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 £42,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 December 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 393 314 360
Rank change year-on-year -79 +46 +69
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 104 297 179
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.25% 0.77% 0.64%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.28% 0.83% 0.67%
Number of salaries quoted 96 204 168
10th Percentile £24,500 £31,250 £33,750
25th Percentile £31,188 £32,500 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,000 £47,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -11.58% -5.00% -
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £59,063
90th Percentile £61,250 £67,500 £65,000
UK median annual salary £40,000 £48,825 £50,000
% change year-on-year -18.07% -2.35% -1.48%

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 37,480 35,980 26,862
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 93.54% 95.40%
Number of salaries quoted 22,697 18,207 20,433
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £28,000
25th Percentile £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £48,500 £52,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -7.62% - -
75th Percentile £65,000 £68,750 £67,070
90th Percentile £80,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% 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 18 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 18 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 -20 31 £40,750 -11.89% 36
Midlands +17 24 £40,000 -5.88% 14
South East +13 18 £55,000 -8.33% 9
East Midlands +5 18 £40,000 +6.67% 7
East of England +10 15 £25,000 -47.37% 2
Yorkshire -4 15 £50,000 +5.26% 21
North West -16 15 £37,500 -18.92% 14
South West -20 11 £60,000 +9.09% 17
West Midlands +21 6 £51,250 -6.82% 7
Scotland -12 4 £60,000 +9.09% 1
North East -3 1 £25,000 -44.44% 1
Northern Ireland -3 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 18 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.

1 104 (100.00%) PHP
2 51 (49.04%) Laravel
3 44 (42.31%) MySQL
4 41 (39.42%) CSS
5 38 (36.54%) Agile
6 35 (33.65%) JavaScript
7 31 (29.81%) HTML
8 29 (27.88%) Azure
9 28 (26.92%) MVC
10 27 (25.96%) SQL
11 24 (23.08%) C#
12 23 (22.12%) Symfony
13 21 (20.19%) AWS
13 21 (20.19%) OO
14 20 (19.23%) jQuery
15 19 (18.27%) Computer Science
15 19 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
16 18 (17.31%) Full-Stack Development
17 17 (16.35%) OOP
18 16 (15.38%) SQL Server
19 14 (13.46%) OO PHP
20 13 (12.50%) Git
20 13 (12.50%) React
20 13 (12.50%) TypeScript
21 12 (11.54%) CodeIgniter
21 12 (11.54%) GCP
22 11 (10.58%) CakePHP
22 11 (10.58%) Computer Science Degree
22 11 (10.58%) Degree
23 10 (9.62%) C++

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 (5.77%) nginx
2 4 (3.85%) Apache
2 4 (3.85%) WordPress
Applications
1 1 (0.96%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 1 (0.96%) Adobe Illustrator
1 1 (0.96%) Adobe XD
1 1 (0.96%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (2.88%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 29 (27.88%) Azure
2 21 (20.19%) AWS
3 12 (11.54%) GCP
4 8 (7.69%) SaaS
5 3 (2.88%) ChatGPT
5 3 (2.88%) Cloud Computing
5 3 (2.88%) GitHub
6 2 (1.92%) Amazon ECS
6 2 (1.92%) AWS Lambda
6 2 (1.92%) Cloudflare
6 2 (1.92%) Serverless
6 2 (1.92%) Stripe
7 1 (0.96%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (2.88%) Intranet
1 3 (2.88%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 44 (42.31%) MySQL
2 16 (15.38%) SQL Server
3 5 (4.81%) NoSQL
4 3 (2.88%) Apache Cassandra
4 3 (2.88%) Relational Database
5 2 (1.92%) PostgreSQL
5 2 (1.92%) RDBMS
5 2 (1.92%) Redis
6 1 (0.96%) Elasticsearch
Development Applications
1 13 (12.50%) Git
2 4 (3.85%) PHPUnit
3 1 (0.96%) git-flow
3 1 (0.96%) JIRA
General
1 21 (20.19%) Finance
2 11 (10.58%) Law
3 8 (7.69%) Social Skills
4 5 (4.81%) Analytical Skills
5 4 (3.85%) Games
6 3 (2.88%) Documentation Skills
6 3 (2.88%) Marketing
7 2 (1.92%) Health Technology
8 1 (0.96%) Advertising
8 1 (0.96%) Financial Institution
8 1 (0.96%) Mandarin Language
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 51 (49.04%) Laravel
2 41 (39.42%) CSS
3 31 (29.81%) HTML
4 23 (22.12%) Symfony
5 20 (19.23%) jQuery
6 13 (12.50%) React
7 12 (11.54%) CodeIgniter
8 11 (10.58%) CakePHP
9 6 (5.77%) .NET
9 6 (5.77%) REST
9 6 (5.77%) Vue
10 5 (4.81%) ASP.NET
10 5 (4.81%) CSS3
10 5 (4.81%) HTML5
11 4 (3.85%) RabbitMQ
11 4 (3.85%) RESTful
12 2 (1.92%) .NET Framework
12 2 (1.92%) Ajax
12 2 (1.92%) Web Services
12 2 (1.92%) WebSockets
Miscellaneous
1 4 (3.85%) Legacy Code
2 3 (2.88%) Onboarding
2 3 (2.88%) Virtual Team
3 2 (1.92%) Legacy Systems
3 2 (1.92%) NHS
4 1 (0.96%) Educational Technology
4 1 (0.96%) e-Learning
4 1 (0.96%) Legacy Applications
Operating Systems
1 5 (4.81%) Linux
2 4 (3.85%) Windows
2 4 (3.85%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (36.54%) Agile
2 28 (26.92%) MVC
3 21 (20.19%) OO
4 19 (18.27%) Computer Science
4 19 (18.27%) Problem-Solving
5 18 (17.31%) Full-Stack Development
6 17 (16.35%) OOP
7 14 (13.46%) OO PHP
8 10 (9.62%) Clean Code
9 9 (8.65%) User Experience
10 7 (6.73%) E-Commerce
10 7 (6.73%) Web Development
11 6 (5.77%) Performance Optimisation
12 5 (4.81%) API Integration
13 4 (3.85%) AI
13 4 (3.85%) DevOps
13 4 (3.85%) Mentoring
13 4 (3.85%) Migration
13 4 (3.85%) TDD
14 3 (2.88%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 104 (100.00%) PHP
2 35 (33.65%) JavaScript
3 27 (25.96%) SQL
4 24 (23.08%) C#
5 13 (12.50%) TypeScript
6 10 (9.62%) C++
6 10 (9.62%) Java
7 2 (1.92%) Go
8 1 (0.96%) Delphi
8 1 (0.96%) Python
Qualifications
1 11 (10.58%) Computer Science Degree
1 11 (10.58%) Degree
2 1 (0.96%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (0.96%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.92%) QA
System Software
1 7 (6.73%) Docker
Systems Management
1 3 (2.88%) cPanel
1 3 (2.88%) Kubernetes
1 3 (2.88%) Plesk
Vendors
1 5 (4.81%) Google
2 3 (2.88%) HubSpot
2 3 (2.88%) OpenAI
2 3 (2.88%) SAP
3 2 (1.92%) Adobe
3 2 (1.92%) Microsoft
3 2 (1.92%) Zend