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

6 months to
22 Feb 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 210 127 112
Rank change year-on-year -83 -15 +33
Permanent jobs citing PHP 179 406 772
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.09% 2.65% 2.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.05% 5.89% 6.17%
Number of salaries quoted 170 289 730
10th Percentile £24,000 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £29,000 £41,250 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £64,688 £68,750 £63,750
90th Percentile £81,375 £84,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £53,414 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +1.74% +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 4,419 6,890 12,517
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 26.98% 44.94% 45.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3,236 4,473 10,912
10th Percentile £37,500 £40,000 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £50,000 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £64,482 £65,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.80% +8.33% -7.69%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £78,813
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 22 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 12 (6.70%) CMS
2 10 (5.59%) WordPress
3 8 (4.47%) nginx
4 5 (2.79%) IIS
5 4 (2.23%) Apache Solr
5 4 (2.23%) Microsoft Exchange
6 2 (1.12%) Headless CMS
6 2 (1.12%) SharePoint
7 1 (0.56%) Apache
7 1 (0.56%) Drupal
7 1 (0.56%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 4 (2.23%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (2.23%) Photoshop
2 2 (1.12%) Trello
Business Applications
1 7 (3.91%) Shopify
2 2 (1.12%) Magento
3 1 (0.56%) CiviCRM
3 1 (0.56%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 67 (37.43%) AWS
2 61 (34.08%) Azure
3 22 (12.29%) SaaS
4 13 (7.26%) GitHub
5 7 (3.91%) GCP
6 5 (2.79%) Azure Machine Learning
7 4 (2.23%) DigitalOcean
7 4 (2.23%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.68%) Firebase
8 3 (1.68%) Slack
9 2 (1.12%) Azure DevOps
9 2 (1.12%) GitHub Actions
9 2 (1.12%) Google Gemini
9 2 (1.12%) Power Platform
9 2 (1.12%) Serverless
10 1 (0.56%) Azure App Service
10 1 (0.56%) Azure Cosmos DB
10 1 (0.56%) BigCommerce
10 1 (0.56%) PowerApps
10 1 (0.56%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.23%) DHCP
1 4 (2.23%) DNS
2 3 (1.68%) HTTP
2 3 (1.68%) TCP/IP
2 3 (1.68%) VPN
2 3 (1.68%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (0.56%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 73 (40.78%) MySQL
2 24 (13.41%) SQL Server
3 17 (9.50%) Relational Database
4 11 (6.15%) PostgreSQL
5 9 (5.03%) MariaDB
6 8 (4.47%) MongoDB
7 6 (3.35%) Elasticsearch
8 4 (2.23%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.12%) Redis
10 1 (0.56%) Apache Cassandra
Development Applications
1 38 (21.23%) Git
2 9 (5.03%) JIRA
3 5 (2.79%) Browser DevTools
4 4 (2.23%) Vite
5 3 (1.68%) Claude Code
6 2 (1.12%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.12%) git-flow
6 2 (1.12%) PHPUnit
6 2 (1.12%) Postman
6 2 (1.12%) Selenium
6 2 (1.12%) SoapUI
7 1 (0.56%) CircleCI
7 1 (0.56%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.56%) TeamCity
7 1 (0.56%) webpack
General
1 47 (26.26%) Finance
2 31 (17.32%) Social Skills
3 9 (5.03%) Marketing
4 8 (4.47%) Games
5 6 (3.35%) Automotive
5 6 (3.35%) Health Technology
5 6 (3.35%) Law
5 6 (3.35%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (2.79%) Analytical Skills
7 4 (2.23%) Documentation Skills
8 1 (0.56%) Billing
8 1 (0.56%) Inclusion and Diversity
8 1 (0.56%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.56%) Public Sector
8 1 (0.56%) Publishing
8 1 (0.56%) Retail
8 1 (0.56%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 120 (67.04%) Developer
