PHP Laravel Developer Job Trends

PHP Laravel Developer
UK

The median PHP Laravel Developer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 18 October 2025.

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

6 months to
18 Oct 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 659 710 716
Rank change year-on-year +51 +6 +368
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Laravel Developer 12 38 38
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.025% 0.055% 0.067%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.027% 0.057% 0.070%
Number of salaries quoted 12 24 37
10th Percentile £34,000 £38,250 £48,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £41,250 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £47,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -15.79% -20.83% -4.00%
75th Percentile £47,500 £68,750 £67,500
90th Percentile - £77,250 £71,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £45,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -11.11% -25.00% -

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 43,999 66,430 54,180
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.87% 95.35% 95.61%
Number of salaries quoted 25,900 38,038 41,924
10th Percentile £28,000 £31,250 £32,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £41,250 £43,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £56,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -6.25% -6.67% -
75th Percentile £73,750 £75,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £95,000 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,390 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -9.22% -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 18 October 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP Laravel Developer in the UK

PHP Laravel 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 PHP Laravel Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 18 October 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
UK excluding London +56 12 £40,000 -11.11% 10
England +87 11 £40,000 -15.79% 8
Work from Home +50 8 £41,250 -2.94% 6
Midlands +36 7 £42,500 -10.53%
East Midlands +6 7 £42,500 -10.53%
North of England +11 2 £37,500 -14.29% 4
South East +37 1 £37,500 -6.25% 1
Yorkshire +15 1 £37,500 -11.76%
North West +14 1 £37,500 -16.67% 4
East of England +9 1 £32,500 -51.85% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £60,000 -

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

For the 6 months to 18 October 2025, 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 12 (100.00%) Laravel
1 12 (100.00%) PHP
2 10 (83.33%) CSS
2 10 (83.33%) HTML
2 10 (83.33%) JavaScript
2 10 (83.33%) OO
3 8 (66.67%) Agile
4 7 (58.33%) MVC
4 7 (58.33%) MySQL
4 7 (58.33%) OO PHP
5 6 (50.00%) jQuery
6 5 (41.67%) Full-Stack Development
7 4 (33.33%) AI
7 4 (33.33%) CakePHP
7 4 (33.33%) CodeIgniter
7 4 (33.33%) SQL
7 4 (33.33%) Symfony
7 4 (33.33%) TypeScript
8 3 (25.00%) Apache
8 3 (25.00%) API Integration
8 3 (25.00%) ChatGPT
8 3 (25.00%) CSS3
8 3 (25.00%) Git
8 3 (25.00%) HTML5
8 3 (25.00%) Intranet
8 3 (25.00%) Migration
8 3 (25.00%) OOP
8 3 (25.00%) OpenAI
8 3 (25.00%) RESTful
8 3 (25.00%) 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 (25.00%) Apache
Business Applications
1 3 (25.00%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 3 (25.00%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 3 (25.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (58.33%) MySQL
2 3 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (25.00%) Git
General
1 4 (33.33%) Law
2 1 (8.33%) Advertising
2 1 (8.33%) Finance
2 1 (8.33%) Financial Institution
2 1 (8.33%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 12 (100.00%) Laravel
2 10 (83.33%) CSS
2 10 (83.33%) HTML
3 6 (50.00%) jQuery
4 4 (33.33%) CakePHP
4 4 (33.33%) CodeIgniter
4 4 (33.33%) Symfony
5 3 (25.00%) CSS3
5 3 (25.00%) HTML5
5 3 (25.00%) RESTful
6 1 (8.33%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (25.00%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 3 (25.00%) Windows
1 3 (25.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (83.33%) OO
2 8 (66.67%) Agile
3 7 (58.33%) MVC
3 7 (58.33%) OO PHP
4 5 (41.67%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (33.33%) AI
6 3 (25.00%) API Integration
6 3 (25.00%) Migration
6 3 (25.00%) OOP
6 3 (25.00%) Secure Coding
6 3 (25.00%) User Experience
7 1 (8.33%) Business Development
7 1 (8.33%) Machine Learning
7 1 (8.33%) Problem-Solving
7 1 (8.33%) Product Roadmap
7 1 (8.33%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) PHP
2 10 (83.33%) JavaScript
3 4 (33.33%) SQL
3 4 (33.33%) TypeScript
4 1 (8.33%) Python
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) OpenAI
1 3 (25.00%) SAP