Programming Language Statistics in Hertfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 18 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	50	Down -18 places-18	£60,000	-4.00%	61 2.61%	38
SQL	56	Down -41 places-41	£57,500	-8.00%	52 2.22%	35
C#	58	Down -5 places-5	£67,500	-20.58%	49 2.09%	21
JavaScript	69	Down -11 places-11	£62,500	-	37 1.58%	20
PowerShell	83	Down -49 places-49	£43,000	-28.33%	23 0.98%	13
C++	92	Down -35 places-35	£40,000	-35.48%	14 0.60%	10
TypeScript	93	Down -26 places-26	£45,000	-40.98%	13 0.56%	3
PHP	94	Down -27 places-27	£90,000	+157.14%	12 0.51%	3
Ada	97	Down -23 places-23	£65,000	-7.14%	9 0.38%	7
VB	100	New entry-	£26,500	-	6 0.26%
Bash	100	Down -49 places-49	£55,000	-11.29%	6 0.26%	7
Java	101	Down -46 places-46	£25,000	-70.58%	5 0.21%	12
Ruby	101	Down -22 places-22	-	-	5 0.21%
R	102	Down -23 places-23	£30,000	-53.84%	4 0.17%	7
C	103	Down -44 places-44	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.13%	15
GLSL	103	New entry-	£40,000	-	3 0.13%
Scala	104	New entry-	-	-	2 0.086%	1
Data Analysis Expressions	104	Down -23 places-23	£75,000	+76.47%	2 0.086%	3
VB6	105	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.043%
Perl	105	Down -29 places-29	£50,000	-19.35%	1 0.043%	1
RPG	105	Down -27 places-27	£65,000	+13.04%	1 0.043%
VB.NET	105	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.043%
Go	105	Down -24 places-24	-	-	1 0.043%
Bicep	105	New entry-	£88,750	-	1 0.043%	1