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 11 August 2026.

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

6 months to
11 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 735 668 756
Rank change year-on-year -67 +88 +1
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Laravel Developer 42 12 67
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.040% 0.024% 0.080%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.042% 0.027% 0.084%
Number of salaries quoted 30 12 60
10th Percentile - £33,900 £39,625
25th Percentile £36,250 £36,938 £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 £59,688 £44,688 £55,938
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 99,805 44,765 79,346
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.04% 89.92% 94.99%
Number of salaries quoted 68,253 26,575 53,046
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £40,000 £36,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,500 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +0.91% - -8.33%
75th Percentile £75,000 £75,000 £71,991
90th Percentile £96,250 £95,000 £91,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,500 £48,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +8.25% -3.00% -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 11 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 11 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 -65 42 £50,000 +25.00% 1
UK excluding London -54 40 £50,000 +17.65% 1
Work from Home -9 26 £37,500 -14.29% 1
Midlands -31 19 £37,500 -11.76%
East Midlands -15 11 £42,500 -
South East -32 9 £55,000 +29.41%
North of England -37 9 £52,500 +16.67% 1
North West - 8 £52,500 - 1
West Midlands - 8 £37,500 -
South West - 3 £60,000 -
London -36 2 £65,000 +62.50%
North East -57 1 £45,000 -14.29%

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

For the 6 months to 11 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 42 (100.00%) Laravel
1 42 (100.00%) PHP
2 21 (50.00%) MySQL
3 16 (38.10%) CSS
3 16 (38.10%) HTML
4 15 (35.71%) JavaScript
5 12 (28.57%) Vue
6 11 (26.19%) OO
6 11 (26.19%) OO PHP
6 11 (26.19%) SQL
7 8 (19.05%) AWS
7 8 (19.05%) CSS3
7 8 (19.05%) HTML5
7 8 (19.05%) jQuery
8 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
9 4 (9.52%) Web Development
10 3 (7.14%) AI
10 3 (7.14%) CRUD
10 3 (7.14%) Docker
10 3 (7.14%) Full-Stack Development
10 3 (7.14%) Google
10 3 (7.14%) MariaDB
10 3 (7.14%) Migration
10 3 (7.14%) OpenAI
10 3 (7.14%) RabbitMQ
10 3 (7.14%) Redis
10 3 (7.14%) SQL Optimisation
10 3 (7.14%) Stripe
11 2 (4.76%) E-Commerce
11 2 (4.76%) RESTful

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:

Business Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 8 (19.05%) AWS
2 3 (7.14%) Stripe
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (50.00%) MySQL
2 3 (7.14%) MariaDB
2 3 (7.14%) Redis
Development Applications
1 1 (2.38%) Git
1 1 (2.38%) gulp
1 1 (2.38%) webpack
General
1 7 (16.67%) Social Skills
2 1 (2.38%) Marketing
2 1 (2.38%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 42 (100.00%) Laravel
2 16 (38.10%) CSS
2 16 (38.10%) HTML
3 12 (28.57%) Vue
4 8 (19.05%) CSS3
4 8 (19.05%) HTML5
4 8 (19.05%) jQuery
5 3 (7.14%) RabbitMQ
6 2 (4.76%) RESTful
7 1 (2.38%) CodeIgniter
7 1 (2.38%) REST
7 1 (2.38%) Sass
Miscellaneous
1 11 (26.19%) Virtual Team
2 1 (2.38%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 1 (2.38%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (26.19%) OO
1 11 (26.19%) OO PHP
2 5 (11.90%) Problem-Solving
3 4 (9.52%) Web Development
4 3 (7.14%) AI
4 3 (7.14%) CRUD
4 3 (7.14%) Full-Stack Development
4 3 (7.14%) Migration
4 3 (7.14%) SQL Optimisation
5 2 (4.76%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.38%) API Integration
6 1 (2.38%) Clean Code
6 1 (2.38%) Decision-Making
6 1 (2.38%) Deployment Automation
6 1 (2.38%) DevOps
6 1 (2.38%) Digital Marketing
6 1 (2.38%) MVC
6 1 (2.38%) Test Automation
6 1 (2.38%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 42 (100.00%) PHP
2 15 (35.71%) JavaScript
3 11 (26.19%) SQL
4 2 (4.76%) TypeScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.38%) QA
System Software
1 3 (7.14%) Docker
Vendors
1 3 (7.14%) Google
1 3 (7.14%) OpenAI