PHP Developer in Leicestershire
Based near Ibstock in North West Leicestershire. A senior freelance PHP and Laravel developer for businesses across the county, from Coalville and Loughborough to Hinckley and Market Harborough.
A Leicestershire developer for Leicestershire businesses
I am based near Ibstock, in the north-west of the county, and work with businesses across the UK. For companies in Leicestershire that has a practical benefit: when a project needs someone on-site for a day, it is a short drive rather than a train journey and an overnight stay.
The county’s economy leans heavily on manufacturing, engineering, distribution and logistics. Leicestershire sits on the M1 corridor in the middle of the country’s distribution network, with large logistics sites such as Magna Park near Lutterworth and East Midlands Airport in the north of the county. Businesses like these rely on software that has to be right: stock, orders, picking, quoting and invoicing. That is the kind of PHP and Laravel work I do.
Towns I regularly cover
Ibstock and Coalville
Closest to home. For businesses in Ibstock, Coalville, Ashby-de-la-Zouch and the surrounding villages of North West Leicestershire, on-site meetings can be arranged at short notice.
Loughborough
Loughborough mixes engineering and manufacturing firms with a university-driven technology and research community. Typical work is internal tools, integrations and support for applications built by people who have since moved on.
Hinckley
Hinckley and the wider Hinckley and Bosworth area have a strong base of distribution, manufacturing and trade businesses, many close to the M69 and A5. Ordering systems, customer portals and warehouse tools are the usual subjects.
Leicester and the rest of the county
Leicester itself has its own page: PHP developer Leicester. Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray, Lutterworth and Oakham, over the border in Rutland, are all within reach too.
What the work usually involves
- Keeping an existing system healthy. Patching, upgrading and supporting a PHP or Laravel application that the business runs on. See legacy PHP support and maintenance retainers.
- Moving to a supported PHP version. Often triggered by a hosting provider withdrawing old versions. See PHP upgrade.
- Warehouse and ERP integration. Making the systems that run the floor and the systems that run the accounts agree with each other. See the warehouse scanner case study and ERP-to-SMS integration.
- New internal tools. Replacing spreadsheets and email chains with a small, well-built Laravel application. See freelance Laravel developer.
How to start
Send a short description of the application and what you need, using the form below or the contact page. You will get a written reply, and a call or visit if that helps. The full hiring process is on hire a PHP developer, and the pricing models are on PHP developer rates.
For businesses further afield in Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Northamptonshire or Lincolnshire, see PHP developer East Midlands.
Process
- Written brief What the system does, what you need, any real deadline.
- Look at the code Repository and hosting, remotely or on-site.
- Proposal Scope, exclusions, engagement model and first milestone.
- Delivery Remote by default, with site visits when they help.
Questions that usually come up
Where in Leicestershire are you based?
Near Ibstock, in North West Leicestershire, close to Coalville. A business address is not published on this site; meetings are arranged at your premises or another convenient place.
Which parts of Leicestershire do you cover?
All of it. Coalville, Loughborough, Hinckley, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray, Lutterworth and Leicester itself are all within reach for on-site days. Most work is remote regardless.
Do you work with warehouse and logistics businesses?
Yes. Warehouse, distribution and ERP-connected systems are a recurring theme in the published case studies, including a handheld scanner app and an ordering portal on a live ERP.
Can you come in to see how a system is used?
Yes. For Leicestershire businesses, a site visit to watch staff use a system is often the quickest way to understand what needs to change, and it is easy to arrange.
Qualification
Talk to a Leicestershire PHP developer
Name, work email, and a short description of the application is enough. No discovery call theatre before I know whether I can actually help.
- UK businesses with a real Laravel (or legacy PHP) application
- Build, support, rescue, upgrade or integration work
- Reply from Oliver Burton, usually within one working day