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 September 2025.

The table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
18 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 663 744 731
Rank change year-on-year +81 -13 +384
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Laravel Developer 13 52 46
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.026% 0.067% 0.076%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.029% 0.070% 0.081%
Number of salaries quoted 13 38 45
10th Percentile £34,250 £40,000 £45,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £49,250 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -18.78% -17.92% -
75th Percentile £47,500 £60,000 £65,000
90th Percentile - £75,250 £69,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £48,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -17.53% -19.17% -

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 44,338 74,395 56,728
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 89.65% 95.25% 94.13%
Number of salaries quoted 26,053 44,780 43,966
10th Percentile £28,250 £30,000 £32,500
25th Percentile £36,250 £40,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £55,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year - -8.33% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £73,750 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £92,500 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £47,500 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -5.00% -4.76% -

PHP Laravel Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings that featured PHP Laravel Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for PHP Laravel Developer 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 September 2025.

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 18 September 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 +71 12 £40,000 -20.00% 7
UK excluding London +84 11 £40,000 -17.53% 7
Work from Home +58 8 £41,250 -13.16% 3
Midlands +45 6 £42,500 -10.53% 1
East Midlands +29 6 £42,500 -10.53% 1
London +59 2 £40,000 -45.76%
North of England +13 2 £37,500 -25.00% 2
South East +48 1 £37,500 -22.68% 2
North West +5 1 £37,500 -25.00% 2
East of England -20 1 £32,500 -35.00% 2
Northern Ireland - 1 £60,000 -
Yorkshire - 1 £37,500 -

PHP Laravel Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities

For the 6 months to 18 September 2025, PHP Laravel 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 Laravel Developer in the job title.

1 13 (100.00%) PHP
1 13 (100.00%) Laravel
2 11 (84.62%) OO
2 11 (84.62%) HTML
2 11 (84.62%) JavaScript
2 11 (84.62%) CSS
3 9 (69.23%) MySQL
4 8 (61.54%) MVC
5 7 (53.85%) Agile
5 7 (53.85%) OO PHP
6 5 (38.46%) HTML5
6 5 (38.46%) CSS3
6 5 (38.46%) Full-Stack Development
6 5 (38.46%) jQuery
7 4 (30.77%) Symfony
7 4 (30.77%) CodeIgniter
7 4 (30.77%) CakePHP
7 4 (30.77%) Law
7 4 (30.77%) OOP
7 4 (30.77%) SQL
7 4 (30.77%) TypeScript
8 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
9 2 (15.38%) Web Development
9 2 (15.38%) Migration
9 2 (15.38%) SAP Business One
9 2 (15.38%) Git
9 2 (15.38%) RESTful
9 2 (15.38%) Software Architecture
9 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
9 2 (15.38%) SAP

PHP Laravel 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) Apache
Business Applications
1 2 (15.38%) SAP Business One
Cloud Services
1 2 (15.38%) ChatGPT
Communications & Networking
1 2 (15.38%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (69.23%) MySQL
2 2 (15.38%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (15.38%) Git
General
1 4 (30.77%) Law
2 1 (7.69%) Advertising
2 1 (7.69%) Finance
2 1 (7.69%) Financial Institution
2 1 (7.69%) Social Skills
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 13 (100.00%) Laravel
2 11 (84.62%) CSS
2 11 (84.62%) HTML
3 5 (38.46%) CSS3
3 5 (38.46%) HTML5
3 5 (38.46%) jQuery
4 4 (30.77%) CakePHP
4 4 (30.77%) CodeIgniter
4 4 (30.77%) Symfony
5 2 (15.38%) RESTful
5 2 (15.38%) Vue
6 1 (7.69%) React
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
1 2 (15.38%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (84.62%) OO
2 8 (61.54%) MVC
3 7 (53.85%) Agile
3 7 (53.85%) OO PHP
4 5 (38.46%) Full-Stack Development
5 4 (30.77%) OOP
6 3 (23.08%) Artificial Intelligence
7 2 (15.38%) API Integration
7 2 (15.38%) Design Patterns
7 2 (15.38%) Mentoring
7 2 (15.38%) Migration
7 2 (15.38%) Secure Coding
7 2 (15.38%) Software Architecture
7 2 (15.38%) User Experience
7 2 (15.38%) Web Development
8 1 (7.69%) Business Development
8 1 (7.69%) Machine Learning
8 1 (7.69%) Problem-Solving
8 1 (7.69%) Product Roadmap
8 1 (7.69%) Roadmaps
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) PHP
2 11 (84.62%) JavaScript
3 4 (30.77%) SQL
3 4 (30.77%) TypeScript
4 1 (7.69%) Python
Vendors
1 2 (15.38%) OpenAI
1 2 (15.38%) SAP