack
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.60%) DHCP
1 3 (1.60%) DNS
1 3 (1.60%) HTTP
2 2 (1.07%) TCP/IP
2 2 (1.07%) VPN
2 2 (1.07%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.53%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 84 (44.92%) MySQL
2 32 (17.11%) SQL Server
3 16 (8.56%) Relational Database
4 12 (6.42%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (5.88%) MariaDB
6 9 (4.81%) Elasticsearch
7 8 (4.28%) MongoDB
8 4 (2.14%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.14%) Redis
9 1 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 39 (20.86%) Git
2 7 (3.74%) JIRA
3 4 (2.14%) Browser DevTools
3 4 (2.14%) Vite
4 2 (1.07%) Claude Code
4 2 (1.07%) Cucumber
4 2 (1.07%) git-flow
4 2 (1.07%) Postman
4 2 (1.07%) Selenium
4 2 (1.07%) SoapUI
5 1 (0.53%) MSBuild
5 1 (0.53%) PHPUnit
5 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 52 (27.81%) Finance
2 43 (22.99%) Social Skills
3 9 (4.81%) Marketing
4 8 (4.28%) Games
4 8 (4.28%) Law
5 6 (3.21%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (3.21%) Automotive
6 4 (2.14%) Documentation Skills
6 4 (2.14%) Health Technology
6 4 (2.14%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.53%) Billing
7 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 1 (0.53%) Public Sector
7 1 (0.53%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 127 (67.91%) Developer
2 72 (38.50%) PHP Developer
3 46 (24.60%) Graduate
4 43 (22.99%) Senior
5 40 (21.39%) Graduate Developer
6 38 (20.32%) Software Developer
7 34 (18.18%) Senior Developer
8 27 (14.44%) Graduate PHP Developer
8 27 (14.44%) Graduate Software Developer
9 26 (13.90%) C# Developer
9 26 (13.90%) Graduate C# Developer
10 24 (12.83%) Graduate SQL Developer
10 24 (12.83%) SQL Developer
11 22 (11.76%) C# Software Developer
11 22 (11.76%) Full-Stack Developer
11 22 (11.76%) Graduate C# Software Developer
12 20 (10.70%) Senior PHP Developer
13 18 (9.63%) Software Engineer
14 14 (7.49%) Azure Developer
15 13 (6.95%) IT Graduate
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (33.69%) CSS
2 58 (31.02%) Laravel
3 43 (22.99%) React
4 41 (21.93%) HTML
5 32 (17.11%) jQuery
6 29 (15.51%) Symfony
7 23 (12.30%) Node.js
8 22 (11.76%) Vue
9 19 (10.16%) REST
10 17 (9.09%) .NET
11 15 (8.02%) ASP.NET
12 10 (5.35%) AngularJS
12 10 (5.35%) RESTful
13 9 (4.81%) CodeIgniter
14 8 (4.28%) CakePHP
14 8 (4.28%) Tailwind CSS
15 7 (3.74%) LAMP
15 7 (3.74%) SOAP
16 6 (3.21%) LEMP Stack
17 5 (2.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.28%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.74%) Legacy Systems
2 7 (3.74%) Onboarding
3 6 (3.21%) Self-Motivation
3 6 (3.21%) Virtual Team
4 5 (2.67%) Educational Technology
4 5 (2.67%) Mobile Games
5 4 (2.14%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.14%) Linux Command Line
5 4 (2.14%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.14%) NHS
6 3 (1.60%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.60%) IoT
7 2 (1.07%) AI Agents
7 2 (1.07%) CCTV
7 2 (1.07%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.07%) Driving Licence
7 2 (1.07%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.53%) Data Structures
8 1 (0.53%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 28 (14.97%) Linux
2 9 (4.81%) Windows
3 7 (3.74%) Android
3 7 (3.74%) Apple iOS
3 7 (3.74%) Windows Server
4 2 (1.07%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (38.50%) Agile
2 57 (30.48%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (22.99%) Computer Science
3 43 (22.99%) Software Engineering
4 38 (20.32%) Full-Stack Development
5 36 (19.25%) MVC
6 34 (18.18%) OO
7 28 (14.97%) Mentoring
8 27 (14.44%) OOP
9 26 (13.90%) CI/CD
10 24 (12.83%) Test Automation
11 22 (11.76%) User Experience
12 19 (10.16%) AI
13 17 (9.09%) Clean Code
13 17 (9.09%) Machine Learning
14 16 (8.56%) Containerisation
14 16 (8.56%) Continuous Improvement
14 16 (8.56%) DevOps
15 13 (6.95%) E-Commerce
16 12 (6.42%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 66 (35.29%) SQL
2 62 (33.16%) JavaScript
3 49 (26.20%) C#
4 30 (16.04%) TypeScript
5 25 (13.37%) Java
6 23 (12.30%) C++
7 18 (9.63%) Python
8 7 (3.74%) Kotlin
9 6 (3.21%) Go
10 5 (2.67%) PowerShell
11 4 (2.14%) Bash
12 2 (1.07%) Delphi
12 2 (1.07%) Pascal
12 2 (1.07%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.53%) Perl
Qualifications
1 34 (18.18%) Degree
2 29 (15.51%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.07%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.53%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.53%) MCSE
4 1 (0.53%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.53%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.53%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.35%) QA
2 6 (3.21%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.21%) SLA
3 2 (1.07%) GDPR
3 2 (1.07%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 30 (16.04%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (3.74%) Ansible
2 5 (2.67%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.60%) cPanel
3 3 (1.60%) Plesk
3 3 (1.60%) Terraform
4 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 16 (8.56%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.21%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.14%) HubSpot
3 4 (2.14%) Oracle
4 3 (1.60%) Zend
5 2 (1.07%) Adobe
5 2 (1.07%) Google
5 2 (1.07%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.53%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.53%) PayPal
6 1 (0.53%) Progress