PHP
UK

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies 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 5 June 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
5 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 156 157 101
Rank change year-on-year +1 -56 -38
Permanent jobs citing PHP 1,919 2,190 5,952
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 1.80% 2.34% 3.50%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.62% 5.56% 6.44%
Number of salaries quoted 1,696 1,461 3,083
10th Percentile £30,250 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £42,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £53,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +2.80% +18.89%
75th Percentile £62,500 £65,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £75,000 £82,500 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - +17.65%

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 permanent job vacancies with a requirement for coding skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 34,133 39,378 92,351
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 32.06% 42.16% 54.26%
Number of salaries quoted 25,312 26,290 43,396
10th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,000
25th Percentile £45,000 £48,750 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.69% +4.00% +13.64%
75th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £98,750 £107,500 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £54,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% +5.00%

PHP
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing PHP as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PHP in the UK

PHP
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for PHP in the UK

PHP
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP over the 6 months to 5 June 2024.

Salary histogram for PHP in the UK

PHP
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP within the UK over the 6 months to 5 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +5 1,758 £50,000 -9.09% 403
UK excluding London -10 1,578 £47,500 -5.00% 311
Work from Home +19 872 £50,000 -9.09% 251
North of England +20 502 £47,500 -5.00% 98
South West +2 274 £45,000 -5.26% 57
London -1 272 £64,109 +6.85% 92
South East -99 267 £55,000 +10.00% 51
Midlands +15 249 £45,000 -14.29% 60
North West +32 247 £50,000 -9.09% 57
Yorkshire +61 227 £47,250 +5.00% 34
East of England +43 181 £44,000 -23.48% 36
West Midlands +9 138 £45,000 -14.29% 39
East Midlands -12 110 £47,500 -9.52% 21
Scotland -106 51 £45,000 -18.18% 10
Wales +15 44 £50,000 -4.76% 7
North East -51 28 £43,750 -23.91% 7
Northern Ireland -16 11 £39,250 -31.74% 1

PHP
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:

