Programming Language Statistics in Essex

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 1 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	32	Down 11 places-11	£60,000	+26.31%	57 3.63%	29
C#	35	Up 4 places+4	£55,000	+120.00%	53 3.38%	13
Python	62	Down 24 places-24	£62,500	+19.04%	23 1.47%	33
JavaScript	65	Down 24 places-24	£43,250	-27.91%	20 1.27%	15
Delphi	66	New entry-	£70,000	-	19 1.21%	3
C++	67	Down 32 places-32	£60,000	+137.62%	18 1.15%	3
PowerShell	69	Down 36 places-36	£36,000	-24.21%	16 1.02%	8
PHP	72	Down 24 places-24	£40,000	+60.00%	13 0.83%
T-SQL	74	New entry-	£65,000	-	11 0.70%	1
MATLAB	75	Down 16 places-16	-	-	10 0.64%	2
Java	81	Down 37 places-37	£32,500	+30.00%	4 0.25%	8
VBA	81	New entry-	£41,250	-	4 0.25%
TypeScript	82	Down 24 places-24	£42,000	-35.38%	3 0.19%	1
SystemVerilog	83	New entry-	£67,500	-	2 0.13%	3
C	83	Down 28 places-28	£62,500	-16.66%	2 0.13%	5
Embedded C	83	Down 24 places-24	£62,500	+38.88%	2 0.13%	2
Embedded C++	83	Down 24 places-24	£62,500	+38.88%	2 0.13%
VB.NET	84	New entry-	£44,000	-	1 0.064%	2
R	84	Down 25 places-25	£26,250	-12.50%	1 0.064%	4