PHP Developer Jobs in Cardiff

PHP Developer
South Wales > Cardiff

The median PHP Developer salary in Cardiff is £32,500 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 20 54 46
Rank change year-on-year +34 -8 +41
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 11 9 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Cardiff 6.08% 1.37% 3.51%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.29% 1.46% 3.86%
Number of salaries quoted 11 9 1
10th Percentile - £32,250 -
25th Percentile £31,250 £42,500 £40,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £41,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +21.95% -6.29%
75th Percentile £33,750 £63,250 £41,500
90th Percentile £47,500 - -
South Wales median annual salary £32,500 £50,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year -35.00% +11.11% +2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Cardiff

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Cardiff. 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 Cardiff with a recognized job title 175 617 518
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.69% 93.77% 90.88%
Number of salaries quoted 124 537 396
10th Percentile £25,436 £27,157 £30,690
25th Percentile £35,438 £36,750 £39,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £50,000 £50,086
Median % change year-on-year - -0.17% -4.60%
75th Percentile £65,344 £66,250 £67,070
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £76,875
South Wales median annual salary £52,000 £46,138 £45,456
% change year-on-year +12.71% +1.50% -9.09%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Cardiff

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

Job vacancy trend for PHP Developer in Cardiff

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in Cardiff

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

Salary trend for PHP Developer in Cardiff

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram in Cardiff

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Developer in Cardiff over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP Developer in Cardiff

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff

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 Cardiff region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) HTML
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 11 (100.00%) PHP
2 10 (90.91%) MySQL
2 10 (90.91%) CMS
2 10 (90.91%) Sass
2 10 (90.91%) Git
2 10 (90.91%) Collaborative Working
2 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
3 9 (81.82%) Legacy Code
3 9 (81.82%) Doctrine
3 9 (81.82%) Grunt
3 9 (81.82%) Pyjs
3 9 (81.82%) OO PHP
3 9 (81.82%) Docker
3 9 (81.82%) OO
3 9 (81.82%) CRM
3 9 (81.82%) B2B
3 9 (81.82%) Symfony
3 9 (81.82%) CakePHP
3 9 (81.82%) webpack
3 9 (81.82%) Vue
3 9 (81.82%) npm
4 2 (18.18%) CSS
5 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
5 1 (9.09%) WordPress
5 1 (9.09%) Web Design
5 1 (9.09%) Web Development
5 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (9.09%) React

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Cardiff 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 10 (90.91%) CMS
2 1 (9.09%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (90.91%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (90.91%) Git
2 9 (81.82%) Grunt
2 9 (81.82%) webpack
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (100.00%) HTML
2 10 (90.91%) Sass
3 9 (81.82%) CakePHP
3 9 (81.82%) Doctrine
3 9 (81.82%) Pyjs
3 9 (81.82%) Symfony
3 9 (81.82%) Vue
4 2 (18.18%) CSS
5 1 (9.09%) Laravel
5 1 (9.09%) Next.js
5 1 (9.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Legacy Code
2 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Collaborative Working
2 9 (81.82%) B2B
2 9 (81.82%) CRM
2 9 (81.82%) OO
2 9 (81.82%) OO PHP
3 1 (9.09%) Clean Code
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Web Design
3 1 (9.09%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 11 (100.00%) PHP
System Software
1 9 (81.82%) Docker