Laravel Job Trends in Manchester

Laravel PHP Framework
North West > Manchester

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Manchester requiring Laravel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 January 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 128 129 96
Rank change year-on-year +1 -33 +122
Permanent jobs citing Laravel 12 30 70
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.39% 1.14% 2.29%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 3.21% 5.07% 7.88%
Number of salaries quoted 10 15 68
10th Percentile £36,000 £36,750 £33,750
25th Percentile £47,188 £40,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £55,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.11% +11.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £64,375 £72,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £73,875 - £62,500
North West median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +5.26% - -13.64%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Manchester

Laravel falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in Manchester.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 374 592 888
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.11% 22.44% 28.99%
Number of salaries quoted 316 359 731
10th Percentile £30,625 £41,250 £39,250
25th Percentile £51,250 £48,750 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - +4.17% -
75th Percentile £76,250 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £86,250 £87,500 £85,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
% change year-on-year +4.35% - -

Laravel
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Laravel relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Laravel job vacancy trend in Manchester

Laravel
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Laravel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Manchester citing Laravel

Laravel
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Laravel in Manchester over the 6 months to 24 January 2026.

Salary histogram for Laravel in Manchester

Laravel
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Laravel within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 24 January 2026. 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
Bury - 2 - -
Laravel
North West

Laravel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester 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 (16.67%) nginx
2 1 (8.33%) CMS
2 1 (8.33%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 7 (58.33%) AWS
2 2 (16.67%) Azure
2 2 (16.67%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (41.67%) MySQL
2 2 (16.67%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Git
General
1 3 (25.00%) Marketing
2 2 (16.67%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (16.67%) Documentation Skills
Job Titles
1 11 (91.67%) Developer
2 6 (50.00%) PHP Developer
3 5 (41.67%) Senior
3 5 (41.67%) Senior Developer
4 4 (33.33%) Full-Stack Developer
5 3 (25.00%) PHP Laravel Developer
5 3 (25.00%) Senior PHP Developer
6 2 (16.67%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
6 2 (16.67%) Software Developer
7 1 (8.33%) Digital Developer
7 1 (8.33%) Head of Engineering
7 1 (8.33%) Junior
7 1 (8.33%) Junior Developer
7 1 (8.33%) Junior Full-Stack Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (50.00%) CSS
1 6 (50.00%) HTML
1 6 (50.00%) React
2 3 (25.00%) jQuery
2 3 (25.00%) Vue
3 2 (16.67%) REST
4 1 (8.33%) CSS3
4 1 (8.33%) HTML5
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) NHS
2 1 (8.33%) Cloud Native
2 1 (8.33%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (50.00%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (33.33%) Clean Code
2 4 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (25.00%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (25.00%) Integrated Marketing
3 3 (25.00%) Mentoring
4 2 (16.67%) Agile
4 2 (16.67%) Containerisation
4 2 (16.67%) Customer Service
4 2 (16.67%) Performance Optimisation
5 1 (8.33%) API Development
5 1 (8.33%) CI/CD
5 1 (8.33%) Code Quality
5 1 (8.33%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (8.33%) OO
5 1 (8.33%) OO PHP
5 1 (8.33%) Software Engineering
5 1 (8.33%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (8.33%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) PHP
2 7 (58.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (8.33%) Python
3 1 (8.33%) SQL
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) cPanel
1 2 (16.67%) Plesk