# Salary & cost – PHP-Entwickler gesucht

> What a PHP developer costs, employed, freelance or as a team.

- [PHP Developer Salary 2026: US, UK and Germany Compared](https://php-entwickler-gesucht.de/en/salary-and-cost/php-developer-salary/): In the UK, the median advertised salary for permanent PHP developer roles was £50,000 in the six months to 18 October 2026, according to ITJobsWatch. US government data has no PHP-specific figure; web developers and digital designers earned a median $99,520 in May 2025. In Germany, gehalt.de reports a median of €68,419 a year for PHP developers.
- [PHP Developer Hourly Rate 2026: UK, US and Europe](https://php-entwickler-gesucht.de/en/salary-and-cost/php-developer-hourly-rate/): Contract PHP developers in the UK charged a median of £470 a day in the six months to 18 October 2026, about £59 an hour over eight hours, per ITJobsWatch. In Germany, Austria and Switzerland, freelancermap found a median of 90 euros an hour for freelance software developers in September 2026, with half between 80 and 100 euros.
- [Cost of Hiring a Developer in 2026: US, UK and Germany](https://php-entwickler-gesucht.de/en/salary-and-cost/cost-of-hiring-developer/): Statutory employer costs alone add about 7.7 percent to a median US web developer salary, 16 percent to a £50,000 UK salary and 21 percent to a German salary below the contribution ceilings in 2026. On top come health insurance in the US, equipment, software, training and the time spent recruiting and onboarding, which often outweigh the payroll taxes.
- [PHP Upgrade Cost: Estimate It Before PHP 8.2 Runs Out](https://php-entwickler-gesucht.de/en/salary-and-cost/php-upgrade-cost/): PHP upgrade cost depends mainly on the starting version, the framework version, test coverage, outdated dependencies and how much custom code there is. In the worked example below, a mid-sized Symfony 6.4 application moving from PHP 8.1 to PHP 8.4 and Symfony 7.4 takes about 25 developer days, roughly £11,750 at the UK median contract rate.

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