PHP Contracts

PHP
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies requiring PHP skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited PHP over the 6 months leading up to 29 October 2024, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Oct 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 324 321 352
Rank change year-on-year -3 +31 -101
Contract jobs citing PHP 237 347 627
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the UK 0.65% 0.74% 0.78%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.01% 2.35% 2.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 169 281 451
10th Percentile £313 £300 £313
25th Percentile £331 £363 £381
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £425 £450 £454
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -0.88% +9.40%
75th Percentile £544 £575 £556
90th Percentile £600 £638 £638
UK excluding London median daily rate £438 £422 £425
% change year-on-year +3.80% -0.82% +6.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 3
10th Percentile £34.89 £16.31 £31.90
25th Percentile £37.62 £17.22 £35.88
Median hourly rate £42.79 £22.14 £45.00
Median % change year-on-year +93.25% -50.80% +4.65%
75th Percentile £48.58 £29.66 £53.44
90th Percentile £51.68 £43.44 £57.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate - £17.50 -

All Programming Languages
UK

PHP falls under the Programming Languages category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring coding skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 11,763 14,775 30,689
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK 32.04% 31.46% 37.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,623 10,530 22,078
10th Percentile £350 £363 £400
25th Percentile £425 £438 £465
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £550 £569
Median % change year-on-year -4.55% -3.34% +8.38%
75th Percentile £644 £663 £675
90th Percentile £750 £775 £775
UK excluding London median daily rate £488 £500 £513
% change year-on-year -2.50% -2.44% +10.81%
Number of hourly rates quoted 298 438 503
10th Percentile £25.26 £32.31 £25.00
25th Percentile £40.62 £47.56 £46.25
Median hourly rate £62.50 £62.50 £60.00
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% +26.32%
75th Percentile £70.00 £70.00 £67.43
90th Percentile £75.00 £79.65 £75.00
UK excluding London median hourly rate £65.00 £65.00 £65.00
% change year-on-year - - +42.86%

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
Contractor Daily Rate Trend

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

Daily rate trend for PHP in the UK

PHP
Daily Rate Histogram

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing PHP over the 6 months to 29 October 2024.

Daily rate histogram for PHP in the UK

PHP
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hourly rate trend for PHP in the UK

PHP
Hourly Rate Histogram

Hourly rate distribution of jobs citing PHP over the 6 months to 29 October 2024.

Hourly rate histogram for PHP in the UK

PHP
Top 15 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 29 October 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
England -9 200 £400 -11.11% 311
London +7 109 £400 -23.81% 56
UK excluding London +10 106 £438 +3.80% 272
Work from Home -5 104 £400 -5.88% 238
South East +26 31 £475 +5.56% 48
North of England +22 23 £481 +26.23% 84
North West +35 18 £425 +13.33% 42
Wales +18 15 £538 +30.30% 12
East of England +38 13 £360 -26.15% 28
Midlands -21 12 £400 -20.00% 60
Scotland +22 9 £350 -31.71% 7
West Midlands +4 9 £375 -6.25% 37
Yorkshire +8 5 £525 +33.33% 33
South West +2 3 £350 - 37
East Midlands -14 3 £400 -20.00% 23

