Full-Stack PHP Developer Jobs

Full-Stack PHP Developer
UK

The median Full-Stack PHP Developer salary in the UK is £42,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 671 806 498
Rank change year-on-year +135 -308 +554
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack PHP Developer 21 90 579
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.040% 0.091% 0.56%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.045% 0.097% 0.61%
Number of salaries quoted 21 81 85
10th Percentile £35,000 £32,500 £42,500
25th Percentile £41,250 £41,250 £46,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £50,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -15.00% -4.76% +8.25%
75th Percentile £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
90th Percentile £61,250 £78,750 £63,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% +50.00%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies. 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 with a recognized job title 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

Full-Stack PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured Full-Stack PHP Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Full-Stack PHP Developer in the UK

Full-Stack PHP Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Full-Stack PHP Developer.

Salary trend for Full-Stack PHP Developer in the UK

Full-Stack PHP Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack PHP Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack PHP Developer in the UK

Full-Stack PHP Developer
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Full-Stack PHP Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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
Work from Home +162 17 £42,500 -15.00% 11
England +103 12 £50,000 - 11
UK excluding London +140 10 £47,500 -5.00% 9
North of England +61 4 £53,750 -6.52% 2
North West +15 4 £53,750 -10.42% 2
London +105 2 £58,750 -16.07% 3
South West +92 2 £53,750 +19.44% 5
East of England +58 2 £32,500 -18.75%
South East +96 1 £55,000 +10.00% 1
Midlands +68 1 £35,000 +1.45%
East Midlands +49 1 £35,000 +2.94%

Full-Stack PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, Full-Stack PHP Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads featuring Full-Stack PHP Developer in the job title.

1 21 (100.00%) PHP
1 21 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 17 (80.95%) Laravel
3 16 (76.19%) JavaScript
4 12 (57.14%) Web Development
5 9 (42.86%) WordPress
5 9 (42.86%) CSS
6 8 (38.10%) OO
6 8 (38.10%) OOD
6 8 (38.10%) CMS
6 8 (38.10%) Security Testing
6 8 (38.10%) Design Patterns
7 6 (28.57%) HTML
8 5 (23.81%) MySQL
8 5 (23.81%) TDD
8 5 (23.81%) SaaS
8 5 (23.81%) GitHub
8 5 (23.81%) Bootstrap
8 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (19.05%) React
9 4 (19.05%) jQuery
9 4 (19.05%) AWS
10 3 (14.29%) Node.js
10 3 (14.29%) CSS3
10 3 (14.29%) HTML5
10 3 (14.29%) RESTful
10 3 (14.29%) Symfony
10 3 (14.29%) Agile
10 3 (14.29%) ERP
10 3 (14.29%) Sage

Full-Stack PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 9 (42.86%) WordPress
2 8 (38.10%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Photoshop
2 1 (4.76%) Adobe XD
2 1 (4.76%) InVision
2 1 (4.76%) Trello
Business Applications
1 1 (4.76%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 5 (23.81%) GitHub
1 5 (23.81%) SaaS
2 4 (19.05%) AWS
3 1 (4.76%) Figma
3 1 (4.76%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (23.81%) MySQL
2 3 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (9.52%) Git
1 2 (9.52%) Vite
1 2 (9.52%) webpack
2 1 (4.76%) Bitbucket
2 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 3 (14.29%) Social Skills
2 1 (4.76%) Automotive
2 1 (4.76%) Manufacturing
2 1 (4.76%) Marketing
2 1 (4.76%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 17 (80.95%) Laravel
2 9 (42.86%) CSS
3 6 (28.57%) HTML
4 5 (23.81%) Bootstrap
5 4 (19.05%) jQuery
5 4 (19.05%) React
6 3 (14.29%) CSS3
6 3 (14.29%) HTML5
6 3 (14.29%) Node.js
6 3 (14.29%) RESTful
6 3 (14.29%) Symfony
6 3 (14.29%) Tailwind CSS
6 3 (14.29%) Vue
7 2 (9.52%) Sass
8 1 (4.76%) AngularJS
8 1 (4.76%) Flutter
8 1 (4.76%) HTML5 Canvas
8 1 (4.76%) React Native
8 1 (4.76%) SVG
Miscellaneous
1 3 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
2 1 (4.76%) BBC
2 1 (4.76%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.76%) Team-Oriented Environment
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.52%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 12 (57.14%) Web Development
3 8 (38.10%) Design Patterns
3 8 (38.10%) OO
3 8 (38.10%) OOD
3 8 (38.10%) Security Testing
4 5 (23.81%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (23.81%) TDD
5 3 (14.29%) Agile
5 3 (14.29%) API Integration
5 3 (14.29%) Clean Code
5 3 (14.29%) ERP
5 3 (14.29%) MVC
5 3 (14.29%) User Experience
6 2 (9.52%) Creative Problem-Solving
6 2 (9.52%) Front End Development
6 2 (9.52%) Microservices
6 2 (9.52%) Mobile First
6 2 (9.52%) Project Management
6 2 (9.52%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 21 (100.00%) PHP
2 16 (76.19%) JavaScript
3 2 (9.52%) SQL
4 1 (4.76%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (4.76%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (4.76%) Accessibility
1 1 (4.76%) GDPR
System Software
1 2 (9.52%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (14.29%) Adobe
1 3 (14.29%) Sage
1 3 (14.29%) SAP
2 1 (4.76%) Apple