Programming Language Statistics in Birmingham

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	25	Down 14 places-14	£60,000	+14.28%	189 5.14%	99
Java	44	Down 4 places-4	£70,000	+7.69%	113 3.07%	39
Python	46	Down 31 places-31	£70,000	+7.69%	99 2.69%	99
C#	59	Down 22 places-22	£63,750	+2.00%	80 2.18%	34
JavaScript	73	Down 23 places-23	£69,305	+38.61%	60 1.63%	30
PowerShell	91	Down 43 places-43	£60,000	-17.24%	42 1.14%	36
TypeScript	104	Down 36 places-36	£77,500	+19.23%	29 0.79%	25
COBOL	111	New entry-	-	-	22 0.60%
JCL	111	Down 16 places-16	-	-	22 0.60%
Data Analysis Expressions	111	Down 20 places-20	£60,000	+2.12%	22 0.60%	11
PL/SQL	116	Down 30 places-30	£63,076	+20.14%	17 0.46%	5
Bash	118	Down 25 places-25	£53,750	+7.56%	15 0.41%	14
R	120	Down 38 places-38	£65,000	+10.63%	13 0.35%	6
PHP	122	Down 40 places-40	£24,000	-38.46%	11 0.30%	11
Kotlin	123	Down 30 places-30	£55,000	-15.38%	10 0.27%	3
Ruby	125	Down 30 places-30	£30,000	-60.00%	8 0.22%	2
C	125	Down 30 places-30	£57,500	-	8 0.22%	9
RPG	125	New entry-	£55,000	-	8 0.22%
ABAP	125	Down 45 places-45	£62,500	+13.63%	8 0.22%	6
T-SQL	127	Down 36 places-36	£60,000	-11.11%	6 0.16%	12
Go	127	Down 34 places-34	£80,000	-	6 0.16%	4
RPG IV	128	New entry-	£55,000	-	5 0.14%
C++	129	Down 35 places-35	£47,988	+91.95%	4 0.11%	16
RPG/400	129	New entry-	£55,000	-	4 0.11%
RPG III	129	New entry-	£55,000	-	4 0.11%
Bicep	130	Down 43 places-43	£59,363	-1.06%	3 0.082%	10
Shell Script	130	Down 35 places-35	-	-	3 0.082%	1
Scala	131	Down 38 places-38	£74,500	+14.61%	2 0.054%	4
VBScript	131	New entry-	£50,000	-	2 0.054%
VB.NET	131	Down 37 places-37	-	-	2 0.054%	1
Delphi	132	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.027%
VB	132	Down 39 places-39	-	-	1 0.027%	1
VBA	132	Down 37 places-37	-	-	1 0.027%	2
OpenEdge ABL	132	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.027%
Ladder Logic	132	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.027%
Pascal	132	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.027%
ProC	132	New entry-	-	-	1 0.027%