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 19 February 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 202 131 113
Rank change year-on-year -71 -18 +34
Permanent jobs citing PHP 189 407 755
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.15% 2.62% 2.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.21% 5.86% 6.09%
Number of salaries quoted 178 286 714
10th Percentile £24,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £26,250 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,438 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,375 £83,750 £78,375
UK median annual salary £52,957 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +0.87% +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 4,488 6,951 12,399
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.29% 44.76% 45.11%
Number of salaries quoted 3,293 4,476 10,797
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £78,750
90th Percentile £100,000 £110,000 £100,000
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 19 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 (6.88%) CMS
2 10 (5.29%) WordPress
3 8 (4.23%) nginx
4 5 (2.65%) IIS
5 4 (2.12%) Apache Solr
5 4 (2.12%) Microsoft Exchange
6 3 (1.59%) SharePoint
7 2 (1.06%) Drupal
7 2 (1.06%) Headless CMS
8 1 (0.53%) Apache
8 1 (0.53%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 4 (2.12%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (2.12%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.53%) Trello
Business Applications
1 6 (3.17%) Shopify
2 2 (1.06%) Magento
3 1 (0.53%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.53%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 68 (35.98%) AWS
2 67 (35.45%) Azure
3 24 (12.70%) SaaS
4 14 (7.41%) GitHub
5 7 (3.70%) GCP
6 5 (2.65%) Azure Machine Learning
7 4 (2.12%) DigitalOcean
7 4 (2.12%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.59%) Azure DevOps
8 3 (1.59%) Firebase
8 3 (1.59%) GitHub Actions
8 3 (1.59%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.59%) Serverless
8 3 (1.59%) Slack
9 2 (1.06%) Azure Data Factory
9 2 (1.06%) Azure Functions
9 2 (1.06%) Azure Logic Apps
9 2 (1.06%) Google Gemini
9 2 (1.06%) Power Automate
9 2 (1.06%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.12%) DHCP
1 4 (2.12%) DNS
2 3 (1.59%) HTTP
2 3 (1.59%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.59%) VPN
2 3 (1.59%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.53%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 81 (42.86%) MySQL
2 32 (16.93%) SQL Server
3 17 (8.99%) Relational Database
4 13 (6.88%) PostgreSQL
5 11 (5.82%) MariaDB
6 8 (4.23%) MongoDB
7 6 (3.17%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (2.12%) NoSQL
8 4 (2.12%) Redis
9 1 (0.53%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 37 (19.58%) Git
2 8 (4.23%) JIRA
3 5 (2.65%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (2.12%) Vite
5 3 (1.59%) Claude Code
6 2 (1.06%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.06%) git-flow
6 2 (1.06%) Postman
6 2 (1.06%) Selenium
6 2 (1.06%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.53%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.53%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.53%) PHPUnit
7 1 (0.53%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
7 1 (0.53%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.53%) webpack
General
1 52 (27.51%) Finance
2 40 (21.16%) Social Skills
3 9 (4.76%) Marketing
4 8 (4.23%) Games
5 7 (3.70%) Law
6 6 (3.17%) Analytical Skills
6 6 (3.17%) Automotive
6 6 (3.17%) Health Technology
6 6 (3.17%) Pharmaceutical
7 4 (2.12%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.53%) Billing
8 1 (0.53%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.53%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.53%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.53%) Publishing
8 1 (0.53%) Retail
8 1 (0.53%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 125 (66.14%) Developer
2 74 (39.15%) PHP Developer
3 47 (24.87%) Senior
4 46 (24.34%) Graduate
5 40 (21.16%) Graduate Developer
5 40 (21.16%) Software Developer
6 36 (19.05%) Senior Developer
7 31 (16.40%) Graduate Software Developer
8 27 (14.29%) Graduate PHP Developer
9 26 (13.76%) C# Developer
9 26 (13.76%) C# Software Developer
9 26 (13.76%) Graduate C# Developer
9 26 (13.76%) Graduate C# Software Developer
10 24 (12.70%) Graduate SQL Developer
10 24 (12.70%) SQL Developer
11 23 (12.17%) Senior PHP Developer
12 22 (11.64%) Full-Stack Developer
13 20 (10.58%) Software Engineer
14 14 (7.41%) Azure Developer
15 10 (5.29%) PHP Laravel Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 63 (33.33%) CSS
2 55 (29.10%) Laravel
3 44 (23.28%) React
4 41 (21.69%) HTML
5 32 (16.93%) jQuery
6 29 (15.34%) Symfony
7 21 (11.11%) Vue
8 20 (10.58%) Node.js
9 19 (10.05%) REST
10 13 (6.88%) .NET
11 11 (5.82%) AngularJS
11 11 (5.82%) ASP.NET
11 11 (5.82%) RESTful
12 8 (4.23%) CodeIgniter
12 8 (4.23%) Tailwind CSS
13 7 (3.70%) CakePHP
13 7 (3.70%) LAMP
13 7 (3.70%) SOAP
14 6 (3.17%) LEMP Stack
15 5 (2.65%) Next.js
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.23%) Onboarding
1 8 (4.23%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.70%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (3.17%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.65%) Educational Technology
4 5 (2.65%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (2.65%) Mobile Games
5 4 (2.12%) Cloud Native
5 4 (2.12%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.12%) NHS
6 3 (1.59%) AI Agents
6 3 (1.59%) CCTV
6 3 (1.59%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.59%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.59%) IoT
6 3 (1.59%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.06%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (1.06%) Legacy Code
7 2 (1.06%) Robotics
8 1 (0.53%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 25 (13.23%) Linux
2 7 (3.70%) Android
2 7 (3.70%) Apple iOS
2 7 (3.70%) Windows
3 4 (2.12%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.59%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 72 (38.10%) Agile
2 51 (26.98%) Problem-Solving
3 43 (22.75%) Computer Science
4 42 (22.22%) Software Engineering
5 38 (20.11%) Full-Stack Development
6 35 (18.52%) MVC
7 28 (14.81%) Mentoring
8 27 (14.29%) OOP
9 26 (13.76%) OO
10 23 (12.17%) CI/CD
10 23 (12.17%) User Experience
11 21 (11.11%) Test Automation
12 17 (8.99%) AI
12 17 (8.99%) Clean Code
13 16 (8.47%) Continuous Improvement
14 15 (7.94%) DevOps
14 15 (7.94%) Machine Learning
15 13 (6.88%) Containerisation
15 13 (6.88%) E-Commerce
15 13 (6.88%) Front End Development
Programming Languages
1 67 (35.45%) SQL
2 58 (30.69%) JavaScript
3 49 (25.93%) C#
4 31 (16.40%) TypeScript
5 25 (13.23%) Java
6 23 (12.17%) C++
7 16 (8.47%) Python
8 7 (3.70%) Kotlin
9 6 (3.17%) Go
9 6 (3.17%) PowerShell
10 5 (2.65%) Bash
11 3 (1.59%) Delphi
11 3 (1.59%) Pascal
12 2 (1.06%) T-SQL
13 1 (0.53%) Perl
Qualifications
1 34 (17.99%) Degree
2 29 (15.34%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.06%) 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 (5.29%) QA
2 6 (3.17%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.17%) SLA
3 2 (1.06%) GDPR
3 2 (1.06%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 27 (14.29%) Docker
Systems Management
1 5 (2.65%) Kubernetes
2 4 (2.12%) Ansible
3 3 (1.59%) cPanel
3 3 (1.59%) Plesk
3 3 (1.59%) Terraform
4 1 (0.53%) Kibana
4 1 (0.53%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 14 (7.41%) Microsoft
2 6 (3.17%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.12%) HubSpot
3 4 (2.12%) Oracle
4 3 (1.59%) Zend
5 2 (1.06%) Adobe
5 2 (1.06%) Apple
5 2 (1.06%) Google
5 2 (1.06%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.53%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.53%) New Relic
6 1 (0.53%) PayPal