PHP Jobs in the West Midlands

PHP
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for PHP skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited PHP over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 132 151 111
Rank change year-on-year +19 -40 -66
Permanent jobs citing PHP 127 112 206
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 1.63% 1.84% 2.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 6.48% 5.13% 6.88%
Number of salaries quoted 95 51 185
10th Percentile £29,250 £37,500 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% -4.55% +29.41%
75th Percentile £52,500 £61,250 £73,750
90th Percentile £68,500 - £85,000
England median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +16.67%

All Programming Languages
West Midlands

PHP is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 1,960 2,183 2,994
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 25.08% 35.94% 39.65%
Number of salaries quoted 1,674 1,176 2,065
10th Percentile £31,250 £35,000 £33,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £40,399
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £75,772 £77,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +8.70%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for PHP in the West Midlands

PHP
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PHP in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for PHP in the West Midlands

PHP
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for PHP in the West Midlands

PHP
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 May 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham -17 44 £47,500 -17.39% 13
Warwickshire +32 19 £37,500 - 4
Staffordshire -25 18 £50,000 +14.29% 11
Shropshire - 10 £27,500 - 4
Worcestershire -15 9 £35,000 -36.36% 8
Solihull -2 5 £50,000 -4.76% 1
Coventry +12 4 £45,000 -5.48% 1
Halesowen - 2 £60,000 -
Walsall - 1 £50,000 - 1
PHP
England

PHP
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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:

