PHP Developer Jobs in South Wales

PHP Developer
Wales > South Wales

The median PHP Developer salary in South Wales is £32,500 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 50 92 86
Rank change year-on-year +42 -6 +24
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 11 11 22
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in South Wales 1.63% 0.76% 1.91%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.92% 0.84% 2.13%
Number of salaries quoted 11 11 3
10th Percentile - £31,250 £40,900
25th Percentile £31,250 £37,500 £41,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £32,500 £50,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year -35.00% +11.11% +2.86%
75th Percentile £33,750 £63,250 £55,000
90th Percentile £47,500 - £59,500
Wales median annual salary £32,500 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year -31.58% +5.56% +2.86%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Wales

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Wales. 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 South Wales with a recognized job title 572 1,310 1,032
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 84.99% 90.78% 89.43%
Number of salaries quoted 366 867 585
10th Percentile £23,504 £27,157 £30,000
25th Percentile £26,250 £35,000 £37,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,000 £46,138 £45,456
Median % change year-on-year +12.71% +1.50% -9.09%
75th Percentile £65,000 £60,000 £62,988
90th Percentile £71,436 £70,000 £75,000
Wales median annual salary £49,104 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year +9.12% - -5.26%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Wales

Job postings that featured PHP Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in South Wales.

Job vacancy trend for PHP Developer in South Wales

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in South Wales

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PHP Developer in South Wales.

Salary trend for PHP Developer in South Wales

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram in South Wales

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Developer in South Wales over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP Developer in South Wales

PHP Developer
Job Locations in South Wales

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the South Wales region over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Cardiff +34 11 £32,500 -35.00% 2
PHP Developer
Wales

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, PHP Developer 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 South Wales region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 11 (100.00%) HTML
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 11 (100.00%) PHP
2 10 (90.91%) MySQL
2 10 (90.91%) CMS
2 10 (90.91%) Sass
2 10 (90.91%) Git
2 10 (90.91%) Collaborative Working
2 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
3 9 (81.82%) Legacy Code
3 9 (81.82%) Doctrine
3 9 (81.82%) Grunt
3 9 (81.82%) Pyjs
3 9 (81.82%) OO PHP
3 9 (81.82%) Docker
3 9 (81.82%) OO
3 9 (81.82%) CRM
3 9 (81.82%) B2B
3 9 (81.82%) Symfony
3 9 (81.82%) CakePHP
3 9 (81.82%) webpack
3 9 (81.82%) Vue
3 9 (81.82%) npm
4 2 (18.18%) CSS
5 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
5 1 (9.09%) WordPress
5 1 (9.09%) Web Design
5 1 (9.09%) Web Development
5 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (9.09%) React

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in South Wales 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:

Application Platforms
1 10 (90.91%) CMS
2 1 (9.09%) WordPress
Cloud Services
1 9 (81.82%) npm
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (90.91%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (90.91%) Git
2 9 (81.82%) Grunt
2 9 (81.82%) webpack
General
1 10 (90.91%) Social Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (9.09%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (100.00%) HTML
2 10 (90.91%) Sass
3 9 (81.82%) CakePHP
3 9 (81.82%) Doctrine
3 9 (81.82%) Pyjs
3 9 (81.82%) Symfony
3 9 (81.82%) Vue
4 2 (18.18%) CSS
5 1 (9.09%) Laravel
5 1 (9.09%) Next.js
5 1 (9.09%) React
Miscellaneous
1 9 (81.82%) Legacy Code
2 1 (9.09%) Self-Motivation
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (90.91%) Collaborative Working
2 9 (81.82%) B2B
2 9 (81.82%) CRM
2 9 (81.82%) OO
2 9 (81.82%) OO PHP
3 1 (9.09%) Clean Code
3 1 (9.09%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (9.09%) Web Design
3 1 (9.09%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 11 (100.00%) PHP
System Software
1 9 (81.82%) Docker