Hybrid/Remote Lead PHP Developer Contract Job Trends

Lead PHP Developer
UK > Work from Home

As of 29 October 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Lead PHP Developer daily rate in Work from Home.

6 months to
29 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 308 - 400
Rank change year-on-year - - +182
Contract jobs requiring a Lead PHP Developer 1 0 2
As % of all contract jobs with remote/hybrid work options 0.010% - 0.011%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.011% - 0.011%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 2
10th Percentile - - £354
25th Percentile - - £397
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) - - £478
Median % change year-on-year - - +0.53%
75th Percentile - - £562
90th Percentile - - £607
UK median daily rate £525 - £478
% change year-on-year - - +0.53%

All Contract IT Job Vacancies
Work from Home

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract IT job vacancies with remote/hybrid work options. 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 Work from Home with a recognized job title 9,351 11,368 17,695
% of contract IT jobs with a recognized job title 93.76% 93.28% 94.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 6,126 7,172 12,411
10th Percentile £325 £325 £325
25th Percentile £413 £413 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £525 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.90% - -4.55%
75th Percentile £625 £630 £650
90th Percentile £725 £738 £743
UK median daily rate £500 £525 £525
% change year-on-year -4.76% - -4.55%
Number of hourly rates quoted 309 200 393
10th Percentile £14.78 £19.59 £16.70
25th Percentile £20.50 £26.19 £24.75
Median hourly rate £37.50 £42.75 £50.00
Median % change year-on-year -12.28% -14.50% -
75th Percentile £65.00 £66.00 £70.00
90th Percentile £68.00 £72.50 £85.00
UK median hourly rate £25.15 £39.25 £45.00
% change year-on-year -35.92% -12.78% +62.28%

Lead PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend for Remote/Hybrid Roles

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings featuring 'Lead PHP Developer' in the job title and offering remote or hybrid work options relative to all contract IT jobs advertised.

Lead PHP Developer job vacancy trend for remote/hybrid roles

Lead PHP Developer
Daily Rate Trend for Remote/Hybrid Jobs

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Lead PHP Developer job vacancies.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for remote/hybrid Lead PHP Developer job vacancies

Lead PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 24 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs

For the 6 months to 29 October 2025, Lead PHP Developer contract job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all contract jobs with hybrid/remote work options featuring Lead PHP Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Bootstrap
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) QA
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) UML

Lead PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Remote/Hybrid Jobs by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Bootstrap
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) CSS3
1 1 (100.00%) HTML
1 1 (100.00%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Change Management
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
1 1 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Roadmaps
1 1 (100.00%) Scrum
1 1 (100.00%) Software Delivery
1 1 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 1 (100.00%) Translating Business Requirements
1 1 (100.00%) UML
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (100.00%) QA