2 74 (41.34%) PHP Developer
3 47 (26.26%) Senior
4 41 (22.91%) Graduate
4 41 (22.91%) Software Developer
5 37 (20.67%) Senior Developer
6 35 (19.55%) Graduate Developer
7 32 (17.88%) Graduate Software Developer
8 28 (15.64%) Graduate PHP Developer
9 27 (15.08%) C# Developer
9 27 (15.08%) C# Software Developer
9 27 (15.08%) Graduate C# Developer
9 27 (15.08%) Graduate C# Software Developer
10 25 (13.97%) Graduate SQL Developer
10 25 (13.97%) SQL Developer
11 23 (12.85%) Senior PHP Developer
12 22 (12.29%) Full-Stack Developer
13 18 (10.06%) Software Engineer
14 14 (7.82%) Azure Developer
15 10 (5.59%) Technical Support
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 57 (31.84%) CSS
2 51 (28.49%) Laravel
3 44 (24.58%) React
4 41 (22.91%) HTML
5 27 (15.08%) Symfony
6 26 (14.53%) jQuery
7 21 (11.73%) Vue
8 19 (10.61%) Node.js
9 18 (10.06%) REST
10 9 (5.03%) AngularJS
10 9 (5.03%) RESTful
11 8 (4.47%) Tailwind CSS
12 7 (3.91%) CodeIgniter
12 7 (3.91%) LAMP
12 7 (3.91%) Next.js
12 7 (3.91%) SOAP
13 6 (3.35%) .NET
13 6 (3.35%) CakePHP
13 6 (3.35%) LEMP Stack
14 5 (2.79%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 8 (4.47%) Onboarding
1 8 (4.47%) Product Ownership
2 7 (3.91%) Legacy Systems
3 6 (3.35%) Self-Motivation
4 5 (2.79%) Educational Technology
4 5 (2.79%) Linux Command Line
4 5 (2.79%) Mobile Games
5 4 (2.23%) Mobile App
5 4 (2.23%) NHS
6 3 (1.68%) AI Agents
6 3 (1.68%) CCTV
6 3 (1.68%) Cloud Native
6 3 (1.68%) Driving Licence
6 3 (1.68%) Greenfield Project
6 3 (1.68%) IoT
6 3 (1.68%) Virtual Team
7 2 (1.12%) Legacy Code
7 2 (1.12%) Robotics
8 1 (0.56%) Digital Media
8 1 (0.56%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 24 (13.41%) Linux
2 7 (3.91%) Windows
3 5 (2.79%) Android
3 5 (2.79%) Apple iOS
4 4 (2.23%) Windows Server
5 3 (1.68%) Windows 10
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (36.87%) Agile
2 44 (24.58%) Problem-Solving
3 37 (20.67%) Computer Science
3 37 (20.67%) Full-Stack Development
3 37 (20.67%) Software Engineering
4 28 (15.64%) MVC
5 24 (13.41%) User Experience
6 23 (12.85%) CI/CD
6 23 (12.85%) Mentoring
7 21 (11.73%) OOP
8 19 (10.61%) OO
8 19 (10.61%) Test Automation
9 18 (10.06%) Clean Code
10 17 (9.50%) AI
11 15 (8.38%) E-Commerce
11 15 (8.38%) Machine Learning
12 14 (7.82%) DevOps
13 13 (7.26%) Containerisation
13 13 (7.26%) Front End Development
14 12 (6.70%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 64 (35.75%) SQL
2 57 (31.84%) JavaScript
3 43 (24.02%) C#
4 29 (16.20%) TypeScript
5 19 (10.61%) Java
6 17 (9.50%) C++
7 14 (7.82%) Python
8 5 (2.79%) Bash
8 5 (2.79%) Go
8 5 (2.79%) Kotlin
8 5 (2.79%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.68%) Delphi
9 3 (1.68%) Pascal
10 1 (0.56%) Perl
10 1 (0.56%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 27 (15.08%) Degree
2 22 (12.29%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.56%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (0.56%) Master's Degree
3 1 (0.56%) MCSE
3 1 (0.56%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.56%) SC Cleared
3 1 (0.56%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (4.47%) QA
2 6 (3.35%) Accessibility
2 6 (3.35%) SLA
3 1 (0.56%) GDPR
3 1 (0.56%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 27 (15.08%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (2.23%) Ansible
2 3 (1.68%) cPanel
2 3 (1.68%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.68%) Plesk
2 3 (1.68%) Terraform
3 1 (0.56%) Kibana
3 1 (0.56%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 13 (7.26%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.79%) Salesforce
3 4 (2.23%) HubSpot
3 4 (2.23%) Oracle
4 3 (1.68%) Zend
5 2 (1.12%) Adobe
5 2 (1.12%) Apple
5 2 (1.12%) OpenAI
6 1 (0.56%) Atlassian
6 1 (0.56%) Google
6 1 (0.56%) New Relic
6 1 (0.56%) PayPal