Programming Language Statistics in Edinburgh

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	21	Down 11 places-11	£65,000	+8.33%	64 5.30%	33
Java	44	Down 2 places-2	£70,000	-12.50%	32 2.65%	15
JavaScript	52	Up 2 places+2	£47,500	+55.73%	24 1.99%	10
C#	53	Up 25 places+25	£57,722	+4.94%	23 1.90%	8
SQL	53	Down 41 places-41	£70,000	+75.00%	23 1.90%	19
TypeScript	57	Up 25 places+25	£45,000	-30.76%	19 1.57%	9
MATLAB	67	Up 20 places+20	-	-	9 0.75%	4
Shell Script	68	Down 1 place-1	£63,451	-	8 0.66%	1
PowerShell	71	Down 32 places-32	£51,413	-42.87%	5 0.41%	3
SystemVerilog	71	New entry-	-	-	5 0.41%	6
Go	72	Up 14 places+14	-	-	4 0.33%	4
Rust	72	Up 12 places+12	-	-	4 0.33%	3
Kotlin	72	New entry-	-	-	4 0.33%	1
Embedded C	73	New entry-	£60,000	-	3 0.25%	1
Embedded C++	73	New entry-	£60,000	-	3 0.25%
C	73	Up 2 places+2	£60,000	+17.64%	3 0.25%	7
C++	73	Down 3 places-3	£60,000	+17.64%	3 0.25%	10
R	74	Up 9 places+9	-	-	2 0.17%
Apex Code	74	Up 6 places+6	£110,000	-	2 0.17%
PHP	74	Up 11 places+11	£24,000	-60.00%	2 0.17%
ActionScript	74	New entry-	-	-	2 0.17%
Ada	74	New entry-	-	-	2 0.17%
Bicep	75	Up 3 places+3	£50,326	-	1 0.083%	1
Kusto Query Language	75	New entry-	-	-	1 0.083%	1
Bash	75	Down 10 places-10	-	-	1 0.083%