Programming Language Statistics in Belfast

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	22	Down 1 place-1	£80,000	+11.26%	47 7.47%	167
Java	38	Down 8 places-8	£60,000	-	27 4.29%	106
SQL	43	Down 16 places-16	£38,000	-	22 3.50%	107
C#	44	New entry-	£35,000	-	21 3.34%	37
PowerShell	47	Down 15 places-15	£46,000	-	18 2.86%	18
Bash	54	New entry-	-	-	11 1.75%	21
JavaScript	55	Down 23 places-23	-	-	10 1.59%	47
TypeScript	56	Down 24 places-24	-	-	9 1.43%	45
C	58	New entry-	£35,000	-	7 1.11%	11
C++	59	New entry-	-	-	6 0.95%	19
Go	61	New entry-	-	-	4 0.64%	16
XPath	63	New entry-	-	-	2 0.32%
Kusto Query Language	64	New entry-	-	-	1 0.16%	3
PHP	64	Down 31 places-31	-	-	1 0.16%	4
VB.NET	64	New entry-	£35,000	-	1 0.16%
Shell Script	64	New entry-	-	-	1 0.16%	5
MATLAB	64	New entry-	-	-	1 0.16%	1
Scala	64	Down 31 places-31	-	-	1 0.16%	6