Programming Language Statistics in Hertfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	51	Down -22 places-22	£60,000	-5.88%	61 2.59%	43
SQL	55	Down -40 places-40	£57,500	-8.00%	54 2.29%	34
C#	59	Down -3 places-3	£67,500	-20.58%	49 2.08%	22
JavaScript	69	Down -13 places-13	£62,500	+2.04%	37 1.57%	18
PowerShell	83	Down -46 places-46	£43,000	-29.50%	23 0.98%	14
C++	92	Down -38 places-38	£40,000	-35.48%	14 0.60%	10
TypeScript	92	Down -19 places-19	£45,000	-41.93%	14 0.60%	3
PHP	94	Down -24 places-24	£90,000	+157.14%	12 0.51%	3
Ada	97	Down -21 places-21	£65,000	-7.14%	9 0.38%	7
VB	100	New entry-	£26,500	-	6 0.26%
Bash	100	Down -44 places-44	£55,000	-11.29%	6 0.26%	8
Java	101	Down -49 places-49	£25,000	-70.58%	5 0.21%	12
Ruby	101	Down -20 places-20	-	-	5 0.21%
R	102	Down -21 places-21	£30,000	-53.84%	4 0.17%	7
C	103	Down -42 places-42	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.13%	14
GLSL	103	New entry-	£40,000	-	3 0.13%
Scala	104	New entry-	-	-	2 0.085%
Data Analysis Expressions	104	Down -21 places-21	£75,000	+76.47%	2 0.085%	3
VB6	105	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.043%
Perl	105	Down -27 places-27	£50,000	-19.35%	1 0.043%	1
RPG	105	Down -25 places-25	£65,000	+13.04%	1 0.043%
VB.NET	105	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.043%
Go	105	Down -29 places-29	-	-	1 0.043%
Bicep	105	New entry-	£88,750	-	1 0.043%	2