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 29 July 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 197 182 153
Rank change year-on-year -15 -29 -8
Permanent jobs citing PHP 302 292 581
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.38% 1.77% 2.18%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.11% 5.15% 5.63%
Number of salaries quoted 275 217 499
10th Percentile - £25,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £24,000 £29,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.67% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £58,750 £62,500 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,500 £75,000 £75,000
UK median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -8.26%

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 5,915 5,672 10,321
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 27.02% 34.46% 38.70%
Number of salaries quoted 4,464 3,932 8,231
10th Percentile £38,750 £37,500 £39,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £47,500 £46,995
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £65,000 £61,500
Median % change year-on-year -3.85% +5.69% -5.38%
75th Percentile £83,750 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £115,000 £111,250
UK median annual salary £65,000 £63,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +2.36% +5.83% -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 29 July 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 17 (5.63%) WordPress
2 8 (2.65%) CMS
2 8 (2.65%) Microsoft Exchange
3 6 (1.99%) Apache
4 2 (0.66%) Confluence
4 2 (0.66%) Drupal
4 2 (0.66%) nginx
5 1 (0.33%) IIS
5 1 (0.33%) Moodle
5 1 (0.33%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.66%) Elementor
2 1 (0.33%) Trello
Business Applications
1 5 (1.66%) Shopify
2 2 (0.66%) Magento
3 1 (0.33%) CiviCRM
Cloud Services
1 117 (38.74%) Azure
2 67 (22.19%) AWS
3 34 (11.26%) SaaS
4 16 (5.30%) GitHub
5 8 (2.65%) Amazon S3
5 8 (2.65%) Power Platform
6 7 (2.32%) GitHub Actions
6 7 (2.32%) Serverless
7 6 (1.99%) Amazon EC2
7 6 (1.99%) Microsoft 365
8 5 (1.66%) AWS Lambda
9 4 (1.32%) GCP
10 3 (0.99%) Amazon EKS
10 3 (0.99%) ClickUp
10 3 (0.99%) Contentful
10 3 (0.99%) Dynamics 365
10 3 (0.99%) Slack
11 2 (0.66%) GitHub Copilot
11 2 (0.66%) npm
11 2 (0.66%) Stripe
Communications & Networking
1 7 (2.32%) TCP/IP
2 5 (1.66%) DNS
3 4 (1.32%) DHCP
3 4 (1.32%) VPN
3 4 (1.32%) Wi-Fi
4 2 (0.66%) Broadband
4 2 (0.66%) Intranet
5 1 (0.33%) Firewall
5 1 (0.33%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (20.53%) SQL Server
2 55 (18.21%) MySQL
3 17 (5.63%) PostgreSQL
4 14 (4.64%) Relational Database
5 6 (1.99%) MariaDB
6 5 (1.66%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (1.66%) Redis
7 4 (1.32%) MongoDB
7 4 (1.32%) NoSQL
8 2 (0.66%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.66%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.66%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.66%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.66%) Metadata
8 2 (0.66%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.33%) InterSystems Cache
9 1 (0.33%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 21 (6.95%) Git
2 8 (2.65%) JIRA
3 4 (1.32%) Claude Code
3 4 (1.32%) Jenkins
4 2 (0.66%) Bower
4 2 (0.66%) Postman
5 1 (0.33%) Appium
5 1 (0.33%) Browser DevTools
5 1 (0.33%) CircleCI
5 1 (0.33%) Gatling
5 1 (0.33%) JMeter
5 1 (0.33%) PHPUnit
5 1 (0.33%) TeamCity
5 1 (0.33%) Vagrant
5 1 (0.33%) webpack
General
1 70 (23.18%) Finance
2 47 (15.56%) Social Skills
3 10 (3.31%) Marketing
4 7 (2.32%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (2.32%) Law
4 7 (2.32%) Public Sector
5 6 (1.99%) Organisational Skills
6 5 (1.66%) Games
6 5 (1.66%) Health Technology
6 5 (1.66%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 5 (1.66%) Pharmaceutical
6 5 (1.66%) Retail
7 4 (1.32%) Legal
8 3 (0.99%) Manufacturing
8 3 (0.99%) Publishing
9 1 (0.33%) Billing
9 1 (0.33%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 196 (64.90%) Developer
2 109 (36.09%) Graduate
3 108 (35.76%) PHP Developer
