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 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 235 212 175
Rank change year-on-year -23 -37 -12
Permanent jobs citing PHP 255 230 452
As % of all permanent jobs with remote/hybrid work options 1.04% 1.42% 1.95%
As % of the Programming Languages category 4.13% 4.53% 5.02%
Number of salaries quoted 227 157 289
10th Percentile - - £31,250
25th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £37,500 £37,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - -21.05% -9.52%
75th Percentile £52,000 £58,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £67,500 £74,250 £70,550
UK median annual salary £49,750 £43,250 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.03% -13.50% -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 6,170 5,079 9,007
As % of all permanent jobs with a WFH option 25.27% 31.34% 38.85%
Number of salaries quoted 4,610 3,418 6,109
10th Percentile £39,000 £36,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £48,250 £47,500 £47,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £63,451 £64,000 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year -0.86% -1.54% -
75th Percentile £84,875 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £117,500 £118,750
UK median annual salary £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% - -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 21 September 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 (7.84%) WordPress
2 8 (3.14%) CMS
3 5 (1.96%) Apache
4 4 (1.57%) Microsoft Exchange
5 3 (1.18%) Confluence
6 1 (0.39%) IIS
6 1 (0.39%) Moodle
6 1 (0.39%) nginx
6 1 (0.39%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (0.78%) Elementor
2 1 (0.39%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (1.57%) Shopify
2 1 (0.39%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 98 (38.43%) Azure
2 54 (21.18%) AWS
3 25 (9.80%) SaaS
4 13 (5.10%) GitHub
5 9 (3.53%) Power Platform
6 6 (2.35%) GitHub Actions
7 4 (1.57%) Dynamics 365
7 4 (1.57%) GCP
8 3 (1.18%) Amazon S3
8 3 (1.18%) ClickUp
8 3 (1.18%) Contentful
8 3 (1.18%) Datadog
8 3 (1.18%) Microsoft 365
8 3 (1.18%) Sentry
8 3 (1.18%) Stripe
9 2 (0.78%) Amazon EKS
9 2 (0.78%) GitHub Copilot
9 2 (0.78%) npm
9 2 (0.78%) Power Automate
9 2 (0.78%) Serverless
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.18%) TCP/IP
2 2 (0.78%) Broadband
2 2 (0.78%) Intranet
3 1 (0.39%) DNS
3 1 (0.39%) Firewall
3 1 (0.39%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (21.57%) SQL Server
2 47 (18.43%) MySQL
3 14 (5.49%) PostgreSQL
4 8 (3.14%) Relational Database
5 6 (2.35%) MariaDB
5 6 (2.35%) Redis
6 4 (1.57%) Power BI
7 3 (1.18%) MongoDB
8 2 (0.78%) Amazon Athena
8 2 (0.78%) Apache Cassandra
8 2 (0.78%) ClickHouse
8 2 (0.78%) DynamoDB
8 2 (0.78%) Elasticsearch
8 2 (0.78%) Metadata
8 2 (0.78%) Neo4j
9 1 (0.39%) Amazon RDS
9 1 (0.39%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.39%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 18 (7.06%) Git
2 5 (1.96%) JIRA
3 4 (1.57%) Jenkins
4 3 (1.18%) Appium
5 2 (0.78%) Bower
5 2 (0.78%) ESLint
5 2 (0.78%) GitLab
5 2 (0.78%) Storybook
5 2 (0.78%) Vite
6 1 (0.39%) Claude Code
6 1 (0.39%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 49 (19.22%) Finance
2 36 (14.12%) Social Skills
3 8 (3.14%) Marketing
3 8 (3.14%) Public Sector
4 7 (2.75%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (2.75%) Inclusion and Diversity
5 5 (1.96%) Games
5 5 (1.96%) Law
6 4 (1.57%) Legal
