PHP Developer Jobs in London

PHP Developer
England > London

The median PHP Developer salary in London 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 363 442 459
Rank change year-on-year +79 +17 +71
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 29 60 173
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in London 0.23% 0.25% 0.49%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.27% 0.51%
Number of salaries quoted 25 49 135
10th Percentile £40,000 - £42,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £36,250 £49,375
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £54,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +1.85% -10.00% +9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £70,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £73,250 £85,000 £83,250
England median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +5.00%

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 11,480 22,230 33,763
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.13% 94.12% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 7,467 16,731 24,760
10th Percentile £41,250 £38,454 £42,500
25th Percentile £55,000 £51,250 £55,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £72,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% -3.45% +3.57%
75th Percentile £100,000 £93,750 £95,000
90th Percentile £122,500 £115,000 £115,000
England median annual salary £57,500 £53,773 £60,567
% change year-on-year +6.93% -11.22% +0.95%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in London

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

Job vacancy trend for PHP Developer in London

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in London

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

Salary trend for PHP Developer in London

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram in London

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

Salary histogram for PHP Developer in London

PHP Developer
Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the London 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
Central London +31 9 £55,000 +66.67% 11
West London +46 1 - - 4
PHP Developer
England

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

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 London region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) PHP
2 21 (72.41%) Laravel
3 16 (55.17%) JavaScript
3 16 (55.17%) MySQL
4 15 (51.72%) CSS
4 15 (51.72%) HTML
5 13 (44.83%) MVC
6 11 (37.93%) AWS
6 11 (37.93%) Vue
7 10 (34.48%) Web Development
8 9 (31.03%) Git
8 9 (31.03%) React
9 8 (27.59%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
9 8 (27.59%) Redis
10 7 (24.14%) MongoDB
10 7 (24.14%) HTML5
10 7 (24.14%) Memcached
10 7 (24.14%) Turkish Language
10 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
10 7 (24.14%) Design Patterns
10 7 (24.14%) Onboarding
10 7 (24.14%) CSS3
10 7 (24.14%) Fintech
11 6 (20.69%) WordPress
11 6 (20.69%) OOP
11 6 (20.69%) OO
12 5 (17.24%) TDD
12 5 (17.24%) Node.js
13 4 (13.79%) Mentoring

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:

Application Platforms
1 6 (20.69%) WordPress
2 3 (10.34%) CMS
3 1 (3.45%) Drupal
Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Adobe XD
1 1 (3.45%) InVision
1 1 (3.45%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (3.45%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 11 (37.93%) AWS
2 2 (6.90%) GitHub
3 1 (3.45%) Figma
3 1 (3.45%) GCP
3 1 (3.45%) Google Analytics
3 1 (3.45%) npm
3 1 (3.45%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (55.17%) MySQL
2 8 (27.59%) Redis
3 7 (24.14%) MongoDB
4 1 (3.45%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (3.45%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 9 (31.03%) Git
2 3 (10.34%) PHPUnit
3 2 (6.90%) Jasmine
3 2 (6.90%) Mocha
General
1 7 (24.14%) Social Skills
1 7 (24.14%) Turkish Language
2 3 (10.34%) Marketing
3 2 (6.90%) Finance
4 1 (3.45%) Games
4 1 (3.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 1 (3.45%) Manufacturing
4 1 (3.45%) Presentation Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 21 (72.41%) Laravel
2 15 (51.72%) CSS
2 15 (51.72%) HTML
3 11 (37.93%) Vue
4 9 (31.03%) React
5 7 (24.14%) CSS3
5 7 (24.14%) HTML5
5 7 (24.14%) Memcached
6 5 (17.24%) Node.js
7 4 (13.79%) jQuery
8 3 (10.34%) RESTful
8 3 (10.34%) Symfony
8 3 (10.34%) Web Services
9 2 (6.90%) Ajax
9 2 (6.90%) Jest
9 2 (6.90%) JSON
9 2 (6.90%) LESS
9 2 (6.90%) NestJS
9 2 (6.90%) REST
9 2 (6.90%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 8 (27.59%) Enterprise Software
2 7 (24.14%) Onboarding
3 2 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (3.45%) Digital Media
4 1 (3.45%) Legacy Code
4 1 (3.45%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.45%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (44.83%) MVC
2 10 (34.48%) Web Development
3 8 (27.59%) Problem-Solving
4 7 (24.14%) Design Patterns
4 7 (24.14%) Fintech
5 6 (20.69%) OO
5 6 (20.69%) OOP
6 5 (17.24%) TDD
7 4 (13.79%) Agile
7 4 (13.79%) Mentoring
7 4 (13.79%) Software Architecture
8 3 (10.34%) Full-Stack Development
8 3 (10.34%) SOLID
9 2 (6.90%) CI/CD
9 2 (6.90%) Code Quality
9 2 (6.90%) Computer Science
9 2 (6.90%) Content Management
9 2 (6.90%) E-Commerce
9 2 (6.90%) Project Management
9 2 (6.90%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 29 (100.00%) PHP
2 16 (55.17%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.90%) SQL
3 2 (6.90%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 2 (6.90%) Degree
2 1 (3.45%) Computer Science Degree
System Software
1 2 (6.90%) Docker
Vendors
1 1 (3.45%) Adobe
1 1 (3.45%) Apple
1 1 (3.45%) Google
1 1 (3.45%) Twitter
1 1 (3.45%) WooCommerce