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

6 months to
9 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 248 221 172
Rank change year-on-year -27 -49 -3
Permanent jobs citing PHP 227 222 440
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.92% 1.32% 2.03%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.70% 4.46% 5.04%
Number of salaries quoted 202 150 263
10th Percentile - - £31,250
25th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £38,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +3.23% -18.42% -9.52%
75th Percentile £57,500 £58,438 £58,125
90th Percentile £67,500 £72,500 £71,150
UK median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +11.11% -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 6,139 4,975 8,723
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 24.77% 29.63% 40.25%
Number of salaries quoted 4,521 3,295 5,632
10th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £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 £116,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £63,264
% change year-on-year +4.00% -1.21% -2.67%

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 9 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 (8.81%) WordPress
2 8 (3.52%) CMS
3 5 (2.20%) 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 (1.76%) Shopify
2 1 (0.44%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 85 (37.44%) Azure
2 51 (22.47%) AWS
3 25 (11.01%) SaaS
4 13 (5.73%) GitHub
5 10 (4.41%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.64%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (1.76%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.76%) GCP
7 4 (1.76%) 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%) Microsoft 365
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 (20.70%) SQL Server
2 34 (14.98%) MySQL
3 15 (6.61%) PostgreSQL
4 10 (4.41%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.64%) Redis
6 5 (2.20%) MariaDB
6 5 (2.20%) Power BI
7 4 (1.76%) ClickHouse
7 4 (1.76%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.32%) Metadata
8 3 (1.32%) MongoDB
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
Development Applications
1 20 (8.81%) Git
2 5 (2.20%) JIRA
3 4 (1.76%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.32%) Appium
5 2 (0.88%) Bower
5 2 (0.88%) ESLint
5 2 (0.88%) GitLab
5 2 (0.88%) Storybook
5 2 (0.88%) Vite
6 1 (0.44%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.44%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 40 (17.62%) Finance
2 30 (13.22%) Social Skills
3 8 (3.52%) Marketing
3 8 (3.52%) Public Sector
4 7 (3.08%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 6 (2.64%) Analytical Skills
6 4 (1.76%) Games
6 4 (1.76%) 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
1 139 (61.23%) Developer
2 76 (33.48%) Graduate
3 54 (23.79%) PHP Developer
4 51 (22.47%) Software Engineer
5 50 (22.03%) Senior
6 44 (19.38%) Software Developer
7 40 (17.62%) Graduate Software Engineer
8 36 (15.86%) Graduate Developer
8 36 (15.86%) Graduate Software Developer
9 35 (15.42%) Senior Developer
10 28 (12.33%) PHP Software Engineer
11 25 (11.01%) Azure Engineer
11 25 (11.01%) Azure Software Engineer
11 25 (11.01%) C# Software Engineer
12 24 (10.57%) C# Developer
12 24 (10.57%) C# Software Developer
12 24 (10.57%) Graduate C# Developer
12 24 (10.57%) Graduate C# Software Developer
12 24 (10.57%) Graduate SQL Developer
12 24 (10.57%) SQL Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 79 (34.80%) Laravel
2 44 (19.38%) CSS
3 38 (16.74%) React
4 35 (15.42%) HTML
5 32 (14.10%) Vue
6 20 (8.81%) jQuery
7 13 (5.73%) Node.js
8 11 (4.85%) RESTful
8 11 (4.85%) Symfony
9 9 (3.96%) Web Services
10 8 (3.52%) Sass
11 7 (3.08%) CSS3
11 7 (3.08%) Terraform
12 6 (2.64%) AngularJS
12 6 (2.64%) HTML5
12 6 (2.64%) RabbitMQ
13 5 (2.20%) .NET
13 5 (2.20%) React Native
14 4 (1.76%) Jest
15 3 (1.32%) GraphQL
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.17%) Virtual Team
2 10 (4.41%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.52%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.52%) Greenfield Project
3 8 (3.52%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.64%) Educational Technology
5 4 (1.76%) PMI
6 3 (1.32%) Blog
6 3 (1.32%) Clustering
6 3 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.88%) Data Structures
7 2 (0.88%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.88%) IoT
7 2 (0.88%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.88%) Onboarding
7 2 (0.88%) Social Media
8 1 (0.44%) Legacy Code
8 1 (0.44%) NHS
8 1 (0.44%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (6.61%) Linux
2 5 (2.20%) Windows
3 4 (1.76%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.32%) Android
4 3 (1.32%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.32%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 70 (30.84%) Software Engineering
2 63 (27.75%) Computer Science
3 60 (26.43%) Agile
4 39 (17.18%) Problem-Solving
5 31 (13.66%) Full-Stack Development
6 27 (11.89%) MVC
7 25 (11.01%) CI/CD
8 24 (10.57%) OOP
9 23 (10.13%) AI
10 19 (8.37%) User Experience
11 18 (7.93%) OO
11 18 (7.93%) Web Development
12 17 (7.49%) Mentoring
13 16 (7.05%) Continuous Improvement
14 14 (6.17%) Clean Code
14 14 (6.17%) DevOps
14 14 (6.17%) Fintech
15 12 (5.29%) Test Automation
16 10 (4.41%) Analytics
16 10 (4.41%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 82 (36.12%) C#
1 82 (36.12%) SQL
2 60 (26.43%) JavaScript
3 25 (11.01%) Python
4 21 (9.25%) Java
5 16 (7.05%) TypeScript
6 12 (5.29%) C++
7 8 (3.52%) Go
8 4 (1.76%) 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 (14.98%) Degree
2 32 (14.10%) Computer Science Degree
3 4 (1.76%) 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 (7.93%) Accessibility
2 7 (3.08%) QA
3 3 (1.32%) WCAG
4 2 (0.88%) Data Quality
5 1 (0.44%) GDPR
System Software
1 21 (9.25%) Docker
2 3 (1.32%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (3.52%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.64%) Ansible
3 3 (1.32%) Grafana
4 2 (0.88%) Plesk
Vendors
1 11 (4.85%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.20%) OpenAI
3 4 (1.76%) Google
4 3 (1.32%) Sage
5 2 (0.88%) Dynatrace
6 1 (0.44%) Netlify