Programming Language Statistics in Leeds

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	12	No change0	£65,000	+5.48%	215 8.50%	51
Java	18	Up 26 places+26	£75,000	+9.09%	187 7.40%	32
SQL	18	Down -11 places-11	£57,500	+4.54%	187 7.40%	30
TypeScript	27	Up 13 places+13	£70,000	-3.44%	124 4.91%	29
JavaScript	29	Down -10 places-10	£62,500	-7.40%	116 4.59%	33
C#	41	Down -8 places-8	£60,000	-14.28%	89 3.52%	15
Groovy	69	New entry-	£80,000	-	53 2.10%	14
Bash	73	Up 4 places+4	£75,000	-3.22%	49 1.94%	10
PHP	82	Down -18 places-18	£40,000	-15.78%	40 1.58%	11
Kotlin	91	Down -16 places-16	£72,500	+61.11%	31 1.23%	5
PowerShell	106	Down -45 places-45	£57,500	+6.48%	16 0.63%	6
ABAP	107	Down -27 places-27	£85,000	+6.25%	15 0.59%	2
R	113	Down -48 places-48	£30,500	-59.33%	9 0.36%	5
PL/SQL	113	Down -38 places-38	£34,000	-72.30%	9 0.36%	2
Go	113	Down -42 places-42	£90,000	+14.19%	9 0.36%	3
T-SQL	115	Down -53 places-53	£66,000	+10.00%	7 0.28%	4
C++	116	Down -38 places-38	£34,000	-21.83%	6 0.24%	4
Perl	116	Down -36 places-36	-	-	6 0.24%
VBA	116	New entry-	£63,076	-	6 0.24%
Scala	116	Down -42 places-42	£90,000	+61.43%	6 0.24%	6
C	117	Down -38 places-38	£34,000	-51.42%	5 0.20%	2
Ruby	119	New entry-	-	-	3 0.12%	1
Data Analysis Expressions	119	Down -43 places-43	£80,000	+33.33%	3 0.12%	2
OpenEdge ABL	120	New entry-	-	-	2 0.079%
COBOL	120	New entry-	£49,724	-	2 0.079%
RPG	120	New entry-	£65,000	-	2 0.079%
Bicep	120	Down -42 places-42	£65,000	+18.18%	2 0.079%	3