PHP Laravel Developer Job Trends

PHP Laravel Developer
UK

The median PHP Laravel Developer salary in the UK is £45,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 January 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 616 688 680
Rank change year-on-year +72 -8 +286
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Laravel Developer 29 25 39
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.049% 0.046% 0.074%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.054% 0.049% 0.078%
Number of salaries quoted 29 16 38
10th Percentile £35,500 £35,000 £33,900
25th Percentile £37,500 £41,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £45,000 £53,750 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -16.28% -10.42% +4.35%
75th Percentile £60,000 £60,000 £67,500
90th Percentile £65,000 £60,625 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% -29.17% +4.35%

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 53,448 50,590 50,228
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.53% 92.97% 95.23%
Number of salaries quoted 32,896 26,513 38,772
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,125 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £44,738 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £59,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +1.69% -1.67%
75th Percentile £75,000 £78,000 £77,500
90th Percentile £93,750 £97,500 £97,261
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% -4.76%

PHP Laravel Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

PHP Laravel Developer job vacancy trend in the UK

PHP Laravel Developer
Salary Trend

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

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

PHP Laravel Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Laravel Developer over the 6 months to 4 January 2026.

Salary histogram for PHP Laravel Developer in the UK

PHP Laravel Developer
Top 13 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Laravel Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 4 January 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
UK excluding London +78 29 £45,000 +5.88% 4
England +90 25 £45,000 -16.28% 4
Work from Home +74 10 £43,250 -21.36% 2
Midlands +27 9 £45,000 +5.88%
North of England +21 8 £45,000 +5.88% 4
North West +32 7 £45,000 +5.88% 3
East Midlands +6 7 £42,500 -
South East +25 4 £55,000 +2.33%
Scotland - 4 £60,000 -
West Midlands +31 2 £65,000 +52.94%
South West +9 2 £65,000 +85.71%
East of England - 2 £30,000 -
Yorkshire -5 1 £50,000 +17.65% 1

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

For the 6 months to 4 January 2026, PHP Laravel 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 Laravel Developer in the job title.

1 29 (100.00%) Laravel
1 29 (100.00%) PHP
2 13 (44.83%) JavaScript
3 11 (37.93%) CSS
3 11 (37.93%) HTML
4 9 (31.03%) OO
5 8 (27.59%) MySQL
6 7 (24.14%) jQuery
6 7 (24.14%) MVC
6 7 (24.14%) User Experience
7 6 (20.69%) Agile
7 6 (20.69%) OO PHP
8 5 (17.24%) Full-Stack Development
8 5 (17.24%) Git
9 4 (13.79%) API Integration
9 4 (13.79%) OOP
9 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
10 3 (10.34%) AI
10 3 (10.34%) Apache
10 3 (10.34%) CakePHP
10 3 (10.34%) ChatGPT
10 3 (10.34%) CodeIgniter
10 3 (10.34%) CSS3
10 3 (10.34%) HTML5
10 3 (10.34%) Intranet
10 3 (10.34%) Migration
10 3 (10.34%) OpenAI
10 3 (10.34%) React
10 3 (10.34%) RESTful
10 3 (10.34%) SAP

PHP Laravel 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 3 (10.34%) Apache
Business Applications
1 3 (10.34%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 3 (10.34%) ChatGPT
2 2 (6.90%) Stripe
3 1 (3.45%) AWS
3 1 (3.45%) Azure
3 1 (3.45%) GCP
Communications & Networking
1 3 (10.34%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (27.59%) MySQL
2 3 (10.34%) SQL Server
3 1 (3.45%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (3.45%) Redis
Development Applications
1 5 (17.24%) Git
2 1 (3.45%) PHPUnit
General
1 3 (10.34%) Law
2 2 (6.90%) Marketing
2 2 (6.90%) Social Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (3.45%) Games
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 29 (100.00%) Laravel
2 11 (37.93%) CSS
2 11 (37.93%) HTML
3 7 (24.14%) jQuery
4 3 (10.34%) CakePHP
4 3 (10.34%) CodeIgniter
4 3 (10.34%) CSS3
4 3 (10.34%) HTML5
4 3 (10.34%) React
4 3 (10.34%) RESTful
4 3 (10.34%) Symfony
5 2 (6.90%) Vue
6 1 (3.45%) Alpine.js
6 1 (3.45%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.34%) Legacy Code
2 2 (6.90%) Legacy Systems
2 2 (6.90%) NHS
3 1 (3.45%) e-Learning
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.34%) Windows
1 3 (10.34%) Windows Server
2 1 (3.45%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (31.03%) OO
2 7 (24.14%) MVC
2 7 (24.14%) User Experience
3 6 (20.69%) Agile
3 6 (20.69%) OO PHP
4 5 (17.24%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (13.79%) API Integration
5 4 (13.79%) OOP
5 4 (13.79%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (10.34%) AI
6 3 (10.34%) Migration
6 3 (10.34%) Secure Coding
7 2 (6.90%) Analytics
7 2 (6.90%) Clean Code
7 2 (6.90%) Continuous Improvement
7 2 (6.90%) Integrated Marketing
8 1 (3.45%) Collaborative Culture
8 1 (3.45%) Collaborative Working
8 1 (3.45%) Mentoring
8 1 (3.45%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 29 (100.00%) PHP
2 13 (44.83%) JavaScript
3 3 (10.34%) SQL
3 3 (10.34%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (6.90%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (3.45%) cPanel
1 1 (3.45%) Plesk
Vendors
1 3 (10.34%) OpenAI
1 3 (10.34%) SAP
2 2 (6.90%) HubSpot