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 20 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 20 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 295 | 359 | 299 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +64 | -60 | -85 |
| Contract jobs citing PHP | 312 | 375 | 823 |
| As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK | 0.73% | 0.65% | 0.93% |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 2.45% | 1.89% | 2.58% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 242 | 276 | 644 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £311 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £316 | £363 | £381 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £414 | £425 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.71% | -5.56% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £521 | £514 | £538 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | £601 | £638 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £400 | £400 | £438 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -8.57% | +16.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 6 | 16 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.50 | £21.36 | £28.25 |
| 25th Percentile | £28.44 | £28.19 | £33.44 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £58.50 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +6.84% | +67.14% | -22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.34 | £85.00 | £38.50 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | - | £45.63 |
| 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 | 12,728 | 19,825 | 31,917 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.92% | 34.62% | 36.14% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,055 | 14,305 | 23,279 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £390 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £530 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.64% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £655 |
| 90th Percentile | £765 | £788 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £488 | £500 | £495 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.50% | +1.01% | +15.79% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 493 | 443 | 502 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.09 | £19.52 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.36 | £60.70 | £50.10 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +2.73% | +21.16% | +17.03% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.38 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.60 | £78.00 | £72.43 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.82% |
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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 20 May 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 20 May 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 20 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 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 | +73 | 267 | £400 | -5.88% | 496 |
| Work from Home | +64 | 145 | £450 | +10.09% | 314 |
| UK excluding London | +34 | 143 | £400 | - | 374 |
| London | +82 | 137 | £422 | -6.17% | 158 |
| South East | +28 | 47 | £474 | +17.70% | 81 |
| North of England | +23 | 40 | £375 | -6.25% | 105 |
| North West | +17 | 31 | £419 | +11.67% | 66 |
| Midlands | +20 | 18 | £350 | -26.70% | 69 |
| Wales | +28 | 16 | £515 | -9.65% | 10 |
| South West | +4 | 15 | £350 | -12.50% | 56 |
| West Midlands | +21 | 10 | £138 | -70.27% | 42 |
| East Midlands | +19 | 8 | £350 | -28.57% | 27 |
| Yorkshire | +11 | 7 | £333 | -21.76% | 33 |
| Scotland | +31 | 4 | £254 | -42.98% | 15 |
| East of England | -1 | 3 | £475 | +33.80% | 42 |
| North East | +13 | 2 | £375 | - | 6 |
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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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