Programming Language Statistics in Hertfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	50	Down -22 places-22	£60,000	-5.88%	61 2.60%	39
SQL	54	Down -38 places-38	£57,500	-8.00%	54 2.30%	36
C#	58	Down -5 places-5	£67,500	-20.58%	49 2.09%	22
JavaScript	68	Down -15 places-15	£62,500	+2.04%	37 1.58%	19
PowerShell	82	Down -47 places-47	£43,000	-29.50%	23 0.98%	13
TypeScript	91	Down -21 places-21	£45,000	-41.93%	14 0.60%	3
C++	91	Down -40 places-40	£40,000	-35.48%	14 0.60%	11
PHP	93	Down -25 places-25	£90,000	+157.14%	12 0.51%	3
Ada	96	Down -22 places-22	£65,000	-7.14%	9 0.38%	7
Bash	99	Down -46 places-46	£55,000	-11.29%	6 0.26%	7
VB	99	New entry-	£26,500	-	6 0.26%
Ruby	100	Down -21 places-21	-	-	5 0.21%
Java	100	Down -51 places-51	£25,000	-70.58%	5 0.21%	12
R	101	Down -22 places-22	£30,000	-53.84%	4 0.17%	7
GLSL	102	New entry-	£40,000	-	3 0.13%
C	102	Down -43 places-43	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.13%	15
Data Analysis Expressions	103	Down -22 places-22	£75,000	+76.47%	2 0.085%	3
Scala	103	New entry-	-	-	2 0.085%	1
Go	104	Down -30 places-30	-	-	1 0.043%
Bicep	104	New entry-	£88,750	-	1 0.043%	1
VB6	104	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.043%
Perl	104	Down -28 places-28	£50,000	-19.35%	1 0.043%	1
RPG	104	Down -26 places-26	£65,000	+13.04%	1 0.043%
VB.NET	104	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.043%