PHP Developer: market
A PHP Developer builds the server side of web products in PHP: e-commerce, marketplaces, CMS and SaaS — most often on Laravel or Symfony. We currently track 432 open positions for this role, 384 of them fresh. Postings usually require PHP 8, Laravel or Symfony, MySQL or PostgreSQL, Redis and queues, Docker, tests (PHPUnit), and many add frontend basics. By co-occurrence in requirements, PHP, Laravel, React and MySQL appear most often. 67% of the postings allow fully remote work. Below is a live slice of the PHP Developer market: geography, seniority, adjacent stack and sources.
The PHP Developer market currently has 432 open roles, 384 of them freshly observed. Median salary $4,500/mo.
67% of PHP Developer postings allow fully remote work; the share counts only postings that state the format.
⚠ salary known for 20 of 432 jobs; remote share from 362 with a stated format; 384 counted as fresh observations; trend and hiring difficulty are not shown
Timeline: postings and sources
How many PHP Developer postings appeared each week since May 11, and from how many sources. The second line separates market growth from coverage growth: a jump in the week new sources were connected means we started seeing more, not that the market grew.
New postings and active sources per week
Sources over the period: 103
New sources connected: May 18 +4 · May 25 +3 · Jun 1 +3 · Jun 8 +2 · Jun 15 +1 · Jun 22 +6 · Jun 29 +14 · Jul 6 +10 · Jul 13 +9 · Jul 20 +5 · Jul 27 +5 · Aug 3 +7 · Aug 10 +1 · Aug 24 +2 · Aug 31 +4 · Sep 14 +3 · Sep 21 +4 · Oct 5 +5 · Oct 12 +3 · Oct 19 +4
Week = posting first-seen date, all statuses; postings are selected by the same rule as this page's counter. Sources are distinct collection channels; their names are not published.
Remote work over time
Share of PHP Developer postings offering fully remote work, per week.
Remote postings, %
The share is among postings that state a format (remote, hybrid, office). Weeks with fewer than 10 such postings are left blank.
Technologies over time
How the share of PHP Developer postings mentioning each of the top technologies changed.
Postings mentioning the technology, %
Share among postings with a tagged stack; the series starts on Aug 10: earlier stack tags were assigned differently. Weeks with fewer than 20 tagged postings are left blank.
Countries over time
How the share of PHP Developer postings in each of the top countries changed, per week.
Postings in the country, %
Share among postings with a known country; the chart shows the five countries with the most postings over six months. Weeks with fewer than 20 postings with a known country are left blank. A rising share can mean a newly connected source in that country rather than market growth.
Demand and observed supply: PHP Developer
| Open demand | 432 |
| Observed supply | — not published |
⚠ candidates matching a vacancy are not counted yet: demand and the observed pool are shown
Salary distribution: PHP Developer
One in ten earns under $1,312, one in ten over $5,778. Half the market falls between $2,490 and $5,750. Sample: 20.
The range histogram for PHP Developer uses only postings with an explicit compensation range; the median is computed over the same sample.
⚠ percentiles from 20 salaries out of 432 jobs — a guide on a small sample
Demand geography: PHP Developer
| country | jobs |
|---|---|
| PL | 71 |
| RU | 23 |
| MX | 21 |
| US | 18 |
| DE | 15 |
| UA | 13 |
| IN | 12 |
| BR | 12 |
| GB | 11 |
| LT | 10 |
The top country for PHP Developer demand is Poland (71 positions).
⚠ job counts only: salary by country is not published
Used together with
In PHP Developer requirements the most frequently named skills and technologies are PHP, Laravel, React and MySQL.
Demand by grade: PHP Developer
| grade | jobs |
|---|---|
| senior | 161 |
| middle | 32 |
| junior | 15 |
| lead | 2 |
| principal | 2 |
Senior-and-above is about 78% of 212 PHP Developer postings with an explicit grade.
⚠ demand side only: the grade of the observed pool is unknown for most of it
Employers: PHP Developer
Demand is spread across 168 employers. The largest accounts for 25.2%, the top ten for 49.6%; the remaining 50.4% is long tail.
| share | value |
|---|---|
| top-1 | 25.2% |
| top-3 | 40.5% |
| top-10 | 49.6% |
| long tail | 50.4% |
PHP Developer openings come from 168 distinct employers.
⚠ names are not shown: staffing agencies and end employers are not yet told apart by the classifier
Where Zorky sees this market
Observed across 43 sources; the largest accounts for 36.3% — this market does not rest on a single channel.
PHP Developer postings arrive mostly from ATS & career sites and job boards & aggregators.
Recent openings: PHP Developer
- Senior PHP Developer · RU
- Senior Full Stack PHP Developer, Product Catalogue and Quoting · GB
- Senior Full Stack PHP Developer, Product Catalogue and Quoting · FR
- Senior Full Stack PHP Developer, Product Catalogue and Quoting · CH
- Senior Full Stack PHP Developer, Product Catalogue and Quoting · DE
- Senior Full Stack PHP Developer, Product Catalogue and Quoting · ES
- Требуется «PHP Developer (Офис)» (Екатеринбург) · RU
- Senior PHP Developer with Yii2 and Symfony - Public Sector (f/m/x) · PL
Adjacent markets
⚠ adjacent markets for comparison are not defined yet
How this is measured
- Vacancy
- an open job that cleared the quality gate and lists at least two technologies
- Observed candidate
- a candidate whose stack contains this technology; an aggregate — not a single record leaves the perimeter
- Matchable candidate
- not counted yet
- Window
- jobs open at the moment the snapshot was built
About the data
- Some breakdowns are hidden: their data coverage is not yet sufficient.
- Statistics are shown only where the sample clears a quality gate.
- A missing block does not mean a value of zero.
Breakdowns currently hidden: 8.
Data as of 2026-10-27
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about the PHP Developer role — short answers from the same data slice.
What does a PHP Developer do?
A PHP Developer builds the server side of web products in PHP: e-commerce, marketplaces, CMS and SaaS — most often on Laravel or Symfony.
Which skills do PHP Developer postings require?
Postings usually require PHP 8, Laravel or Symfony, MySQL or PostgreSQL, Redis and queues, Docker, tests (PHPUnit), and many add frontend basics. In the current slice, PHP, Laravel, React and MySQL appear in requirements most often.
Is PHP a good choice to start in backend?
Yes, the PHP market is one of the most accessible to enter: many live products and moderate competition for entry positions.
How remote-friendly are PHP Developer jobs?
67% of postings with an explicit format allow fully remote work; the slice tracks 432 open positions.
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