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 14 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
14 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 134 135
Rank change year-on-year -76 +1 +20
Permanent jobs citing PHP 170 399 533
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.12% 2.43% 2.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.11% 5.61% 5.34%
Number of salaries quoted 161 258 512
10th Percentile £24,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -10.00% -4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £62,500 £63,125 £63,750
90th Percentile £72,500 £81,250 £75,000
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £51,250
% change year-on-year - -2.44% -2.38%

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 4,136 7,107 9,984
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.31% 43.26% 46.23%
Number of salaries quoted 3,120 4,452 8,508
10th Percentile £37,225 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £47,500 £48,750 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £61,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +6.56% -6.15%
75th Percentile £82,500 £84,964 £81,250
90th Percentile £105,000 £108,750 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -3.85% +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 14 January 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 8 (4.71%) WordPress
2 7 (4.12%) Apache Solr
2 7 (4.12%) CMS
3 5 (2.94%) IIS
3 5 (2.94%) nginx
4 2 (1.18%) SharePoint
5 1 (0.59%) Apache
5 1 (0.59%) Drupal
5 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Exchange
5 1 (0.59%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 3 (1.76%) Adobe Illustrator
1 3 (1.76%) Photoshop
2 1 (0.59%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (2.94%) Shopify
2 2 (1.18%) Magento
3 1 (0.59%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 72 (42.35%) Azure
2 51 (30.00%) AWS
3 25 (14.71%) SaaS
4 9 (5.29%) GitHub
5 8 (4.71%) GCP
6 5 (2.94%) Azure Machine Learning
7 4 (2.35%) Cloud Computing
8 3 (1.76%) Firebase
9 2 (1.18%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.18%) Google Gemini
9 2 (1.18%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.18%) Serverless
10 1 (0.59%) AWS Lambda
10 1 (0.59%) Azure Data Factory
10 1 (0.59%) Azure Functions
10 1 (0.59%) Cloudflare
10 1 (0.59%) Dynamics 365
10 1 (0.59%) Google Tag Manager
10 1 (0.59%) Power Automate
10 1 (0.59%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.76%) HTTP
2 1 (0.59%) DHCP
2 1 (0.59%) DNS
2 1 (0.59%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 80 (47.06%) MySQL
2 34 (20.00%) SQL Server
3 11 (6.47%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (5.88%) MariaDB
5 9 (5.29%) Relational Database
6 8 (4.71%) Elasticsearch
7 6 (3.53%) Redis
8 3 (1.76%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.59%) Apache Cassandra
9 1 (0.59%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 33 (19.41%) Git
2 7 (4.12%) JIRA
3 4 (2.35%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (1.76%) git-flow
4 3 (1.76%) Vite
5 2 (1.18%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.18%) Postman
5 2 (1.18%) Selenium
5 2 (1.18%) SoapUI
6 1 (0.59%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.59%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.59%) PHPUnit
6 1 (0.59%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 55 (32.35%) Finance
2 43 (25.29%) Social Skills
3 10 (5.88%) Law
4 9 (5.29%) Games
4 9 (5.29%) Marketing
5 6 (3.53%) Automotive
6 5 (2.94%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.35%) Documentation Skills
7 4 (2.35%) Health Technology
7 4 (2.35%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (1.18%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.59%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 118 (69.41%) Developer
2 68 (40.00%) PHP Developer
