Programming Language Statistics in Hertfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 25 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	51	Down -19 places-19	£60,000	-7.69%	61 2.57%	34
SQL	54	Down -41 places-41	£57,500	-8.00%	54 2.28%	35
C#	58	Down -5 places-5	£70,000	-17.64%	49 2.07%	25
JavaScript	70	Down -19 places-19	£60,000	-	37 1.56%	18
PowerShell	84	Down -44 places-44	£47,500	-22.13%	23 0.97%	13
C++	92	Down -41 places-41	£40,000	-35.48%	15 0.63%	12
TypeScript	93	Down -19 places-19	£45,000	-40.98%	14 0.59%	5
PHP	96	Down -26 places-26	£90,000	+157.14%	11 0.46%	1
Ada	98	Down -23 places-23	£65,000	-7.14%	9 0.38%	5
Bash	100	Down -43 places-43	£55,000	-11.29%	7 0.30%	8
VB	101	New entry-	£26,500	-	6 0.25%
Ruby	102	Down -22 places-22	-	-	5 0.21%
Java	102	Down -53 places-53	£25,000	-70.58%	5 0.21%	7
R	103	Down -23 places-23	£30,000	-53.84%	4 0.17%	8
GLSL	104	New entry-	£40,000	-	3 0.13%
C	104	Down -44 places-44	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.13%	12
Data Analysis Expressions	105	Down -24 places-24	£75,000	+53.84%	2 0.084%	3
Scala	105	New entry-	-	-	2 0.084%	1
Perl	105	Down -28 places-28	£50,000	-19.35%	2 0.084%	2
Go	106	Down -31 places-31	-	-	1 0.042%
Bicep	106	New entry-	£88,750	-	1 0.042%	2
VB6	106	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.042%
RPG	106	Down -27 places-27	£65,000	+13.04%	1 0.042%
VB.NET	106	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.042%