7 3 (1.18%) Organisational Skills
7 3 (1.18%) Publishing
7 3 (1.18%) Retail
8 2 (0.78%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.39%) Agriculture
Job Titles
1 165 (64.71%) Developer
2 89 (34.90%) Graduate
3 72 (28.24%) PHP Developer
4 55 (21.57%) Software Developer
5 54 (21.18%) Software Engineer
6 51 (20.00%) Senior
7 49 (19.22%) Graduate Developer
7 49 (19.22%) Graduate Software Developer
8 40 (15.69%) Graduate Software Engineer
9 37 (14.51%) Senior Developer
10 33 (12.94%) C# Developer
10 33 (12.94%) C# Software Developer
10 33 (12.94%) Graduate C# Developer
10 33 (12.94%) Graduate C# Software Developer
11 32 (12.55%) Graduate SQL Developer
11 32 (12.55%) SQL Developer
12 30 (11.76%) PHP Software Engineer
13 27 (10.59%) Graduate PHP Developer
14 26 (10.20%) PHP Laravel Developer
15 25 (9.80%) Azure Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 91 (35.69%) Laravel
2 62 (24.31%) CSS
3 46 (18.04%) HTML
4 36 (14.12%) jQuery
4 36 (14.12%) React
5 30 (11.76%) Vue
6 15 (5.88%) CSS3
7 14 (5.49%) HTML5
8 13 (5.10%) Node.js
9 11 (4.31%) RESTful
10 9 (3.53%) Symfony
10 9 (3.53%) Web Services
11 7 (2.75%) AngularJS
12 6 (2.35%) .NET
12 6 (2.35%) RabbitMQ
12 6 (2.35%) Sass
13 5 (1.96%) React Native
13 5 (1.96%) Terraform
14 3 (1.18%) GraphQL
14 3 (1.18%) Jest
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.84%) Virtual Team
2 11 (4.31%) Legacy Systems
3 8 (3.14%) Cloud Native
3 8 (3.14%) Greenfield Project
4 7 (2.75%) Mobile App
5 6 (2.35%) Educational Technology
6 3 (1.18%) Blog
6 3 (1.18%) Clustering
6 3 (1.18%) Linux Command Line
7 2 (0.78%) Distributed Systems
7 2 (0.78%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (0.78%) IoT
7 2 (0.78%) PMI
7 2 (0.78%) Social Media
8 1 (0.39%) NHS
8 1 (0.39%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 16 (6.27%) Linux
2 6 (2.35%) Windows
3 4 (1.57%) Ubuntu
4 3 (1.18%) Android
4 3 (1.18%) Apple iOS
4 3 (1.18%) Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (30.20%) Computer Science
2 71 (27.84%) Software Engineering
3 66 (25.88%) Agile
4 40 (15.69%) MVC
5 39 (15.29%) Problem-Solving
6 32 (12.55%) OO
6 32 (12.55%) OOP
7 29 (11.37%) Full-Stack Development
8 27 (10.59%) CI/CD
9 22 (8.63%) Mentoring
10 21 (8.24%) Clean Code
11 20 (7.84%) Web Development
12 18 (7.06%) AI
13 16 (6.27%) Continuous Improvement
13 16 (6.27%) User Experience
14 15 (5.88%) DevOps
15 14 (5.49%) Fintech
16 12 (4.71%) Test Automation
17 11 (4.31%) OO PHP
18 9 (3.53%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 102 (40.00%) SQL
2 95 (37.25%) C#
3 63 (24.71%) JavaScript
4 31 (12.16%) Python
5 29 (11.37%) Java
6 20 (7.84%) C++
7 15 (5.88%) TypeScript
8 10 (3.92%) Go
9 4 (1.57%) Bash
10 3 (1.18%) Kotlin
10 3 (1.18%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.18%) Ruby
10 3 (1.18%) Scala
10 3 (1.18%) Swift
11 1 (0.39%) Rust
11 1 (0.39%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 47 (18.43%) Degree
2 45 (17.65%) Computer Science Degree
3 2 (0.78%) Master's Degree
3 2 (0.78%) PMI Certification
4 1 (0.39%) SC Cleared
4 1 (0.39%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.27%) Accessibility
2 6 (2.35%) QA
3 3 (1.18%) WCAG
4 1 (0.39%) Data Quality
4 1 (0.39%) GDPR
System Software
1 19 (7.45%) Docker
2 4 (1.57%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 8 (3.14%) Kubernetes
2 6 (2.35%) Ansible
3 3 (1.18%) Grafana
3 3 (1.18%) Plesk
Vendors
1 17 (6.67%) Microsoft
2 5 (1.96%) OpenAI
3 4 (1.57%) Google
3 4 (1.57%) Sage
4 2 (0.78%) Dynatrace
5 1 (0.39%) Netlify