PHP Developer Contracts in the Midlands

PHP Developer
England > Midlands

The median PHP Developer daily rate in the Midlands is £350, according to job vacancies posted in the 6 months leading up to 12 June 2024.

The table below provides contractor rate benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
12 Jun 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 135 150 196
Rank change year-on-year +15 +46 -54
Contract jobs requiring a PHP Developer 6 8 9
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the Midlands 0.20% 0.25% 0.18%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.22% 0.26% 0.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 8
10th Percentile £313 £351 £277
25th Percentile £331 £372 £305
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £350 £438 £325
Median % change year-on-year -20.00% +34.62% +13.04%
75th Percentile £369 £503 £431
90th Percentile £438 £518 £450
England median daily rate £375 £400 £425
% change year-on-year -6.25% -5.88% +12.58%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies in the Midlands. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of contract jobs in our overall sample.

Contract vacancies in the Midlands with a recognized job title 2,719 3,042 4,799
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 92.23% 94.50% 95.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,809 2,147 3,499
10th Percentile £213 £225 £208
25th Percentile £338 £363 £363
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £465 £480 £475
Median % change year-on-year -3.13% +1.05% +15.85%
75th Percentile £588 £595 £569
90th Percentile £675 £692 £650
England median daily rate £525 £550 £535
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.80% +7.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 236 113 146
10th Percentile £11.83 £12.50 £11.63
25th Percentile £14.09 £15.00 £14.67
Median hourly rate £19.00 £20.71 £18.25
Median % change year-on-year -8.23% +13.45% +21.67%
75th Percentile £35.00 £30.00 £23.75
90th Percentile £51.91 £65.00 £35.00
England median hourly rate £39.50 £45.00 £24.00
% change year-on-year -12.22% +87.50% +14.01%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

Job postings that featured PHP Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for PHP Developer in the Midlands

PHP Developer
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing PHP Developer in the Midlands.

Daily rate trend for PHP Developer in the Midlands

PHP Developer
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in the Midlands

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing PHP Developer in the Midlands.

Hourly rate trend for PHP Developer in the Midlands

PHP Developer
Contract Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 12 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
East Midlands +7 4 £350 -30.00% 10
West Midlands +16 2 £375 -6.25% 16
PHP Developer
England

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 28 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the Midlands

For the 6 months to 12 June 2024, PHP Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract job ads across the Midlands region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 6 (100.00%) PHP
2 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
3 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (33.33%) MVC
4 1 (16.67%) CMS
4 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (16.67%) Degree
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 1 (16.67%) Symfony
4 1 (16.67%) Drupal
4 1 (16.67%) WordPress
4 1 (16.67%) Android
4 1 (16.67%) AWS
4 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
4 1 (16.67%) Yii
4 1 (16.67%) Laravel
4 1 (16.67%) Android Development
4 1 (16.67%) iOS Development
4 1 (16.67%) React
4 1 (16.67%) Mobile Development
4 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
4 1 (16.67%) HTML
4 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
4 1 (16.67%) Full Stack Development
4 1 (16.67%) SQL
4 1 (16.67%) CSS
4 1 (16.67%) OOP
4 1 (16.67%) OO

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the 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 1 (16.67%) CMS
1 1 (16.67%) Drupal
1 1 (16.67%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 1 (16.67%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
General
1 1 (16.67%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (16.67%) CSS
1 1 (16.67%) HTML
1 1 (16.67%) Laravel
1 1 (16.67%) React
1 1 (16.67%) Symfony
1 1 (16.67%) Yii
Operating Systems
1 1 (16.67%) Android
1 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (83.33%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (33.33%) MVC
3 1 (16.67%) Android Development
3 1 (16.67%) Computer Science
3 1 (16.67%) Full Stack Development
3 1 (16.67%) iOS Development
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile Development
3 1 (16.67%) OO
3 1 (16.67%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) PHP
2 2 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (16.67%) Degree