PHP Laravel Developer Job Trends

PHP Laravel Developer
UK

The median PHP Laravel Developer salary in the UK is £50,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 4 August 2026.

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

6 months to
4 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 747 671 749
Rank change year-on-year -76 +78 +37
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Laravel Developer 41 12 68
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.040% 0.024% 0.081%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.027% 0.085%
Number of salaries quoted 29 12 61
10th Percentile - £31,500 £36,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £34,875 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +25.00% -15.79% -17.39%
75th Percentile £58,750 £44,688 £55,000
90th Percentile £65,000 £53,125 £68,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £42,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year +17.65% -10.53% -17.39%

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 97,595 44,677 79,563
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.20% 90.06% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 66,719 26,547 53,755
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £37,000 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year - - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £90,793
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +5.00% - -6.54%

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 August 2026.

Salary histogram for PHP Laravel Developer in the UK

PHP Laravel Developer
Top 12 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 August 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 -43 41 £50,000 +25.00% 2
UK excluding London -50 39 £50,000 +17.65% 2
Work from Home -6 24 £37,500 -11.76% 2
Midlands -20 20 £40,000 -11.11%
East Midlands -8 12 £42,500 -5.56%
South East -22 9 £55,000 +29.41%
West Midlands - 8 £37,500 -
North of England -32 7 £52,500 +16.67% 2
North West - 6 £52,500 - 2
South West - 3 £60,000 -
London -43 2 £65,000 +62.50%
North East -52 1 £45,000 -14.29%

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

For the 6 months to 4 August 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 41 (100.00%) Laravel
1 41 (100.00%) PHP
2 20 (48.78%) MySQL
3 17 (41.46%) CSS
3 17 (41.46%) HTML
4 16 (39.02%) JavaScript
5 12 (29.27%) OO
6 11 (26.83%) OO PHP
6 11 (26.83%) Vue
7 10 (24.39%) SQL
8 9 (21.95%) jQuery
9 8 (19.51%) CSS3
9 8 (19.51%) HTML5
10 7 (17.07%) AWS
11 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
11 4 (9.76%) Web Development
12 3 (7.32%) AI
12 3 (7.32%) Full-Stack Development
12 3 (7.32%) Migration
12 3 (7.32%) OpenAI
12 3 (7.32%) RESTful
13 2 (4.88%) API Integration
13 2 (4.88%) CRUD
13 2 (4.88%) Docker
13 2 (4.88%) E-Commerce
13 2 (4.88%) Git
13 2 (4.88%) Google
13 2 (4.88%) MariaDB
13 2 (4.88%) MVC
13 2 (4.88%) RabbitMQ

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 1 (2.44%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (2.44%) Magento
1 1 (2.44%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 7 (17.07%) AWS
2 2 (4.88%) Stripe
3 1 (2.44%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.44%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (48.78%) MySQL
2 2 (4.88%) MariaDB
2 2 (4.88%) Redis
3 1 (2.44%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (4.88%) Git
2 1 (2.44%) gulp
2 1 (2.44%) webpack
General
1 7 (17.07%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.44%) Marketing
2 1 (2.44%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 41 (100.00%) Laravel
2 17 (41.46%) CSS
2 17 (41.46%) HTML
3 11 (26.83%) Vue
4 9 (21.95%) jQuery
5 8 (19.51%) CSS3
5 8 (19.51%) HTML5
6 3 (7.32%) RESTful
7 2 (4.88%) RabbitMQ
8 1 (2.44%) CodeIgniter
8 1 (2.44%) REST
8 1 (2.44%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.83%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.44%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.44%) Linux
1 1 (2.44%) Windows
1 1 (2.44%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (29.27%) OO
2 11 (26.83%) OO PHP
3 4 (9.76%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (9.76%) Web Development
4 3 (7.32%) AI
4 3 (7.32%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (7.32%) Migration
5 2 (4.88%) API Integration
5 2 (4.88%) CRUD
5 2 (4.88%) E-Commerce
5 2 (4.88%) MVC
5 2 (4.88%) SQL Optimisation
5 2 (4.88%) User Experience
6 1 (2.44%) Agile
6 1 (2.44%) Decision-Making
6 1 (2.44%) DevOps
6 1 (2.44%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (2.44%) OOP
6 1 (2.44%) Secure Coding
6 1 (2.44%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 41 (100.00%) PHP
2 16 (39.02%) JavaScript
3 10 (24.39%) SQL
4 2 (4.88%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.44%) QA
System Software
1 2 (4.88%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (7.32%) OpenAI
2 2 (4.88%) Google
3 1 (2.44%) SAP