Contract Programming Language Statistics in Northern Ireland

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	9	Down 1 place-1	£463	-10.84%	27 12.62%	13
Python	12	Up 6 places+6	£463	-21.27%	23 10.75%	18
Java	19	Up 18 places+18	£375	-11.76%	15 7.01%	3
Apex Code	22	New entry-	£688	-	12 5.61%
Go	24	New entry-	£325	-	10 4.67%
PowerShell	28	Up 7 places+7	-	-	6 2.80%	4
JavaScript	31	Up 7 places+7	£550	-	3 1.40%	5
Data Analysis Expressions	31	New entry-	-	-	3 1.40%	2
TypeScript	31	Up 7 places+7	£550	-	3 1.40%	2
Bash	31	New entry-	£600	-	3 1.40%	1
Shell Script	32	Up 6 places+6	£190	-	2 0.93%	1
R	32	New entry-	£363	-	2 0.93%	1
C#	33	Down 3 places-3	-	-	1 0.47%	2
T-SQL	33	New entry-	-	-	1 0.47%
VB	33	New entry-	-	-	1 0.47%
Bicep	33	New entry-	-	-	1 0.47%