Programming languages in the UK: market share ranking

Server-side languages that reveal themselves.

#	Technology	United Kingdom	Global	Netherlands	Italy	Spain	Japan	Latin America
1	PHP	14%	9.9%	15%	21%	25%	13%	17%
2	Java	1.1%	1.6%	0.7%	2.2%	4.8%	1.5%	1.5%

Popular sites vs local business websites

Popular: sites of United Kingdom from the Tranco top million. Local business: websites of companies with 1–20 locations in the country, taken from a business places directory (platforms, marketplaces and aggregators excluded).

#	Technology	Popular sites	Local business	Difference, pp
	Any Programming languages	15%	20%	+5.5
1	PHP	14%	20%	+6.5
2	Java	1.1%	<0.1%	−1
	Sites measured	11,322	20,305

Our crawler: 11,322 sites · United Kingdom · updated 13 Nov 2026 · Methodology