4 76 (25.17%) Graduate Developer
4 76 (25.17%) Software Developer
5 75 (24.83%) Graduate Software Developer
6 60 (19.87%) Senior
7 59 (19.54%) C# Developer
7 59 (19.54%) C# Software Developer
7 59 (19.54%) Graduate C# Developer
7 59 (19.54%) Graduate C# Software Developer
8 57 (18.87%) Graduate SQL Developer
8 57 (18.87%) SQL Developer
9 50 (16.56%) Software Engineer
10 47 (15.56%) Graduate PHP Developer
11 43 (14.24%) Senior Developer
12 33 (10.93%) Graduate Software Engineer
13 31 (10.26%) PHP Software Engineer
14 26 (8.61%) Azure Engineer
15 25 (8.28%) Azure Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 80 (26.49%) Laravel
2 74 (24.50%) CSS
3 48 (15.89%) HTML
3 48 (15.89%) jQuery
4 41 (13.58%) React
5 26 (8.61%) Vue
6 14 (4.64%) CSS3
6 14 (4.64%) HTML5
6 14 (4.64%) RESTful
7 12 (3.97%) Node.js
7 12 (3.97%) Symfony
8 10 (3.31%) AngularJS
9 8 (2.65%) .NET
9 8 (2.65%) Web Services
10 5 (1.66%) .NET Framework
11 4 (1.32%) JSON
11 4 (1.32%) REST
12 3 (0.99%) Bootstrap
12 3 (0.99%) React Native
12 3 (0.99%) RxJS
Miscellaneous
1 26 (8.61%) Virtual Team
2 12 (3.97%) Cloud Native
2 12 (3.97%) Legacy Systems
3 7 (2.32%) Educational Technology
3 7 (2.32%) Onboarding
4 6 (1.99%) Greenfield Project
5 5 (1.66%) Robotics
6 4 (1.32%) CCTV
6 4 (1.32%) Driving Licence
6 4 (1.32%) IoT
6 4 (1.32%) Linux Command Line
7 3 (0.99%) AI Agents
7 3 (0.99%) Distributed Systems
8 2 (0.66%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.66%) Marketing Technology
8 2 (0.66%) Social Media
9 1 (0.33%) Blog
9 1 (0.33%) Mobile App
9 1 (0.33%) NHS
9 1 (0.33%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 19 (6.29%) Linux
2 11 (3.64%) Windows
3 4 (1.32%) Windows 10
4 3 (0.99%) Debian
4 3 (0.99%) Ubuntu
5 1 (0.33%) Android
5 1 (0.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (0.33%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (32.45%) Computer Science
2 89 (29.47%) Agile
3 69 (22.85%) Software Engineering
4 51 (16.89%) MVC
5 43 (14.24%) Problem-Solving
6 42 (13.91%) OOP
7 35 (11.59%) Mentoring
8 34 (11.26%) Full-Stack Development
9 33 (10.93%) OO
10 28 (9.27%) CI/CD
11 27 (8.94%) Clean Code
12 24 (7.95%) DevOps
12 24 (7.95%) Web Development
13 16 (5.30%) Microservices
14 15 (4.97%) Continuous Improvement
15 14 (4.64%) AI
15 14 (4.64%) User Experience
16 12 (3.97%) Fintech
16 12 (3.97%) Front End Development
17 11 (3.64%) OO PHP
Programming Languages
1 126 (41.72%) SQL
2 113 (37.42%) C#
3 62 (20.53%) JavaScript
4 38 (12.58%) Java
4 38 (12.58%) Python
5 30 (9.93%) C++
6 14 (4.64%) Go
7 13 (4.30%) TypeScript
8 8 (2.65%) PowerShell
9 7 (2.32%) Bash
10 4 (1.32%) Delphi
10 4 (1.32%) Pascal
11 3 (0.99%) Ruby
11 3 (0.99%) Rust
11 3 (0.99%) Scala
12 1 (0.33%) Kotlin
12 1 (0.33%) Shell Script
12 1 (0.33%) Swift
Qualifications
1 60 (19.87%) Degree
2 57 (18.87%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (0.99%) Master's Degree
4 2 (0.66%) Security Cleared
5 1 (0.33%) AWS Certification
5 1 (0.33%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
5 1 (0.33%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.33%) Microsoft Certification
5 1 (0.33%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (3.97%) Accessibility
2 6 (1.99%) QA
3 4 (1.32%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 3 (0.99%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.66%) GDPR
5 2 (0.66%) SLA
5 2 (0.66%) WCAG
6 1 (0.33%) NCSC
System Software
1 21 (6.95%) Docker
2 5 (1.66%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.99%) Firmware
Systems Management
1 11 (3.64%) Kubernetes
2 8 (2.65%) Terraform
3 7 (2.32%) Ansible
4 3 (0.99%) Plesk
5 1 (0.33%) Consul
5 1 (0.33%) Grafana
5 1 (0.33%) Kibana
5 1 (0.33%) Packer
5 1 (0.33%) Progress Chef
5 1 (0.33%) Puppet
5 1 (0.33%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 26 (8.61%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.32%) OpenAI
2 4 (1.32%) Sage
3 3 (0.99%) Google
4 2 (0.66%) Apple
4 2 (0.66%) BT
4 2 (0.66%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.33%) Netlify
5 1 (0.33%) New Relic
5 1 (0.33%) Salesforce
5 1 (0.33%) TOWER Software