Contract Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	16	Up 5 places+5	£475	+11.76%	215 10.47%	76
Java	17	Up 2 places+2	£522	+4.40%	210 10.22%	49
Python	21	Down 3 places-3	£475	-5.00%	191 9.30%	90
TypeScript	54	Down 1 place-1	£536	+33.58%	90 4.38%	36
JavaScript	60	Down 13 places-13	£525	+31.25%	79 3.85%	38
PowerShell	61	Up 18 places+18	£453	-4.73%	77 3.75%	21
C#	82	Down 12 places-12	£475	+15.15%	53 2.58%	42
Bash	98	Down 32 places-32	£500	-23.07%	37 1.80%	16
Kotlin	107	Down 22 places-22	£563	+67.91%	28 1.36%	2
T-SQL	114	Down 32 places-32	£400	+26.98%	21 1.02%	1
Bicep	115	New entry-	£575	-	20 0.97%	6
Swift	121	New entry-	£400	-	14 0.68%
Go	121	Down 41 places-41	£475	-20.83%	14 0.68%	13
Data Analysis Expressions	123	Down 39 places-39	£375	-11.76%	12 0.58%	3
C++	124	Down 42 places-42	£420	-32.80%	11 0.54%	20
Search Processing Language	125	New entry-	£431	-	10 0.49%
Shell Script	127	Down 45 places-45	£313	-33.54%	8 0.39%	4
Objective-C	128	New entry-	£450	-	7 0.34%
PL/SQL	128	Down 45 places-45	£310	-9.02%	7 0.34%	2
ActionScript	129	New entry-	£650	-	6 0.29%
Apex Code	130	Down 42 places-42	£625	+98.41%	5 0.24%	2
VBScript	130	New entry-	£361	-	5 0.24%	1
Rust	131	Down 43 places-43	-	-	4 0.19%
C	131	Down 46 places-46	£420	-23.63%	4 0.19%	10
Perl	131	Down 46 places-46	£600	-	4 0.19%	1
Groovy	132	Down 47 places-47	£410	-1.32%	3 0.15%
Scala	132	Down 48 places-48	£375	-25.00%	3 0.15%	5
Kusto Query Language	132	Down 48 places-48	£525	+66.66%	3 0.15%	1
PROC SQL	133	New entry-	£398	-	2 0.097%
R	133	Down 46 places-46	£525	+162.50%	2 0.097%	3
LINC	133	New entry-	£400	-	2 0.097%
Google Apps Script	133	New entry-	-	-	2 0.097%
Ada	134	New entry-	-	-	1 0.049%
SOQL	134	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.049%	1
SOSL	134	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.049%	1
MATLAB	134	New entry-	-	-	1 0.049%	2
Korn	134	New entry-	-	-	1 0.049%
COBOL	134	Down 48 places-48	£500	+81.81%	1 0.049%
ABAP	134	New entry-	£550	-	1 0.049%
VBA	134	Down 47 places-47	£525	+31.25%	1 0.049%	2