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

6 months to
10 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 254 213 174
Rank change year-on-year -41 -39 -6
Permanent jobs citing PHP 228 217 432
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.92% 1.30% 2.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.69% 4.38% 4.96%
Number of salaries quoted 201 147 257
10th Percentile - - £31,250
25th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £37,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +6.67% -21.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £57,500 £57,500 £58,750
90th Percentile £67,500 £71,750 £72,750
UK median annual salary £50,000 £44,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +12.36% -11.00% -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 6,183 4,954 8,706
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.88% 29.71% 40.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4,543 3,275 5,602
10th Percentile £40,000 £35,950 £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 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £115,000
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £63,000
% change year-on-year +4.00% -0.79% -3.08%

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 10 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 20 (8.77%) WordPress
2 8 (3.51%) CMS
3 5 (2.19%) Apache
4 3 (1.32%) Confluence
4 3 (1.32%) Microsoft Exchange
5 2 (0.88%) IIS
6 1 (0.44%) Moodle
6 1 (0.44%) nginx
6 1 (0.44%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.88%) Elementor
1 2 (0.88%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.75%) Shopify
2 1 (0.44%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 83 (36.40%) Azure
2 52 (22.81%) AWS
3 27 (11.84%) SaaS
4 14 (6.14%) GitHub
5 10 (4.39%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.63%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (1.75%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.75%) GCP
7 4 (1.75%) Microsoft 365
7 4 (1.75%) Sentry
8 3 (1.32%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.32%) ClickUp
8 3 (1.32%) Contentful
8 3 (1.32%) Datadog
8 3 (1.32%) npm
8 3 (1.32%) Stripe
9 2 (0.88%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.88%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (0.88%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.88%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.32%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.88%) Broadband
2 2 (0.88%) Intranet
3 1 (0.44%) DNS
3 1 (0.44%) Firewall
3 1 (0.44%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (20.61%) SQL Server
2 36 (15.79%) MySQL
3 16 (7.02%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (4.39%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.63%) Redis
6 5 (2.19%) MariaDB
6 5 (2.19%) Power BI
7 4 (1.75%) ClickHouse
7 4 (1.75%) Elasticsearch
7 4 (1.75%) MongoDB
8 3 (1.32%) Metadata
9 2 (0.88%) Amazon Athena
9 2 (0.88%) Apache Cassandra
9 2 (0.88%) DynamoDB
9 2 (0.88%) Neo4j
9 2 (0.88%) Tableau
10 1 (0.44%) Amazon RDS
10 1 (0.44%) Data Hub
Development Applications
1 21 (9.21%) Git
2 5 (2.19%) JIRA
3 4 (1.75%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.32%) Appium
5 2 (0.88%) Bower
5 2 (0.88%) Claude Code
5 2 (0.88%) ESLint
5 2 (0.88%) GitLab
5 2 (0.88%) Storybook
5 2 (0.88%) Vite
6 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 38 (16.67%) Finance
2 32 (14.04%) Social Skills
3 8 (3.51%) Marketing
3 8 (3.51%) Public Sector
4 7 (3.07%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.75%) Games
6 4 (1.75%) Retail
7 3 (1.32%) Law
7 3 (1.32%) Legal
7 3 (1.32%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.32%) Publishing
8 1 (0.44%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 140 (61.40%) Developer
2 74 (32.46%) Graduate
3 54 (23.68%) PHP Developer
4 51 (22.37%) Senior
4 51 (22.37%) Software Engineer
5 42 (18.42%) Software Developer
6 40 (17.54%) Graduate Software Engineer
7 36 (15.79%) Senior Developer
8 34 (14.91%) Graduate Developer
8 34 (14.91%) Graduate Software Developer
9 28 (12.28%) PHP Software Engineer
10 25 (10.96%) Azure Engineer
10 25 (10.96%) Azure Software Engineer
10 25 (10.96%) C# Software Engineer
11 23 (10.09%) Full-Stack Developer
12 22 (9.65%) C# Developer
12 22 (9.65%) C# Software Developer
12 22 (9.65%) Graduate C# Developer
12 22 (9.65%) Graduate SQL Developer
12 22 (9.65%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 81 (35.53%) Laravel
2 45 (19.74%) CSS
3 38 (16.67%) React
4 36 (15.79%) HTML
5 33 (14.47%) Vue
6 20 (8.77%) jQuery
7 13 (5.70%) Node.js
7 13 (5.70%) RESTful
8 12 (5.26%) Symfony
9 10 (4.39%) Web Services
10 8 (3.51%) CSS3
10 8 (3.51%) Sass
11 7 (3.07%) Terraform
12 6 (2.63%) .NET
12 6 (2.63%) AngularJS
12 6 (2.63%) HTML5
12 6 (2.63%) RabbitMQ
13 5 (2.19%) React Native
14 4 (1.75%) Jest
14 4 (1.75%) REST
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.14%) Virtual Team
2 10 (4.39%) Legacy Systems
3 9 (3.95%) Greenfield Project
3 9 (3.95%) Mobile App
4 8 (3.51%) Cloud Native
5 6 (2.63%) Educational Technology
6 4 (1.75%) PMI
7 3 (1.32%) Blog
7 3 (1.32%) Clustering
7 3 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
8 2 (0.88%) Data Structures
8 2 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.88%) IoT
8 2 (0.88%) Management Information System
8 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
8 2 (0.88%) Social Media
9 1 (0.44%) Legacy Code
9 1 (0.44%) NHS
9 1 (0.44%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (7.02%) Linux
2 5 (2.19%) Windows
3 4 (1.75%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.32%) Android
4 3 (1.32%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.32%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (31.14%) Software Engineering
2 61 (26.75%) Computer Science
3 60 (26.32%) Agile
4 40 (17.54%) Problem-Solving
5 32 (14.04%) Full-Stack Development
6 27 (11.84%) MVC
7 25 (10.96%) CI/CD
7 25 (10.96%) OOP
8 23 (10.09%) AI
9 19 (8.33%) OO
9 19 (8.33%) User Experience
10 18 (7.89%) Web Development
11 17 (7.46%) Mentoring
12 16 (7.02%) Continuous Improvement
13 14 (6.14%) Clean Code
13 14 (6.14%) DevOps
13 14 (6.14%) Fintech
13 14 (6.14%) Test Automation
14 10 (4.39%) Code Quality
14 10 (4.39%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 81 (35.53%) C#
1 81 (35.53%) SQL
2 62 (27.19%) JavaScript
3 25 (10.96%) Python
4 21 (9.21%) Java
5 17 (7.46%) TypeScript
6 12 (5.26%) C++
7 8 (3.51%) Go
8 4 (1.75%) Bash
9 3 (1.32%) Kotlin
9 3 (1.32%) PowerShell
9 3 (1.32%) Ruby
9 3 (1.32%) Scala
9 3 (1.32%) Swift
10 1 (0.44%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (14.91%) Degree
2 32 (14.04%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (1.75%) PMI Certification
4 2 (0.88%) Master's Degree
5 1 (0.44%) DBS Check
5 1 (0.44%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.44%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (7.89%) Accessibility
2 8 (3.51%) QA
3 3 (1.32%) WCAG
4 2 (0.88%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 22 (9.65%) Docker
2 3 (1.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (3.51%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.63%) Ansible
3 3 (1.32%) Grafana
4 2 (0.88%) Plesk
Vendors
1 12 (5.26%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.19%) Google
2 5 (2.19%) OpenAI
3 3 (1.32%) Sage
4 2 (0.88%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.44%) Netlify