PHP Developer
UK
The median PHP Developer salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 30 April 2025.
The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.
| 6 months to 30 Apr 2025 |
Same period 2024 | Same period 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | 488 | 365 | 317 |
| Rank change year-on-year | -123 | -48 | +62 |
| Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer | 199 | 736 | 1,129 |
| As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK | 0.38% | 0.75% | 1.09% |
| As % of the Job Titles category | 0.42% | 0.79% | 1.19% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 190 | 694 | 573 |
| 10th Percentile | £28,925 | £30,000 | £33,750 |
| 25th Percentile | £35,000 | £35,313 | £41,250 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £45,000 | £45,000 | £52,500 |
| Median % change year-on-year | - | -14.29% | +5.00% |
| 75th Percentile | £60,000 | £57,500 | £61,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £67,500 | £62,500 | £75,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £45,000 | £45,000 | £47,500 |
| % change year-on-year | - | -5.26% | -5.00% |
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 | 46,971 | 93,051 | 95,196 |
| % of permanent jobs with a recognized job title | 90.06% | 94.62% | 91.53% |
| Number of salaries quoted | 27,308 | 66,827 | 59,871 |
| 10th Percentile | £30,000 | £28,500 | £32,500 |
| 25th Percentile | £42,500 | £38,500 | £45,000 |
| Median annual salary (50th Percentile) | £57,500 | £52,750 | £60,000 |
| Median % change year-on-year | +9.00% | -12.08% | - |
| 75th Percentile | £75,000 | £71,250 | £81,250 |
| 90th Percentile | £97,500 | £90,000 | £100,000 |
| UK excluding London median annual salary | £52,344 | £50,000 | £52,500 |
| % change year-on-year | +4.69% | -4.76% | +5.00% |
PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend
Job postings that featured PHP Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.
PHP Developer
Salary Trend
3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PHP Developer.
PHP Developer
Salary Histogram
Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Developer over the 6 months to 30 April 2025.
PHP Developer
Top 17 Job Locations
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 over the 6 months to 30 April 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | -141 | 161 | £47,500 | +5.56% | 96 |
| UK excluding London | -103 | 156 | £45,000 | - | 77 |
| Work from Home | -17 | 112 | £42,500 | -15.00% | 89 |
| North of England | -77 | 41 | £47,500 | +5.56% | 39 |
| North West | -48 | 32 | £47,500 | -2.06% | 25 |
| South East | +36 | 31 | £39,000 | -22.00% | 8 |
| London | +75 | 29 | £55,000 | +4.76% | 22 |
| South West | +38 | 24 | £60,000 | +33.33% | 14 |
| Midlands | -23 | 23 | £41,250 | -2.94% | 9 |
| West Midlands | +4 | 15 | £42,500 | - | 4 |
| Scotland | +114 | 12 | £60,000 | +33.33% | 1 |
| Wales | +38 | 12 | £32,500 | -31.58% | 3 |
| East of England | 0 | 12 | £34,750 | -20.11% | 4 |
| East Midlands | +11 | 8 | £40,000 | -3.03% | 5 |
| Yorkshire | -8 | 7 | £47,500 | +11.76% | 13 |
| North East | +42 | 2 | £38,750 | -19.69% | 1 |
| Northern Ireland | +33 | 1 | - | - |
PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities
For the 6 months to 30 April 2025, 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 PHP Developer in the job title.
|
|
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:
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||