PHP Web Developer Jobs

PHP Web Developer
UK

The median PHP Web Developer salary in the UK is £55,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 1 May 2025.

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

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 676 841 911
Rank change year-on-year +165 +70 +258
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Web Developer 16 55 78
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.031% 0.056% 0.075%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.034% 0.059% 0.082%
Number of salaries quoted 15 47 61
10th Percentile £36,250 £30,750 £32,500
25th Percentile £50,625 £31,875 £33,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year +37.50% - -
75th Percentile £69,375 £49,375 £45,000
90th Percentile £73,750 £55,400 £56,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £55,000 £40,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year +37.50% - +6.67%

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 46,902 93,183 95,132
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.12% 94.62% 91.53%
Number of salaries quoted 27,275 66,883 59,840
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,777 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.95% -12.04% -
75th Percentile £75,000 £71,250 £81,250
90th Percentile £97,500 £90,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £52,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +4.00% -4.76% +5.00%

PHP Web Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for PHP Web Developer in the UK

PHP Web Developer
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PHP Web Developer.

Salary trend for PHP Web Developer in the UK

PHP Web Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Web Developer over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Salary histogram for PHP Web Developer in the UK

PHP Web Developer
Top 8 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Web Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 1 May 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 +137 15 £55,000 +37.50% 3
UK excluding London +167 12 £55,000 +37.50% 1
Work from Home +188 11 £60,000 +41.18% 1
North of England +86 6 £55,000 +46.67% 1
North West +36 6 £55,000 +22.22%
South West +99 5 £65,000 +100.00%
London +113 4 £63,750 +18.06% 1
Wales +44 1 £65,000 +85.71%

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

For the 6 months to 1 May 2025, PHP Web 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 Web Developer in the job title.

1 16 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 16 (100.00%) PHP
1 16 (100.00%) Web Development
2 11 (68.75%) CSS
2 11 (68.75%) HTML
3 6 (37.50%) MySQL
3 6 (37.50%) LAMP
3 6 (37.50%) React
4 5 (31.25%) Software Engineering
4 5 (31.25%) Linux
4 5 (31.25%) E-Commerce
4 5 (31.25%) Git
5 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
5 4 (25.00%) Node.js
5 4 (25.00%) OOP
5 4 (25.00%) SQL
5 4 (25.00%) AngularJS
5 4 (25.00%) SOLID
6 3 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
6 3 (18.75%) Renewable Energy
6 3 (18.75%) Tailwind CSS
6 3 (18.75%) Design Patterns
6 3 (18.75%) Agile
6 3 (18.75%) TDD
6 3 (18.75%) Degree
6 3 (18.75%) Marketing
6 3 (18.75%) jQuery
6 3 (18.75%) WordPress
6 3 (18.75%) AWS
6 3 (18.75%) PHPUnit

PHP Web 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 3 (18.75%) WordPress
2 2 (12.50%) CMS
3 1 (6.25%) Apache
3 1 (6.25%) nginx
Business Applications
1 1 (6.25%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 3 (18.75%) AWS
2 2 (12.50%) Cloudflare
3 1 (6.25%) Datadog
3 1 (6.25%) GCP
3 1 (6.25%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (37.50%) MySQL
2 2 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
3 1 (6.25%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (6.25%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (31.25%) Git
2 3 (18.75%) PHPUnit
3 2 (12.50%) Jasmine
3 2 (12.50%) Mocha
4 1 (6.25%) Jenkins
General
1 3 (18.75%) Marketing
2 1 (6.25%) Analytical Skills
2 1 (6.25%) Retail
2 1 (6.25%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 11 (68.75%) CSS
1 11 (68.75%) HTML
2 6 (37.50%) LAMP
2 6 (37.50%) React
3 4 (25.00%) AngularJS
3 4 (25.00%) Node.js
4 3 (18.75%) jQuery
4 3 (18.75%) Tailwind CSS
5 2 (12.50%) Ajax
5 2 (12.50%) CSS3
5 2 (12.50%) HTML5
5 2 (12.50%) Jest
5 2 (12.50%) JSON
5 2 (12.50%) Laravel
5 2 (12.50%) LEMP Stack
5 2 (12.50%) LESS
5 2 (12.50%) Sass
5 2 (12.50%) Vue
5 2 (12.50%) Web Services
6 1 (6.25%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 3 (18.75%) Renewable Energy
2 1 (6.25%) Digital Media
2 1 (6.25%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (100.00%) Web Development
2 5 (31.25%) E-Commerce
2 5 (31.25%) Software Engineering
3 4 (25.00%) Computer Science
3 4 (25.00%) OOP
3 4 (25.00%) SOLID
4 3 (18.75%) Agile
4 3 (18.75%) Design Patterns
4 3 (18.75%) TDD
5 2 (12.50%) Content Management
5 2 (12.50%) Front End Development
5 2 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (12.50%) SEO
6 1 (6.25%) Analytics
6 1 (6.25%) CI/CD
6 1 (6.25%) Full-Stack Development
6 1 (6.25%) MVC
6 1 (6.25%) Pair Programming
6 1 (6.25%) Sprint Planning
6 1 (6.25%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 16 (100.00%) PHP
2 4 (25.00%) SQL
3 2 (12.50%) Go
3 2 (12.50%) Python
4 1 (6.25%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) Computer Science Degree
1 3 (18.75%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (12.50%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (6.25%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Google
2 1 (6.25%) Zend