PHP Developer Jobs in Kent

PHP Developer
South East > Kent

The median PHP Developer salary in Kent is £30,000 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 47 99 82
Rank change year-on-year +52 -17 +20
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 18 4 20
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Kent 2.56% 0.27% 1.75%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.54% 0.29% 2.04%
Number of salaries quoted 17 4 10
10th Percentile £24,000 - -
25th Percentile £26,000 £35,000 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £30,000 £40,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -25.00% -23.81% +66.67%
75th Percentile £44,500 £45,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £53,000 - £56,375
South East median annual salary £39,000 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -22.00% - -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Kent

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Kent. 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 Kent with a recognized job title 508 1,377 978
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 72.16% 92.91% 85.56%
Number of salaries quoted 314 1,025 546
10th Percentile £25,250 £25,250 £26,875
25th Percentile £30,250 £31,250 £33,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,000 £42,500 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year +10.59% -8.60% +3.33%
75th Percentile £59,891 £58,750 £61,162
90th Percentile £70,000 £68,750 £73,125
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +10.00% -9.09% -

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Kent

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

Job vacancy trend for PHP Developer in Kent

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in Kent

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

Salary trend for PHP Developer in Kent

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram in Kent

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

Salary histogram for PHP Developer in Kent

PHP Developer
Job Locations in Kent

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the Kent 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
Maidstone - 6 £30,000 -
Snodland - 5 £39,000 -
Tunbridge Wells - 3 £26,000 -
PHP Developer
South East

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

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

1 18 (100.00%) HTML
1 18 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 18 (100.00%) PHP
1 18 (100.00%) CSS
2 15 (83.33%) MySQL
3 11 (61.11%) Laravel
4 10 (55.56%) CakePHP
5 8 (44.44%) Git
5 8 (44.44%) E-Commerce
6 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (27.78%) RESTful
7 5 (27.78%) Clean Code
8 4 (22.22%) Retail
8 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
8 4 (22.22%) MVC
8 4 (22.22%) LAMP
8 4 (22.22%) Web Services
8 4 (22.22%) OOP
9 3 (16.67%) C
9 3 (16.67%) C#
9 3 (16.67%) Twitter
10 2 (11.11%) Code Quality
11 1 (5.56%) CI/CD
11 1 (5.56%) AngularJS
11 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
11 1 (5.56%) React
11 1 (5.56%) Vue
11 1 (5.56%) Database Optimisation
11 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
11 1 (5.56%) Power Platform

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Kent 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) AWS
1 1 (5.56%) Azure
1 1 (5.56%) Dynamics 365
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (83.33%) MySQL
2 1 (5.56%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (44.44%) Git
General
1 4 (22.22%) Retail
1 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (5.56%) Organisational Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 18 (100.00%) CSS
1 18 (100.00%) HTML
2 11 (61.11%) Laravel
3 10 (55.56%) CakePHP
4 5 (27.78%) RESTful
5 4 (22.22%) LAMP
5 4 (22.22%) Web Services
6 1 (5.56%) AngularJS
6 1 (5.56%) CodeIgniter
6 1 (5.56%) React
6 1 (5.56%) Symfony
6 1 (5.56%) Vue
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) E-Commerce
2 7 (38.89%) Problem-Solving
3 5 (27.78%) Clean Code
4 4 (22.22%) MVC
4 4 (22.22%) OOP
5 2 (11.11%) Code Quality
6 1 (5.56%) Agile
6 1 (5.56%) CI/CD
6 1 (5.56%) Database Optimisation
6 1 (5.56%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 18 (100.00%) PHP
2 3 (16.67%) C
2 3 (16.67%) C#
Vendors
1 3 (16.67%) Twitter