PHP Developer Job Trends in the UK excluding London

PHP Developer
UK > UK excluding London

The median PHP Developer salary in the UK excluding London is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 28 July 2026.

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

6 months to
28 Jul 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 439 439 269
Rank change year-on-year 0 -170 -58
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 201 116 572
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.27% 0.34% 0.90%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.29% 0.38% 0.95%
Number of salaries quoted 186 113 497
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,000 £30,250
25th Percentile £35,313 £31,250 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £40,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +12.50% -11.11% -5.26%
75th Percentile £60,000 £56,250 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £62,500 £62,800
UK median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -14.29%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
UK excluding London

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in the UK excluding London. 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 the UK excluding London with a recognized job title 69,861 30,584 60,125
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.87% 89.62% 94.80%
Number of salaries quoted 48,293 17,580 41,285
10th Percentile £30,000 £26,875 £28,000
25th Percentile £37,750 £33,000 £36,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.00% - -5.87%
75th Percentile £70,000 £65,000 £65,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £80,000 £78,750
UK median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year - - -8.33%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

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 the UK excluding London.

PHP Developer job vacancy trend in the UK excluding London

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London.

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in the UK excluding London

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Developer in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 28 July 2026.

Salary histogram for PHP Developer in the UK excluding London

PHP Developer
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 28 July 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
North of England -8 62 £47,500 - 4
Midlands +3 59 £45,000 +12.50%
Yorkshire -1 46 £45,000 +2.27% 2
South East +1 34 £55,000 +49.66% 5
West Midlands +6 31 £55,000 +83.33%
East Midlands -6 28 £38,750 -3.13%
East of England -8 21 £25,000 -13.04%
South West -58 20 £40,000 -31.91% 1
North West -8 11 £52,500 - 2
North East -44 5 £45,000 +80.00%
Scotland +15 3 £40,000 -33.33%
Wales - 2 £45,000 -
PHP Developer
UK

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London

For the 6 months to 28 July 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 UK excluding London region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 201 (100.00%) PHP
2 76 (37.81%) Laravel
3 58 (28.86%) CSS
3 58 (28.86%) MySQL
4 54 (26.87%) SQL
5 48 (23.88%) Agile
6 46 (22.89%) HTML
7 45 (22.39%) JavaScript
8 39 (19.40%) Azure
9 36 (17.91%) C#
9 36 (17.91%) Computer Science
10 30 (14.93%) Full-Stack Development
11 29 (14.43%) AWS
12 26 (12.94%) jQuery
13 23 (11.44%) OOP
14 22 (10.95%) MVC
15 20 (9.95%) Git
16 18 (8.96%) OO
16 18 (8.96%) SQL Server
17 16 (7.96%) Problem-Solving
18 15 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
18 15 (7.46%) Degree
18 15 (7.46%) HTML5
18 15 (7.46%) Vue
18 15 (7.46%) Web Development
19 13 (6.47%) Clean Code
19 13 (6.47%) OO PHP
20 12 (5.97%) C++
20 12 (5.97%) CI/CD
20 12 (5.97%) Java

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the UK excluding London 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 6 (2.99%) WordPress
2 5 (2.49%) CMS
3 4 (1.99%) Apache
4 2 (1.00%) Drupal
5 1 (0.50%) Headless CMS
5 1 (0.50%) IIS
5 1 (0.50%) nginx
5 1 (0.50%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (1.00%) Elementor
Business Applications
1 1 (0.50%) Magento
1 1 (0.50%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 39 (19.40%) Azure
2 29 (14.43%) AWS
3 5 (2.49%) SaaS
4 2 (1.00%) AWS Lambda
4 2 (1.00%) GCP
4 2 (1.00%) GitHub
4 2 (1.00%) Serverless
4 2 (1.00%) Stripe
5 1 (0.50%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (0.50%) Amazon ECS
5 1 (0.50%) ChatGPT
5 1 (0.50%) DigitalOcean
5 1 (0.50%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 2 (1.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (28.86%) MySQL
2 18 (8.96%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.48%) Relational Database
4 5 (2.49%) MariaDB
4 5 (2.49%) PostgreSQL
5 4 (1.99%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.49%) MongoDB
7 2 (1.00%) Redis
8 1 (0.50%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 20 (9.95%) Git
2 1 (0.50%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.50%) gulp
2 1 (0.50%) JIRA
2 1 (0.50%) webpack
General
1 35 (17.41%) Finance
2 19 (9.45%) Social Skills
3 7 (3.48%) Marketing
4 4 (1.99%) Analytical Skills
4 4 (1.99%) Public Sector
5 3 (1.49%) Law
6 2 (1.00%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 2 (1.00%) Publishing
6 2 (1.00%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.50%) Back Office
7 1 (0.50%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 76 (37.81%) Laravel
2 58 (28.86%) CSS
3 46 (22.89%) HTML
4 26 (12.94%) jQuery
5 15 (7.46%) HTML5
5 15 (7.46%) Vue
6 11 (5.47%) CSS3
7 9 (4.48%) LAMP
7 9 (4.48%) React
8 8 (3.98%) Symfony
9 7 (3.48%) REST
10 6 (2.99%) RESTful
11 5 (2.49%) Node.js
12 4 (1.99%) JSON
12 4 (1.99%) React Native
13 3 (1.49%) .NET
13 3 (1.49%) .NET Framework
13 3 (1.49%) Nuxt
14 2 (1.00%) Ajax
14 2 (1.00%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 14 (6.97%) Virtual Team
2 3 (1.49%) Educational Technology
3 2 (1.00%) Greenfield Project
3 2 (1.00%) Legacy Systems
4 1 (0.50%) Analytical Mindset
4 1 (0.50%) Legacy Applications
4 1 (0.50%) Legacy Code
4 1 (0.50%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.99%) Linux
2 4 (1.99%) Windows
3 2 (1.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (23.88%) Agile
2 36 (17.91%) Computer Science
3 30 (14.93%) Full-Stack Development
4 23 (11.44%) OOP
5 22 (10.95%) MVC
6 18 (8.96%) OO
7 16 (7.96%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (7.46%) Web Development
9 13 (6.47%) Clean Code
9 13 (6.47%) OO PHP
10 12 (5.97%) CI/CD
11 9 (4.48%) Microservices
12 8 (3.98%) CRM
12 8 (3.98%) DevOps
13 7 (3.48%) API Integration
13 7 (3.48%) E-Commerce
14 6 (2.99%) Continuous Improvement
14 6 (2.99%) Mentoring
14 6 (2.99%) Requirements Gathering
14 6 (2.99%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 201 (100.00%) PHP
2 54 (26.87%) SQL
3 45 (22.39%) JavaScript
4 36 (17.91%) C#
5 12 (5.97%) C++
5 12 (5.97%) Java
6 7 (3.48%) TypeScript
7 5 (2.49%) Python
8 3 (1.49%) Rust
9 1 (0.50%) Go
Qualifications
1 15 (7.46%) Computer Science Degree
1 15 (7.46%) Degree
2 1 (0.50%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
2 1 (0.50%) SC Cleared
2 1 (0.50%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.99%) Accessibility
1 4 (1.99%) QA
2 2 (1.00%) WCAG
System Software
1 7 (3.48%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (1.49%) Google
1 3 (1.49%) Microsoft
1 3 (1.49%) OpenAI
2 1 (0.50%) SAP