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 1 January 2026.

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

6 months to
1 Jan 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 592 641 643
Rank change year-on-year +49 +2 +272
Permanent jobs requiring a Full-Stack PHP Developer 8 35 23
As % of all permanent jobs in England 0.015% 0.071% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.017% 0.076% 0.053%
Number of salaries quoted 7 21 22
10th Percentile - - £41,250
25th Percentile - £32,500 £42,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £35,000 £51,250
Median % change year-on-year +71.43% -31.71% -2.38%
75th Percentile £65,000 £55,000 £65,313
90th Percentile £66,000 £57,500 £67,500
UK median annual salary £60,000 £40,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +50.00% -20.00% -4.76%

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 47,162 46,092 43,112
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 90.67% 92.95% 95.07%
Number of salaries quoted 29,558 24,542 33,827
10th Percentile £28,500 £33,205 £31,250
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.64%
75th Percentile £75,000 £79,000 £79,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £97,500 £97,500
UK median annual salary £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -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
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 1 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 +26 3 £60,000 -11.11%
Midlands +19 2 £65,000 +44.44%
West Midlands +17 2 £65,000 +18.18%
South West +6 2 £60,000 +71.43%
North of England +10 1 - - 5
Yorkshire -4 1 - - 5
Full-Stack PHP Developer
UK

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

For the 6 months to 1 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 8 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
1 8 (100.00%) PHP
2 4 (50.00%) Laravel
3 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 2 (25.00%) QA
4 2 (25.00%) SaaS
4 2 (25.00%) Symfony
4 2 (25.00%) Vue
4 2 (25.00%) Web Development
5 1 (12.50%) B2B
5 1 (12.50%) Bash
5 1 (12.50%) Clean Code
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
5 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
5 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (12.50%) CSS
5 1 (12.50%) CSS3
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
5 1 (12.50%) Git
5 1 (12.50%) HTML
5 1 (12.50%) HTML5
5 1 (12.50%) Linux
5 1 (12.50%) MySQL
5 1 (12.50%) Node.js
5 1 (12.50%) OO
5 1 (12.50%) OOP
5 1 (12.50%) OWASP
5 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
5 1 (12.50%) Project Planning

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 2 (25.00%) SaaS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (12.50%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Git
General
1 2 (25.00%) Health Technology
2 1 (12.50%) Publishing
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (50.00%) Laravel
2 2 (25.00%) Symfony
2 2 (25.00%) Vue
3 1 (12.50%) CSS
3 1 (12.50%) CSS3
3 1 (12.50%) HTML
3 1 (12.50%) HTML5
3 1 (12.50%) Node.js
Operating Systems
1 1 (12.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (100.00%) Full-Stack Development
2 2 (25.00%) Web Development
3 1 (12.50%) B2B
3 1 (12.50%) Clean Code
3 1 (12.50%) Computer Science
3 1 (12.50%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (12.50%) E-Commerce
3 1 (12.50%) OO
3 1 (12.50%) OOP
3 1 (12.50%) OWASP
3 1 (12.50%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (12.50%) Project Planning
3 1 (12.50%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) PHP
2 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
3 1 (12.50%) Bash
3 1 (12.50%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Computer Science Degree
1 1 (12.50%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA