PHP Developer Jobs in the North West

PHP Developer
England > North West

The median PHP Developer salary in the North West is £48,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
27 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 179 222 203
Rank change year-on-year +43 -19 -148
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 113 80 143
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North West 1.17% 1.00% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.23% 1.13% 1.58%
Number of salaries quoted 106 41 126
10th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £42,500 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.73% +10.00% +33.33%
75th Percentile £58,438 £57,500 £64,688
90th Percentile £65,000 £66,250 £85,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
North West

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the North West. 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 permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in the North West with a recognized job title 9,192 7,102 9,035
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.80% 89.19% 96.01%
Number of salaries quoted 7,069 4,115 5,476
10th Percentile £27,250 £30,000 £28,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £38,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +4.76% +10.53%
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £78,750 £81,800 £82,500
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,732 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.91% +1.22% +9.09%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the North West

Job postings that featured PHP Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North West.

Job vacancy trend for PHP Developer in the North West

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in the North West

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PHP Developer in the North West.

Salary trend for PHP Developer in the North West

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram in the North West

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Developer in the North West over the 6 months to 27 April 2024.

Salary histogram for PHP Developer in the North West

PHP Developer
Job Locations in the North West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the North West region over the 6 months to 27 April 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Manchester +54 76 £50,000 -6.98% 21
Cheshire +11 32 £45,000 - 6
Merseyside -12 3 £50,000 -2.44% 3
PHP Developer
England

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West

For the 6 months to 27 April 2024, PHP Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the North West region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 113 (100.00%) PHP
2 77 (68.14%) Laravel
3 55 (48.67%) JavaScript
4 48 (42.48%) MySQL
5 37 (32.74%) AWS
6 36 (31.86%) Vue
6 36 (31.86%) Social Skills
7 33 (29.20%) Full Stack Development
8 29 (25.66%) React
9 28 (24.78%) HTML
10 24 (21.24%) CSS
11 18 (15.93%) User Experience
12 17 (15.04%) Games
13 16 (14.16%) Fintech
14 15 (13.27%) Docker
14 15 (13.27%) E-Commerce
15 14 (12.39%) Agile
15 14 (12.39%) JSON
15 14 (12.39%) Symfony
16 13 (11.50%) Software Engineering
17 12 (10.62%) OOP
17 12 (10.62%) Node.js
18 11 (9.73%) SEO
19 10 (8.85%) TDD
19 10 (8.85%) Retail
19 10 (8.85%) Computer Science
19 10 (8.85%) Degree
19 10 (8.85%) Open Source
19 10 (8.85%) PropTech
19 10 (8.85%) Clean Code

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North West 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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (2.65%) WordPress
2 1 (0.88%) Apache
2 1 (0.88%) CMS
2 1 (0.88%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.77%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 7 (6.19%) Magento
2 6 (5.31%) Shopify
3 2 (1.77%) Infor M3
Cloud Services
1 37 (32.74%) AWS
2 9 (7.96%) SaaS
3 8 (7.08%) GCP
4 7 (6.19%) Cloud Computing
5 4 (3.54%) Figma
6 2 (1.77%) Amazon EC2
6 2 (1.77%) Amazon S3
6 2 (1.77%) Stripe
7 1 (0.88%) Azure
7 1 (0.88%) Datadog
7 1 (0.88%) Firebase
7 1 (0.88%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.77%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (42.48%) MySQL
2 1 (0.88%) MariaDB
2 1 (0.88%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 9 (7.96%) Git
2 6 (5.31%) Jenkins
3 2 (1.77%) PHPUnit
4 1 (0.88%) Storybook
General
1 36 (31.86%) Social Skills
2 17 (15.04%) Games
3 10 (8.85%) Retail
4 6 (5.31%) Analytical Skills
4 6 (5.31%) Manufacturing
5 5 (4.42%) Finance
6 3 (2.65%) Marketing
6 3 (2.65%) Telecoms
7 2 (1.77%) Aviation
8 1 (0.88%) Organisational Skills
8 1 (0.88%) Tech for Good
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 77 (68.14%) Laravel
2 36 (31.86%) Vue
3 29 (25.66%) React
4 28 (24.78%) HTML
5 24 (21.24%) CSS
6 14 (12.39%) JSON
6 14 (12.39%) Symfony
7 12 (10.62%) Node.js
8 10 (8.85%) Electron
9 9 (7.96%) AngularJS
10 8 (7.08%) Tailwind CSS
11 7 (6.19%) GraphQL
11 7 (6.19%) jQuery
12 6 (5.31%) RabbitMQ
13 5 (4.42%) LAMP
13 5 (4.42%) Nuxt
13 5 (4.42%) RESTful
14 4 (3.54%) React Native
15 3 (2.65%) CSS3
15 3 (2.65%) Doctrine
Miscellaneous
1 10 (8.85%) PropTech
2 9 (7.96%) Greenfield Project
3 7 (6.19%) Product Ownership
4 2 (1.77%) Animation
4 2 (1.77%) Educational Technology
4 2 (1.77%) Mobile App
4 2 (1.77%) Self-Motivation
5 1 (0.88%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (0.88%) IoT
Operating Systems
1 9 (7.96%) Linux
2 3 (2.65%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (29.20%) Full Stack Development
2 18 (15.93%) User Experience
3 16 (14.16%) Fintech
4 15 (13.27%) E-Commerce
5 14 (12.39%) Agile
6 13 (11.50%) Software Engineering
7 12 (10.62%) OOP
8 11 (9.73%) SEO
9 10 (8.85%) Clean Code
9 10 (8.85%) Computer Science
9 10 (8.85%) Open Source
9 10 (8.85%) Problem-Solving
9 10 (8.85%) TDD
10 9 (7.96%) MVC
10 9 (7.96%) Web Development
11 8 (7.08%) API Development
11 8 (7.08%) Mentoring
12 6 (5.31%) API Integration
12 6 (5.31%) DevOps
12 6 (5.31%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 113 (100.00%) PHP
2 55 (48.67%) JavaScript
3 7 (6.19%) SQL
4 3 (2.65%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 10 (8.85%) Computer Science Degree
1 10 (8.85%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.88%) Accessibility
1 1 (0.88%) QA
System Software
1 15 (13.27%) Docker
Systems Management
1 6 (5.31%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 6 (5.31%) Actuate
2 3 (2.65%) Adobe
3 2 (1.77%) Facebook
3 2 (1.77%) Twitter
4 1 (0.88%) Google