Contract Programming Language Statistics in Northern Ireland

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Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 Nov 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	-9.75%	28 13.79%	22
Python	10	Up 8 places+8	£463	-21.27%	26 12.81%	32
Java	20	Up 16 places+16	£375	-11.76%	15 7.39%	6
Apex Code	23	New entry-	£688	-	12 5.91%
Go	26	New entry-	£325	-	9 4.43%
PowerShell	29	Up 5 places+5	-	-	6 2.96%	3
TypeScript	30	Up 6 places+6	£550	-	5 2.46%	5
Data Analysis Expressions	32	New entry-	-	-	3 1.48%	3
JavaScript	32	Up 4 places+4	£550	-	3 1.48%	11
Shell Script	33	Up 4 places+4	£190	-	2 0.99%	1
Bash	33	New entry-	£600	-	2 0.99%	2
R	33	New entry-	£363	-	2 0.99%	3
Bicep	34	New entry-	-	-	1 0.49%
C#	34	Down 6 places-6	-	-	1 0.49%	2
T-SQL	34	New entry-	-	-	1 0.49%	1
VB	34	New entry-	-	-	1 0.49%