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 31 October 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
31 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 210 160 164
Rank change year-on-year -50 +4 -41
Permanent jobs citing PHP 235 409 465
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.43% 2.05% 2.07%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.75% 4.89% 4.38%
Number of salaries quoted 167 236 438
10th Percentile - £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £35,188 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £60,000 £57,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £70,000 £74,125
UK median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -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 4,949 8,367 10,624
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 30.18% 41.90% 47.27%
Number of salaries quoted 3,263 5,333 8,963
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,711 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +4.00%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £115,000 £115,000 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.85% - +4.00%

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 31 October 2025.

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 (5.53%) WordPress
2 8 (3.40%) Apache Solr
3 7 (2.98%) CMS
4 6 (2.55%) IIS
5 5 (2.13%) Microsoft Exchange
6 4 (1.70%) Apache
6 4 (1.70%) Drupal
7 3 (1.28%) nginx
7 3 (1.28%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.43%) Confluence
8 1 (0.43%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 5 (2.13%) Adobe Illustrator
1 5 (2.13%) Photoshop
2 4 (1.70%) Adobe XD
3 2 (0.85%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 8 (3.40%) Magento
2 2 (0.85%) Payment Gateway
3 1 (0.43%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.43%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 79 (33.62%) Azure
2 44 (18.72%) AWS
3 21 (8.94%) SaaS
4 8 (3.40%) Cloudflare
4 8 (3.40%) GitHub
5 7 (2.98%) Cloud Computing
5 7 (2.98%) GCP
6 5 (2.13%) npm
7 4 (1.70%) Azure DevOps
7 4 (1.70%) Azure Machine Learning
7 4 (1.70%) Power Platform
8 3 (1.28%) Azure Logic Apps
8 3 (1.28%) Figma
8 3 (1.28%) Firebase
8 3 (1.28%) Google Analytics
8 3 (1.28%) Power Automate
8 3 (1.28%) Serverless
8 3 (1.28%) Vercel
9 2 (0.85%) Google Gemini
9 2 (0.85%) PaaS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (0.85%) DNS
2 1 (0.43%) Broadband
2 1 (0.43%) DHCP
2 1 (0.43%) HTTP
2 1 (0.43%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.43%) IPsec
2 1 (0.43%) IPv6
2 1 (0.43%) RFID
2 1 (0.43%) SSL
2 1 (0.43%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 105 (44.68%) MySQL
2 49 (20.85%) SQL Server
3 14 (5.96%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (4.68%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (4.68%) MariaDB
5 8 (3.40%) Relational Database
6 7 (2.98%) Redis
7 3 (1.28%) GIS
8 2 (0.85%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.43%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.43%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.43%) Couchbase
9 1 (0.43%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.43%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 39 (16.60%) Git
2 10 (4.26%) JIRA
3 4 (1.70%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (1.28%) git-flow
4 3 (1.28%) PHPUnit
5 2 (0.85%) Bitbucket
5 2 (0.85%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.43%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.43%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.43%) Mocha
6 1 (0.43%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.43%) Postman
6 1 (0.43%) Selenium
6 1 (0.43%) Snyk
6 1 (0.43%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.43%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
6 1 (0.43%) Vite
General
1 77 (32.77%) Social Skills
2 54 (22.98%) Finance
3 15 (6.38%) Law
4 9 (3.83%) Analytical Skills
5 6 (2.55%) Automotive
5 6 (2.55%) Games
5 6 (2.55%) Marketing
6 5 (2.13%) Retail
7 4 (1.70%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 2 (0.85%) Documentation Skills
8 2 (0.85%) Legal
9 1 (0.43%) Advertising
9 1 (0.43%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.43%) Health Technology
9 1 (0.43%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.43%) Pharmaceutical
