PHP
UK
The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies with a requirement for PHP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited PHP over the 6 months to 29 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 29 Apr 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 300 | 366 | 286 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +66 | -80 | -75 |
| Contract jobs citing PHP | 335 | 393 | 847 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.77% | 0.66% | 0.95% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.61% | 1.88% | 2.63% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 262 | 282 | 654 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £306 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £314 | £350 | £381 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £420 | £425 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -1.24% | -5.56% | +12.50% |
| 75th Percentile | £525 | £500 | £540 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | £600 | £650 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £419 | £400 | £425 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.69% | -5.88% | +21.43% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 10 | 17 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.50 | £24.47 | £28.65 |
| 25th Percentile | £28.44 | £43.38 | £34.25 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £80.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.88% | +128.57% | +16.67% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.34 | £85.00 | £43.75 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £87.53 | £46.25 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £45.00 | £48.74 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -7.66% | +14.67% | +66.67% |
All Programming Languages
UK
PHP is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.
| Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills | 12,854 | 20,901 | 32,217 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.49% | 35.02% | 36.30% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,130 | 15,092 | 23,463 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £400 | £381 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £450 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £650 |
| 90th Percentile | £760 | £780 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £485 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +3.09% | +14.12% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 485 | 471 | 514 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.25 | £19.91 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £60.50 | £60.70 | £50.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.33% | +21.40% | +13.64% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £77.00 | £68.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £49.52 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +26.21% | +16.52% |
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Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
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Contractor Daily Rate Trend
3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PHP.
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Daily Rate Histogram
Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PHP over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.
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Contractor Hourly Rate Trend
3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PHP.
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Hourly Rate Histogram
Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PHP over the 6 months to 29 April 2024.
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Top 16 Contract Locations
The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the UK over the 6 months to 29 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.
| Location | Rank Change on Same Period Last Year |
Matching Contract IT Job Ads |
Median Daily Rate Past 6 Months |
Median Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year |
Live Jobs |
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| England | +65 | 277 | £400 | -3.03% | 425 |
| UK excluding London | +57 | 166 | £419 | +4.69% | 329 |
| Work from Home | +62 | 154 | £450 | +12.43% | 269 |
| London | +84 | 138 | £415 | -7.89% | 113 |
| South East | +28 | 47 | £475 | +18.75% | 55 |
| North of England | +22 | 46 | £350 | -12.50% | 116 |
| North West | +19 | 31 | £394 | +1.61% | 65 |
| Wales | +25 | 23 | £515 | +14.44% | 12 |
| Midlands | +31 | 20 | £350 | -22.22% | 55 |
| South West | +7 | 18 | £350 | -12.50% | 53 |
| Yorkshire | +22 | 13 | £330 | -17.50% | 41 |
| East Midlands | +27 | 10 | £350 | - | 23 |
| West Midlands | +26 | 10 | £138 | -70.27% | 31 |
| Scotland | +30 | 9 | £388 | -12.92% | 13 |
| East of England | +2 | 3 | £475 | +31.94% | 34 |
| North East | +19 | 2 | £375 | -1.32% | 11 |
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Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category
The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:
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