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 15 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.
| 6 months to 15 May 2024 |
Same period 2023 | Same period 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 292 | 369 | 300 |
| Rank change year-on-year | +77 | -69 | -84 |
| Contract jobs citing PHP | 311 | 374 | 817 |
| 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 | 240 | 269 | 638 |
| 10th Percentile | £263 | £308 | £325 |
| 25th Percentile | £313 | £363 | £381 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £414 | £425 | £450 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -2.71% | -5.56% | +9.09% |
| 75th Percentile | £523 | £500 | £550 |
| 90th Percentile | £575 | £600 | £638 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £400 | £400 | £438 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -8.57% | +23.67% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 10 | 10 | 15 |
| 10th Percentile | £22.50 | £24.47 | £27.85 |
| 25th Percentile | £28.44 | £43.38 | £32.63 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £80.00 | £35.00 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -21.88% | +128.57% | -22.22% |
| 75th Percentile | £72.34 | £85.00 | £35.88 |
| 90th Percentile | £72.50 | £87.53 | £43.75 |
| 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 | 12,689 | 19,807 | 31,680 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the UK | 29.82% | 34.69% | 36.23% |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 9,016 | 14,288 | 23,102 |
| 10th Percentile | £350 | £392 | £385 |
| 25th Percentile | £425 | £463 | £455 |
| Median daily rate (50th Percentile) | £533 | £550 | £550 |
| Median % change year-on-year | -3.09% | - | +10.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £650 | £675 | £653 |
| 90th Percentile | £763 | £785 | £750 |
| UK excluding London median daily rate | £489 | £500 | £490 |
| % change year-on-year | -2.20% | +2.04% | +15.29% |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 491 | 450 | 512 |
| 10th Percentile | £32.25 | £26.24 | £19.56 |
| 25th Percentile | £46.25 | £50.00 | £35.00 |
| Median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.10 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | +24.75% | +16.95% |
| 75th Percentile | £70.00 | £70.00 | £60.00 |
| 90th Percentile | £78.75 | £78.00 | £74.30 |
| UK excluding London median hourly rate | £62.50 | £62.50 | £50.00 |
| % change year-on-year | - | +25.00% | +24.05% |
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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 15 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 15 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 15 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 | +52 | 263 | £400 | -5.88% | 422 |
| Work from Home | +74 | 147 | £450 | +11.11% | 283 |
| UK excluding London | +38 | 146 | £400 | - | 314 |
| London | +80 | 134 | £415 | -7.89% | 120 |
| South East | +29 | 47 | £474 | +18.44% | 50 |
| North of England | +14 | 40 | £375 | -6.25% | 97 |
| North West | +17 | 30 | £425 | +13.33% | 65 |
| Midlands | +34 | 18 | £350 | -24.32% | 57 |
| Wales | +32 | 17 | £515 | -9.65% | 6 |
| South West | +13 | 16 | £350 | -12.50% | 66 |
| West Midlands | +19 | 10 | £138 | -70.27% | 32 |
| East Midlands | +17 | 8 | £350 | -15.66% | 25 |
| Yorkshire | +15 | 8 | £330 | -22.35% | 26 |
| Scotland | +38 | 5 | £254 | -42.98% | 16 |
| East of England | +1 | 3 | £475 | +31.94% | 27 |
| North East | +12 | 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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