Programming Language Statistics in Birmingham

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	27	Down 17 places-17	£60,000	+15.38%	184 5.09%	57
Java	45	Up 1 place+1	£70,000	+7.69%	123 3.40%	8
Python	51	Down 39 places-39	£70,000	+7.69%	99 2.74%	43
C#	67	Down 25 places-25	£65,000	+4.00%	78 2.16%	18
JavaScript	82	Down 31 places-31	£69,305	+45.90%	57 1.58%	12
PowerShell	96	Down 45 places-45	£60,000	-17.24%	42 1.16%	13
TypeScript	106	Down 34 places-34	£75,000	+15.38%	32 0.89%	7
COBOL	112	New entry-	-	-	26 0.72%
JCL	112	Down 12 places-12	-	-	26 0.72%
Data Analysis Expressions	117	Down 24 places-24	£60,000	+2.12%	21 0.58%	4
Bash	123	Down 26 places-26	£53,750	+7.56%	15 0.42%	4
PL/SQL	123	Down 33 places-33	£63,076	+20.14%	15 0.42%	1
R	126	Down 42 places-42	£53,045	+2.01%	12 0.33%	2
Kotlin	128	Down 30 places-30	£55,000	-15.38%	10 0.28%
PHP	129	Down 45 places-45	£24,000	-38.46%	9 0.25%	3
Ruby	130	Down 30 places-30	£30,000	-60.00%	8 0.22%	1
C	130	Down 30 places-30	-	-	8 0.22%	8
T-SQL	130	Down 34 places-34	£60,000	-11.11%	8 0.22%	10
ABAP	130	Down 43 places-43	£62,500	+13.63%	8 0.22%	3
Go	132	Down 34 places-34	£80,000	-	6 0.17%
RPG	132	New entry-	£55,000	-	6 0.17%	2
C++	134	Down 35 places-35	£47,988	+91.95%	4 0.11%	7
RPG/400	135	New entry-	£55,000	-	3 0.083%
RPG IV	135	New entry-	£55,000	-	3 0.083%	1
RPG III	135	New entry-	£55,000	-	3 0.083%
Bicep	135	Down 43 places-43	£59,363	-1.06%	3 0.083%	7
Shell Script	135	Down 35 places-35	-	-	3 0.083%
ProC	135	New entry-	-	-	3 0.083%	1
Scala	136	Down 38 places-38	£74,500	+14.61%	2 0.055%
VBScript	136	New entry-	£50,000	-	2 0.055%
VB.NET	136	Down 36 places-36	-	-	2 0.055%
Delphi	137	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.028%
VB	137	Down 39 places-39	-	-	1 0.028%
VBA	137	Down 38 places-38	-	-	1 0.028%
OpenEdge ABL	137	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.028%
Ladder Logic	137	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.028%
Pascal	137	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.028%