Application Platforms
1 26 (20.47%) WordPress
2 10 (7.87%) CMS
3 7 (5.51%) nginx
4 6 (4.72%) Headless CMS
5 3 (2.36%) Drupal
6 2 (1.57%) Apache
6 2 (1.57%) IIS
6 2 (1.57%) Liferay
6 2 (1.57%) Magnolia
6 2 (1.57%) Sitecore CMS
7 1 (0.79%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (2.36%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 7 (5.51%) Magento
2 4 (3.15%) NetSuite
2 4 (3.15%) Shopify
3 1 (0.79%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 24 (18.90%) AWS
2 12 (9.45%) SaaS
3 8 (6.30%) GitHub
4 7 (5.51%) GitHub Actions
4 7 (5.51%) npm
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon Kinesis
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon S3
5 4 (3.15%) PaaS
6 3 (2.36%) Azure
6 3 (2.36%) Figma
6 3 (2.36%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (1.57%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.36%) LAN
1 3 (2.36%) WAN
1 3 (2.36%) Wi-Fi
2 1 (0.79%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (43.31%) MySQL
2 7 (5.51%) SQL Server
3 6 (4.72%) Relational Database
4 5 (3.94%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon RDS
5 4 (3.15%) Amazon Redshift
5 4 (3.15%) Data Warehouse
5 4 (3.15%) RDBMS
6 3 (2.36%) Crystal Reports
6 3 (2.36%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.57%) DB2
7 2 (1.57%) DTS
7 2 (1.57%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.57%) NoSQL
7 2 (1.57%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 1 (0.79%) Amazon Aurora
8 1 (0.79%) MariaDB
8 1 (0.79%) Tableau
Development Applications
1 37 (29.13%) Git
2 6 (4.72%) JIRA
3 5 (3.94%) gulp
3 5 (3.94%) webpack
4 4 (3.15%) Postman
5 2 (1.57%) Bower
5 2 (1.57%) Moq
5 2 (1.57%) Visual Studio
6 1 (0.79%) Grunt
6 1 (0.79%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.79%) PowerBuilder
6 1 (0.79%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 24 (18.90%) Marketing
1 24 (18.90%) Social Skills
2 9 (7.09%) Finance
3 6 (4.72%) Retail
4 5 (3.94%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (2.36%) Automotive
5 3 (2.36%) Law
6 2 (1.57%) iGaming
7 1 (0.79%) Banking
7 1 (0.79%) French Language
7 1 (0.79%) German Language
7 1 (0.79%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.79%) Organisational Skills
7 1 (0.79%) Spanish Language
7 1 (0.79%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 108 (85.04%) Developer
2 66 (51.97%) PHP Developer
3 35 (27.56%) Full Stack Developer
4 28 (22.05%) Web Developer
5 15 (11.81%) Full Stack PHP Developer
5 15 (11.81%) PHP Web Developer
6 13 (10.24%) Lead
7 11 (8.66%) Senior
8 9 (7.09%) Full Stack Web Developer
8 9 (7.09%) Senior Developer
9 8 (6.30%) HTML CSS Developer
9 8 (6.30%) HTML Developer
9 8 (6.30%) JavaScript Developer
9 8 (6.30%) Technical Leader
9 8 (6.30%) WordPress Developer
10 7 (5.51%) Junior
10 7 (5.51%) Junior Developer
10 7 (5.51%) Junior PHP Developer
11 6 (4.72%) Digital Developer
12 5 (3.94%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 69 (54.33%) HTML
2 65 (51.18%) CSS
3 57 (44.88%) Laravel
4 31 (24.41%) React
5 21 (16.54%) Vue
6 20 (15.75%) HTML5
7 18 (14.17%) Sass
8 16 (12.60%) jQuery
9 15 (11.81%) Node.js
10 14 (11.02%) Symfony
11 10 (7.87%) Tailwind CSS
12 9 (7.09%) JSON
12 9 (7.09%) React Native
13 6 (4.72%) GraphQL
13 6 (4.72%) LESS
14 5 (3.94%) AngularJS
14 5 (3.94%) LAMP
14 5 (3.94%) LEMP Stack
15 4 (3.15%) .NET
15 4 (3.15%) Spring
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.66%) Mobile App
2 5 (3.94%) Product Ownership
3 4 (3.15%) Cloud Native
3 4 (3.15%) Management Information System
3 4 (3.15%) Self-Motivation
4 3 (2.36%) BBC
4 3 (2.36%) Legacy Code
4 3 (2.36%) Photography
5 2 (1.57%) Digital Media
5 2 (1.57%) Learning Management System
6 1 (0.79%) Driving Licence
6 1 (0.79%) Enterprise Software
6 1 (0.79%) Greenfield Project
6 1 (0.79%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 20 (15.75%) Linux
2 6 (4.72%) Windows
3 3 (2.36%) Windows Server
3 3 (2.36%) Windows Server 2019
4 1 (0.79%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (35.43%) Full Stack Development
2 42 (33.07%) Web Development
3 39 (30.71%) Agile
4 27 (21.26%) E-Commerce
5 26 (20.47%) OO
6 25 (19.69%) MVC
6 25 (19.69%) Problem-Solving
7 20 (15.75%) OOP
8 19 (14.96%) User Experience
9 16 (12.60%) Software Engineering
10 13 (10.24%) DevOps
10 13 (10.24%) Infrastructure as Code
10 13 (10.24%) Project Management
11 12 (9.45%) Front End Development
11 12 (9.45%) TDD
12 11 (8.66%) Collaborative Working
12 11 (8.66%) Computer Science
12 11 (8.66%) UX Design
13 10 (7.87%) Digital Marketing
14 9 (7.09%) Containerisation
Programming Languages
1 62 (48.82%) JavaScript
2 20 (15.75%) SQL
3 12 (9.45%) TypeScript
4 9 (7.09%) Java
5 6 (4.72%) Python
6 3 (2.36%) Go
6 3 (2.36%) Kotlin
7 2 (1.57%) C
7 2 (1.57%) C#
7 2 (1.57%) PowerShell
7 2 (1.57%) T-SQL
7 2 (1.57%) VB
7 2 (1.57%) XAML
8 1 (0.79%) Delphi
8 1 (0.79%) Ruby
8 1 (0.79%) VB.NET
8 1 (0.79%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 16 (12.60%) Degree
2 9 (7.09%) Computer Science Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.15%) QA
2 2 (1.57%) Accessibility
System Software
1 17 (13.39%) Docker
Systems Management
1 11 (8.66%) Terraform
2 2 (1.57%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 4 (3.15%) WooCommerce
2 3 (2.36%) Adobe
2 3 (2.36%) VMware
2 3 (2.36%) Zend
3 2 (1.57%) Google
3 2 (1.57%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.57%) MuleSoft
3 2 (1.57%) OpenText
3 2 (1.57%) Pega
3 2 (1.57%) Sitecore
4 1 (0.79%) YouTube