Programming Language Statistics in Hertfordshire

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 21 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	49	Down -20 places-20	£60,000	-5.88%	61 2.58%	46
SQL	53	Down -40 places-40	£57,500	-8.00%	54 2.29%	37
C#	56	No change0	£67,500	-20.58%	49 2.07%	24
JavaScript	66	Down -12 places-12	£62,500	+2.04%	37 1.57%	19
PowerShell	80	Down -43 places-43	£43,000	-29.50%	23 0.97%	13
C++	89	Down -35 places-35	£40,000	-35.48%	14 0.59%	10
TypeScript	89	Down -16 places-16	£45,000	-41.93%	14 0.59%	3
PHP	91	Down -21 places-21	£90,000	+157.14%	12 0.51%	3
Ada	94	Down -18 places-18	£65,000	-7.14%	9 0.38%	7
VB	97	New entry-	£26,500	-	6 0.25%
Bash	97	Down -41 places-41	£55,000	-11.29%	6 0.25%	8
Java	98	Down -47 places-47	£25,000	-70.58%	5 0.21%	12
Ruby	98	Down -17 places-17	-	-	5 0.21%
R	99	Down -18 places-18	£30,000	-53.84%	4 0.17%	7
C	100	Down -39 places-39	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.13%	15
GLSL	100	New entry-	£40,000	-	3 0.13%
Scala	101	New entry-	-	-	2 0.085%
Data Analysis Expressions	101	Down -18 places-18	£75,000	+76.47%	2 0.085%	3
VB6	102	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.042%
Perl	102	Down -24 places-24	£50,000	-19.35%	1 0.042%	1
RPG	102	Down -22 places-22	£65,000	+13.04%	1 0.042%
VB.NET	102	New entry-	£57,500	-	1 0.042%
Go	102	Down -26 places-26	-	-	1 0.042%
Bicep	102	New entry-	£88,750	-	1 0.042%	2