Senior PHP Web Developer Jobs

Senior PHP Web Developer
UK

The median Senior PHP Web Developer salary in the UK is £58,750 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 2 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
2 May 2025		 Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 688 893 969
Rank change year-on-year +205 +76 +239
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior PHP Web Developer 3 9 14
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.006% 0.009% 0.013%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.006% 0.010% 0.015%
Number of salaries quoted 2 9 2
10th Percentile £50,375 - £55,750
25th Percentile £52,813 £38,750 £56,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £58,750 £42,500 £62,500
Median % change year-on-year +38.24% -32.00% +56.25%
75th Percentile £62,813 £63,250 £66,875
90th Percentile £64,125 £65,000 £67,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £58,750 £42,500 -
% change year-on-year +38.24% - -

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 46,967 93,227 95,240
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.30% 94.63% 91.55%
Number of salaries quoted 27,330 66,890 59,886
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,000 £38,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 £52,900 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% -11.83% -
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%

Senior PHP Web Developer
Job Vacancy Trend

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

Job vacancy trend for Senior PHP Web Developer in the UK

Senior PHP Web Developer
Salary Trend

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

Salary trend for Senior PHP Web Developer in the UK

Senior PHP Web Developer
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Senior PHP Web Developer over the 6 months to 2 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Senior PHP Web Developer in the UK

Senior PHP Web Developer
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior PHP Web Developer within the UK over the 6 months to 2 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
UK excluding London +203 3 £58,750 +38.24%
England +165 2 £52,500 +23.53% 3
North of England +94 2 £52,500 -
North West +22 2 £52,500 -
Work from Home +171 1 £65,000 +52.94%
Wales +38 1 £65,000 +5.69%

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

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Senior 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 Senior PHP Web Developer in the job title.

1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) PHP
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) Web Development
2 2 (66.67%) React
2 2 (66.67%) Docker
2 2 (66.67%) LEMP Stack
2 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 2 (66.67%) Laravel
3 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
3 1 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
3 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
3 1 (33.33%) Google
3 1 (33.33%) Marketing
3 1 (33.33%) Symfony
3 1 (33.33%) Zend
3 1 (33.33%) Git
3 1 (33.33%) nginx
3 1 (33.33%) RESTful
3 1 (33.33%) AWS
3 1 (33.33%) PHPUnit
3 1 (33.33%) NoSQL
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) Pair Programming
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) MVC
3 1 (33.33%) Telecoms

Senior 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 1 (33.33%) Apache
1 1 (33.33%) nginx
Cloud Services
1 1 (33.33%) AWS
1 1 (33.33%) Datadog
1 1 (33.33%) GCP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) Elasticsearch
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
1 1 (33.33%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Git
1 1 (33.33%) Jenkins
1 1 (33.33%) PHPUnit
General
1 1 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
1 1 (33.33%) Marketing
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
1 1 (33.33%) Telecoms
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
2 2 (66.67%) Laravel
2 2 (66.67%) LEMP Stack
2 2 (66.67%) React
3 1 (33.33%) LAMP
3 1 (33.33%) Next.js
3 1 (33.33%) RESTful
3 1 (33.33%) Symfony
3 1 (33.33%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Self-Motivation
Operating Systems
1 1 (33.33%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Web Development
2 2 (66.67%) E-Commerce
3 1 (33.33%) Agile
3 1 (33.33%) API Integration
3 1 (33.33%) CI/CD
3 1 (33.33%) Design Patterns
3 1 (33.33%) Full-Stack Development
3 1 (33.33%) Microservices
3 1 (33.33%) MVC
3 1 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) OOP
3 1 (33.33%) Pair Programming
3 1 (33.33%) Software Engineering
3 1 (33.33%) Sprint Planning
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) TypeScript
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (33.33%) Kubernetes
Vendors
1 1 (33.33%) Google
1 1 (33.33%) Zend