PHP Developer Jobs in the West Midlands

PHP Developer
England > West Midlands

The median PHP Developer salary in the West Midlands is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 13 May 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
13 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 196 222
Rank change year-on-year +4 +26 -111
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 61 75 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.83% 1.17% 0.82%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.88% 1.30% 0.86%
Number of salaries quoted 48 14 60
10th Percentile £26,250 £35,400 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £38,438
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £43,750 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -2.86% -7.89% +23.38%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,438 £82,500
90th Percentile £54,000 £55,000 £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
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 6,940 5,781 6,949
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.18% 90.20% 94.92%
Number of salaries quoted 5,206 3,296 4,763
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £39,000 £38,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,500 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.01% +1.33% +9.09%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for PHP Developer in the West Midlands

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

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

Salary trend for PHP Developer in the West Midlands

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 13 May 2024.

Salary histogram for PHP Developer in the West Midlands

PHP Developer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 13 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham -16 18 £37,500 -14.29% 3
Staffordshire -32 15 £50,000 +14.29% 3
Shropshire - 6 £27,500 -
Warwickshire +33 5 £38,750 - 2
Coventry +17 4 £45,000 -
Halesowen - 2 £60,000 -
Worcestershire -18 1 £55,000 +4.76% 5
PHP Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 13 May 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 West Midlands region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 61 (100.00%) PHP
2 31 (50.82%) CSS
2 31 (50.82%) Laravel
3 29 (47.54%) HTML
3 29 (47.54%) JavaScript
4 23 (37.70%) MySQL
4 23 (37.70%) Git
5 21 (34.43%) OO
6 20 (32.79%) React
7 19 (31.15%) Agile
7 19 (31.15%) Web Development
7 19 (31.15%) Full Stack Development
8 17 (27.87%) OOP
9 16 (26.23%) Marketing
10 15 (24.59%) Docker
11 14 (22.95%) Vue
11 14 (22.95%) MVC
12 13 (21.31%) E-Commerce
13 12 (19.67%) Social Skills
13 12 (19.67%) WordPress
14 10 (16.39%) Tailwind CSS
15 9 (14.75%) Front End Development
15 9 (14.75%) Node.js
15 9 (14.75%) Digital Marketing
15 9 (14.75%) Containerisation
16 8 (13.11%) jQuery
16 8 (13.11%) Mobile App
17 7 (11.48%) HTML5
17 7 (11.48%) AWS
17 7 (11.48%) Symfony

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 12 (19.67%) WordPress
2 6 (9.84%) CMS
2 6 (9.84%) Headless CMS
3 5 (8.20%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (4.92%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 6 (9.84%) Magento
2 1 (1.64%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 7 (11.48%) AWS
2 6 (9.84%) SaaS
3 5 (8.20%) npm
4 3 (4.92%) Figma
5 1 (1.64%) GitHub
5 1 (1.64%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (37.70%) MySQL
2 1 (1.64%) Amazon Aurora
2 1 (1.64%) MariaDB
2 1 (1.64%) PostgreSQL
2 1 (1.64%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 23 (37.70%) Git
2 5 (8.20%) JIRA
2 5 (8.20%) webpack
3 1 (1.64%) Grunt
3 1 (1.64%) gulp
General
1 16 (26.23%) Marketing
2 12 (19.67%) Social Skills
3 5 (8.20%) Finance
4 4 (6.56%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.64%) Law
5 1 (1.64%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 31 (50.82%) CSS
1 31 (50.82%) Laravel
2 29 (47.54%) HTML
3 20 (32.79%) React
4 14 (22.95%) Vue
5 10 (16.39%) Tailwind CSS
6 9 (14.75%) Node.js
7 8 (13.11%) jQuery
8 7 (11.48%) HTML5
8 7 (11.48%) Symfony
9 6 (9.84%) LESS
9 6 (9.84%) React Native
9 6 (9.84%) Sass
10 5 (8.20%) LAMP
10 5 (8.20%) LEMP Stack
11 4 (6.56%) GraphQL
12 3 (4.92%) Flutter
12 3 (4.92%) KnockoutJS
12 3 (4.92%) Next.js
12 3 (4.92%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 8 (13.11%) Mobile App
2 1 (1.64%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.84%) Linux
2 1 (1.64%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (34.43%) OO
2 19 (31.15%) Agile
2 19 (31.15%) Full Stack Development
2 19 (31.15%) Web Development
3 17 (27.87%) OOP
4 14 (22.95%) MVC
5 13 (21.31%) E-Commerce
6 9 (14.75%) Containerisation
6 9 (14.75%) Digital Marketing
6 9 (14.75%) Front End Development
7 6 (9.84%) API Integration
7 6 (9.84%) Problem-Solving
7 6 (9.84%) User Experience
8 5 (8.20%) API Development
8 5 (8.20%) Collaborative Working
8 5 (8.20%) Continuous Improvement
8 5 (8.20%) DevOps
8 5 (8.20%) Mobile Application Development
8 5 (8.20%) Secure Coding
8 5 (8.20%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 61 (100.00%) PHP
2 29 (47.54%) JavaScript
3 5 (8.20%) SQL
4 4 (6.56%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (9.84%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.28%) QA
System Software
1 15 (24.59%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.64%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (4.92%) Adobe
1 3 (4.92%) Zend
2 1 (1.64%) WooCommerce