PHP Developer Job Trends in the East of England

PHP Developer
England > East of England

The median PHP Developer salary in the East of England is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 17 October 2025.

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

6 months to
17 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 167 131 117
Rank change year-on-year -36 -14 +91
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 7 51 25
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 0.21% 1.22% 1.12%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.23% 1.29% 1.16%
Number of salaries quoted 7 37 25
10th Percentile £24,000 £32,500 £43,750
25th Percentile £24,500 £40,000 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -47.37% -20.83% +4.35%
75th Percentile £34,875 £65,000 £62,500
90th Percentile £38,600 £68,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £42,500 £47,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -10.53% -9.52% -4.55%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
East of England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the East of England. 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 the East of England with a recognized job title 3,064 3,954 2,148
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.01% 94.87% 96.45%
Number of salaries quoted 1,749 2,065 1,430
10th Percentile £27,000 £28,000 £25,500
25th Percentile £31,250 £39,077 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £52,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -13.46% -0.95% +5.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile £75,000 £85,000 £82,500
England median annual salary £54,793 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.71% -4.17% -

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

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 the East of England.

PHP Developer job vacancy trend in the East of England

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in the East of England.

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in the East of England

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Developer in the East of England over the 6 months to 17 October 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP Developer in the East of England

PHP Developer
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the East of England region over the 6 months to 17 October 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Essex -8 5 £25,000 -44.44% 1
Norfolk +10 2 £32,750 -2.24% 1
PHP Developer
England

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England

For the 6 months to 17 October 2025, 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 East of England region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) PHP
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) Azure
3 4 (57.14%) C#
4 3 (42.86%) Agile
4 3 (42.86%) CSS
4 3 (42.86%) MySQL
4 3 (42.86%) OOP
4 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (28.57%) .NET
5 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
5 2 (28.57%) C++
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
5 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Degree
5 2 (28.57%) Java
5 2 (28.57%) jQuery
5 2 (28.57%) Laravel
5 2 (28.57%) MVC
5 2 (28.57%) OO
5 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
5 2 (28.57%) WordPress
6 1 (14.29%) Business Development
6 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (14.29%) CSS3
6 1 (14.29%) Git
6 1 (14.29%) HTML
6 1 (14.29%) HTML5
6 1 (14.29%) JavaScript

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (28.57%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 4 (57.14%) Azure
2 1 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) MySQL
2 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
3 1 (14.29%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (14.29%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
General
1 4 (57.14%) Finance
2 2 (28.57%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (42.86%) CSS
2 2 (28.57%) .NET
2 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET
2 2 (28.57%) jQuery
2 2 (28.57%) Laravel
3 1 (14.29%) CSS3
3 1 (14.29%) HTML
3 1 (14.29%) HTML5
3 1 (14.29%) React
3 1 (14.29%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile
1 3 (42.86%) OOP
1 3 (42.86%) Problem-Solving
2 2 (28.57%) Computer Science
2 2 (28.57%) MVC
2 2 (28.57%) OO
3 1 (14.29%) Business Development
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (14.29%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) PHP
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) C#
4 2 (28.57%) C++
4 2 (28.57%) Java
5 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (28.57%) Degree