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 23 (9.70%) WordPress
2 17 (7.17%) Apache
3 13 (5.49%) Confluence
3 13 (5.49%) Drupal
4 10 (4.22%) CMS
4 10 (4.22%) nginx
5 8 (3.38%) Moodle
6 3 (1.27%) Joomla!
7 2 (0.84%) Apache Solr
8 1 (0.42%) IIS
8 1 (0.42%) Jadu
8 1 (0.42%) JBoss
8 1 (0.42%) Microsoft Exchange
8 1 (0.42%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.42%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.42%) WebSphere
8 1 (0.42%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (0.42%) Chatbot
1 1 (0.42%) Elementor
1 1 (0.42%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 7 (2.95%) Magento
2 5 (2.11%) Shopify
3 1 (0.42%) SAP Hybris
Cloud Services
1 66 (27.85%) AWS
2 25 (10.55%) GitHub
3 17 (7.17%) Azure
4 16 (6.75%) Serverless
5 14 (5.91%) SaaS
6 10 (4.22%) Azure Cosmos DB
7 9 (3.80%) Azure Key Vault
7 9 (3.80%) Azure Monitor
7 9 (3.80%) GCP
8 8 (3.38%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (2.95%) Azure Functions
9 7 (2.95%) GitHub Actions
10 6 (2.53%) Azure DevOps
10 6 (2.53%) Entra ID
11 5 (2.11%) AWS Lambda
12 4 (1.69%) Cloudflare
12 4 (1.69%) CloudFront
13 3 (1.27%) Amazon S3
13 3 (1.27%) Amazon SQS
13 3 (1.27%) Kong
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.53%) DNS
2 5 (2.11%) Internet
3 2 (0.84%) Intrusion Detection
4 1 (0.42%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.42%) IPsec
4 1 (0.42%) Network Security
4 1 (0.42%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.42%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (29.11%) MySQL
2 17 (7.17%) Relational Database
3 10 (4.22%) PostgreSQL
4 9 (3.80%) MongoDB
5 8 (3.38%) SQL Server
6 7 (2.95%) MariaDB
7 6 (2.53%) DynamoDB
8 5 (2.11%) NoSQL
9 3 (1.27%) Couchbase
9 3 (1.27%) Oracle Database
10 2 (0.84%) Elasticsearch
11 1 (0.42%) Big Data
11 1 (0.42%) Data Lake
11 1 (0.42%) DB2
11 1 (0.42%) DbVisualizer
11 1 (0.42%) InterSystems Cache
11 1 (0.42%) Metadata
11 1 (0.42%) Redis
11 1 (0.42%) Snowflake Schema
11 1 (0.42%) Star Schema
Development Applications
1 59 (24.89%) Git
2 19 (8.02%) JIRA
3 17 (7.17%) PHPUnit
4 16 (6.75%) Cypress.io
5 14 (5.91%) Postman
6 11 (4.64%) GitLab
7 9 (3.80%) Visual Studio
8 7 (2.95%) Selenium
8 7 (2.95%) Vagrant
9 6 (2.53%) Jenkins
10 5 (2.11%) Cucumber
11 4 (1.69%) Bitbucket Server
11 4 (1.69%) Sonatype Nexus
12 3 (1.27%) JMeter
12 3 (1.27%) Newman
12 3 (1.27%) SonarQube
12 3 (1.27%) Storybook
13 2 (0.84%) Eclipse
13 2 (0.84%) Mocha
13 2 (0.84%) NetBeans
General
1 31 (13.08%) Social Skills
2 14 (5.91%) Finance
3 13 (5.49%) Analytical Skills
4 12 (5.06%) Retail
5 10 (4.22%) Public Sector
6 6 (2.53%) Banking
7 5 (2.11%) Marketing
8 4 (1.69%) Local Government
9 3 (1.27%) Corporate Banking
9 3 (1.27%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.27%) Games
9 3 (1.27%) Investment Banking
9 3 (1.27%) Publishing
9 3 (1.27%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.84%) Tech for Good
11 1 (0.42%) Back Office
11 1 (0.42%) Financial Institution
11 1 (0.42%) German Language
11 1 (0.42%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 1 (0.42%) Legal
Job Titles
1 147 (62.03%) Developer
2 70 (29.54%) PHP Developer
3 36 (15.19%) Full-Stack Developer
4 27 (11.39%) Senior
5 25 (10.55%) PHP Laravel Developer
6 19 (8.02%) Software Engineer
7 14 (5.91%) Lead
7 14 (5.91%) Senior Developer
8 12 (5.06%) DevOps Engineer
8 12 (5.06%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
9 10 (4.22%) Consultant
10 9 (3.80%) Symfony Developer
11 8 (3.38%) Moodle Developer
11 8 (3.38%) WordPress Developer
12 7 (2.95%) Backend Developer
12 7 (2.95%) Lead DevOps
13 6 (2.53%) Azure DevOps Engineer
13 6 (2.53%) Azure Engineer
13 6 (2.53%) Lead DevOps Engineer
