Programming Language Statistics in Birmingham

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 31 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	23	Down 13 places-13	£60,000	+14.83%	188 5.17%	31
Java	43	Down 1 place-1	£70,000	+7.69%	120 3.30%	1
Python	49	Down 37 places-37	£70,000	+7.69%	96 2.64%	32
C#	62	Down 24 places-24	£65,000	+4.00%	78 2.15%	16
JavaScript	77	Down 27 places-27	£69,305	+42.16%	59 1.62%	5
PowerShell	93	Down 45 places-45	£60,000	-17.24%	43 1.18%	14
TypeScript	105	Down 33 places-33	£77,500	+19.23%	31 0.85%	7
JCL	112	Down 14 places-14	-	-	24 0.66%
COBOL	112	New entry-	-	-	24 0.66%
Data Analysis Expressions	112	Down 21 places-21	£60,000	+2.12%	24 0.66%	2
PL/SQL	119	Down 30 places-30	£63,076	+20.14%	17 0.47%
Bash	121	Down 25 places-25	£53,750	+7.56%	15 0.41%	5
R	124	Down 41 places-41	£53,045	-0.85%	12 0.33%
Kotlin	126	Down 30 places-30	£55,000	-15.38%	10 0.28%
PHP	126	Down 44 places-44	£24,000	-38.46%	10 0.28%	3
RPG	128	New entry-	£55,000	-	8 0.22%
T-SQL	128	Down 34 places-34	£60,000	-11.11%	8 0.22%	6
ABAP	128	Down 44 places-44	£62,500	+13.63%	8 0.22%	1
Ruby	128	Down 30 places-30	£30,000	-60.00%	8 0.22%	1
C	129	Down 31 places-31	-	-	7 0.19%	7
Go	130	Down 34 places-34	£80,000	-	6 0.17%	1
RPG IV	131	New entry-	£55,000	-	5 0.14%
RPG/400	132	New entry-	£55,000	-	4 0.11%
RPG III	132	New entry-	£55,000	-	4 0.11%
C++	132	Down 35 places-35	£47,988	+91.95%	4 0.11%	9
Bicep	133	Down 43 places-43	£59,363	-1.06%	3 0.083%	6
Shell Script	133	Down 35 places-35	-	-	3 0.083%
ProC	134	New entry-	-	-	2 0.055%
VBScript	134	New entry-	£50,000	-	2 0.055%
VB.NET	134	Down 37 places-37	-	-	2 0.055%
Scala	134	Down 38 places-38	£74,500	+14.61%	2 0.055%
OpenEdge ABL	135	New entry-	£70,000	-	1 0.028%
Ladder Logic	135	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.028%
Pascal	135	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.028%
Delphi	135	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.028%
VB	135	Down 39 places-39	-	-	1 0.028%
VBA	135	Down 38 places-38	-	-	1 0.028%