PHP Software Engineer Job Trends

PHP Software Engineer
UK

The median PHP Software Engineer salary in the UK is £96,250 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 14 December 2025.

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

 6 months to
14 Dec 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 638 697 680
Rank change year-on-year +59 -17 +353
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Software Engineer 8 19 14
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.014% 0.033% 0.028%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.015% 0.035% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 2 17 12
10th Percentile £79,875 - £47,625
25th Percentile £85,313 £52,500 £48,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £96,250 £55,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +75.00% +4.76% -4.55%
75th Percentile £107,813 £57,500 £57,188
90th Percentile £113,625 £65,000 £64,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £77,500 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +40.91% +4.76% +16.67%

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 52,344 54,757 47,045
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.08% 93.89% 95.24%
Number of salaries quoted 32,163 29,820 36,466
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,725 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £43,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £59,430 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -7.45% -0.95% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £77,500 £80,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £96,250 £97,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,500 £52,500 £52,500
% change year-on-year -7.62% - -

PHP Software Engineer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

PHP Software Engineer job vacancy trend in the UK

PHP Software Engineer
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for PHP Software Engineer job vacancies in the UK.

Salary distribution trend for PHP Software Engineer job vacancies in the UK

PHP Software Engineer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Software Engineer over the 6 months to 14 December 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP Software Engineer in the UK

PHP Software Engineer
Top 9 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Software Engineer within the UK over the 6 months to 14 December 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 +77 7 £115,000 +109.09% 4
UK excluding London +52 7 £77,500 +40.91% 4
West Midlands +31 3 - -
Midlands +30 3 - -
South East - 3 - - 4
East Midlands - 3 - -
Work from Home +76 1 £77,500 +40.91% 2
London +71 1 £115,000 +109.09%
Scotland +11 1 £77,500 +40.91%

PHP Software Engineer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities

For the 6 months to 14 December 2025, PHP Software Engineer 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 Software Engineer in the job title.

1 8 (100.00%) PHP
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 4 (50.00%) Laravel
3 3 (37.50%) Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Clean Code
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
3 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
3 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 3 (37.50%) Data Analytics
3 3 (37.50%) Degree
3 3 (37.50%) HubSpot
3 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
3 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
3 3 (37.50%) Python
3 3 (37.50%) React
3 3 (37.50%) Stripe
3 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
3 3 (37.50%) Test Strategy
3 3 (37.50%) User Experience
3 3 (37.50%) VBA
4 1 (12.50%) AWS
4 1 (12.50%) Event-Driven
4 1 (12.50%) Fintech
4 1 (12.50%) Go
4 1 (12.50%) Microservices
4 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (12.50%) Site Reliability Engineering
4 1 (12.50%) Symfony
4 1 (12.50%) TypeScript

PHP Software Engineer 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:

Applications
1 3 (37.50%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 3 (37.50%) Stripe
2 1 (12.50%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
General
1 6 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 3 (37.50%) Organisational Skills
3 1 (12.50%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Laravel
2 3 (37.50%) React
3 1 (12.50%) Symfony
3 1 (12.50%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 3 (37.50%) Legacy Systems
2 1 (12.50%) NHS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Software Engineering
2 3 (37.50%) Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Clean Code
2 3 (37.50%) Computer Science
2 3 (37.50%) Continuous Improvement
2 3 (37.50%) Data Analytics
2 3 (37.50%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (37.50%) Test Automation
2 3 (37.50%) Test Strategy
2 3 (37.50%) User Experience
3 1 (12.50%) Event-Driven
3 1 (12.50%) Fintech
3 1 (12.50%) Microservices
3 1 (12.50%) Site Reliability Engineering
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) PHP
2 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 3 (37.50%) Python
2 3 (37.50%) VBA
3 1 (12.50%) Go
3 1 (12.50%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (37.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (37.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) HubSpot
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