13 6 (2.53%) Software Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 105 (44.30%) Laravel
2 53 (22.36%) CSS
3 50 (21.10%) HTML
4 37 (15.61%) Vue
5 32 (13.50%) Symfony
6 23 (9.70%) React
7 20 (8.44%) AngularJS
7 20 (8.44%) jQuery
7 20 (8.44%) JSON
8 17 (7.17%) LAMP
9 16 (6.75%) Node.js
10 13 (5.49%) RESTful
10 13 (5.49%) Sass
11 12 (5.06%) .NET
12 11 (4.64%) SOAP
12 11 (4.64%) Tailwind CSS
13 8 (3.38%) HTML5
14 7 (2.95%) Mustache
14 7 (2.95%) Web Services
14 7 (2.95%) YAML
Miscellaneous
1 21 (8.86%) Data Protection Act
2 18 (7.59%) Product Ownership
3 7 (2.95%) Mobile App
4 6 (2.53%) Distributed Systems
5 5 (2.11%) Linux Command Line
5 5 (2.11%) Management Information System
5 5 (2.11%) Social Media
6 4 (1.69%) Cloud Native
6 4 (1.69%) Public Cloud
7 3 (1.27%) Algorithms
7 3 (1.27%) Data Structures
7 3 (1.27%) Enterprise Software
8 2 (0.84%) Greenfield Project
8 2 (0.84%) Legacy Code
8 2 (0.84%) Wiki
9 1 (0.42%) Educational Technology
9 1 (0.42%) Hedge funds
9 1 (0.42%) iPad
9 1 (0.42%) iPhone
9 1 (0.42%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 40 (16.88%) Linux
2 12 (5.06%) Unix
3 10 (4.22%) Apple iOS
4 7 (2.95%) Android
5 6 (2.53%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (2.11%) CentOS
7 3 (1.27%) VMS
7 3 (1.27%) Windows
8 2 (0.84%) Mac OS
8 2 (0.84%) Windows Server
8 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2016
8 2 (0.84%) Windows Server 2019
9 1 (0.42%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 58 (24.47%) Full-Stack Development
2 56 (23.63%) Agile
3 43 (18.14%) CI/CD
4 41 (17.30%) Test Automation
5 37 (15.61%) Software Engineering
6 30 (12.66%) DevOps
7 27 (11.39%) Web Development
8 25 (10.55%) Problem-Solving
8 25 (10.55%) Unit Testing
9 22 (9.28%) Data Protection
10 20 (8.44%) TDD
11 17 (7.17%) OO
12 16 (6.75%) Continuous Integration
12 16 (6.75%) Project Management
13 15 (6.33%) Design Patterns
14 14 (5.91%) SDLC
15 13 (5.49%) E-Commerce
15 13 (5.49%) Migration
16 12 (5.06%) OOP
16 12 (5.06%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 85 (35.86%) JavaScript
2 40 (16.88%) SQL
3 30 (12.66%) Python
4 22 (9.28%) Java
5 19 (8.02%) TypeScript
6 8 (3.38%) C#
6 8 (3.38%) C++
6 8 (3.38%) Shell Script
7 5 (2.11%) Go
8 4 (1.69%) Bash
8 4 (1.69%) Ruby
8 4 (1.69%) Rust
9 3 (1.27%) PL/SQL
9 3 (1.27%) PowerShell
10 2 (0.84%) Swift
10 2 (0.84%) T-SQL
11 1 (0.42%) Bicep
11 1 (0.42%) Kotlin
11 1 (0.42%) Perl
11 1 (0.42%) VB
Qualifications
1 10 (4.22%) Degree
2 8 (3.38%) Security Cleared
3 6 (2.53%) Computer Science Degree
4 5 (2.11%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.42%) Azure Certification
5 1 (0.42%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.42%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (8.02%) QA
2 7 (2.95%) Accessibility
3 6 (2.53%) GDPR
3 6 (2.53%) HIPAA
4 1 (0.42%) Data Quality
System Software
1 30 (12.66%) Docker
2 7 (2.95%) Active Directory
3 4 (1.69%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (1.27%) Virtual Machines
4 3 (1.27%) VirtualBox
5 1 (0.42%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 12 (5.06%) Ansible
2 9 (3.80%) Kubernetes
3 4 (1.69%) Terraform
4 3 (1.27%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
4 3 (1.27%) Puppet
5 2 (0.84%) Grafana
6 1 (0.42%) Single Sign-On
Vendors
1 28 (11.81%) Microsoft
2 5 (2.11%) Adobe
3 4 (1.69%) Cisco
3 4 (1.69%) Oracle
3 4 (1.69%) VMware
3 4 (1.69%) Zend
4 3 (1.27%) Facebook
4 3 (1.27%) Splunk
5 2 (0.84%) Google
5 2 (0.84%) Red Hat
5 2 (0.84%) SendGrid
5 2 (0.84%) ServiceNow
5 2 (0.84%) Virgin Media
6 1 (0.42%) Apple
6 1 (0.42%) IBM
6 1 (0.42%) Salesforce
6 1 (0.42%) SAP
6 1 (0.42%) Sitecore
6 1 (0.42%) Sybase
6 1 (0.42%) Syncfusion