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%	10%	17%	22%	27%	13%	17%
2	Java	1%	1.5%	0.7%	2.1%	4.7%	1.6%	1.4%

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%	19%	+4.2
1	PHP	14%	19%	+5.1
2	Java	1%	<0.1%	−0.9
	Sites measured	11,909	21,114

Our crawler: 11,909 sites · United Kingdom · updated 23 Oct 2026 · Methodology