PHP Developer Job Trends in Newcastle upon Tyne

PHP Developer
Tyne and Wear > Newcastle upon Tyne

The median PHP Developer salary in Newcastle upon Tyne is £25,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 20 December 2025.

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

6 months to
20 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 63 39
Rank change year-on-year +5 -24 +29
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 1 1 1
As % of all permanent jobs in Newcastle upon Tyne 0.17% 0.17% 0.36%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.18% 0.18% 0.37%
Number of salaries quoted 1 1 1
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - £42,500 £45,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £25,000 £45,000 £46,500
Median % change year-on-year -44.44% -3.23% +26.53%
75th Percentile - £47,500 £47,250
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £25,000 £45,000 £46,500
% change year-on-year -44.44% -3.23% +26.53%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Newcastle upon Tyne

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne. 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 Newcastle upon Tyne with a recognized job title 554 571 273
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 96.85% 97.27% 97.15%
Number of salaries quoted 407 255 242
10th Percentile £28,250 £31,450 £30,525
25th Percentile £31,750 £40,869 £38,344
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £51,028
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +7.78% -7.22%
75th Percentile £67,500 £72,639 £63,750
90th Percentile £82,500 £95,000 £77,375
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.00% - -9.09%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

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 Newcastle upon Tyne.

PHP Developer job vacancy trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in Newcastle upon Tyne

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Newcastle upon Tyne

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 21 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne

For the 6 months to 20 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 Newcastle upon Tyne region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Newcastle upon Tyne 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:

Cloud Services
1 1 (100.00%) Azure
1 1 (100.00%) Cloud Computing
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) MySQL
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
General
1 1 (100.00%) Finance
1 1 (100.00%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (100.00%) CSS
1 1 (100.00%) jQuery
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOP
1 1 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) C++
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (100.00%) Degree