Lead PHP Developer Jobs in London

Lead PHP Developer
England > London

The median Lead PHP Developer salary in London is £77,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 June 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Jun 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 404 503 595
Rank change year-on-year +99 +92 +308
Permanent jobs requiring a Lead PHP Developer 4 3 7
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.031% 0.012% 0.023%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.013% 0.024%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 7
10th Percentile - £72,500 -
25th Percentile £76,250 £76,250 £66,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £82,500 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year -6.06% +22.22% +8.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £88,750 £73,750
90th Percentile - £92,500 £83,250
England median annual salary £77,500 £61,250 £67,500
% change year-on-year +26.53% -9.26% -10.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in London. 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 London with a recognized job title 11,676 23,497 29,317
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.01% 94.46% 94.90%
Number of salaries quoted 7,008 17,330 22,087
10th Percentile £40,700 £37,283 £41,374
25th Percentile £55,000 £50,000 £54,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £98,750 £92,500 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £52,500 £60,249
% change year-on-year +4.76% -12.86% +0.42%

Lead PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for Lead PHP Developer in London

Lead PHP Developer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for Lead PHP Developer in London

Lead PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 10 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London

For the 6 months to 18 June 2025, Lead 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 London region featuring Lead PHP Developer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) PHP
1 4 (100.00%) MVC
1 4 (100.00%) e-Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Symfony
1 4 (100.00%) AWS
1 4 (100.00%) Laravel
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
1 4 (100.00%) Microservices
1 4 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD

Lead PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London 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 4 (100.00%) AWS
General
1 4 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Laravel
1 4 (100.00%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) e-Learning
1 4 (100.00%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) CI/CD
1 4 (100.00%) Microservices
1 4 (100.00%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PHP