PHP Software Engineer Jobs in Manchester

PHP Software Engineer
North West > Manchester

The median PHP Software Engineer salary in Manchester is £58,500 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 140 213 236
Rank change year-on-year +73 +23 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Software Engineer 4 2 5
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 0.19% 0.039% 0.10%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.21% 0.041% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 4 2 3
10th Percentile £46,225 £41,500 £46,450
25th Percentile £49,938 £43,750 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,500 £47,500 £48,500
Median % change year-on-year +23.16% -2.06% -11.82%
75th Percentile £72,500 £51,250 £49,750
90th Percentile - £53,500 -
North West median annual salary £65,000 £47,500 £48,500
% change year-on-year +36.84% -2.06% -11.82%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 1,928 4,842 4,561
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.47% 94.70% 91.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,273 3,750 2,671
10th Percentile £32,500 £30,000 £31,250
25th Percentile £42,500 £41,143 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £54,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +9.26% -6.09% +4.55%
75th Percentile £77,500 £68,750 £71,250
90th Percentile £91,164 £81,250 £83,750
North West median annual salary £50,055 £50,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +0.11% -9.09% +4.76%

PHP Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings that featured PHP Software Engineer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for PHP Software Engineer in Manchester

PHP Software Engineer
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PHP Software Engineer in Manchester.

Salary trend for PHP Software Engineer in Manchester

PHP Software Engineer
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Software Engineer in Manchester over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP Software Engineer in Manchester

PHP Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, PHP Software Engineer 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 Manchester region featuring PHP Software Engineer in the job title.

1 4 (100.00%) PHP
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 4 (100.00%) Laravel
2 3 (75.00%) AngularJS
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
2 3 (75.00%) MySQL
2 3 (75.00%) Vue
3 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 2 (50.00%) TDD
3 2 (50.00%) .NET
3 2 (50.00%) TypeScript
3 2 (50.00%) BDD
3 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
3 2 (50.00%) React
3 2 (50.00%) Android
3 2 (50.00%) Azure
4 1 (25.00%) AWS
4 1 (25.00%) Open Source
4 1 (25.00%) Git
4 1 (25.00%) Market Research
4 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (25.00%) Symfony
4 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
4 1 (25.00%) High Availability
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) User Experience
4 1 (25.00%) MVC
4 1 (25.00%) Workflow
4 1 (25.00%) Law
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security

PHP Software Engineer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Manchester 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 2 (50.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Serverless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (75.00%) MySQL
2 2 (50.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) Git
General
1 1 (25.00%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (100.00%) Laravel
2 3 (75.00%) AngularJS
2 3 (75.00%) Vue
3 2 (50.00%) .NET
3 2 (50.00%) React
4 1 (25.00%) CSS
4 1 (25.00%) HTML
4 1 (25.00%) Symfony
Operating Systems
1 2 (50.00%) Android
1 2 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (75.00%) Agile
3 2 (50.00%) BDD
3 2 (50.00%) TDD
4 1 (25.00%) Acceptance Criteria
4 1 (25.00%) CI/CD
4 1 (25.00%) Coaching
4 1 (25.00%) High Availability
4 1 (25.00%) Information Security
4 1 (25.00%) Market Research
4 1 (25.00%) MVC
4 1 (25.00%) OO
4 1 (25.00%) OOP
4 1 (25.00%) Open Source
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Optimisation
4 1 (25.00%) Unit Testing
4 1 (25.00%) User Experience
4 1 (25.00%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) PHP
2 2 (50.00%) TypeScript
3 1 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001