9 1 (0.43%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 125 (53.19%) Developer
2 50 (21.28%) Graduate
3 45 (19.15%) Graduate Developer
4 42 (17.87%) PHP Developer
5 37 (15.74%) IT Graduate
6 26 (11.06%) Senior
7 19 (8.09%) Senior Developer
8 17 (7.23%) Software Developer
9 16 (6.81%) Software Engineer
10 14 (5.96%) C# Developer
11 13 (5.53%) Graduate C# Developer
11 13 (5.53%) Graduate PHP Developer
11 13 (5.53%) Graduate SQL Developer
11 13 (5.53%) SQL Developer
12 12 (5.11%) Symfony Developer
13 11 (4.68%) Azure Developer
14 10 (4.26%) PHP Symfony Developer
14 10 (4.26%) Technical Support
15 9 (3.83%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
15 9 (3.83%) Graduate Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 99 (42.13%) HTML
2 86 (36.60%) CSS
3 51 (21.70%) jQuery
4 46 (19.57%) Laravel
5 45 (19.15%) .NET
6 42 (17.87%) React
7 40 (17.02%) ASP.NET
8 32 (13.62%) Symfony
9 23 (9.79%) REST
10 17 (7.23%) Vue
11 16 (6.81%) Node.js
12 14 (5.96%) LAMP
13 12 (5.11%) RESTful
14 10 (4.26%) CakePHP
14 10 (4.26%) CodeIgniter
15 9 (3.83%) HTML5
16 8 (3.40%) CSS3
17 7 (2.98%) AngularJS
18 6 (2.55%) Playwright
18 6 (2.55%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 14 (5.96%) Virtual Team
2 7 (2.98%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.13%) Cloud Native
3 5 (2.13%) Legacy Systems
3 5 (2.13%) Linux Command Line
3 5 (2.13%) Product Ownership
4 4 (1.70%) Distributed Systems
4 4 (1.70%) Educational Technology
4 4 (1.70%) Mobile App
4 4 (1.70%) Mobile Games
5 3 (1.28%) Legacy Code
5 3 (1.28%) Onboarding
6 2 (0.85%) Distributed Architecture
6 2 (0.85%) e-Learning
6 2 (0.85%) IoT
7 1 (0.43%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.43%) Animation
7 1 (0.43%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.43%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.43%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 25 (10.64%) Linux
2 10 (4.26%) Windows
3 9 (3.83%) Windows Server
4 6 (2.55%) Android
4 6 (2.55%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.43%) CentOS
5 1 (0.43%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.43%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (40.00%) Computer Science
2 87 (37.02%) Agile
3 79 (33.62%) Problem-Solving
4 68 (28.94%) AI
5 66 (28.09%) OO
6 64 (27.23%) Machine Learning
7 55 (23.40%) MVC
8 51 (21.70%) Data Privacy
9 49 (20.85%) OOP
10 37 (15.74%) Software Engineering
11 30 (12.77%) Full-Stack Development
12 29 (12.34%) Continuous Improvement
13 26 (11.06%) Test Automation
14 24 (10.21%) CI/CD
15 22 (9.36%) Mentoring
16 20 (8.51%) User Experience
17 19 (8.09%) DevOps
18 18 (7.66%) Containerisation
18 18 (7.66%) E-Commerce
19 15 (6.38%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 128 (54.47%) JavaScript
2 111 (47.23%) SQL
3 103 (43.83%) C#
4 88 (37.45%) Java
5 87 (37.02%) C++
6 84 (35.74%) TypeScript
7 79 (33.62%) Python
8 51 (21.70%) Ruby
9 50 (21.28%) C
10 49 (20.85%) Dart
10 49 (20.85%) MATLAB
10 49 (20.85%) R
10 49 (20.85%) Rust
11 7 (2.98%) Go
12 6 (2.55%) Kotlin
13 4 (1.70%) Perl
14 3 (1.28%) PowerShell
15 2 (0.85%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 98 (41.70%) Degree
2 93 (39.57%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (1.70%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.28%) BPSS Clearance
5 2 (0.85%) Master's Degree
5 2 (0.85%) SC Cleared
6 1 (0.43%) AWS Certification
6 1 (0.43%) MCSE
6 1 (0.43%) Microsoft Certification
6 1 (0.43%) PMI Certification
6 1 (0.43%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.26%) QA
2 7 (2.98%) SLA
3 2 (0.85%) Accessibility
3 2 (0.85%) GDPR
3 2 (0.85%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 22 (9.36%) Docker
2 1 (0.43%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 9 (3.83%) Ansible
1 9 (3.83%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.28%) Terraform
3 1 (0.43%) Argo
3 1 (0.43%) cPanel
3 1 (0.43%) Grafana
3 1 (0.43%) Plesk
3 1 (0.43%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 20 (8.51%) Microsoft
2 7 (2.98%) Google
2 7 (2.98%) HubSpot
3 6 (2.55%) Adobe
3 6 (2.55%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.13%) Oracle
5 4 (1.70%) WooCommerce
6 2 (0.85%) Netlify
6 2 (0.85%) OpenAI
7 1 (0.43%) Freshdesk
7 1 (0.43%) PayPal
7 1 (0.43%) Progress
7 1 (0.43%) Twitter
7 1 (0.43%) Zend