Programming Language Statistics in Hertfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	49	Down -17 places-17	£60,000	-7.69%	61 2.58%	45
SQL	55	Down -41 places-41	£57,500	-8.00%	54 2.28%	37
C#	59	Up 1 place+1	£70,000	-17.64%	48 2.03%	21
JavaScript	69	Down -12 places-12	£62,500	+2.04%	37 1.56%	16
PowerShell	84	Down -44 places-44	£41,750	-32.66%	22 0.93%	14
C++	92	Down -34 places-34	£40,000	-35.48%	14 0.59%	9
TypeScript	92	Down -13 places-13	£45,000	-41.93%	14 0.59%	3
PHP	94	Down -18 places-18	£90,000	+157.14%	12 0.51%	1
Ada	97	Down -15 places-15	£65,000	-7.14%	9 0.38%	7
VB	100	New entry-	£26,500	-	6 0.25%
Bash	100	Down -39 places-39	£55,000	-11.29%	6 0.25%	8
Java	101	Down -47 places-47	£25,000	-70.58%	5 0.21%	9
Ruby	101	Down -14 places-14	-	-	5 0.21%
R	102	Down -15 places-15	£30,000	-53.84%	4 0.17%	8
C	103	Down -36 places-36	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.13%	13
GLSL	103	New entry-	£40,000	-	3 0.13%
Scala	104	New entry-	-	-	2 0.085%
Data Analysis Expressions	104	Down -15 places-15	£75,000	+76.47%	2 0.085%	3
VB6	105	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.042%
Perl	105	Down -21 places-21	£50,000	-19.35%	1 0.042%	1
RPG	105	Down -19 places-19	£65,000	+13.04%	1 0.042%
VB.NET	105	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.042%
Go	105	Down -23 places-23	-	-	1 0.042%
Bicep	105	New entry-	£88,750	-	1 0.042%	2