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 £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 3 December 2025.

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

6 months to
3 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 427 278 356
Rank change year-on-year -149 +78 +94
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 87 369 191
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.23% 0.84% 0.66%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.25% 0.89% 0.69%
Number of salaries quoted 78 247 180
10th Percentile £24,000 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £25,000 £35,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
90th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -15.79% -5.00% -4.76%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
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 34,258 41,339 27,635
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.25% 93.99% 95.51%
Number of salaries quoted 21,646 21,822 20,966
10th Percentile £27,500 £30,000 £28,000
25th Percentile £33,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £67,500
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -4.35% -4.17% -

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 3 December 2025.

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 3 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
North of England -54 23 £35,000 -22.22% 42
Midlands +33 22 £40,000 -20.00% 15
East Midlands +25 18 £40,000 -33.33% 7
South East +6 15 £55,000 -4.35% 11
East of England +9 14 £25,000 -47.37% 5
North West -24 13 £37,500 -18.92% 20
Yorkshire -7 8 £35,000 -22.22% 22
South West -27 8 £60,000 +17.07% 13
West Midlands +15 4 £33,750 -20.59% 8
Scotland -4 4 £60,000 +9.09%
North East +6 2 £25,000 -44.44%
Northern Ireland -1 1 £60,000 -
PHP Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 3 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 UK excluding London region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 87 (100.00%) PHP
2 42 (48.28%) Laravel
3 41 (47.13%) CSS
4 38 (43.68%) Agile
4 38 (43.68%) MySQL
5 32 (36.78%) SQL
6 31 (35.63%) JavaScript
7 29 (33.33%) Azure
8 28 (32.18%) HTML
8 28 (32.18%) MVC
9 27 (31.03%) C#
10 25 (28.74%) OO
11 23 (26.44%) jQuery
12 22 (25.29%) Computer Science
13 20 (22.99%) OOP
13 20 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
13 20 (22.99%) SQL Server
14 19 (21.84%) Symfony
15 18 (20.69%) AWS
16 16 (18.39%) Full-Stack Development
17 14 (16.09%) Computer Science Degree
17 14 (16.09%) Degree
18 13 (14.94%) C++
18 13 (14.94%) Java
18 13 (14.94%) OO PHP
19 12 (13.79%) Git
20 11 (12.64%) CodeIgniter
21 10 (11.49%) CakePHP
21 10 (11.49%) Clean Code
21 10 (11.49%) React

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 4 (4.60%) WordPress
2 3 (3.45%) Apache
3 2 (2.30%) nginx
Applications
1 1 (1.15%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (1.15%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (1.15%) Adobe XD
1 1 (1.15%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (3.45%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 29 (33.33%) Azure
2 18 (20.69%) AWS
3 6 (6.90%) GCP
4 3 (3.45%) ChatGPT
4 3 (3.45%) Cloud Computing
4 3 (3.45%) GitHub
4 3 (3.45%) SaaS
5 2 (2.30%) Cloudflare
5 2 (2.30%) Stripe
6 1 (1.15%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.45%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 38 (43.68%) MySQL
2 20 (22.99%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.30%) NoSQL
3 2 (2.30%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.15%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.15%) Redis
4 1 (1.15%) Relational Database
Development Applications
1 12 (13.79%) Git
2 3 (3.45%) PHPUnit
3 1 (1.15%) git-flow
3 1 (1.15%) JIRA
General
1 24 (27.59%) Finance
2 11 (12.64%) Law
3 10 (11.49%) Social Skills
4 3 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
4 3 (3.45%) Games
4 3 (3.45%) Health Technology
4 3 (3.45%) Marketing
5 2 (2.30%) Analytical Skills
6 1 (1.15%) Advertising
6 1 (1.15%) Financial Institution
6 1 (1.15%) Mandarin Language
6 1 (1.15%) Pharmaceutical
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (48.28%) Laravel
2 41 (47.13%) CSS
3 28 (32.18%) HTML
4 23 (26.44%) jQuery
5 19 (21.84%) Symfony
6 11 (12.64%) CodeIgniter
7 10 (11.49%) CakePHP
7 10 (11.49%) React
8 9 (10.34%) .NET
9 8 (9.20%) ASP.NET
10 4 (4.60%) CSS3
10 4 (4.60%) HTML5
10 4 (4.60%) REST
10 4 (4.60%) Vue
11 3 (3.45%) RESTful
12 2 (2.30%) .NET Framework
12 2 (2.30%) Ajax
12 2 (2.30%) Tailwind CSS
12 2 (2.30%) Web Services
12 2 (2.30%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 4 (4.60%) Legacy Code
2 3 (3.45%) Virtual Team
3 2 (2.30%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (2.30%) NHS
4 1 (1.15%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 4 (4.60%) Windows
1 4 (4.60%) Windows Server
2 3 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (43.68%) Agile
2 28 (32.18%) MVC
3 25 (28.74%) OO
4 22 (25.29%) Computer Science
5 20 (22.99%) OOP
5 20 (22.99%) Problem-Solving
6 16 (18.39%) Full-Stack Development
7 13 (14.94%) OO PHP
8 10 (11.49%) Clean Code
9 8 (9.20%) User Experience
10 6 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (6.90%) E-Commerce
11 5 (5.75%) AI
12 4 (4.60%) API Integration
12 4 (4.60%) Containerisation
12 4 (4.60%) Migration
13 3 (3.45%) Collaborative Culture
13 3 (3.45%) Collaborative Working
13 3 (3.45%) Integrated Marketing
13 3 (3.45%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 87 (100.00%) PHP
2 32 (36.78%) SQL
3 31 (35.63%) JavaScript
4 27 (31.03%) C#
5 13 (14.94%) C++
5 13 (14.94%) Java
6 10 (11.49%) TypeScript
7 2 (2.30%) Go
8 1 (1.15%) Delphi
8 1 (1.15%) Python
Qualifications
1 14 (16.09%) Computer Science Degree
1 14 (16.09%) Degree
2 1 (1.15%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (1.15%) MySQL Certification
System Software
1 6 (6.90%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (3.45%) cPanel
1 3 (3.45%) Plesk
Vendors
1 3 (3.45%) HubSpot
1 3 (3.45%) OpenAI
1 3 (3.45%) SAP
2 2 (2.30%) Google
2 2 (2.30%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.15%) Adobe
3 1 (1.15%) Zend