PHP Web Developer Jobs in England

PHP Web Developer
UK > England

The median PHP Web Developer salary in England is £55,000 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 633 770 878
Rank change year-on-year +137 +108 +223
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Web Developer 15 52 73
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.033% 0.061% 0.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.036% 0.065% 0.086%
Number of salaries quoted 14 44 60
10th Percentile £36,250 £31,250 £32,500
25th Percentile £49,688 £32,188 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - -
75th Percentile £70,313 £47,813 £45,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £55,000 £56,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +37.50% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in 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 England with a recognized job title 41,506 80,486 84,681
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 94.46% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 24,507 60,251 53,657
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
Median % change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%
75th Percentile £75,000 £72,000 £82,500
90th Percentile £97,500 £91,250 £100,000
UK median annual salary £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
% change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -

PHP Web Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

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

Job vacancy trend for PHP Web Developer in England

PHP Web Developer
Salary Trend in England

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

Salary trend for PHP Web Developer in England

PHP Web Developer
Salary Histogram in England

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

Salary histogram for PHP Web Developer in England

PHP Web Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Web Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
North of England +86 6 £55,000 +46.67% 1
North West +36 6 £55,000 +22.22%
South West +99 5 £65,000 +100.00%
London +113 4 £63,750 +18.06% 1
PHP Web Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, PHP Web 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 England region featuring PHP Web Developer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 15 (100.00%) PHP
1 15 (100.00%) Web Development
2 10 (66.67%) CSS
2 10 (66.67%) HTML
3 6 (40.00%) MySQL
3 6 (40.00%) LAMP
3 6 (40.00%) React
4 5 (33.33%) Software Engineering
4 5 (33.33%) Linux
4 5 (33.33%) E-Commerce
5 4 (26.67%) OOP
5 4 (26.67%) SQL
5 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
5 4 (26.67%) Node.js
5 4 (26.67%) AngularJS
5 4 (26.67%) Git
5 4 (26.67%) SOLID
6 3 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (20.00%) Tailwind CSS
6 3 (20.00%) Marketing
6 3 (20.00%) Design Patterns
6 3 (20.00%) AWS
6 3 (20.00%) PHPUnit
6 3 (20.00%) Degree
6 3 (20.00%) jQuery
6 3 (20.00%) WordPress
6 3 (20.00%) Agile
6 3 (20.00%) TDD

PHP Web Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England 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 3 (20.00%) WordPress
2 2 (13.33%) CMS
3 1 (6.67%) Apache
3 1 (6.67%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (20.00%) AWS
2 2 (13.33%) Cloudflare
3 1 (6.67%) Datadog
3 1 (6.67%) GCP
3 1 (6.67%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (40.00%) MySQL
2 2 (13.33%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (6.67%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (6.67%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Git
2 3 (20.00%) PHPUnit
3 2 (13.33%) Jasmine
3 2 (13.33%) Mocha
4 1 (6.67%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (20.00%) Marketing
2 1 (6.67%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 10 (66.67%) CSS
1 10 (66.67%) HTML
2 6 (40.00%) LAMP
2 6 (40.00%) React
3 4 (26.67%) AngularJS
3 4 (26.67%) Node.js
4 3 (20.00%) jQuery
4 3 (20.00%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (13.33%) Ajax
5 2 (13.33%) CSS3
5 2 (13.33%) HTML5
5 2 (13.33%) Jest
5 2 (13.33%) JSON
5 2 (13.33%) Laravel
5 2 (13.33%) LEMP Stack
5 2 (13.33%) LESS
5 2 (13.33%) Sass
5 2 (13.33%) Vue
5 2 (13.33%) Web Services
6 1 (6.67%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (6.67%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 5 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (100.00%) Web Development
2 5 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 5 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 4 (26.67%) Computer Science
3 4 (26.67%) OOP
3 4 (26.67%) SOLID
4 3 (20.00%) Agile
4 3 (20.00%) Design Patterns
4 3 (20.00%) TDD
5 2 (13.33%) Content Management
5 2 (13.33%) Front End Development
5 2 (13.33%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (13.33%) SEO
6 1 (6.67%) Analytics
6 1 (6.67%) CI/CD
6 1 (6.67%) Full-Stack Development
6 1 (6.67%) MVC
6 1 (6.67%) Pair Programming
6 1 (6.67%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (6.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 15 (100.00%) PHP
2 4 (26.67%) SQL
3 2 (13.33%) Go
3 2 (13.33%) Python
4 1 (6.67%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (20.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.67%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Google
2 1 (6.67%) Zend