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 6 December 2025.

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

6 months to
6 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 205 219 197
Rank change year-on-year +14 -22 +120
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 23 42 26
As % of all permanent jobs in the Midlands 0.34% 0.52% 0.54%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.37% 0.56% 0.57%
Number of salaries quoted 23 19 24
10th Percentile £26,750 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £35,625 £35,000 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £45,000 £43,750
Median % change year-on-year -11.11% +2.86% -2.78%
75th Percentile £46,875 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £47,500 £72,000 £67,500
England median annual salary £40,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -20.00% -4.76% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 6,189 7,478 4,577
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 91.28% 93.29% 94.96%
Number of salaries quoted 4,006 3,688 3,656
10th Percentile £27,750 £30,000 £26,500
25th Percentile £33,750 £37,500 £35,682
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £50,309 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -5.58% +0.62% -1.86%
75th Percentile £65,000 £65,000 £63,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £78,400 £75,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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 6 December 2025.

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 6 December 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
East Midlands +23 18 £40,000 -33.33% 8
West Midlands +10 5 £42,500 +3.03% 10
PHP Developer
England

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

For the 6 months to 6 December 2025, 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 23 (100.00%) PHP
2 15 (65.22%) Agile
3 14 (60.87%) Laravel
4 13 (56.52%) CSS
5 12 (52.17%) HTML
5 12 (52.17%) JavaScript
5 12 (52.17%) MVC
5 12 (52.17%) OO
6 11 (47.83%) MySQL
7 10 (43.48%) Symfony
8 9 (39.13%) Full-Stack Development
8 9 (39.13%) OO PHP
9 8 (34.78%) CakePHP
9 8 (34.78%) CodeIgniter
9 8 (34.78%) TypeScript
10 6 (26.09%) jQuery
11 5 (21.74%) SQL
12 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
12 4 (17.39%) Git
12 4 (17.39%) OOP
12 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
13 3 (13.04%) AI
13 3 (13.04%) Apache
13 3 (13.04%) API Integration
13 3 (13.04%) Azure
13 3 (13.04%) C#
13 3 (13.04%) ChatGPT
13 3 (13.04%) Intranet
13 3 (13.04%) Migration
13 3 (13.04%) OpenAI

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:

Application Platforms
1 3 (13.04%) Apache
Business Applications
1 3 (13.04%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 3 (13.04%) Azure
1 3 (13.04%) ChatGPT
2 2 (8.70%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.04%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (47.83%) MySQL
2 4 (17.39%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (17.39%) Git
2 1 (4.35%) git-flow
2 1 (4.35%) JIRA
2 1 (4.35%) PHPUnit
General
1 8 (34.78%) Law
2 3 (13.04%) Finance
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 14 (60.87%) Laravel
2 13 (56.52%) CSS
3 12 (52.17%) HTML
4 10 (43.48%) Symfony
5 8 (34.78%) CakePHP
5 8 (34.78%) CodeIgniter
6 6 (26.09%) jQuery
7 3 (13.04%) RESTful
8 1 (4.35%) Alpine.js
8 1 (4.35%) CSS3
8 1 (4.35%) HTML5
8 1 (4.35%) LAMP
8 1 (4.35%) REST
8 1 (4.35%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (13.04%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (13.04%) Windows
1 3 (13.04%) Windows Server
2 1 (4.35%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (65.22%) Agile
2 12 (52.17%) MVC
2 12 (52.17%) OO
3 9 (39.13%) Full-Stack Development
3 9 (39.13%) OO PHP
4 4 (17.39%) Computer Science
4 4 (17.39%) OOP
5 3 (13.04%) AI
5 3 (13.04%) API Integration
5 3 (13.04%) Migration
5 3 (13.04%) Secure Coding
5 3 (13.04%) User Experience
6 1 (4.35%) CI/CD
6 1 (4.35%) CRM
6 1 (4.35%) DevOps
6 1 (4.35%) Front End Development
6 1 (4.35%) Project Management
6 1 (4.35%) TDD
6 1 (4.35%) Trunk-Based Development
Programming Languages
1 23 (100.00%) PHP
2 12 (52.17%) JavaScript
3 8 (34.78%) TypeScript
4 5 (21.74%) SQL
5 3 (13.04%) C#
6 1 (4.35%) C++
6 1 (4.35%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (8.70%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (8.70%) Degree
2 1 (4.35%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.35%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (13.04%) OpenAI
1 3 (13.04%) SAP
2 1 (4.35%) Zend