PHP Developer Job Trends in Chester

PHP Developer
Cheshire > Chester

The median PHP Developer salary in Chester is £58,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 August 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
1 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 21 - 21
Rank change year-on-year - - +11
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 4 0 5
As % of all permanent jobs in Chester 1.63% - 2.38%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.69% - 2.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4 0 5
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - £29,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 - £32,500
75th Percentile £65,000 - £35,250
90th Percentile - - £53,100
Cheshire median annual salary £58,750 - £35,000

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Chester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Chester. 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 Chester with a recognized job title 236 85 187
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.33% 97.70% 89.05%
Number of salaries quoted 181 43 157
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,600 £25,800
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -14.29% +10.53% +2.70%
75th Percentile £59,500 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,250 £95,500 £66,000
Cheshire median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -5.26%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'PHP Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Chester.

PHP Developer job vacancy trend in Chester

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in Chester

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Chester.

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Chester

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram in Chester

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Developer in Chester over the 6 months to 1 August 2026.

Salary histogram for PHP Developer in Chester

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 18 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester

For the 6 months to 1 August 2026, PHP Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Chester region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) Laravel
1 4 (100.00%) PHP
2 2 (50.00%) AI
2 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 2 (50.00%) CRUD
2 2 (50.00%) Docker
2 2 (50.00%) Google
2 2 (50.00%) MariaDB
2 2 (50.00%) Migration
2 2 (50.00%) MySQL
2 2 (50.00%) OpenAI
2 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (50.00%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (50.00%) Redis
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Optimisation
2 2 (50.00%) Stripe
2 2 (50.00%) Vue

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Chester 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:

Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
1 2 (50.00%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (50.00%) MariaDB
1 2 (50.00%) MySQL
1 2 (50.00%) Redis
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Laravel
2 2 (50.00%) RabbitMQ
2 2 (50.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (50.00%) AI
1 2 (50.00%) CRUD
1 2 (50.00%) Migration
1 2 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (50.00%) SQL Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PHP
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (50.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 2 (50.00%) Google
1 2 (50.00%) OpenAI