Programming Language Statistics in Leeds

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 6 May 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	12	Up 1 place+1	£65,000	+5.48%	225 9.24%	60
SQL	18	Down -12 places-12	£57,500	+2.22%	187 7.68%	40
Java	21	Up 17 places+17	£75,000	+11.11%	179 7.35%	27
TypeScript	29	Up 13 places+13	£70,000	+3.70%	123 5.05%	24
JavaScript	32	Down -13 places-13	£62,500	-3.84%	119 4.89%	35
C#	46	Down -18 places-18	£65,000	-7.14%	90 3.69%	14
Groovy	79	New entry-	£80,000	-	51 2.09%	6
Bash	82	Down -6 places-6	£71,250	-8.06%	48 1.97%	9
PHP	98	Down -37 places-37	£40,000	-31.91%	32 1.31%	12
Kotlin	100	Down -28 places-28	£72,500	+61.11%	30 1.23%	5
PowerShell	114	Down -53 places-53	£57,500	+9.52%	16 0.66%	7
ABAP	116	Down -37 places-37	£85,000	+6.25%	14 0.57%	2
R	119	Down -55 places-55	£30,500	-59.33%	11 0.45%	4
PL/SQL	121	Down -47 places-47	£34,000	-72.30%	9 0.37%	2
Go	121	Down -49 places-49	£90,000	+14.19%	9 0.37%	7
T-SQL	122	Down -61 places-61	£82,000	+36.66%	8 0.33%	4
Scala	124	Down -52 places-52	£49,000	-12.10%	6 0.25%	6
C	124	Down -46 places-46	£34,000	-51.42%	6 0.25%	3
C++	124	Down -47 places-47	£34,000	-21.83%	6 0.25%	6
Perl	124	Down -45 places-45	-	-	6 0.25%
VBA	124	New entry-	£63,076	-	6 0.25%
Data Analysis Expressions	127	Down -52 places-52	£80,000	+33.33%	3 0.12%	2
OpenEdge ABL	128	New entry-	-	-	2 0.082%
COBOL	128	New entry-	£49,724	-	2 0.082%
RPG	128	New entry-	£65,000	-	2 0.082%
Ruby	128	New entry-	-	-	2 0.082%	3
Bicep	128	Down -50 places-50	£65,000	+18.18%	2 0.082%	4