Skill ProfileLanguages
PHP

PHP appeared in 1 hiring posts in August 2026 — roughly 0.2% of all jobs. Currently #22 of 25 languages.

Mentions · August 2026-50%vs prior
1
mentions
this month
12-Mo TrendSep '25 Aug '26
Share of All Jobs
0.2%
All-Time Peak
34mentions · June 2016
First Seen
April 2011
Month Momentum
Declining-50%
§ 01Demand Signal

Mention history

Annual averages give the long-run shape without the monthly noise; the last two years are zoomed in below.

All-time mentions
2,375since April 2011 · 185 months
-27% YoY2025 vs 2024
269
PEAK
'15
237
'16
258
'17
223
'18
185
'19
128
'20
185
'21
122
'22
43
'23
30
'24
22
'25
16
'26

Total mentions, by year · hatched column = year still in progress

All-time
2,375185 mo
↑ Best year
2015269
↓ Quietest full year
202522
Latest full year
2025-27% YoY
§ 02Compensation

What PHP jobs pay

Disclosed USD pay over the past 3 years (2023–Present). Single months are too sparse to band.

Pay over the past 3 years · 2023–Present
USD165Kmedian
$87k $169k middle 50% · n=40
By seniority
Junior$165k – $165k n=10
Senior$80k – $212k n=15
Staff+ n=5

Bar = p25 to p75 · tick = median. Staff+ shown hatched below the 10-sample floor.

Disclosed
40of 137 posts
Disclosure rate
29.2%
Senior eng median · languages · 2023–Present
Where PHP sits in the pay distribution
−3%vs GraphQL+36%vs C#
LanguageMedianvs PHP
01$165k+3.1%
02$163k+1.6%
03$160k0%
04
PHPyou are here
$160k
05$160k0%
06$150k−6.3%
07$118k−26.3%

Senior eng disclosed pay · 2023–Present

§ 03Footprint

Where PHP is hired

Regions
Top geographies

Share of PHP posts by where the role is based.

01
Canada100.0%
1
Remote Policy
0%remote
Remote
0.0%
Hybrid
100.0%
On-site
0.0%
§ 04Composition

Who hires for PHP

By Seniority
Roles by level
01
Senior100.0%
1
By Function
Roles by function
01
Engineering100.0%
1
§ 05Technical Skills

React is the skill most co-mentioned with PHP.

#01
Signature Stack
PHP’s strongest
pairings

Skills with the highest lift when co-listed with PHP over 2023–Present.

Top-Lift Pairs · 2023–Present
Laravel
74.4×
Crystal
67.0×
R
26.7×

Lift = how much more likely to co-appear than by chance

Common Stacks · Top co-mentioned skills2023–Present
01React8830%
02Python8529%
03JavaScript7726%
04R6722%
05Laravel6522%
06TypeScript4816%
07AWS4716%
08Rust4415%
09MySQL4214%
10MongoDB4013%
11Ruby3712%
12GitHub3612%
13Ruby on Rails3612%
14Vue.js3311%
15Crystal3211%

% of PHP jobs also mentioning the skill · 2023–Present

Peer Comparison · LanguagesWhere PHP stands among languages
SkillMentionsYoYMarket share
0143-2.3%
10.0%
02380.0%
8.8%
0311-48%
2.6%
0410-29%
2.3%
0510+67%
2.3%
068+60%
1.9%
077+17%
1.6%
086+50%
1.4%
0930.0%
0.7%
103-77%
0.7%
11
PHPyou are here
1-75%
0.2%

Percentage of jobs mentioning the skill · August 2026

§ 06Sponsorship

Visa support stays a minority signal across the thread.

Visa Sponsorship
12 posts offer sponsorship
2.8%
Offer sponsorship
122.8%
Explicitly decline
81.9%
Don’t mention
41095.3%

Based on 430 HN job posts in August 2026. Visa policy is not broken down per language — these rates cover all postings in the thread.