PHP Developer Job Trends in Sunderland

PHP Developer
Tyne and Wear > Sunderland

The median PHP Developer salary in Sunderland is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 12 March 2026.

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

6 months to
12 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 18 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 1 0 0
As % of all permanent jobs in Sunderland 0.82% - -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.83% - -
Number of salaries quoted 1 0 0
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £42,500 - -
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 - -
75th Percentile £47,500 - -
90th Percentile - - -
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - -10.00% +36.05%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
Sunderland

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Sunderland. 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 Sunderland with a recognized job title 120 40 124
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 98.36% 97.56% 95.38%
Number of salaries quoted 71 18 102
10th Percentile - £26,250 £28,425
25th Percentile £30,000 £28,000 £40,177
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £35,000 £35,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - -36.36% +37.50%
75th Percentile £55,000 £41,967 £72,500
90th Percentile £60,000 £74,000 £77,500
Tyne and Wear median annual salary £48,445 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.11% - -9.09%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Sunderland

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 Sunderland.

PHP Developer job vacancy trend in Sunderland

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in Sunderland

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Sunderland.

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in Sunderland

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 12 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sunderland

For the 6 months to 12 March 2026, 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 Sunderland region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) AWS
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) PHP
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
1 1 (100.00%) Symfony
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Sunderland 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%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) PostgreSQL
1 1 (100.00%) Relational Database
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 1 (100.00%) React
1 1 (100.00%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Educational Technology
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile
1 1 (100.00%) API Design
1 1 (100.00%) DevOps
1 1 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 1 (100.00%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) PHP