Application Platforms
1 276 (14.38%) WordPress
2 114 (5.94%) CMS
3 81 (4.22%) Drupal
4 55 (2.87%) Apache
5 51 (2.66%) nginx
6 16 (0.83%) Confluence
7 14 (0.73%) SharePoint
8 9 (0.47%) Headless CMS
9 7 (0.36%) IIS
10 6 (0.31%) Moodle
10 6 (0.31%) Sitecore CMS
11 5 (0.26%) Apache Solr
12 4 (0.21%) ColdFusion
12 4 (0.21%) SAS
13 2 (0.10%) Apache Spark
13 2 (0.10%) Joomla!
13 2 (0.10%) Liferay
13 2 (0.10%) Magnolia
13 2 (0.10%) Oracle Application Server
13 2 (0.10%) Totara
Applications
1 19 (0.99%) Microsoft Excel
2 14 (0.73%) Microsoft Office
3 12 (0.63%) Adobe XD
4 11 (0.57%) Simulink
5 10 (0.52%) Photoshop
6 8 (0.42%) Adobe Illustrator
7 6 (0.31%) Chatbot
8 5 (0.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
9 3 (0.16%) Adobe Creative Suite
9 3 (0.16%) Spreadsheet
10 2 (0.10%) FileZilla
11 1 (0.052%) InDesign
Business Applications
1 83 (4.33%) Magento
2 49 (2.55%) Shopify
3 23 (1.20%) Payment Gateway
4 4 (0.21%) CiviCRM
4 4 (0.21%) NetSuite
5 2 (0.10%) Infor M3
6 1 (0.052%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 587 (30.59%) AWS
2 236 (12.30%) SaaS
3 106 (5.52%) Azure
4 88 (4.59%) GitHub
5 69 (3.60%) GCP
6 35 (1.82%) Amazon S3
7 33 (1.72%) Amazon EC2
8 32 (1.67%) Serverless
9 25 (1.30%) Amazon Kinesis
9 25 (1.30%) Azure DevOps
9 25 (1.30%) npm
10 23 (1.20%) Figma
11 20 (1.04%) Cloud Computing
12 18 (0.94%) Stripe
13 16 (0.83%) GitHub Actions
13 16 (0.83%) Power Platform
14 14 (0.73%) AWS CloudFormation
15 12 (0.63%) Amazon ECS
15 12 (0.63%) Microsoft 365
16 11 (0.57%) AWS Lambda
Communications & Networking
1 35 (1.82%) HTTP
2 27 (1.41%) Internet
3 16 (0.83%) DNS
4 13 (0.68%) SSL
5 12 (0.63%) Firewall
5 12 (0.63%) Wi-Fi
6 6 (0.31%) LAN
6 6 (0.31%) SSH
6 6 (0.31%) VoIP
6 6 (0.31%) WAN
7 5 (0.26%) FTP
8 3 (0.16%) SMS
8 3 (0.16%) TCP/IP
9 2 (0.10%) VPN
9 2 (0.10%) Wireless
10 1 (0.052%) DNSSEC
10 1 (0.052%) Intranet
10 1 (0.052%) IPsec
10 1 (0.052%) IPv4
10 1 (0.052%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 795 (41.43%) MySQL
2 98 (5.11%) Relational Database
3 92 (4.79%) PostgreSQL
4 91 (4.74%) SQL Server
5 49 (2.55%) MongoDB
6 40 (2.08%) Data Warehouse
6 40 (2.08%) MariaDB
7 35 (1.82%) Redis
8 30 (1.56%) Amazon RDS
8 30 (1.56%) NoSQL
9 28 (1.46%) RDBMS
10 25 (1.30%) Amazon Redshift
11 23 (1.20%) DynamoDB
12 16 (0.83%) Power BI
13 14 (0.73%) Amazon Aurora
14 12 (0.63%) Elasticsearch
15 9 (0.47%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 9 (0.47%) SQLite
16 7 (0.36%) Azure SQL Database
17 6 (0.31%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 507 (26.42%) Git
2 72 (3.75%) JIRA
3 42 (2.19%) Selenium
4 35 (1.82%) Cypress.io
4 35 (1.82%) GitLab
5 34 (1.77%) Jenkins
6 27 (1.41%) Postman
7 24 (1.25%) Subversion
8 21 (1.09%) webpack
9 20 (1.04%) PHPUnit
10 13 (0.68%) Team Foundation Server
11 11 (0.57%) Bitbucket
11 11 (0.57%) gulp
12 9 (0.47%) Visual Studio
13 8 (0.42%) Eclipse
14 6 (0.31%) git-flow
15 5 (0.26%) Grunt
16 3 (0.16%) Appium
17 2 (0.10%) Bower
17 2 (0.10%) Sonatype Nexus
General
1 384 (20.01%) Social Skills
2 182 (9.48%) Marketing
3 127 (6.62%) Retail
4 121 (6.31%) Finance
5 64 (3.34%) Analytical Skills
6 51 (2.66%) Games
7 44 (2.29%) Tech for Good
8 38 (1.98%) Telecoms
9 36 (1.88%) Public Sector
10 29 (1.51%) Manufacturing
11 24 (1.25%) Organisational Skills
12 20 (1.04%) Electronics
12 20 (1.04%) Law
12 20 (1.04%) Legal
13 18 (0.94%) Banking
14 15 (0.78%) Health Technology
15 11 (0.57%) German Language
16 10 (0.52%) Automotive
16 10 (0.52%) Inclusion and Diversity
16 10 (0.52%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 1,468 (76.50%) Developer
2 792 (41.27%) PHP Developer
3 404 (21.05%) Senior
4 347 (18.08%) Senior Developer
5 272 (14.17%) Full Stack Developer
6 187 (9.74%) Lead
7 180 (9.38%) Web Developer
8 171 (8.91%) Senior PHP Developer
9 125 (6.51%) Software Engineer
10 112 (5.84%) Software Developer
11 106 (5.52%) WordPress Developer
12 103 (5.37%) PHP Laravel Developer
13 101 (5.26%) Full Stack PHP Developer
14 74 (3.86%) Junior
15 72 (3.75%) Lead Developer
16 70 (3.65%) Front-End Developer (Client-Side Developer)
16 70 (3.65%) Junior Developer
17 62 (3.23%) PHP Web Developer
18 58 (3.02%) Technical Leader
19 47 (2.45%) Senior Full Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 892 (46.48%) Laravel
2 785 (40.91%) HTML
3 743 (38.72%) CSS
4 472 (24.60%) React
5 341 (17.77%) Vue
6 249 (12.98%) Symfony
7 238 (12.40%) jQuery
8 178 (9.28%) LAMP
8 178 (9.28%) Node.js
9 168 (8.75%) HTML5
10 137 (7.14%) RESTful
11 124 (6.46%) CSS3
12 121 (6.31%) AngularJS
13 114 (5.94%) REST
14 93 (4.85%) Web Services
15 89 (4.64%) Sass
16 83 (4.33%) .NET
17 81 (4.22%) JSON
18 52 (2.71%) SOAP
19 51 (2.66%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 97 (5.05%) Greenfield Project
2 57 (2.97%) Mobile App
3 41 (2.14%) Onboarding
4 39 (2.03%) Cloud Native
5 36 (1.88%) Product Ownership
6 34 (1.77%) Management Information System
7 31 (1.62%) Legacy Systems
8 28 (1.46%) Self-Motivation
9 27 (1.41%) IoT
10 23 (1.20%) Enterprise Software
11 21 (1.09%) Linux Command Line
12 19 (0.99%) Cyber Threat
13 17 (0.89%) Algorithms
14 15 (0.78%) Animation
15 14 (0.73%) Client/Server
15 14 (0.73%) PropTech
16 13 (0.68%) Virtual Team
17 11 (0.57%) Legacy Code
18 10 (0.52%) Data Structures
18 10 (0.52%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 194 (10.11%) Linux
2 45 (2.34%) Windows
3 20 (1.04%) Ubuntu
4 13 (0.68%) Unix
5 7 (0.36%) Apple iOS
5 7 (0.36%) Windows Server
6 6 (0.31%) Alpine Linux
6 6 (0.31%) Android
7 4 (0.21%) Windows Server 2019
8 3 (0.16%) Mac OS
9 2 (0.10%) AIX
9 2 (0.10%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.10%) Windows 10
10 1 (0.052%) CentOS
10 1 (0.052%) Rocky
10 1 (0.052%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 497 (25.90%) Full Stack Development
2 414 (21.57%) Web Development
3 409 (21.31%) Agile
4 353 (18.39%) Problem-Solving
5 305 (15.89%) Software Engineering
6 271 (14.12%) E-Commerce
7 264 (13.76%) OOP
8 229 (11.93%) MVC
9 213 (11.10%) DevOps
10 208 (10.84%) User Experience
11 158 (8.23%) Computer Science
12 150 (7.82%) Front End Development
13 147 (7.66%) OO
14 144 (7.50%) Mentoring
15 142 (7.40%) TDD
16 121 (6.31%) CI/CD
17 119 (6.20%) Clean Code
18 110 (5.73%) Roadmaps
19 102 (5.32%) Project Management
20 100 (5.21%) UX Design
Programming Languages
1 1,002 (52.21%) JavaScript
2 253 (13.18%) SQL
3 175 (9.12%) TypeScript
4 140 (7.30%) C#
5 125 (6.51%) Python
6 120 (6.25%) Java
7 51 (2.66%) Go
8 45 (2.34%) C
9 30 (1.56%) Ruby
10 24 (1.25%) Bash
11 23 (1.20%) C++
11 23 (1.20%) Rust
12 16 (0.83%) VB
13 15 (0.78%) Ada
14 14 (0.73%) Kotlin
14 14 (0.73%) PowerShell
14 14 (0.73%) T-SQL
15 12 (0.63%) VB.NET
16 11 (0.57%) MATLAB
17 7 (0.36%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 239 (12.45%) Degree
2 106 (5.52%) Computer Science Degree
3 18 (0.94%) Security Cleared
4 17 (0.89%) Azure Certification
5 7 (0.36%) SC Cleared
6 3 (0.16%) DBS Check
6 3 (0.16%) Master's Degree
6 3 (0.16%) Microsoft Certification
7 2 (0.10%) Numerate Degree
8 1 (0.052%) BPSS Clearance
8 1 (0.052%) ISTQB
8 1 (0.052%) RIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 65 (3.39%) QA
2 42 (2.19%) Accessibility
3 35 (1.82%) WCAG
4 20 (1.04%) GDPR
5 2 (0.10%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.10%) HL7
5 2 (0.10%) ISO 9001
5 2 (0.10%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (0.10%) SLA
6 1 (0.052%) Cyber Essentials
6 1 (0.052%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
6 1 (0.052%) ISO 13485
6 1 (0.052%) PMO
System Software
1 259 (13.50%) Docker
2 5 (0.26%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.21%) VMware ESXi
4 2 (0.10%) Firmware
4 2 (0.10%) Varnish
4 2 (0.10%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.052%) PowerDNS
5 1 (0.052%) Virtual Desktop
5 1 (0.052%) VMware Server
Systems Management
1 115 (5.99%) Kubernetes
2 77 (4.01%) Terraform
3 19 (0.99%) Ansible
4 16 (0.83%) Puppet
5 13 (0.68%) Progress Chef
6 11 (0.57%) Grafana
7 9 (0.47%) cPanel
8 8 (0.42%) Prometheus
9 4 (0.21%) Rancher
10 3 (0.16%) Galera Cluster
10 3 (0.16%) Plesk
11 2 (0.10%) ZABBIX
12 1 (0.052%) Argo
12 1 (0.052%) Jamf Pro
12 1 (0.052%) Microsoft Intune
12 1 (0.052%) Podman
12 1 (0.052%) SCCM
12 1 (0.052%) Single Sign-On
12 1 (0.052%) systemd
Vendors
1 69 (3.60%) Google
2 55 (2.87%) WooCommerce
3 42 (2.19%) Microsoft
4 34 (1.77%) Adobe
5 16 (0.83%) Zend
6 14 (0.73%) Twitter
7 12 (0.63%) New Relic
8 10 (0.52%) VMware
9 9 (0.47%) OpenAI
9 9 (0.47%) Oracle
9 9 (0.47%) SAP
10 7 (0.36%) F5
10 7 (0.36%) Salesforce
10 7 (0.36%) SaltStack
11 6 (0.31%) Actuate
11 6 (0.31%) Facebook
11 6 (0.31%) Sitecore
12 5 (0.26%) MuleSoft
13 4 (0.21%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.21%) YouTube