Programming Language Statistics in Birmingham

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	19	Down -9 places-9	£60,000	+9.09%	190 5.55%	44
Python	34	Down -16 places-16	£65,000	-3.70%	121 3.53%	62
Java	59	Down -20 places-20	£72,539	+11.59%	69 2.01%	26
C#	61	Down -33 places-33	£57,500	-4.16%	66 1.93%	12
JavaScript	78	Down -20 places-20	£57,500	-2.12%	47 1.37%	18
PowerShell	96	Down -51 places-51	£55,000	-8.33%	29 0.85%	14
PHP	100	Down -10 places-10	£45,000	+63.63%	25 0.73%	1
TypeScript	102	Down -29 places-29	£85,000	+30.76%	23 0.67%	20
PL/SQL	111	Down -18 places-18	-	-	14 0.41%
Data Analysis Expressions	111	Down -12 places-12	£57,500	+4.54%	14 0.41%	1
Bash	112	Down -14 places-14	£50,000	-19.95%	13 0.38%	2
C	116	Down -17 places-17	£57,500	-14.81%	9 0.26%	3
COBOL	116	New entry-	£55,000	-	9 0.26%	1
RPG	116	New entry-	£55,000	-	9 0.26%
ABAP	116	Down -44 places-44	£90,000	+63.63%	9 0.26%
JCL	118	Down -17 places-17	-	-	7 0.20%	1
T-SQL	119	Down -25 places-25	£50,000	-19.02%	6 0.18%	3
RPG IV	119	New entry-	£55,000	-	6 0.18%
R	119	Down -29 places-29	£65,000	-	6 0.18%	10
Go	119	Down -22 places-22	£80,000	+39.13%	6 0.18%	2
RPG III	120	New entry-	£55,000	-	5 0.15%
RPG/400	121	New entry-	£55,000	-	4 0.12%
C++	122	Down -27 places-27	£25,000	-	3 0.088%	7
Kotlin	122	Down -23 places-23	£55,000	-15.38%	3 0.088%	7
Apex Code	122	Down -22 places-22	£62,500	+49.70%	3 0.088%	2
Rust	122	New entry-	£45,000	-	3 0.088%
VB.NET	123	Down -27 places-27	-	-	2 0.058%
Delphi	124	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.029%	1
VBScript	124	New entry-	£50,000	-	1 0.029%
VB	124	Down -25 places-25	-	-	1 0.029%
VBA	124	Down -23 places-23	-	-	1 0.029%	1
Bicep	124	Down -29 places-29	£56,500	-5.83%	1 0.029%	4
Pascal	124	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.029%
Groovy	124	Down -54 places-54	-	-	1 0.029%
Scala	124	Down -24 places-24	£81,500	+25.38%	1 0.029%	2
Ruby	124	Down -26 places-26	£35,000	-	1 0.029%	2