Laravel Job Trends in the South West

Laravel PHP Framework
England > South West

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the South West requiring Laravel skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 218 156 177
Rank change year-on-year -62 +21 +12
Permanent jobs citing Laravel 18 10 61
As % of all permanent jobs in the South West 0.18% 0.29% 0.82%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.99% 2.34% 4.76%
Number of salaries quoted 17 10 37
10th Percentile £33,500 £40,875 £37,500
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £51,250 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +7.32% +2.50% -18.37%
75th Percentile £60,000 £61,563 £60,000
90th Percentile - £73,000 £71,000
England median annual salary £52,500 £53,750 £50,000
% change year-on-year -2.33% +7.50% -6.54%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
South West

Laravel falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills in the South West.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 903 428 1,281
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the South West 8.83% 12.29% 17.19%
Number of salaries quoted 674 324 824
10th Percentile £36,250 £28,250 £40,000
25th Percentile £46,250 £42,500 £46,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% -0.86% +0.87%
75th Percentile £80,000 £73,750 £73,750
90th Percentile £88,000 £90,000 £86,250
England median annual salary £67,500 £70,000 £65,000
% change year-on-year -3.57% +7.69% -7.14%

Laravel
Job Vacancy Trend in the South West

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Laravel relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the South West.

Laravel job vacancy trend in the South West

Laravel
Salary Trend in the South West

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Laravel.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the South West citing Laravel

Laravel
Salary Histogram in the South West

Salary distribution for jobs citing Laravel in the South West over the 6 months to 21 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Laravel in the South West

Laravel
Job Locations in the South West

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Laravel within the South West region over the 6 months to 21 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
Bristol -30 10 £60,000 -5.88% 4
Dorset - 6 £35,000 -
Somerset -33 1 £60,000 +23.08%
Gloucestershire -59 1 £47,500 +5.56% 1
Laravel
England

Laravel
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the South West 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 2 (11.11%) Apache
Cloud Services
1 3 (16.67%) AWS
2 1 (5.56%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (38.89%) MySQL
2 4 (22.22%) Relational Database
3 3 (16.67%) PostgreSQL
4 2 (11.11%) ClickHouse
Development Applications
1 1 (5.56%) Git
General
1 1 (5.56%) Agriculture
1 1 (5.56%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 17 (94.44%) Developer
2 10 (55.56%) PHP Developer
3 8 (44.44%) Software Developer
4 6 (33.33%) PHP Web Developer
4 6 (33.33%) Web Developer
5 4 (22.22%) Full-Stack Developer
5 4 (22.22%) JavaScript Developer
6 3 (16.67%) Full-Stack JavaScript Developer
6 3 (16.67%) Full-Stack PHP Developer
6 3 (16.67%) PHP Laravel Developer
6 3 (16.67%) Senior
6 3 (16.67%) Senior Developer
6 3 (16.67%) Senior Full-Stack Developer
6 3 (16.67%) Senior JavaScript Developer
6 3 (16.67%) Senior PHP Developer
7 2 (11.11%) Software Engineer
8 1 (5.56%) Developer/Software Engineer
8 1 (5.56%) JavaScript Engineer
8 1 (5.56%) PHP Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (33.33%) CSS
1 6 (33.33%) HTML
2 4 (22.22%) React
3 3 (16.67%) Symfony
4 2 (11.11%) LAMP
4 2 (11.11%) Vue
5 1 (5.56%) Middleware
5 1 (5.56%) Web Services
Miscellaneous
1 2 (11.11%) PMI
2 1 (5.56%) IoT
2 1 (5.56%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (22.22%) Linux
2 2 (11.11%) Windows
3 1 (5.56%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) MVC
2 6 (33.33%) OOP
2 6 (33.33%) Web Development
3 5 (27.78%) Full-Stack Development
4 4 (22.22%) Software Engineering
5 3 (16.67%) AI
6 2 (11.11%) Analytics
6 2 (11.11%) B2B
6 2 (11.11%) Code Quality
6 2 (11.11%) Functional Testing
6 2 (11.11%) OO
6 2 (11.11%) OOD
6 2 (11.11%) SOLID
6 2 (11.11%) Workflow
7 1 (5.56%) Agile
7 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Culture
7 1 (5.56%) Collaborative Working
7 1 (5.56%) Customer Requirements
7 1 (5.56%) Pair Programming
7 1 (5.56%) Problem-Solving
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) PHP
2 9 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (11.11%) SQL
4 1 (5.56%) Java
4 1 (5.56%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (11.11%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (5.56%) Accessibility
System Software
1 2 (11.11%) Docker