PHP Laravel Developer Job Trends in Chester

PHP Laravel Developer
Cheshire > Chester

The median PHP Laravel Developer salary in Chester is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 9 August 2026.

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

6 months to
9 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 22 - 25
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Laravel Developer 5 0 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Chester 2.05% - 0.50%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.13% - 0.56%
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £46,250 - £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 - £42,500
75th Percentile £65,000 - £43,750
90th Percentile - - -
Cheshire median annual salary £52,500 - £42,500

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 235 87 177
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.31% 97.75% 88.94%
Number of salaries quoted 180 44 147
10th Percentile £26,000 £26,775 £25,800
25th Percentile £35,000 £36,875 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,750 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% +15.59% -7.44%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,625 £100,000 £66,000
Cheshire median annual salary £50,000 £40,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +25.00% -11.11% -5.26%

PHP Laravel Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Chester

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

PHP Laravel Developer job vacancy trend in Chester

PHP Laravel Developer
Salary Trend in Chester

Salary distribution trend for PHP Laravel Developer job vacancies in Chester.

Salary distribution trend for PHP Laravel Developer job vacancies in Chester

PHP Laravel Developer
Salary Histogram in Chester

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Laravel Developer in Chester over the 6 months to 9 August 2026.

Salary histogram for PHP Laravel Developer in Chester

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

For the 6 months to 9 August 2026, PHP Laravel 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 Laravel Developer in the job title.

1 5 (100.00%) Laravel
1 5 (100.00%) PHP
2 3 (60.00%) AI
2 3 (60.00%) AWS
2 3 (60.00%) CRUD
2 3 (60.00%) Docker
2 3 (60.00%) Google
2 3 (60.00%) MariaDB
2 3 (60.00%) Migration
2 3 (60.00%) MySQL
2 3 (60.00%) OpenAI
2 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (60.00%) RabbitMQ
2 3 (60.00%) Redis
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) SQL Optimisation
2 3 (60.00%) Stripe
2 3 (60.00%) Vue

PHP Laravel 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 3 (60.00%) AWS
1 3 (60.00%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (60.00%) MariaDB
1 3 (60.00%) MySQL
1 3 (60.00%) Redis
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 5 (100.00%) Laravel
2 3 (60.00%) RabbitMQ
2 3 (60.00%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (60.00%) AI
1 3 (60.00%) CRUD
1 3 (60.00%) Migration
1 3 (60.00%) Problem-Solving
1 3 (60.00%) SQL Optimisation
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) PHP
2 3 (60.00%) SQL
System Software
1 3 (60.00%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (60.00%) Google
1 3 (60.00%) OpenAI