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 1 June 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
1 Jun 2024		 Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 192 175 223
Rank change year-on-year -17 +48 -103
Permanent jobs requiring a PHP Developer 69 73 61
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.86% 1.25% 0.80%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.91% 1.39% 0.85%
Number of salaries quoted 52 14 61
10th Percentile £26,250 £34,875 £32,500
25th Percentile £34,688 £38,438 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £42,500 £46,250 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year -8.11% -2.63% +23.38%
75th Percentile £50,000 £54,688 £82,500
90th Percentile £57,000 £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 7,573 5,238 7,207
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 94.54% 89.94% 95.02%
Number of salaries quoted 5,594 3,217 4,815
10th Percentile £26,250 £29,750 £29,750
25th Percentile £35,000 £38,750 £37,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £52,500 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.76% +5.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £63,750 £67,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £77,500 £77,500 £78,750
England median annual salary £52,500 £60,331 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.98% +0.55% +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 1 June 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 1 June 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 -14 20 £37,500 -23.08% 3
Staffordshire -27 15 £50,000 +14.29% 2
Warwickshire +17 8 £38,750 - 2
Shropshire - 6 £27,500 -
Coventry +13 4 £45,000 -
Worcestershire -20 4 £42,500 -19.05% 6
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 1 June 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 69 (100.00%) PHP
2 35 (50.72%) CSS
2 35 (50.72%) Laravel
3 33 (47.83%) HTML
3 33 (47.83%) JavaScript
4 27 (39.13%) MySQL
5 23 (33.33%) Agile
5 23 (33.33%) Git
5 23 (33.33%) Full Stack Development
6 22 (31.88%) OO
7 21 (30.43%) Web Development
8 20 (28.99%) React
9 19 (27.54%) Marketing
10 18 (26.09%) OOP
11 17 (24.64%) MVC
12 15 (21.74%) Social Skills
12 15 (21.74%) Vue
12 15 (21.74%) Docker
13 14 (20.29%) E-Commerce
14 12 (17.39%) WordPress
15 11 (15.94%) AWS
15 11 (15.94%) Digital Marketing
16 10 (14.49%) HTML5
16 10 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
16 10 (14.49%) Tailwind CSS
17 9 (13.04%) Front End Development
17 9 (13.04%) Node.js
17 9 (13.04%) Mobile App
17 9 (13.04%) User Experience
17 9 (13.04%) Linux

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 (17.39%) WordPress
2 6 (8.70%) CMS
2 6 (8.70%) Headless CMS
3 5 (7.25%) nginx
Applications
1 3 (4.35%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 6 (8.70%) Magento
2 1 (1.45%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 11 (15.94%) AWS
2 6 (8.70%) SaaS
3 5 (7.25%) npm
4 4 (5.80%) GitHub
4 4 (5.80%) GitHub Actions
5 3 (4.35%) Figma
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (39.13%) MySQL
2 2 (2.90%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (2.90%) Relational Database
3 1 (1.45%) Amazon Aurora
3 1 (1.45%) MariaDB
Development Applications
1 23 (33.33%) Git
2 5 (7.25%) JIRA
2 5 (7.25%) webpack
3 1 (1.45%) Grunt
3 1 (1.45%) gulp
General
1 19 (27.54%) Marketing
2 15 (21.74%) Social Skills
3 5 (7.25%) Finance
4 4 (5.80%) Analytical Skills
5 2 (2.90%) Retail
6 1 (1.45%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 35 (50.72%) CSS
1 35 (50.72%) Laravel
2 33 (47.83%) HTML
3 20 (28.99%) React
4 15 (21.74%) Vue
5 10 (14.49%) HTML5
5 10 (14.49%) Tailwind CSS
6 9 (13.04%) Node.js
7 8 (11.59%) jQuery
8 7 (10.14%) Symfony
9 6 (8.70%) LESS
9 6 (8.70%) React Native
9 6 (8.70%) Sass
10 5 (7.25%) LAMP
10 5 (7.25%) LEMP Stack
11 4 (5.80%) GraphQL
12 3 (4.35%) Flutter
12 3 (4.35%) KnockoutJS
12 3 (4.35%) Next.js
12 3 (4.35%) Svelte
Miscellaneous
1 9 (13.04%) Mobile App
2 4 (5.80%) Legacy Code
3 1 (1.45%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 9 (13.04%) Linux
2 1 (1.45%) VMS
2 1 (1.45%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (33.33%) Agile
1 23 (33.33%) Full Stack Development
2 22 (31.88%) OO
3 21 (30.43%) Web Development
4 18 (26.09%) OOP
5 17 (24.64%) MVC
6 14 (20.29%) E-Commerce
7 11 (15.94%) Digital Marketing
8 10 (14.49%) Problem-Solving
9 9 (13.04%) Containerisation
9 9 (13.04%) Front End Development
9 9 (13.04%) User Experience
10 8 (11.59%) Collaborative Working
10 8 (11.59%) TDD
11 6 (8.70%) API Development
11 6 (8.70%) API Integration
12 5 (7.25%) Continuous Improvement
12 5 (7.25%) DevOps
12 5 (7.25%) Mobile Application Development
12 5 (7.25%) Secure Coding
Programming Languages
1 69 (100.00%) PHP
2 33 (47.83%) JavaScript
3 7 (10.14%) TypeScript
4 5 (7.25%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (8.70%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.90%) QA
System Software
1 15 (21.74%) Docker
Systems Management
1 4 (5.80%) Terraform
Vendors
1 3 (4.35%) Adobe
1 3 (4.35%) Zend
2 1 (1.45%) WooCommerce
142 PHP Developer jobs in England