PHP Developer Jobs

Which levels are hiring

• Junior 6% · 13
• Middle 17% · 35
• Senior 75% · 157
• Lead+ 2% · 4

Few Junior roles — 6%; the usual way in is an adjacent role

Of 209 postings that name a level, Junior — 6%, Middle — 17%, Senior — 75%, Lead+ — 2%.

What postings ask for

• ✔ PHP73%
• ✔ Laravel61%
• ✔ React30%
• ✔ MySQL26%
• ○ Symfony19%
• ○ PostgreSQL18%
• ○ Docker17%
• ○ JavaScript17%

✔ — in 25%+ of postings, ○ — often listed as a plus

Share of open postings that mention each skill: PHP — 73%, Laravel — 61%, React — 30%, MySQL — 26%, Symfony — 19%, PostgreSQL — 18%.

Where the openings are

• 🇵🇱 Poland74
• 🇷🇺 Russia25
• 🇲🇽 Mexico22
• 🇺🇸 the US15
• 🇺🇦 Ukraine13
• 🇩🇪 Germany13

Open positions by employer country; remote roles are often open to other countries too.

Where to apply

• Company career sites — your application goes straight to the team69%
• Job boards — aggregators and job sites25%
• Telegram channels — job channels5%

Where the openings come from: 69% from company career sites (direct apply), 25% from job boards, 5% from Telegram channels.