PHP Developer Job Trends in South Yorkshire

PHP Developer
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The median PHP Developer salary in South Yorkshire is £35,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 December 2025.

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

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 58 59 51
Rank change year-on-year +1 -8 +44
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 3 4 8
As % of all permanent jobs in South Yorkshire 0.46% 0.64% 1.86%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.50% 0.68% 1.96%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 8
10th Percentile £25,950 - £36,750
25th Percentile £28,875 £48,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £52,500 £46,250
Median % change year-on-year -33.33% +13.51% +20.13%
75th Percentile £38,125 £56,250 £52,813
90th Percentile £40,000 - £59,750
Yorkshire median annual salary £50,000 £47,500 £43,750
% change year-on-year +5.26% +8.57% +2.94%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
South Yorkshire

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in South Yorkshire. 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 Yorkshire with a recognized job title 601 587 409
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.75% 93.62% 95.12%
Number of salaries quoted 429 279 352
10th Percentile £25,850 £34,000 £26,250
25th Percentile £28,750 £41,250 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £57,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -30.43% +21.05% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £74,375 £60,000
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,500 £69,975
Yorkshire median annual salary £46,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -8.00% -4.76% -

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

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 South Yorkshire.

PHP Developer job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in South Yorkshire.

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in South Yorkshire

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram in South Yorkshire

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Developer in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP Developer in South Yorkshire

PHP Developer
Job Locations in South Yorkshire

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 Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 16 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
Sheffield +4 2 £30,750 -41.43% 4
Doncaster - 1 £35,000 -
PHP Developer
Yorkshire

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 20 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire

For the 6 months to 16 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 South Yorkshire region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) PHP
2 2 (66.67%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) Azure
3 1 (33.33%) C#
3 1 (33.33%) CakePHP
3 1 (33.33%) CodeIgniter
3 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
3 1 (33.33%) CSS
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) Laravel
3 1 (33.33%) MVC
3 1 (33.33%) MySQL
3 1 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) OO PHP
3 1 (33.33%) SaaS
3 1 (33.33%) SQL
3 1 (33.33%) Symfony
3 1 (33.33%) TypeScript

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire 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 (33.33%) Azure
1 1 (33.33%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (33.33%) CakePHP
1 1 (33.33%) CodeIgniter
1 1 (33.33%) CSS
1 1 (33.33%) HTML
1 1 (33.33%) Laravel
1 1 (33.33%) Symfony
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Agile
2 1 (33.33%) Computer Science
2 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (33.33%) MVC
2 1 (33.33%) OO
2 1 (33.33%) OO PHP
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript