Contract Programming Language Statistics in Wales

Use this option to select the period over which the statistics are calculated.

There is a choice between 3 and 6 months to 1 November 2026 with year-over-year comparisons.

Exclude

Use this option to exclude results with historical job ad aggregates falling below the selected threshold during the period.

When used in combination with column sorting, this option can be used to display results of greater statistical significance.

Results 1 - 20 of 20

Contract Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Daily Rate	Median Daily Rate YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	22	Down 11 places-11	£488	+4.83%	34 5.12%	87
Python	26	Down 10 places-10	£530	+16.48%	30 4.52%	108
Java	38	Down 6 places-6	£425	-10.52%	18 2.71%	24
PowerShell	42	Down 8 places-8	£600	+84.61%	14 2.11%	18
JavaScript	46	Down 22 places-22	£419	-4.28%	10 1.51%	25
TypeScript	47	Down 13 places-13	£419	-16.66%	9 1.36%	22
Bash	47	Down 12 places-12	£550	+109.52%	9 1.36%	10
Ruby	48	Down 17 places-17	£419	-11.84%	8 1.20%	7
Data Analysis Expressions	53	Down 9 places-9	£325	-	3 0.45%	3
R	53	Down 14 places-14	£401	+9.55%	3 0.45%	11
PL/SQL	53	Down 18 places-18	£500	+33.33%	3 0.45%	1
T-SQL	53	Down 15 places-15	£313	-23.78%	3 0.45%	1
Shell Script	54	Down 11 places-11	£265	-6.19%	2 0.30%	3
C	54	New entry-	-	-	2 0.30%	9
C#	54	Down 25 places-25	£563	+7.14%	2 0.30%	29
C++	54	New entry-	-	-	2 0.30%	12
JCL	55	Down 12 places-12	£265	-6.19%	1 0.15%
Korn	55	Down 13 places-13	£265	-6.19%	1 0.15%
LookML	55	New entry-	-	-	1 0.15%
Kotlin	55	New entry-	£575	-	1 0.15%	2