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 28 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
28 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 189 145 157
Rank change year-on-year -44 +12 -10
Permanent jobs citing PHP 199 449 460
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.30% 2.26% 2.20%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.73% 5.38% 4.69%
Number of salaries quoted 190 275 434
10th Percentile £24,000 £31,250 £35,000
25th Percentile £25,000 £37,500 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £47,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -21.05% -9.52% -1.87%
75th Percentile £60,938 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £72,500 £75,000 £72,500
UK median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year - -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 4,207 8,348 9,817
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.53% 42.06% 46.98%
Number of salaries quoted 3,271 5,360 8,307
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £47,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% - +2.36%
75th Percentile £82,500 £85,000 £83,750
90th Percentile £112,500 £112,500 £100,000
UK median annual salary £62,500 £65,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -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 28 November 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 14 (7.04%) WordPress
2 8 (4.02%) Apache Solr
2 8 (4.02%) CMS
3 6 (3.02%) IIS
4 4 (2.01%) nginx
5 3 (1.51%) Drupal
5 3 (1.51%) SharePoint
6 2 (1.01%) Microsoft Exchange
7 1 (0.50%) Apache
7 1 (0.50%) SugarCRM
Applications
1 6 (3.02%) Adobe Illustrator
1 6 (3.02%) Photoshop
2 4 (2.01%) Adobe XD
3 2 (1.01%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 5 (2.51%) Magento
2 2 (1.01%) Shopify
3 1 (0.50%) NetSuite
3 1 (0.50%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 93 (46.73%) Azure
2 56 (28.14%) AWS
3 22 (11.06%) SaaS
4 10 (5.03%) GitHub
5 9 (4.52%) GCP
6 7 (3.52%) Cloudflare
7 5 (2.51%) Azure Machine Learning
7 5 (2.51%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (2.01%) Azure DevOps
8 4 (2.01%) npm
8 4 (2.01%) Power Platform
9 3 (1.51%) Azure Logic Apps
9 3 (1.51%) Figma
9 3 (1.51%) Firebase
9 3 (1.51%) Google Analytics
9 3 (1.51%) Serverless
10 2 (1.01%) GitHub Actions
10 2 (1.01%) Google Gemini
10 2 (1.01%) PaaS
10 2 (1.01%) Power Automate
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.01%) DNS
1 2 (1.01%) HTTP
2 1 (0.50%) Broadband
2 1 (0.50%) DHCP
2 1 (0.50%) HTTPS
2 1 (0.50%) IPsec
2 1 (0.50%) IPv6
2 1 (0.50%) RFID
2 1 (0.50%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 113 (56.78%) MySQL
2 54 (27.14%) SQL Server
3 14 (7.04%) PostgreSQL
4 11 (5.53%) Elasticsearch
4 11 (5.53%) MariaDB
5 10 (5.03%) Relational Database
6 7 (3.52%) Redis
7 2 (1.01%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.01%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.50%) Amazon RDS
8 1 (0.50%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.50%) Couchbase
8 1 (0.50%) GIS
8 1 (0.50%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 39 (19.60%) Git
2 9 (4.52%) JIRA
3 4 (2.01%) Browser DevTools
4 3 (1.51%) git-flow
5 2 (1.01%) Cucumber
5 2 (1.01%) Postman
5 2 (1.01%) Selenium
5 2 (1.01%) SoapUI
5 2 (1.01%) Vite
6 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
6 1 (0.50%) Cypress.io
6 1 (0.50%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.50%) MSBuild
6 1 (0.50%) PHPUnit
6 1 (0.50%) Snyk
6 1 (0.50%) SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)
General
1 69 (34.67%) Social Skills
2 68 (34.17%) Finance
3 15 (7.54%) Law
4 8 (4.02%) Analytical Skills
5 7 (3.52%) Games
5 7 (3.52%) Marketing
6 6 (3.02%) Automotive
7 4 (2.01%) Documentation Skills
8 3 (1.51%) Health Technology
8 3 (1.51%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (1.51%) Retail
9 1 (0.50%) Advertising
