PHP Developer Jobs in Bedford

PHP Developer
Bedfordshire > Bedford

The median PHP Developer salary in Bedford is £43,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 16 19 48
Rank change year-on-year +3 +29 -
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 2 11 4
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Bedford 3.13% 7.28% 1.52%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.51% 7.38% 1.94%
Number of salaries quoted 2 11 2
10th Percentile £38,375 - £47,750
25th Percentile £39,688 £35,000 £51,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £43,750 £40,000 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.38% -36.00% -
75th Percentile £47,188 £45,000 £71,875
90th Percentile £48,125 - £75,250
Bedfordshire median annual salary £43,750 £40,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +9.38% -36.00% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Bedford

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Bedford. 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 Bedford with a recognized job title 57 149 206
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.06% 98.68% 78.33%
Number of salaries quoted 35 131 97
10th Percentile £37,500 £24,500 £30,750
25th Percentile £43,325 £29,000 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £53,000 £40,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +32.50% -30.43% +27.78%
75th Percentile £59,375 £50,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £94,000 £61,250 £69,250
Bedfordshire median annual salary £50,967 £48,039 £57,500
% change year-on-year +6.10% -16.45% +23.66%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Bedford

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

Job vacancy trend for PHP Developer in Bedford

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in Bedford

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PHP Developer in Bedford.

Salary trend for PHP Developer in Bedford

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 26 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedford

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, 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 Bedford region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) PHP
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VB
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Law
2 1 (50.00%) Ajax
2 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Symfony
2 1 (50.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket
2 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (50.00%) Coaching
2 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
2 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
2 1 (50.00%) Regtech
2 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
2 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
2 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
2 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
2 1 (50.00%) Onboarding

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Bedford 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:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (50.00%) Bitbucket
General
1 1 (50.00%) Law
1 1 (50.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (50.00%) Ajax
1 1 (50.00%) HTML
1 1 (50.00%) REST
1 1 (50.00%) Symfony
1 1 (50.00%) XML
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (50.00%) Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Client Onboarding
1 1 (50.00%) Cloud Security
1 1 (50.00%) Coaching
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Cybersecurity
1 1 (50.00%) Mathematics
1 1 (50.00%) Product Roadmap
1 1 (50.00%) Regtech
1 1 (50.00%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) VB