PHP Developer Jobs in the West Midlands

PHP Developer
England > West Midlands

The median PHP Developer salary in the West Midlands is £42,500 per year according to job vacancies posted during the 6 months to 17 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
17 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 185 191 228
Rank change year-on-year +6 +37 -112
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 63 74 62
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.84% 1.18% 0.84%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.90% 1.31% 0.89%
Number of salaries quoted 49 13 62
10th Percentile £26,250 - £32,625
25th Percentile £35,000 £37,500 £37,813
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £45,000 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -5.56% -5.26% +23.38%
75th Percentile £50,000 £53,750 £82,500
90th Percentile £57,500 £55,000 £85,000
England median annual salary £45,000 £52,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year -14.29% +5.00% +17.65%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
West Midlands

The following table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands. 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 West Midlands with a recognized job title 7,036 5,639 6,999
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.33% 90.14% 94.97%
Number of salaries quoted 5,263 3,228 4,778
10th Percentile £26,250 £30,000 £30,000
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,966 £37,822
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,500 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £78,750 £78,750
England median annual salary £53,000 £60,800 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.83% +1.33% +9.09%

PHP Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

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

Job vacancy trend for PHP Developer in the West Midlands

PHP Developer
Salary Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing PHP Developer in the West Midlands.

Salary trend for PHP Developer in the West Midlands

PHP Developer
Salary Histogram in the West Midlands

Salary distribution for jobs citing PHP Developer in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 17 May 2024.

Salary histogram for PHP Developer in the West Midlands

PHP Developer
Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing PHP Developer within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 17 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
Birmingham -8 18 £37,500 -21.05% 3
Staffordshire -27 15 £50,000 +14.29% 4
Warwickshire +31 6 £38,750 - 2
Shropshire - 6 £27,500 -
Coventry +14 4 £45,000 -
Worcestershire -16 2 £57,500 +9.52% 5
Halesowen - 2 £60,000 -
PHP Developer
England

PHP Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands

For the 6 months to 17 May 2024, PHP 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 across the West Midlands region featuring PHP Developer in the job title.

1 63 (100.00%) PHP
2 33 (52.38%) CSS
3 32 (50.79%) Laravel
4 31 (49.21%) HTML
4 31 (49.21%) JavaScript
5 25 (39.68%) MySQL
6 23 (36.51%) Git
7 22 (34.92%) OO
8 20 (31.75%) Agile
8 20 (31.75%) React
8 20 (31.75%) Full Stack Development
9 19 (30.16%) Web Development
10 18 (28.57%) OOP
11 16 (25.40%) Marketing
12 15 (23.81%) MVC
12 15 (23.81%) Docker
13 14 (22.22%) Vue
13 14 (22.22%) E-Commerce
14 13 (20.63%) Social Skills
15 12 (19.05%) WordPress
16 10 (15.87%) Tailwind CSS
17 9 (14.29%) Front End Development
17 9 (14.29%) Node.js
17 9 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
17 9 (14.29%) Containerisation
18 8 (12.70%) jQuery
18 8 (12.70%) AWS
18 8 (12.70%) Mobile App
18 8 (12.70%) HTML5
18 8 (12.70%) Problem-Solving

PHP Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands 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 12 (19.05%) WordPress
2 6 (9.52%) CMS
2 6 (9.52%) Headless CMS
3 5 (7.94%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (4.76%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 6 (9.52%) Magento
2 1 (1.59%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 8 (12.70%) AWS
2 6 (9.52%) SaaS
3 5 (7.94%) npm
4 3 (4.76%) Figma
5 2 (3.17%) GitHub
5 2 (3.17%) GitHub Actions
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (39.68%) MySQL
2 2 (3.17%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (3.17%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.59%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (1.59%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 23 (36.51%) Git
2 5 (7.94%) JIRA
2 5 (7.94%) webpack
3 1 (1.59%) Grunt
3 1 (1.59%) gulp
General
1 16 (25.40%) Marketing
2 13 (20.63%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.94%) Finance
4 4 (6.35%) Analytical Skills
5 1 (1.59%) Law
5 1 (1.59%) Retail
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 33 (52.38%) CSS
2 32 (50.79%) Laravel
3 31 (49.21%) HTML
4 20 (31.75%) React
5 14 (22.22%) Vue
6 10 (15.87%) Tailwind CSS
7 9 (14.29%) Node.js
8 8 (12.70%) HTML5
8 8 (12.70%) jQuery
9 7 (11.11%) Symfony
10 6 (9.52%) LESS
10 6 (9.52%) React Native
10 6 (9.52%) Sass
11 5 (7.94%) LAMP
11 5 (7.94%) LEMP Stack
12 4 (6.35%) GraphQL
13 3 (4.76%) Ember.js
13 3 (4.76%) KnockoutJS
13 3 (4.76%) Next.js
13 3 (4.76%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 8 (12.70%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.17%) Legacy Code
Operating Systems
1 7 (11.11%) Linux
2 1 (1.59%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.92%) OO
2 20 (31.75%) Agile
2 20 (31.75%) Full Stack Development
3 19 (30.16%) Web Development
4 18 (28.57%) OOP
5 15 (23.81%) MVC
6 14 (22.22%) E-Commerce
7 9 (14.29%) Containerisation
7 9 (14.29%) Digital Marketing
7 9 (14.29%) Front End Development
8 8 (12.70%) Problem-Solving
9 7 (11.11%) User Experience
10 6 (9.52%) API Integration
10 6 (9.52%) Collaborative Working
11 5 (7.94%) API Development
11 5 (7.94%) Continuous Improvement
11 5 (7.94%) Customer Service
11 5 (7.94%) DevOps
11 5 (7.94%) Product Management
11 5 (7.94%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 63 (100.00%) PHP
2 31 (49.21%) JavaScript
3 5 (7.94%) SQL
3 5 (7.94%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 6 (9.52%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.17%) QA
System Software
1 15 (23.81%) Docker
Systems Management
1 2 (3.17%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (4.76%) Adobe
1 3 (4.76%) Zend
2 1 (1.59%) WooCommerce