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 16 October 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 260 217 161
Rank change year-on-year -43 -56 +4
Permanent jobs citing PHP 218 221 425
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.87% 1.35% 2.06%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.48% 4.49% 4.94%
Number of salaries quoted 187 151 251
10th Percentile - - £31,250
25th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -15.79% -9.52%
75th Percentile £58,125 £58,750 £57,500
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £71,250
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%

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 6,272 4,919 8,596
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.91% 29.95% 41.59%
Number of salaries quoted 4,564 3,255 5,522
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £38,750
25th Percentile £48,750 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -
75th Percentile £85,000 £85,000 £86,188
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £65,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% -

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 16 October 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 22 (10.09%) WordPress
2 8 (3.67%) CMS
3 5 (2.29%) Apache
4 3 (1.38%) Confluence
4 3 (1.38%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.92%) IIS
6 1 (0.46%) Moodle
6 1 (0.46%) nginx
6 1 (0.46%) SharePoint
Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Elementor
2 2 (0.92%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.38%) Shopify
2 2 (0.92%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.46%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 75 (34.40%) Azure
2 53 (24.31%) AWS
3 27 (12.39%) SaaS
4 15 (6.88%) GitHub
5 10 (4.59%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.75%) Dynamics 365
6 6 (2.75%) GitHub Actions
7 5 (2.29%) Sentry
8 4 (1.83%) Datadog
8 4 (1.83%) GCP
8 4 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
8 4 (1.83%) npm
9 3 (1.38%) Amazon S3
9 3 (1.38%) ClickUp
9 3 (1.38%) Contentful
9 3 (1.38%) Stripe
10 2 (0.92%) Amazon EKS
10 2 (0.92%) GitHub Copilot
10 2 (0.92%) Power Automate
10 2 (0.92%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.38%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.92%) Broadband
2 2 (0.92%) DNS
2 2 (0.92%) Intranet
2 2 (0.92%) SSL
3 1 (0.46%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (18.81%) MySQL
1 41 (18.81%) SQL Server
2 18 (8.26%) PostgreSQL
3 10 (4.59%) Relational Database
4 6 (2.75%) Redis
5 5 (2.29%) MariaDB
5 5 (2.29%) Power BI
6 4 (1.83%) ClickHouse
6 4 (1.83%) Elasticsearch
6 4 (1.83%) Metadata
6 4 (1.83%) MongoDB
7 2 (0.92%) Amazon Athena
7 2 (0.92%) Apache Cassandra
7 2 (0.92%) DynamoDB
7 2 (0.92%) Neo4j
7 2 (0.92%) Tableau
8 1 (0.46%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.46%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 23 (10.55%) Git
2 5 (2.29%) JIRA
3 4 (1.83%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.38%) Appium
5 2 (0.92%) Bower
5 2 (0.92%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.92%) ESLint
5 2 (0.92%) GitLab
5 2 (0.92%) Storybook
5 2 (0.92%) Vite
6 1 (0.46%) PHPUnit
6 1 (0.46%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 35 (16.06%) Finance
2 32 (14.68%) Social Skills
3 9 (4.13%) Marketing
4 8 (3.67%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 8 (3.67%) Public Sector
5 6 (2.75%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.83%) Games
6 4 (1.83%) Retail
7 3 (1.38%) Law
7 3 (1.38%) Legal
7 3 (1.38%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.38%) Publishing
8 2 (0.92%) Billing
9 1 (0.46%) Agriculture
9 1 (0.46%) Banking
Job Titles
1 129 (59.17%) Developer
2 65 (29.82%) Graduate
3 52 (23.85%) Software Engineer
4 51 (23.39%) Senior
5 46 (21.10%) PHP Developer
