Contract Programming Language Statistics in Northern Ireland

Contract Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Sep 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Java	18	Up 5 places+5	£375	-11.76%	17 7.69%	105
Python	18	Up 2 places+2	£363	-30.95%	17 7.69%	150
SQL	19	Down -13 places-13	£348	-32.04%	16 7.24%	104
Apex Code	23	New entry-	£688	-	12 5.43%	5
Go	27	New entry-	£275	-	8 3.62%	22
C#	32	Down -1 place-1	-	-	3 1.36%	40
JavaScript	32	New entry-	£450	-	3 1.36%	49
PowerShell	33	New entry-	-	-	2 0.91%	17
Shell Script	33	Up 4 places+4	£190	-	2 0.91%	5
TypeScript	33	New entry-	-	-	2 0.91%	53
R	33	Up 4 places+4	£363	+3.57%	2 0.91%	7
Bash	34	New entry-	-	-	1 0.45%	13
Bicep	34	New entry-	-	-	1 0.45%	2
Kotlin	34	Up 3 places+3	-	-	1 0.45%	7
T-SQL	34	New entry-	-	-	1 0.45%	1
VB	34	New entry-	-	-	1 0.45%	2
ABAP	34	New entry-	£450	-	1 0.45%	1