PHP Developer Job Trends in Durham

PHP Developer
North East > Durham

The median PHP Developer salary in Durham is £31,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 7 July 2026.

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

6 months to
7 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 47 - 50
Rank change year-on-year - - -22
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 2 0 3
As % of all permanent jobs in Durham 0.40% - 0.62%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.43% - 0.70%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 3
10th Percentile - - £35,750
25th Percentile £30,500 - £40,625
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £31,000 - £52,500
Median % change year-on-year - - +40.00%
75th Percentile £31,500 - £56,250
90th Percentile - - -
North East median annual salary £38,000 £25,000 £43,750
% change year-on-year +52.00% -42.86% +16.67%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Durham

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Durham. 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 Durham with a recognized job title 468 155 429
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.35% 79.49% 88.64%
Number of salaries quoted 228 74 294
10th Percentile £30,000 £25,087 £25,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £27,219 £31,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,750 £35,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +39.29% -22.22% -7.22%
75th Percentile £60,000 £53,438 £61,250
90th Percentile £75,000 £79,475 £70,000
North East median annual salary £50,000 £45,000 £45,249
% change year-on-year +11.11% -0.55% -9.50%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Durham

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 Durham.

PHP Developer job vacancy trend in Durham

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in Durham

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Durham.

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Durham

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 17 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham

For the 6 months to 7 July 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 Durham region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 2 (100.00%) Git
1 2 (100.00%) GitHub
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) Laravel
1 2 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) PHP
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) Express.js
2 1 (50.00%) MERN Stack

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Durham 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 (100.00%) GitHub
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (100.00%) MongoDB
1 2 (100.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) Git
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 2 (100.00%) CSS
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
1 2 (100.00%) HTML5
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) Laravel
1 2 (100.00%) Node.js
1 2 (100.00%) React
1 2 (100.00%) REST
2 1 (50.00%) Express.js
2 1 (50.00%) MERN Stack
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) PHP