Programming Language Statistics in the East Midlands

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	14	Down -6 places-6	£45,000	-7.21%	344 7.76%	100
Python	20	Up 5 places+5	£55,000	-	281 6.34%	90
C#	57	Down -19 places-19	£60,000	+9.09%	143 3.23%	33
JavaScript	92	Down -53 places-53	£55,000	-4.34%	85 1.92%	38
PowerShell	103	Down -39 places-39	£55,000	+37.50%	64 1.44%	18
PHP	117	Down -31 places-31	£37,500	+7.14%	49 1.11%	2
TypeScript	128	Down -39 places-39	£75,000	+15.38%	37 0.84%	26
C++	138	Down -35 places-35	£35,000	-37.77%	27 0.61%	24
Swift	145	Down -31 places-31	£65,750	+75.33%	20 0.45%
Data Analysis Expressions	147	Down -40 places-40	£45,000	+4.65%	18 0.41%	2
C	148	Down -45 places-45	£53,500	-6.95%	17 0.38%	15
T-SQL	148	Down -66 places-66	£59,732	+23.15%	17 0.38%	5
Bash	148	Down -49 places-49	£67,500	+17.39%	17 0.38%	12
Java	149	Down -75 places-75	£49,000	+8.88%	16 0.36%	12
Kotlin	153	New entry-	-	-	12 0.27%	1
Delphi	153	Down -42 places-42	£55,200	-15.07%	12 0.27%
R	154	Down -46 places-46	£34,000	-51.42%	11 0.25%	8
LINC	156	New entry-	-	-	9 0.20%
Go	156	Down -44 places-44	£50,000	+5.26%	9 0.20%	3
Kusto Query Language	159	Down -59 places-59	£50,000	+11.11%	6 0.14%	2
Rust	159	Down -46 places-46	£80,000	+39.13%	6 0.14%
VBA	160	Down -48 places-48	£28,750	-20.68%	5 0.11%	2
Ladder Logic	161	New entry-	£43,000	-	4 0.090%
Bicep	161	New entry-	£77,500	-	4 0.090%	1
Embedded C	161	Down -48 places-48	£54,000	-6.08%	4 0.090%	1
COBOL	162	New entry-	£54,000	-	3 0.068%	2
VB	162	Down -53 places-53	£38,500	-9.41%	3 0.068%	3
JCL	162	New entry-	£54,000	-	3 0.068%	2