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 19 April 2026.

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

6 months to
19 Apr 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 361 343 284
Rank change year-on-year -18 -59 -46
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 207 161 641
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK excluding London 0.33% 0.61% 0.95%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.35% 0.69% 1.01%
Number of salaries quoted 197 156 614
10th Percentile £24,000 £27,125 £30,000
25th Percentile £34,500 £32,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -10.00%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £56,250
90th Percentile £65,000 £67,500 £62,500
UK median annual salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year - - -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 58,528 23,499 63,586
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.93% 88.50% 94.72%
Number of salaries quoted 37,331 14,551 46,799
10th Percentile £29,000 £28,500 £26,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%
75th Percentile £67,500 £67,500 £63,750
90th Percentile £83,750 £82,500 £77,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £53,500
% change year-on-year -8.33% +12.15% -10.83%

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 19 April 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 19 April 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 -34 68 £50,000 +5.26% 11
Midlands -1 61 £45,000 +12.50% 8
Yorkshire -10 47 £60,000 +26.32% 6
East Midlands -31 32 £40,000 - 5
West Midlands -11 29 £55,000 +29.41% 3
South West -49 27 £55,000 -8.33% 3
South East -58 24 £55,000 +41.03% 6
East of England -23 23 £25,000 -32.43%
North West -34 19 £45,000 -5.26% 4
Scotland -38 4 £60,000 - 1
North East -32 2 £45,000 +16.13% 1
PHP Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 19 April 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.

1 207 (100.00%) PHP
2 70 (33.82%) Laravel
3 61 (29.47%) Agile
4 55 (26.57%) SQL
5 54 (26.09%) MySQL
6 52 (25.12%) Azure
7 47 (22.71%) CSS
8 46 (22.22%) C#
9 43 (20.77%) Computer Science
10 39 (18.84%) JavaScript
11 31 (14.98%) AWS
12 30 (14.49%) HTML
13 29 (14.01%) Full-Stack Development
14 28 (13.53%) MVC
15 26 (12.56%) jQuery
16 23 (11.11%) SQL Server
17 21 (10.14%) OO
17 21 (10.14%) OOP
18 19 (9.18%) Computer Science Degree
18 19 (9.18%) Degree
19 18 (8.70%) SaaS
20 17 (8.21%) C++
20 17 (8.21%) Java
20 17 (8.21%) Symfony
21 16 (7.73%) OO PHP
21 16 (7.73%) Problem-Solving
21 16 (7.73%) React
22 13 (6.28%) Git
23 12 (5.80%) TypeScript
24 11 (5.31%) GCP

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 (2.90%) nginx
2 4 (1.93%) WordPress
3 2 (0.97%) Apache
3 2 (0.97%) CMS
4 1 (0.48%) Headless CMS
Business Applications
1 1 (0.48%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 52 (25.12%) Azure
2 31 (14.98%) AWS
3 18 (8.70%) SaaS
4 11 (5.31%) GCP
5 3 (1.45%) Amazon ECS
5 3 (1.45%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (1.45%) Serverless
6 2 (0.97%) Stripe
7 1 (0.48%) ChatGPT
7 1 (0.48%) DigitalOcean
7 1 (0.48%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.45%) VPN
2 1 (0.48%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (26.09%) MySQL
2 23 (11.11%) SQL Server
3 8 (3.86%) NoSQL
4 7 (3.38%) Relational Database
5 5 (2.42%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.93%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (1.45%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.97%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.48%) MariaDB
9 1 (0.48%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.48%) Redis
Development Applications
1 13 (6.28%) Git
2 2 (0.97%) PHPUnit
3 1 (0.48%) JIRA
General
1 42 (20.29%) Finance
2 10 (4.83%) Marketing
2 10 (4.83%) Social Skills
3 8 (3.86%) Law
4 5 (2.42%) Analytical Skills
5 3 (1.45%) Documentation Skills
6 2 (0.97%) Health Technology
6 2 (0.97%) Retail
6 2 (0.97%) Tech for Good
7 1 (0.48%) Back Office
7 1 (0.48%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 70 (33.82%) Laravel
2 47 (22.71%) CSS
3 30 (14.49%) HTML
4 26 (12.56%) jQuery
5 17 (8.21%) Symfony
6 16 (7.73%) React
7 8 (3.86%) CSS3
7 8 (3.86%) HTML5
8 7 (3.38%) LAMP
9 6 (2.90%) .NET
9 6 (2.90%) CodeIgniter
9 6 (2.90%) Vue
10 5 (2.42%) .NET Framework
10 5 (2.42%) CakePHP
10 5 (2.42%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (2.42%) REST
11 3 (1.45%) React Native
11 3 (1.45%) RESTful
12 2 (0.97%) ASP.NET
12 2 (0.97%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 9 (4.35%) Educational Technology
2 4 (1.93%) NHS
3 3 (1.45%) Legacy Code
3 3 (1.45%) Legacy Systems
3 3 (1.45%) Onboarding
3 3 (1.45%) Virtual Team
4 2 (0.97%) Legacy Applications
5 1 (0.48%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.48%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.48%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 6 (2.90%) Linux
2 2 (0.97%) Windows
2 2 (0.97%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 61 (29.47%) Agile
2 43 (20.77%) Computer Science
3 29 (14.01%) Full-Stack Development
4 28 (13.53%) MVC
5 21 (10.14%) OO
5 21 (10.14%) OOP
6 16 (7.73%) OO PHP
6 16 (7.73%) Problem-Solving
7 10 (4.83%) Mentoring
7 10 (4.83%) Web Development
8 9 (4.35%) Clean Code
8 9 (4.35%) E-Commerce
9 7 (3.38%) CI/CD
9 7 (3.38%) DevOps
9 7 (3.38%) User Experience
10 6 (2.90%) Microservices
11 5 (2.42%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (2.42%) Cybersecurity
11 5 (2.42%) Data Collection
11 5 (2.42%) Integrated Marketing
Programming Languages
1 207 (100.00%) PHP
2 55 (26.57%) SQL
3 46 (22.22%) C#
4 39 (18.84%) JavaScript
5 17 (8.21%) C++
5 17 (8.21%) Java
6 12 (5.80%) TypeScript
7 3 (1.45%) Python
7 3 (1.45%) Rust
8 1 (0.48%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 19 (9.18%) Computer Science Degree
1 19 (9.18%) Degree
2 1 (0.48%) BPSS Clearance
2 1 (0.48%) MySQL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.45%) QA
2 1 (0.48%) Accessibility
System Software
1 3 (1.45%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.93%) Kubernetes
2 3 (1.45%) cPanel
2 3 (1.45%) Plesk
Vendors
1 5 (2.42%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.93%) Google
3 2 (0.97%) HubSpot
3 2 (0.97%) Zend
4 1 (0.48%) Adobe
4 1 (0.48%) OpenAI
4 1 (0.48%) SAP