PHP Developer Job Trends in Birmingham

PHP Developer
West Midlands > Birmingham

The median PHP Developer salary in Birmingham is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 September 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 92 115 106
Rank change year-on-year +23 -9 +46
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 1 12 8
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Birmingham 0.084% 0.52% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.088% 0.55% 0.60%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 7
10th Percentile - £37,875 £31,250
25th Percentile - £44,063 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £60,000 £38,500
Median % change year-on-year -58.33% +55.84% -30.00%
75th Percentile - £75,000 £55,000
90th Percentile - - -
West Midlands median annual salary £42,500 £37,500 £43,750
% change year-on-year +13.33% -14.29% -7.89%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Birmingham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Birmingham. 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 Birmingham with a recognized job title 1,136 2,197 1,335
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 95.62% 95.90% 94.01%
Number of salaries quoted 808 1,348 1,120
10th Percentile £31,025 £32,500 £31,343
25th Percentile £41,250 £42,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -4.35%
75th Percentile £70,000 £70,000 £70,000
90th Percentile £82,500 £84,964 £81,250
West Midlands median annual salary £50,000 £50,000 £50,000

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Birmingham

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

Job vacancy trend for PHP Developer in Birmingham

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in Birmingham

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Birmingham.

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Birmingham

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 22 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Birmingham

For the 6 months to 16 September 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 Birmingham region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills

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

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree