Full-Stack PHP Developer Job Trends in England

Full-Stack PHP Developer
UK > England

The median Full-Stack PHP Developer salary in England is £52,500 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 16 October 2026.

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

6 months to
16 Oct 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 745 615 670
Rank change year-on-year -130 +55 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack PHP Developer 9 5 62
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.009% 0.012% 0.098%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.013% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 9 5 40
10th Percentile £30,500 £43,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £31,250 £52,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £62,500 £37,500
Median % change year-on-year -16.00% +66.67% -37.50%
75th Percentile £60,000 £67,500 £54,375
90th Percentile £62,000 £75,750 £61,250
UK median annual salary £43,500 £62,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year -30.40% +66.67% -37.50%

All Permanent IT Job Roles
England

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in England. 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 England with a recognized job title 96,937 38,621 60,111
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.46% 90.71% 95.20%
Number of salaries quoted 67,736 23,236 34,475
10th Percentile £30,250 £28,250 £31,250
25th Percentile £41,160 £35,750 £42,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £59,000 £55,000 £57,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.27% -4.35% -4.17%
75th Percentile £77,500 £75,000 £75,000
90th Percentile £100,000 £95,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £58,396 £53,500 £55,000
% change year-on-year +9.15% -2.73% -8.33%

Full-Stack PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings featuring 'Full-Stack PHP Developer' in the job title relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in England.

Full-Stack PHP Developer job vacancy trend in England

Full-Stack PHP Developer
Salary Trend in England

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack PHP Developer job vacancies in England.

Salary distribution trend for Full-Stack PHP Developer job vacancies in England

Full-Stack PHP Developer
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Full-Stack PHP Developer in England over the 6 months to 16 October 2026.

Salary histogram for Full-Stack PHP Developer in England

Full-Stack PHP Developer
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Full-Stack PHP Developer within the England region over the 6 months to 16 October 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
North of England -61 6 £42,500 -45.16%
North West -29 2 £52,500 -32.26%
South West -68 2 £60,000 +17.07%
Yorkshire - 2 £51,250 -
North East - 2 £31,000 -
South East -55 1 £42,000 -23.64%
Full-Stack PHP Developer
UK

Full-Stack PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 16 October 2026, Full-Stack PHP 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 across the England region featuring Full-Stack PHP Developer in the job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 9 (100.00%) PHP
2 8 (88.89%) JavaScript
3 6 (66.67%) CSS
3 6 (66.67%) HTML
3 6 (66.67%) Laravel
4 5 (55.56%) Git
5 4 (44.44%) MySQL
6 3 (33.33%) API Integration
6 3 (33.33%) HTML5
6 3 (33.33%) JSON
6 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
6 3 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
6 3 (33.33%) REST
7 2 (22.22%) Clean Code
7 2 (22.22%) Front End Development
7 2 (22.22%) GitHub
7 2 (22.22%) jQuery
7 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
7 2 (22.22%) Microservices
7 2 (22.22%) MongoDB
7 2 (22.22%) Node.js
7 2 (22.22%) Python
7 2 (22.22%) React
7 2 (22.22%) RESTful
7 2 (22.22%) Secure Coding
7 2 (22.22%) SQL
7 2 (22.22%) Symfony
7 2 (22.22%) TDD
7 2 (22.22%) WordPress

Full-Stack PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England 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:

Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) WordPress
2 1 (11.11%) Apache
2 1 (11.11%) CMS
2 1 (11.11%) IIS
2 1 (11.11%) Tomcat
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Elementor
Cloud Services
1 2 (22.22%) GitHub
2 1 (11.11%) AWS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) MySQL
2 2 (22.22%) MongoDB
3 1 (11.11%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 5 (55.56%) Git
2 1 (11.11%) Bitbucket
General
1 3 (33.33%) Analytical Skills
2 2 (22.22%) Public Sector
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (66.67%) CSS
1 6 (66.67%) HTML
1 6 (66.67%) Laravel
2 3 (33.33%) HTML5
2 3 (33.33%) JSON
2 3 (33.33%) REST
3 2 (22.22%) jQuery
3 2 (22.22%) Node.js
3 2 (22.22%) React
3 2 (22.22%) RESTful
3 2 (22.22%) Symfony
4 1 (11.11%) Ajax
4 1 (11.11%) Bootstrap
4 1 (11.11%) CodeIgniter
4 1 (11.11%) CSS3
4 1 (11.11%) Express.js
4 1 (11.11%) MERN Stack
4 1 (11.11%) React Native
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 3 (33.33%) API Integration
2 3 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
2 3 (33.33%) Requirements Gathering
3 2 (22.22%) Clean Code
3 2 (22.22%) Front End Development
3 2 (22.22%) Mentoring
3 2 (22.22%) Microservices
3 2 (22.22%) Secure Coding
3 2 (22.22%) TDD
4 1 (11.11%) Agile
4 1 (11.11%) Change Management
4 1 (11.11%) CRM
4 1 (11.11%) Incident Management
4 1 (11.11%) ITIL
4 1 (11.11%) Line Management
4 1 (11.11%) Mobile First
4 1 (11.11%) Release Management
4 1 (11.11%) Scrum
4 1 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) PHP
2 8 (88.89%) JavaScript
3 2 (22.22%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
4 1 (11.11%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (11.11%) Accessibility