PHP Developer Job Trends in the Midlands

PHP Developer
England > Midlands

The median PHP Developer salary in the Midlands is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 September 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 229 213 193
Rank change year-on-year -16 -20 +27
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 38 17 92
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.26% 0.30% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.27% 0.33% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 30 17 58
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £27,825
25th Percentile £27,813 £33,750 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £42,500
Median % change year-on-year - -5.88% -15.00%
75th Percentile £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
90th Percentile £60,000 - £60,000
England median annual salary £47,500 £40,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year +18.75% -15.79% -9.52%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Midlands

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the Midlands. 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 the Midlands with a recognized job title 13,955 5,173 9,734
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.72% 91.15% 94.79%
Number of salaries quoted 9,760 3,257 5,891
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,500 £28,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £31,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +11.11% -10.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £77,350 £76,250
England median annual salary £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year +4.55% - -8.33%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the Midlands

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 the Midlands.

PHP Developer job vacancy trend in the Midlands

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in the Midlands

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in the Midlands.

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in the Midlands

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram in the Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Developer in the Midlands over the 6 months to 4 September 2026.

Salary histogram for PHP Developer in the Midlands

PHP Developer
Job Locations in the Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the Midlands region over the 6 months to 4 September 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
West Midlands -12 19 £55,000 +120.00%
East Midlands -28 19 £37,500 -6.25%
PHP Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 4 September 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 Midlands region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 38 (100.00%) PHP
2 17 (44.74%) Laravel
3 15 (39.47%) SQL
4 12 (31.58%) MySQL
5 11 (28.95%) CSS
6 9 (23.68%) HTML
6 9 (23.68%) JavaScript
7 8 (21.05%) Azure
7 8 (21.05%) C#
7 8 (21.05%) Computer Science
8 7 (18.42%) Agile
8 7 (18.42%) jQuery
8 7 (18.42%) OO
9 6 (15.79%) OO PHP
9 6 (15.79%) Vue
10 5 (13.16%) CSS3
10 5 (13.16%) HTML5
10 5 (13.16%) LAMP
10 5 (13.16%) MVC
11 4 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
12 3 (7.89%) CI/CD
12 3 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
12 3 (7.89%) Degree
12 3 (7.89%) DevOps
12 3 (7.89%) SQL Server
13 2 (5.26%) .NET
13 2 (5.26%) .NET Framework
13 2 (5.26%) AWS
13 2 (5.26%) C++
13 2 (5.26%) Clean Code

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the Midlands 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:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.63%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 8 (21.05%) Azure
2 2 (5.26%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (31.58%) MySQL
2 3 (7.89%) SQL Server
3 2 (5.26%) NoSQL
4 1 (2.63%) MariaDB
4 1 (2.63%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 2 (5.26%) Git
2 1 (2.63%) gulp
2 1 (2.63%) webpack
General
1 7 (18.42%) Finance
2 5 (13.16%) Social Skills
3 2 (5.26%) Law
4 1 (2.63%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (2.63%) Marketing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (44.74%) Laravel
2 11 (28.95%) CSS
3 9 (23.68%) HTML
4 7 (18.42%) jQuery
5 6 (15.79%) Vue
6 5 (13.16%) CSS3
6 5 (13.16%) HTML5
6 5 (13.16%) LAMP
7 2 (5.26%) .NET
7 2 (5.26%) .NET Framework
8 1 (2.63%) CodeIgniter
8 1 (2.63%) REST
8 1 (2.63%) RESTful
8 1 (2.63%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 9 (23.68%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.63%) Analytical Mindset
2 1 (2.63%) Legacy Applications
2 1 (2.63%) Legacy Systems
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.63%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (21.05%) Computer Science
2 7 (18.42%) Agile
2 7 (18.42%) OO
3 6 (15.79%) OO PHP
4 5 (13.16%) MVC
5 4 (10.53%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (7.89%) CI/CD
6 3 (7.89%) DevOps
7 2 (5.26%) Clean Code
7 2 (5.26%) Collaborative Culture
7 2 (5.26%) E-Commerce
7 2 (5.26%) Full-Stack Development
7 2 (5.26%) Microservices
7 2 (5.26%) OOP
7 2 (5.26%) Process Improvement
7 2 (5.26%) Requirements Gathering
8 1 (2.63%) Code Quality
8 1 (2.63%) Continuous Improvement
8 1 (2.63%) Deployment Automation
8 1 (2.63%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 38 (100.00%) PHP
2 15 (39.47%) SQL
3 9 (23.68%) JavaScript
4 8 (21.05%) C#
5 2 (5.26%) C++
5 2 (5.26%) Java
5 2 (5.26%) Rust
6 1 (2.63%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (7.89%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (7.89%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (2.63%) Microsoft