3 48 (28.24%) Graduate
4 42 (24.71%) Graduate Developer
5 38 (22.35%) Software Developer
6 33 (19.41%) Senior
7 28 (16.47%) Senior Developer
8 27 (15.88%) Graduate PHP Developer
8 27 (15.88%) Graduate Software Developer
9 26 (15.29%) C# Developer
9 26 (15.29%) Graduate C# Developer
10 24 (14.12%) Graduate SQL Developer
10 24 (14.12%) SQL Developer
11 22 (12.94%) C# Software Developer
11 22 (12.94%) Graduate C# Software Developer
12 18 (10.59%) Software Engineer
13 17 (10.00%) Senior PHP Developer
14 16 (9.41%) IT Graduate
15 14 (8.24%) Azure Developer
16 11 (6.47%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 61 (35.88%) CSS
2 48 (28.24%) Laravel
3 38 (22.35%) React
4 36 (21.18%) HTML
4 36 (21.18%) jQuery
5 29 (17.06%) Symfony
6 19 (11.18%) .NET
6 19 (11.18%) REST
7 18 (10.59%) ASP.NET
7 18 (10.59%) Node.js
8 13 (7.65%) Vue
9 10 (5.88%) CodeIgniter
10 9 (5.29%) CakePHP
11 7 (4.12%) AngularJS
11 7 (4.12%) LAMP
11 7 (4.12%) RESTful
11 7 (4.12%) SOAP
12 6 (3.53%) Tailwind CSS
12 6 (3.53%) Unity (Game Engine)
13 5 (2.94%) WebGL
Miscellaneous
1 6 (3.53%) Product Ownership
1 6 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
1 6 (3.53%) Virtual Team
2 5 (2.94%) Educational Technology
2 5 (2.94%) Mobile Games
3 4 (2.35%) Legacy Systems
3 4 (2.35%) Linux Command Line
3 4 (2.35%) Mobile App
3 4 (2.35%) NHS
3 4 (2.35%) Onboarding
4 2 (1.18%) Cloud Native
4 2 (1.18%) Greenfield Project
4 2 (1.18%) IoT
5 1 (0.59%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.59%) Data Structures
5 1 (0.59%) Digital Media
5 1 (0.59%) Distributed Systems
5 1 (0.59%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.59%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 20 (11.76%) Linux
2 7 (4.12%) Android
2 7 (4.12%) Apple iOS
2 7 (4.12%) Windows
2 7 (4.12%) Windows Server
3 1 (0.59%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 75 (44.12%) Agile
2 56 (32.94%) Problem-Solving
3 44 (25.88%) Computer Science
4 40 (23.53%) MVC
5 39 (22.94%) Software Engineering
6 37 (21.76%) OO
7 30 (17.65%) OOP
8 27 (15.88%) Full-Stack Development
9 22 (12.94%) Mentoring
10 21 (12.35%) CI/CD
10 21 (12.35%) Test Automation
11 18 (10.59%) Continuous Improvement
12 17 (10.00%) User Experience
13 15 (8.82%) Clean Code
13 15 (8.82%) DevOps
14 14 (8.24%) AI
14 14 (8.24%) Machine Learning
15 13 (7.65%) Containerisation
16 12 (7.06%) OO PHP
17 9 (5.29%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 66 (38.82%) SQL
2 56 (32.94%) JavaScript
3 51 (30.00%) C#
4 28 (16.47%) Java
5 27 (15.88%) TypeScript
6 26 (15.29%) C++
7 19 (11.18%) Python
8 7 (4.12%) Kotlin
9 6 (3.53%) Go
10 3 (1.76%) Bash
11 2 (1.18%) PowerShell
11 2 (1.18%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.59%) Perl
Qualifications
1 34 (20.00%) Degree
2 30 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.59%) AWS Certification
3 1 (0.59%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (0.59%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.59%) MCSE
3 1 (0.59%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.59%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.59%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (5.88%) QA
2 6 (3.53%) SLA
3 5 (2.94%) Accessibility
4 1 (0.59%) GDPR
4 1 (0.59%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 25 (14.71%) Docker
Systems Management
1 7 (4.12%) Ansible
2 5 (2.94%) Kubernetes
3 3 (1.76%) cPanel
3 3 (1.76%) Plesk
3 3 (1.76%) Terraform
4 1 (0.59%) Argo
4 1 (0.59%) Grafana
4 1 (0.59%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 13 (7.65%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.94%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.35%) HubSpot
3 4 (2.35%) Oracle
4 3 (1.76%) Google
4 3 (1.76%) Zend
5 2 (1.18%) Adobe
5 2 (1.18%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.59%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.59%) PayPal
6 1 (0.59%) Progress