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What skills to look for when hiring a Laravel developer

Experience in PHP and the Laravel framework will be the most crucial skills for these developers. Other skills to look out for include Symfony and CakePHP.

How to broaden your talent pool when hiring a Laravel developer

Laravel is a PHP framework — looking more generally at PHP developers is the main way to broaden your talent pool. Since PHP is a back end technology, one way to broaden the net is to look for experience with databases, which includes SQL and MySQL.

Other skills that can help you broaden your talent pool:

• Some other common programming languages for Laravel developers include JavaScript, SQL and Python.
• Familiarity with version control, such as Git and BitBucket.
• Experience with WordPress, which is built on PHP.

How much does it cost to hire a Laravel developer?

Laravel developer salaries depend on the company size, industry, individual experience and skills, and nature of the work. These factors all influence the salary a company will offer to a prospective hire.

That said, average salaries for Laravel developers in South Africa range from R18 571 for entry-level developers to R21 302 for juniors with two to four years of experience. Intermediates have an average of R40 600 and seniors with more than six years of experience range from R58 841 - R74 856. Read more details here.

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Where to hire Laravel developers

When looking for Laravel developers, it’s best to look for PHP developers more broadly as your starting point.

We have seen many PHP developers based in South Africa on OfferZen. In Europe, the skillset seems more common in the Netherlands than the rest of Europe and the United Kingdom.

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Writing a Laravel developer job description

To set up a job description for a Laravel developer, check out our guide on creating a role scorecard here, and use our downloadable scorecard template.

By putting together a role scorecard, it will be easier to come up with the practical definition of the right person for the role you are trying to fill. You will then be ready to set up your public-facing job advert and start hiring!