Programming Language Statistics in Cambridge

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 3 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	5	Up 7 places+7	£70,000	+64.70%	184 14.10%	150
C++	6	Up 13 places+13	£70,000	+27.27%	161 12.34%	104
C#	22	Down 2 places-2	£60,000	+9.09%	75 5.75%	33
Rust	36	Up 16 places+16	£70,000	-	47 3.60%	22
C	42	Down 14 places-14	£60,000	+9.09%	41 3.14%	87
TypeScript	44	Up 3 places+3	£74,500	+21.63%	39 2.99%	15
JavaScript	56	Down 25 places-25	£75,000	+50.00%	26 1.99%	13
MATLAB	61	Down 9 places-9	£70,000	-	21 1.61%	18
Java	66	Down 29 places-29	£80,000	+45.45%	16 1.23%	7
SQL	66	Down 32 places-32	£67,500	+31.70%	16 1.23%	24
Embedded C++	70	New entry-	£85,000	-	12 0.92%	7
Embedded C	75	New entry-	£50,000	-	7 0.54%	15
SystemVerilog	77	Down 25 places-25	£130,000	+62.50%	5 0.38%	35
PowerShell	79	Down 31 places-31	£57,500	+109.09%	3 0.23%	6
Go	79	Down 27 places-27	£85,000	-	3 0.23%	7
Ruby	79	New entry-	£38,500	-	3 0.23%	1
Bash	80	New entry-	-	-	2 0.15%	12
PHP	80	Down 30 places-30	£47,500	-5.00%	2 0.15%
Shell Script	80	New entry-	£80,000	-	2 0.15%	7
Scala	81	New entry-	£80,000	-	1 0.077%	3
ActionScript	81	New entry-	-	-	1 0.077%
Fortran	81	Down 29 places-29	-	-	1 0.077%	1
Tcl	81	Down 29 places-29	£85,000	-	1 0.077%	13