Programming Language Statistics in Cambridge

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 10 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	4	Up 5 places+5	£70,000	+51.35%	192 14.60%	282
C++	6	Up 15 places+15	£70,000	+27.27%	166 12.62%	173
C#	22	Down 1 place-1	£60,000	+9.09%	76 5.78%	71
Rust	33	Up 17 places+17	£70,000	-	49 3.73%	46
C	38	Down 10 places-10	£62,500	+13.63%	43 3.27%	126
TypeScript	40	Up 4 places+4	£75,000	+22.44%	40 3.04%	51
JavaScript	53	Down 23 places-23	£75,000	+50.00%	26 1.98%	25
MATLAB	57	Down 7 places-7	£70,000	-	22 1.67%	32
SQL	62	Down 27 places-27	£63,750	+6.25%	17 1.29%	39
Java	63	Down 26 places-26	£80,000	+33.33%	16 1.22%	24
Embedded C++	68	New entry-	£85,000	-	11 0.84%	11
Embedded C	73	New entry-	£50,000	-	6 0.46%	21
SystemVerilog	74	Down 24 places-24	£130,000	+62.50%	5 0.38%	42
Ruby	76	New entry-	£38,500	-	3 0.23%	4
PowerShell	76	Down 28 places-28	£57,500	+109.09%	3 0.23%	13
Go	76	Down 26 places-26	£85,000	-	3 0.23%	13
Shell Script	76	New entry-	£80,000	-	3 0.23%	8
Bash	77	New entry-	-	-	2 0.15%	27
Scala	78	New entry-	£80,000	-	1 0.076%	4
R	78	Down 29 places-29	£48,000	+60.00%	1 0.076%	7
PHP	78	Down 31 places-31	£47,500	-5.00%	1 0.076%	1
ActionScript	78	New entry-	-	-	1 0.076%
Fortran	78	Down 28 places-28	-	-	1 0.076%	2
Tcl	78	Down 28 places-28	£85,000	-	1 0.076%	18