6 40 (18.35%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 36 (16.51%) Senior Developer
8 32 (14.68%) Software Developer
9 29 (13.30%) PHP Software Engineer
10 25 (11.47%) Azure Engineer
10 25 (11.47%) Azure Software Engineer
10 25 (11.47%) C# Software Engineer
10 25 (11.47%) Graduate Developer
11 24 (11.01%) Graduate Software Developer
12 22 (10.09%) Full-Stack Developer
13 17 (7.80%) PHP Laravel Developer
14 12 (5.50%) Graduate C# Developer
14 12 (5.50%) Graduate C# Software Developer
14 12 (5.50%) Graduate SQL Developer
14 12 (5.50%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (36.70%) Laravel
2 45 (20.64%) CSS
3 39 (17.89%) React
4 36 (16.51%) HTML
5 30 (13.76%) Vue
6 20 (9.17%) jQuery
7 14 (6.42%) RESTful
8 13 (5.96%) Symfony
9 12 (5.50%) Node.js
10 10 (4.59%) CSS3
10 10 (4.59%) Web Services
11 8 (3.67%) Sass
12 7 (3.21%) HTML5
12 7 (3.21%) Terraform
13 6 (2.75%) RabbitMQ
13 6 (2.75%) React Native
13 6 (2.75%) REST
14 5 (2.29%) .NET
14 5 (2.29%) AngularJS
14 5 (2.29%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.88%) Virtual Team
2 11 (5.05%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (4.13%) Mobile App
4 8 (3.67%) Cloud Native
4 8 (3.67%) Greenfield Project
5 6 (2.75%) Educational Technology
6 4 (1.83%) PMI
7 3 (1.38%) Blog
7 3 (1.38%) Clustering
7 3 (1.38%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.92%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.92%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.92%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.92%) IoT
8 2 (0.92%) Legacy Applications
8 2 (0.92%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.92%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.92%) Social Media
9 1 (0.46%) NHS
9 1 (0.46%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.34%) Linux
2 5 (2.29%) Windows
3 4 (1.83%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.38%) Android
4 3 (1.38%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.38%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 73 (33.49%) Software Engineering
2 58 (26.61%) Agile
3 51 (23.39%) Computer Science
4 41 (18.81%) Problem-Solving
5 30 (13.76%) Full-Stack Development
6 28 (12.84%) CI/CD
7 25 (11.47%) AI
7 25 (11.47%) OOP
8 22 (10.09%) MVC
9 21 (9.63%) User Experience
10 19 (8.72%) OO
11 18 (8.26%) Test Automation
12 17 (7.80%) Mentoring
12 17 (7.80%) Web Development
13 15 (6.88%) Continuous Improvement
13 15 (6.88%) Fintech
14 14 (6.42%) Clean Code
14 14 (6.42%) DevOps
15 12 (5.50%) Analytics
16 10 (4.59%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 72 (33.03%) SQL
2 71 (32.57%) C#
3 64 (29.36%) JavaScript
4 24 (11.01%) Python
5 21 (9.63%) Java
6 19 (8.72%) TypeScript
7 12 (5.50%) C++
8 7 (3.21%) Go
9 4 (1.83%) Bash
10 3 (1.38%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.38%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.38%) Ruby
10 3 (1.38%) Scala
10 3 (1.38%) Swift
11 1 (0.46%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 30 (13.76%) Degree
2 27 (12.39%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (1.83%) PMI Certification
4 2 (0.92%) DBS Check
4 2 (0.92%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.46%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.46%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (9.17%) Accessibility
2 11 (5.05%) QA
3 3 (1.38%) WCAG
4 2 (0.92%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.46%) GDPR
System Software
1 27 (12.39%) Docker
2 3 (1.38%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (3.67%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.75%) Ansible
3 3 (1.38%) Grafana
4 2 (0.92%) Plesk
5 1 (0.46%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (5.96%) Microsoft
2 6 (2.75%) Google
3 5 (2.29%) OpenAI
4 3 (1.38%) Sage
4 3 (1.38%) WooCommerce
5 2 (0.92%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.46%) Databricks