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 1 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 1 Jun 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 294 | 352 | 295 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +58 | -57 | -75 |
| Contract jobs citing PHP | 314 | 376 | 821 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.73% | 0.67% | 0.94% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.43% | 1.97% | 2.60% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 242 | 281 | 641 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £313 | £323 |
| 25th Percentile | £316 | £363 | £381 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £400 | £438 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -8.57% | -2.78% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £500 | £525 | £541 |
| 90th Percentile | £551 | £600 | £638 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £400 | £400 | £438 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -8.57% | +16.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 5 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.50 | £29.95 | £28.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £27.96 | £37.00 | £33.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £52.50 | £80.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -34.38% | +128.57% | -20.45% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.34 | £85.00 | £38.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | - | £48.75 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £35.00 | £80.00 | £42.50 |
| % change year-on-year | -56.25% | +88.24% | +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 | 12,939 | 19,124 | 31,582 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 30.05% | 34.12% | 36.06% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,176 | 13,793 | 23,095 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £388 | £388 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £461 | £456 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £525 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -4.55% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £680 | £660 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £500 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | - | +14.94% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 522 | 433 | 488 |
| 10th Percentile | £31.25 | £26.60 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.00 | £62.50 | £51.75 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -0.80% | +20.77% | +17.21% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £61.56 |
| 90th Percentile | £77.50 | £78.95 | £71.98 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £52.50 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +19.05% | +28.05% |
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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 1 June 2024.
PHP
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 1 June 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 1 June 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 | +54 | 268 | £400 | -5.88% | 401 |
| Work from Home | +61 | 144 | £450 | +7.14% | 253 |
| London | +75 | 141 | £400 | -13.51% | 108 |
| UK excluding London | +30 | 141 | £400 | - | 291 |
| South East | +19 | 47 | £474 | +16.98% | 50 |
| North of England | +17 | 39 | £388 | -3.13% | 92 |
| North West | +26 | 31 | £419 | +11.67% | 56 |
| Midlands | +26 | 19 | £350 | -28.57% | 60 |
| Wales | +26 | 16 | £515 | -9.65% | 6 |
| South West | +2 | 13 | £350 | -9.68% | 52 |
| West Midlands | +16 | 11 | £138 | -71.05% | 40 |
| East Midlands | +13 | 8 | £350 | -30.00% | 20 |
| Yorkshire | +7 | 6 | £340 | -20.00% | 32 |
| Scotland | +28 | 5 | £283 | -36.52% | 8 |
| North East | +12 | 2 | £375 | - | 4 |
| East of England | -6 | 2 | £438 | +25.00% | 30 |
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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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