Programming Language Statistics in Edinburgh

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	23	Down 13 places-13	£65,000	+10.63%	61 5.11%	89
Java	45	Down 7 places-7	£80,000	+8.47%	27 2.26%	57
JavaScript	51	Down 2 places-2	£47,500	-13.63%	21 1.76%	23
SQL	51	Down 40 places-40	£70,000	+55.55%	21 1.76%	55
C#	53	Up 23 places+23	£55,000	-	19 1.59%	29
TypeScript	56	Up 22 places+22	£45,000	-28.00%	16 1.34%	37
MATLAB	63	Up 19 places+19	-	-	9 0.75%	28
Shell Script	64	Down 2 places-2	£63,451	-	8 0.67%	2
PowerShell	65	Down 28 places-28	£50,163	-44.26%	7 0.59%	9
C++	66	No change0	£65,000	+27.45%	6 0.50%	24
SystemVerilog	67	New entry-	-	-	5 0.42%	10
Go	69	Up 12 places+12	-	-	3 0.25%	7
C	69	No change0	£60,000	+17.64%	3 0.25%	19
Rust	69	Up 10 places+10	-	-	3 0.25%	5
Kotlin	69	New entry-	-	-	3 0.25%	12
Embedded C	69	New entry-	£60,000	-	3 0.25%	2
Embedded C++	69	New entry-	£60,000	-	3 0.25%
Apex Code	70	Up 7 places+7	£110,000	-	2 0.17%	2
PHP	70	Up 12 places+12	£24,000	-69.03%	2 0.17%	3
ActionScript	70	New entry-	-	-	2 0.17%
Ada	70	New entry-	-	-	2 0.17%
R	70	Up 9 places+9	-	-	2 0.17%	2
Bicep	71	Up 4 places+4	£50,326	-	1 0.084%	6
Kusto Query Language	71	New entry-	-	-	1 0.084%
Bash	71	Down 8 places-8	-	-	1 0.084%	6