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 21 May 2026.

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

6 months to
21 May 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 477 479 358
Rank change year-on-year +2 -121 -59
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 263 187 745
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.29% 0.43% 0.77%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.31% 0.48% 0.81%
Number of salaries quoted 248 177 698
10th Percentile £24,000 £25,600 £29,750
25th Percentile £28,750 £33,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median % change year-on-year +5.88% -5.56% -14.29%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £57,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £66,000 £62,725
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year +11.76% -5.56% -5.26%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
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 86,124 39,293 92,007
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 93.36% 89.47% 94.64%
Number of salaries quoted 56,991 22,669 67,426
10th Percentile £30,000 £30,000 £28,500
25th Percentile £40,000 £41,250 £38,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year -4.35% +9.52% -12.50%
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £71,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £51,729 £50,000
% change year-on-year -3.34% +3.46% -5.66%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'PHP Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

PHP Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

PHP Developer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for PHP Developer job vacancies in the UK

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Developer over the 6 months to 21 May 2026.

Salary histogram for PHP Developer in the UK

PHP Developer
Top 14 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 21 May 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
England +27 245 £50,000 +17.65% 24
UK excluding London +12 225 £47,500 +11.76% 24
Work from Home +48 126 £33,750 -20.59% 13
North of England +6 78 £50,000 +5.26% 8
Midlands +14 66 £45,000 +12.50% 6
Yorkshire +12 58 £60,000 +26.32% 7
East Midlands +1 33 £37,500 -6.25% 3
West Midlands -22 33 £55,000 +29.41% 3
South East -22 31 £55,250 +41.67% 9
South West -53 27 £55,000 -8.33%
East of England 0 23 £25,000 -23.08% 1
London -32 20 £65,000 +18.18% 1
North West -6 18 £45,000 -7.69%
North East -39 2 £45,000 +16.13% 1

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 21 May 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 featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 263 (100.00%) PHP
2 84 (31.94%) Laravel
3 80 (30.42%) SQL
4 71 (27.00%) Agile
5 69 (26.24%) Azure
6 66 (25.10%) C#
7 62 (23.57%) Computer Science
8 58 (22.05%) MySQL
9 50 (19.01%) CSS
10 44 (16.73%) JavaScript
11 37 (14.07%) Full-Stack Development
12 36 (13.69%) AWS
13 34 (12.93%) HTML
14 32 (12.17%) SQL Server
15 30 (11.41%) Degree
16 28 (10.65%) MVC
17 27 (10.27%) Computer Science Degree
17 27 (10.27%) jQuery
18 22 (8.37%) SaaS
19 20 (7.60%) OOP
19 20 (7.60%) Vue
20 18 (6.84%) OO
21 17 (6.46%) Problem-Solving
22 16 (6.08%) C++
22 16 (6.08%) Java
23 15 (5.70%) Git
23 15 (5.70%) Web Development
24 14 (5.32%) OO PHP
24 14 (5.32%) React
24 14 (5.32%) Symfony

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities 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 (2.28%) nginx
2 3 (1.14%) Apache
2 3 (1.14%) CMS
2 3 (1.14%) WordPress
3 2 (0.76%) Drupal
4 1 (0.38%) Headless CMS
4 1 (0.38%) IIS
4 1 (0.38%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 1 (0.38%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 69 (26.24%) Azure
2 36 (13.69%) AWS
3 22 (8.37%) SaaS
4 8 (3.04%) GCP
5 3 (1.14%) Amazon ECS
5 3 (1.14%) AWS Lambda
5 3 (1.14%) Serverless
6 1 (0.38%) ChatGPT
6 1 (0.38%) DigitalOcean
6 1 (0.38%) Firebase
Communications & Networking
1 3 (1.14%) VPN
2 1 (0.38%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 58 (22.05%) MySQL
2 32 (12.17%) SQL Server
3 9 (3.42%) Relational Database
4 8 (3.04%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.66%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (1.52%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (1.14%) MariaDB
7 3 (1.14%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.76%) Elasticsearch
9 1 (0.38%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.38%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (5.70%) Git
2 1 (0.38%) Bitbucket
2 1 (0.38%) PHPUnit
General
1 54 (20.53%) Finance
2 16 (6.08%) Social Skills
3 8 (3.04%) Analytical Skills
4 7 (2.66%) Marketing
5 6 (2.28%) Tech for Good
6 4 (1.52%) Law
7 2 (0.76%) Public Sector
7 2 (0.76%) Retail
8 1 (0.38%) Back Office
8 1 (0.38%) Games
8 1 (0.38%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 84 (31.94%) Laravel
2 50 (19.01%) CSS
3 34 (12.93%) HTML
4 27 (10.27%) jQuery
5 20 (7.60%) Vue
6 14 (5.32%) React
6 14 (5.32%) Symfony
7 10 (3.80%) CSS3
7 10 (3.80%) HTML5
8 7 (2.66%) RESTful
9 6 (2.28%) .NET
9 6 (2.28%) LAMP
9 6 (2.28%) REST
10 5 (1.90%) .NET Framework
10 5 (1.90%) CodeIgniter
10 5 (1.90%) RabbitMQ
10 5 (1.90%) React Native
11 3 (1.14%) Tailwind CSS
12 2 (0.76%) LEMP Stack
12 2 (0.76%) Model Context Protocol
Miscellaneous
1 15 (5.70%) Virtual Team
2 9 (3.42%) Educational Technology
3 3 (1.14%) Legacy Code
3 3 (1.14%) Onboarding
4 2 (0.76%) Cloud Native
4 2 (0.76%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (0.76%) Legacy Applications
4 2 (0.76%) Legacy Systems
4 2 (0.76%) NHS
5 1 (0.38%) Analytical Mindset
5 1 (0.38%) e-Learning
5 1 (0.38%) Greenfield Project
5 1 (0.38%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 5 (1.90%) Linux
2 3 (1.14%) Windows
2 3 (1.14%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 71 (27.00%) Agile
2 62 (23.57%) Computer Science
3 37 (14.07%) Full-Stack Development
4 28 (10.65%) MVC
5 20 (7.60%) OOP
6 18 (6.84%) OO
7 17 (6.46%) Problem-Solving
8 15 (5.70%) Web Development
9 14 (5.32%) OO PHP
10 11 (4.18%) Clean Code
11 10 (3.80%) Mentoring
11 10 (3.80%) Microservices
12 8 (3.04%) CI/CD
12 8 (3.04%) DevOps
12 8 (3.04%) E-Commerce
13 7 (2.66%) API Integration
14 6 (2.28%) Requirements Gathering
14 6 (2.28%) TDD
15 5 (1.90%) Cybersecurity
15 5 (1.90%) Data Collection
Programming Languages
1 263 (100.00%) PHP
2 80 (30.42%) SQL
3 66 (25.10%) C#
4 44 (16.73%) JavaScript
5 16 (6.08%) C++
5 16 (6.08%) Java
6 14 (5.32%) TypeScript
7 7 (2.66%) Python
8 3 (1.14%) Rust
9 2 (0.76%) Go
10 1 (0.38%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 30 (11.41%) Degree
2 27 (10.27%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (0.38%) BPSS Clearance
3 1 (0.38%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.14%) QA
2 1 (0.38%) Accessibility
System Software
1 4 (1.52%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (1.52%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 7 (2.66%) Microsoft
2 4 (1.52%) Google
3 1 (0.38%) Adobe
3 1 (0.38%) OpenAI
3 1 (0.38%) SAP
3 1 (0.38%) Zend