9 1 (0.50%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.50%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 1 (0.50%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.50%) Public Sector
Job Titles
1 140 (70.35%) Developer
2 65 (32.66%) Graduate
3 59 (29.65%) Graduate Developer
3 59 (29.65%) PHP Developer
4 36 (18.09%) Software Developer
5 34 (17.09%) IT Graduate
6 29 (14.57%) C# Developer
7 28 (14.07%) Graduate C# Developer
7 28 (14.07%) Graduate PHP Developer
8 27 (13.57%) Senior
9 26 (13.07%) Graduate Software Developer
9 26 (13.07%) Graduate SQL Developer
9 26 (13.07%) SQL Developer
10 21 (10.55%) Azure Developer
10 21 (10.55%) Senior Developer
11 20 (10.05%) C# Software Developer
11 20 (10.05%) Graduate C# Software Developer
12 19 (9.55%) Software Engineer
13 13 (6.53%) Symfony Developer
14 11 (5.53%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 92 (46.23%) CSS
2 55 (27.64%) jQuery
3 52 (26.13%) Laravel
4 49 (24.62%) HTML
5 45 (22.61%) React
6 40 (20.10%) .NET
7 37 (18.59%) ASP.NET
8 35 (17.59%) Symfony
9 22 (11.06%) REST
10 18 (9.05%) Node.js
11 17 (8.54%) Vue
12 13 (6.53%) CodeIgniter
13 12 (6.03%) CakePHP
13 12 (6.03%) RESTful
14 11 (5.53%) LAMP
15 7 (3.52%) AngularJS
15 7 (3.52%) SOAP
16 6 (3.02%) CSS3
16 6 (3.02%) HTML5
16 6 (3.02%) Unity (Game Engine)
Miscellaneous
1 14 (7.04%) Virtual Team
2 7 (3.52%) Self-Motivation
3 5 (2.51%) Cloud Native
3 5 (2.51%) Educational Technology
3 5 (2.51%) Mobile App
3 5 (2.51%) Mobile Games
3 5 (2.51%) Onboarding
4 4 (2.01%) Linux Command Line
4 4 (2.01%) Product Ownership
5 3 (1.51%) Legacy Code
5 3 (1.51%) Legacy Systems
6 2 (1.01%) Distributed Systems
6 2 (1.01%) IoT
6 2 (1.01%) NHS
7 1 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
7 1 (0.50%) Data Structures
7 1 (0.50%) Digital Media
7 1 (0.50%) Greenfield Project
7 1 (0.50%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 19 (9.55%) Linux
2 8 (4.02%) Windows
3 7 (3.52%) Android
3 7 (3.52%) Apple iOS
3 7 (3.52%) Windows Server
4 1 (0.50%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 99 (49.75%) Agile
2 80 (40.20%) Problem-Solving
3 63 (31.66%) MVC
4 61 (30.65%) OO
5 58 (29.15%) Computer Science
6 52 (26.13%) OOP
7 42 (21.11%) Software Engineering
8 34 (17.09%) Full-Stack Development
9 30 (15.08%) Continuous Improvement
10 26 (13.07%) CI/CD
11 25 (12.56%) Test Automation
12 23 (11.56%) Mentoring
13 20 (10.05%) AI
14 19 (9.55%) User Experience
15 18 (9.05%) DevOps
16 16 (8.04%) Containerisation
16 16 (8.04%) E-Commerce
16 16 (8.04%) Machine Learning
17 15 (7.54%) OO PHP
18 14 (7.04%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 80 (40.20%) SQL
2 76 (38.19%) JavaScript
3 70 (35.18%) C#
4 46 (23.12%) Java
5 44 (22.11%) C++
6 38 (19.10%) TypeScript
7 25 (12.56%) Python
8 7 (3.52%) Go
8 7 (3.52%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.51%) PowerShell
10 2 (1.01%) Ruby
10 2 (1.01%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.50%) Bash
11 1 (0.50%) Perl
Qualifications
1 53 (26.63%) Degree
2 49 (24.62%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (1.01%) Master's Degree
4 1 (0.50%) AWS Certification
4 1 (0.50%) BPSS Clearance
4 1 (0.50%) MCSE
4 1 (0.50%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (0.50%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (6.03%) QA
2 6 (3.02%) SLA
3 5 (2.51%) Accessibility
4 2 (1.01%) GDPR
4 2 (1.01%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 23 (11.56%) Docker
Systems Management
1 8 (4.02%) Ansible
2 7 (3.52%) Kubernetes
3 4 (2.01%) Terraform
4 3 (1.51%) cPanel
4 3 (1.51%) Plesk
5 1 (0.50%) Argo
5 1 (0.50%) Grafana
5 1 (0.50%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 16 (8.04%) Microsoft
2 7 (3.52%) HubSpot
3 6 (3.02%) Salesforce
4 5 (2.51%) Adobe
4 5 (2.51%) Google
4 5 (2.51%) Oracle
5 4 (2.01%) WooCommerce
6 2 (1.01%) Netlify
6 2 (1.01%) OpenAI
6 2 (1.01%) Zend
7 1 (0.50%) Progress