PHP Web Developer
UK

The median PHP Web Developer salary in the UK is £40,000 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 14 May 2024.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
14 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 837 898 1210
Rank change year-on-year +61 +312 -397
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Web Developer 59 77 27
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.060% 0.077% 0.017%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.063% 0.084% 0.018%
Number of salaries quoted 50 62 24
10th Percentile £31,125 £32,500 -
25th Percentile £32,500 £33,750 £28,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Median % change year-on-year - - +6.67%
75th Percentile £46,250 £45,000 £43,438
90th Percentile £55,100 £56,250 £64,525
UK excluding London median annual salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year - +14.29% -

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
UK

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes 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 93,739 91,836 153,630
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.65% 91.52% 96.11%
Number of salaries quoted 67,104 57,926 84,939
10th Percentile £28,500 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £38,500 £45,000 £42,604
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -12.50% - +9.09%
75th Percentile £71,250 £80,750 £78,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £100,000 £95,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £53,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -5.66% +6.00% +5.26%

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 14 May 2024.

Salary histogram for PHP Web Developer in the UK

PHP Web Developer
Top 15 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 14 May 2024. 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 -18 58 £40,000 - 6
England +64 56 £40,000 - 7
Midlands +26 23 £42,500 -20.93% 2
Work from Home +72 20 £42,500 +6.25% 4
West Midlands +19 15 £42,500 -20.93%
South West -15 13 £32,500 -13.33% 1
East of England - 10 £50,000 -
East Midlands - 8 £42,500 - 2
North of England +34 6 £37,500 -16.67% 2
South East -41 3 £40,000 - 1
Wales - 3 £35,000 -
Yorkshire - 3 £35,000 - 1
North West +3 2 £45,000 -
London +119 1 £54,000 -16.92% 1
North East -8 1 £50,000 - 1

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

For the 6 months to 14 May 2024, 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 59 (100.00%) PHP
1 59 (100.00%) Web Development
2 46 (77.97%) CSS
2 46 (77.97%) JavaScript
3 45 (76.27%) HTML
4 37 (62.71%) MySQL
5 34 (57.63%) Laravel
6 24 (40.68%) WordPress
7 23 (38.98%) jQuery
8 20 (33.90%) LAMP
9 18 (30.51%) Marketing
10 15 (25.42%) CMS
11 14 (23.73%) Linux
11 14 (23.73%) React
11 14 (23.73%) Full Stack Development
12 13 (22.03%) AWS
13 11 (18.64%) Social Skills
14 10 (16.95%) E-Commerce
14 10 (16.95%) Subversion
15 9 (15.25%) Software Engineering
15 9 (15.25%) Symfony
15 9 (15.25%) Web Design
15 9 (15.25%) OOP
15 9 (15.25%) Apache
16 8 (13.56%) Magento
16 8 (13.56%) Vue
17 7 (11.86%) Node.js
17 7 (11.86%) REST
17 7 (11.86%) Docker
17 7 (11.86%) Clean Code

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 24 (40.68%) WordPress
2 15 (25.42%) CMS
3 9 (15.25%) Apache
4 6 (10.17%) Headless CMS
5 2 (3.39%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (5.08%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 8 (13.56%) Magento
Cloud Services
1 13 (22.03%) AWS
2 3 (5.08%) Figma
2 3 (5.08%) SaaS
3 2 (3.39%) Adobe Creative Cloud
4 1 (1.69%) Azure
4 1 (1.69%) Datadog
4 1 (1.69%) GCP
4 1 (1.69%) GitHub
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.69%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (62.71%) MySQL
2 2 (3.39%) phpMyAdmin
3 1 (1.69%) MariaDB
3 1 (1.69%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 10 (16.95%) Subversion
2 6 (10.17%) Git
3 4 (6.78%) JIRA
4 1 (1.69%) Cypress.io
4 1 (1.69%) PHPUnit
General
1 18 (30.51%) Marketing
2 11 (18.64%) Social Skills
3 3 (5.08%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (1.69%) Finance
4 1 (1.69%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 46 (77.97%) CSS
2 45 (76.27%) HTML
3 34 (57.63%) Laravel
4 23 (38.98%) jQuery
5 20 (33.90%) LAMP
6 14 (23.73%) React
7 9 (15.25%) Symfony
8 8 (13.56%) Vue
9 7 (11.86%) Node.js
9 7 (11.86%) REST
9 7 (11.86%) SVG
10 6 (10.17%) Tailwind CSS
11 5 (8.47%) Sass
11 5 (8.47%) SOAP
12 4 (6.78%) Web Services
13 3 (5.08%) Flutter
13 3 (5.08%) React Native
13 3 (5.08%) Svelte
14 2 (3.39%) HTML5
14 2 (3.39%) LEMP Stack
Miscellaneous
1 7 (11.86%) Animation
1 7 (11.86%) Greenfield Project
1 7 (11.86%) Video Editing
2 1 (1.69%) Client/Server
2 1 (1.69%) Educational Technology
2 1 (1.69%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 14 (23.73%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 59 (100.00%) Web Development
2 14 (23.73%) Full Stack Development
3 10 (16.95%) E-Commerce
4 9 (15.25%) OOP
4 9 (15.25%) Software Engineering
4 9 (15.25%) Web Design
5 7 (11.86%) Clean Code
5 7 (11.86%) MVC
5 7 (11.86%) Test Automation
6 6 (10.17%) Front End Development
6 6 (10.17%) OO
6 6 (10.17%) Problem-Solving
7 5 (8.47%) TDD
8 4 (6.78%) CRM
8 4 (6.78%) Digital Marketing
8 4 (6.78%) Performance Optimisation
8 4 (6.78%) Project Management
8 4 (6.78%) SOLID
8 4 (6.78%) Unit Testing
9 3 (5.08%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 59 (100.00%) PHP
2 46 (77.97%) JavaScript
3 7 (11.86%) Java
3 7 (11.86%) Kotlin
3 7 (11.86%) Python
4 4 (6.78%) TypeScript
5 1 (1.69%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.69%) Accessibility
System Software
1 7 (11.86%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.39%) cPanel
Vendors
1 7 (11.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (8.47%) Adobe
3 1 (1.69%) Google
3 1 (1.69%) WooCommerce