Hire Laravel developers
Laravel engineers for product work, APIs, queues and the upgrade you keep deferring.
- Indicative rate
- $20–28/hour
- Shortlist
- 3 CVs in 48 hours
- Overlap
- 4–8 hours daily, contracted
- We accept
- 1 engineer in 12
What this engineer does
Laravel rewards conventional code, which makes it unusually safe to staff: an engineer who follows the framework's grain produces a codebase the next person can read. We screen for that rather than for clever abstractions.
The most common engagement is one engineer on product work with a second pair of eyes from our side on anything touching money or auth.
Briefs we see most often
- Product features on an existing Laravel application
- A long-deferred major-version upgrade
- Queue and scheduling work that has become unreliable
- An admin panel in Filament instead of a bespoke build
Rates across markets
What this costs, wherever you are buying from
| Experience | United States | United Kingdom | Australia | United Arab Emirates | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| build2–4 years | $20–28/hour$3,200–4,480/month | £150–210/day£3,000–4,200/month | A$28–38/hourA$4,480–6,080/month | AED 95–135/hourAED 15,200–21,600/month | C$30–40/hourC$4,800–6,400/month |
| senior5–8 years | $28–38/hour$4,480–6,080/month | £210–300/day£4,200–6,000/month | A$38–52/hourA$6,080–8,320/month | AED 135–185/hourAED 21,600–29,600/month | C$40–54/hourC$6,400–8,640/month |
| lead9+ years, or tech lead | $38–52/hour$6,080–8,320/month | £300–450/day£6,000–9,000/month | A$52–70/hourA$8,320–11,200/month | AED 185–250/hourAED 29,600–40,000/month | C$54–72/hourC$8,640–11,520/month |
All-inclusive and indicative, shown so you can compare us against a local hire. Monthly figures assume 160 hours a month and the same for the day-rate markets, so the two always reconcile. Engagements are contracted as a monthly capacity fee or a fixed-scope deliverable, with our own delivery lead accountable for the outcome — see engagement models. There is no setup fee, no recruitment fee and no management surcharge.
Questions
Hiring Laravel developers
- How much does it cost to hire Laravel developers in India?
- $20–28/hour all-inclusive through Skydream Digital, which is $3,200–4,480/month for a full-time engineer at 160 hours a month. That covers salary, employer costs, equipment, security tooling and management — there is no setup fee, recruitment fee or management surcharge on top. UK buyers pay £150–210/day, Australian buyers A$28–38/hour and UAE buyers AED 95–135/hour.
- Livewire or an API with a separate front end?
- Livewire if one team owns both ends and the interface is mostly forms and tables. A separate front end once you have a dedicated front-end team or a mobile client to serve.
- Can you take over from a previous agency?
- Yes. The first week is a read-only audit — dependencies, tests, deploy path, secrets, what runs on cron — before we change anything.
Brief us on your Laravel developer role
One page is enough: the stack, the seniority, the first month of work and the hours you need covered. Three shortlisted CVs come back within 48 hours, with the rate band and notice period attached.