Laravel Contract Job Trends in the South West

Laravel PHP Framework
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Laravel skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 1 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 121 126 147
Rank change year-on-year +5 +21 +28
Contract jobs citing Laravel 1 3 8
As % of all contract jobs in the South West 0.048% 0.12% 0.25%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 0.29% 0.69% 1.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 3 8
10th Percentile - £310 £248
25th Percentile - £316 £263
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £300 £350 £338
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +3.70% -10.00%
75th Percentile - £375 £375
90th Percentile - - £409
England median daily rate £400 £400 £400
% change year-on-year - - -9.86%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South West

Laravel falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the South West.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 340 433 562
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West 16.18% 17.89% 17.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 217 241 412
10th Percentile £311 £381 £339
25th Percentile £413 £456 £413
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £540 £550 £525
Median % change year-on-year -1.82% +4.76% -
75th Percentile £625 £649 £650
90th Percentile £694 £700 £725
England median daily rate £510 £550 £550
% change year-on-year -7.27% - -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 34 50
10th Percentile £61.25 £65.00 £48.32
25th Percentile - £65.31 £48.72
Median hourly rate £65.00 £70.00 £57.50
Median % change year-on-year -7.14% +21.74% -11.54%
75th Percentile £68.00 - £70.00
90th Percentile £71.00 £72.80 £78.00
England median hourly rate £55.00 £65.00 £55.50
% change year-on-year -15.38% +17.12% -14.62%

Laravel
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Laravel relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Laravel job vacancy trend in the South West

Laravel
Daily Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Laravel.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Laravel

Laravel
Hourly Rate Trend in the South West

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Laravel.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Laravel

Laravel
Contract Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Laravel within the South West region over the 6 months to 1 November 2025. 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Gloucestershire - 1 £300 - 2
Laravel
England

Laravel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PHP