PHP Developer Job Trends in Manchester

PHP Developer
North West > Manchester

The median PHP Developer salary in Manchester is £47,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 January 2026.

The table below compares current salary benchmarking and summary statistics with the previous two years.

6 months to
2 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 123 122 119
Rank change year-on-year -1 -3 +112
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 15 35 26
As % of all permanent jobs in Manchester 0.54% 1.28% 1.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.61% 1.37% 1.19%
Number of salaries quoted 13 23 25
10th Percentile £31,900 £35,450 £37,400
25th Percentile £34,500 £44,375 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% +5.00% -9.09%
75th Percentile £62,500 £56,250 £56,250
90th Percentile £64,500 - £60,000
North West median annual salary £45,000 £46,250 £46,000
% change year-on-year -2.70% +0.54% -16.36%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Manchester

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Manchester. 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 Manchester with a recognized job title 2,478 2,561 2,180
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.07% 93.98% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 1,573 1,236 1,747
10th Percentile £29,050 £35,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year - -4.35% -
75th Percentile £72,500 £72,500 £71,250
90th Percentile £88,950 £85,000 £84,056
North West median annual salary £50,000 £51,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -2.91% -1.90% -0.94%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'PHP Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

PHP Developer job vacancy trend in Manchester

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in Manchester

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Manchester.

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Manchester

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Developer in Manchester over the 6 months to 2 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PHP Developer in Manchester

PHP Developer
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 2 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
Altrincham - 3 £35,000 -
Bury - 2 - -
PHP Developer
North West

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 2 January 2026, PHP Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number of co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 15 (100.00%) PHP
2 8 (53.33%) CSS
2 8 (53.33%) HTML
2 8 (53.33%) JavaScript
2 8 (53.33%) MySQL
3 7 (46.67%) Azure
3 7 (46.67%) Git
3 7 (46.67%) Laravel
4 6 (40.00%) React
5 5 (33.33%) AWS
5 5 (33.33%) GCP
5 5 (33.33%) Integrated Marketing
5 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 4 (26.67%) Clean Code
6 4 (26.67%) Docker
6 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
6 4 (26.67%) WordPress
7 3 (20.00%) C#
7 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
7 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
7 3 (20.00%) Containerisation
7 3 (20.00%) cPanel
7 3 (20.00%) jQuery
7 3 (20.00%) nginx
7 3 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
7 3 (20.00%) Plesk
8 2 (13.33%) .NET
8 2 (13.33%) .NET Framework
8 2 (13.33%) Adobe
8 2 (13.33%) Agile

PHP Developer Skill Set
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 4 (26.67%) WordPress
2 3 (20.00%) nginx
3 1 (6.67%) Apache
Applications
1 1 (6.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (6.67%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (6.67%) Adobe XD
1 1 (6.67%) Photoshop
Cloud Services
1 7 (46.67%) Azure
2 5 (33.33%) AWS
2 5 (33.33%) GCP
3 2 (13.33%) Cloudflare
3 2 (13.33%) SaaS
4 1 (6.67%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (53.33%) MySQL
2 2 (13.33%) SQL Server
3 1 (6.67%) Redis
Development Applications
1 7 (46.67%) Git
General
1 5 (33.33%) Marketing
2 3 (20.00%) Documentation Skills
3 2 (13.33%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (6.67%) Games
4 1 (6.67%) Mandarin Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 8 (53.33%) CSS
1 8 (53.33%) HTML
2 7 (46.67%) Laravel
3 6 (40.00%) React
4 3 (20.00%) jQuery
5 2 (13.33%) .NET
5 2 (13.33%) .NET Framework
5 2 (13.33%) ASP.NET
5 2 (13.33%) REST
6 1 (6.67%) CodeIgniter
6 1 (6.67%) CSS3
6 1 (6.67%) HTML5
6 1 (6.67%) LAMP
6 1 (6.67%) LEMP Stack
6 1 (6.67%) Node.js
6 1 (6.67%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (6.67%) RESTful
6 1 (6.67%) Unity (Game Engine)
6 1 (6.67%) Unreal Engine
6 1 (6.67%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 4 (26.67%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) Integrated Marketing
1 5 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 4 (26.67%) Clean Code
2 4 (26.67%) Mentoring
3 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Culture
3 3 (20.00%) Collaborative Working
3 3 (20.00%) Containerisation
3 3 (20.00%) Performance Optimisation
4 2 (13.33%) Agile
4 2 (13.33%) Customer Service
4 2 (13.33%) MVC
4 2 (13.33%) Project Management
4 2 (13.33%) Web Development
5 1 (6.67%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.67%) DevOps
5 1 (6.67%) E-Commerce
5 1 (6.67%) OO
5 1 (6.67%) OO PHP
5 1 (6.67%) SEO
5 1 (6.67%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) PHP
2 8 (53.33%) JavaScript
3 3 (20.00%) C#
4 1 (6.67%) SQL
System Software
1 4 (26.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) cPanel
1 3 (20.00%) Plesk
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Adobe
1 2 (13.33%) Google
1 2 (13.33%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.67%) HubSpot