Programming Language Statistics in Cambridge

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	5	Up 10 places+10	£70,000	+51.35%	170 13.26%	44
C++	6	Up 14 places+14	£70,000	+27.27%	156 12.17%	39
C#	22	Down 1 place-1	£60,000	+9.09%	73 5.69%	11
Rust	37	Up 15 places+15	£70,000	+16.66%	44 3.43%	12
C	40	Down 13 places-13	£60,000	+9.09%	41 3.20%	33
TypeScript	45	Up 3 places+3	£75,000	+22.44%	34 2.65%	8
JavaScript	52	Down 19 places-19	£75,000	+53.84%	26 2.03%	2
MATLAB	58	Down 5 places-5	£70,000	-	20 1.56%	7
SQL	61	Down 24 places-24	£67,500	+63.63%	17 1.33%	3
Java	64	Down 29 places-29	£80,000	+60.00%	14 1.09%	1
Embedded C++	66	New entry-	£85,000	-	12 0.94%	3
Embedded C	71	New entry-	£50,000	-	7 0.55%	10
SystemVerilog	74	Down 21 places-21	£125,000	+56.25%	4 0.31%	3
Go	75	Down 23 places-23	£85,000	+70.00%	3 0.23%
Ruby	75	New entry-	£38,500	-	3 0.23%
PowerShell	75	Down 26 places-26	£57,500	+109.09%	3 0.23%	1
PHP	76	Down 24 places-24	£47,500	-9.52%	2 0.16%
PL/SQL	76	New entry-	£45,050	-	2 0.16%
Shell Script	76	New entry-	£80,000	-	2 0.16%
Bash	76	New entry-	-	-	2 0.16%	1
Clojure	77	New entry-	£60,100	-	1 0.078%
ActionScript	77	New entry-	-	-	1 0.078%
Fortran	77	Down 24 places-24	-	-	1 0.078%
Scala	77	New entry-	£80,000	-	1 0.078%