Full-Stack PHP Developer Job Trends in England

Full-Stack PHP Developer
UK > England

The median Full-Stack PHP Developer salary in England is £60,000 per year, according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months leading to 22 January 2026.

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

6 months to
22 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 611 648 673
Rank change year-on-year +37 +25 +184
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack PHP Developer 11 34 35
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.020% 0.071% 0.063%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.022% 0.077% 0.066%
Number of salaries quoted 10 20 33
10th Percentile £45,000 - £34,000
25th Percentile - £32,500 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £40,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year +50.00% -15.79% -
75th Percentile £63,750 £55,313 £60,000
90th Percentile £66,625 £61,250 £67,250
UK median annual salary £60,000 £42,500 £48,750
% change year-on-year +41.18% -12.82% -2.50%

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 49,569 44,148 52,848
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.99% 92.27% 95.08%
Number of salaries quoted 31,460 23,079 41,799
10th Percentile £28,750 £33,500 £30,000
25th Percentile £37,500 £45,000 £40,988
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £56,525
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +6.15% -9.56%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £76,250
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
% change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -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 22 January 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 22 January 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
London +41 4 £60,000 -11.11% 2
Midlands +20 4 £55,000 +57.14% 2
West Midlands +30 2 £65,000 -
South West +11 2 £60,000 +71.43% 1
East Midlands -2 2 £45,000 +28.57% 2
North of England +4 1 - - 4
Yorkshire -14 1 - -
Full-Stack PHP Developer
UK

Full-Stack PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 19 Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in England

For the 6 months to 22 January 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 11 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 11 (100.00%) PHP
2 7 (63.64%) Laravel
3 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
3 3 (27.27%) SaaS
4 2 (18.18%) QA
4 2 (18.18%) Symfony
4 2 (18.18%) Vue
5 1 (9.09%) AWS
5 1 (9.09%) CSS
5 1 (9.09%) E-Commerce
5 1 (9.09%) HTML
5 1 (9.09%) Migration
5 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
5 1 (9.09%) Tailwind CSS
5 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
5 1 (9.09%) Technology Roadmap
5 1 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
5 1 (9.09%) Web Development

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:

Cloud Services
1 3 (27.27%) SaaS
2 1 (9.09%) AWS
General
1 2 (18.18%) Health Technology
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 7 (63.64%) Laravel
2 2 (18.18%) Symfony
2 2 (18.18%) Vue
3 1 (9.09%) CSS
3 1 (9.09%) HTML
3 1 (9.09%) Tailwind CSS
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.09%) Legacy Systems
1 1 (9.09%) Product Ownership
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 1 (9.09%) E-Commerce
2 1 (9.09%) Migration
2 1 (9.09%) Roadmaps
2 1 (9.09%) Technical Leadership
2 1 (9.09%) Technology Roadmap
2 1 (9.09%) Translating Business Requirements
2 1 (9.09%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) PHP
2 3 (27.27%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (18.18%) QA