Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 7 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	30	-18	£57,500	+4.54%	184 5.60%	148
Python	30	-14	£61,418	-3.65%	184 5.60%	154
C#	42	-1	£65,000	+8.33%	124 3.78%	86
JavaScript	43	-23	£55,500	-7.50%	122 3.72%	85
Java	50	-9	£70,000	+7.69%	104 3.17%	79
TypeScript	66	-13	£67,500	+3.84%	75 2.28%	86
PHP	102	-21	£50,000	-4.76%	34 1.04%	18
PowerShell	102	0	£55,000	-8.33%	34 1.04%	31
C++	117	-21	£57,500	-8.00%	19 0.58%	27
Go	122	-10	£82,500	+15.78%	14 0.43%	20
R	122	+18	£30,500	-44.54%	14 0.43%	12
C	122	-1	£46,500	-31.11%	14 0.43%	13
Bash	126	+2	£57,500	-16.05%	10 0.30%	20
Bicep	126	+15	£62,469	-7.45%	10 0.30%	6
Embedded C	128	+22	£46,500	+16.25%	8 0.24%
Embedded C++	128	-	£46,500	-	8 0.24%
Rust	130	+13	£75,000	+36.36%	6 0.18%	2
Scala	130	+14	£80,000	+33.33%	6 0.18%	6
ANSI SQL	131	-	£67,500	-	5 0.15%
Kotlin	131	+9	£57,500	-6.12%	5 0.15%	7
VB	131	+12	£40,000	-30.43%	5 0.15%	1
Data Analysis Expressions	132	+13	£57,500	+31.42%	4 0.12%	4
Apex Code	133	+11	£75,000	+17.64%	3 0.091%
Ladder Logic	133	-	£47,500	-	3 0.091%
Kusto Query Language	133	+14	£52,500	+5.00%	3 0.091%	1
Swift	133	+15	£65,000	-3.70%	3 0.091%	5
Erlang	133	+17	£60,000	-	3 0.091%	1
VBA	133	+14	£63,000	+17.20%	3 0.091%	8
T-SQL	133	+2	£57,500	+21.05%	3 0.091%	7
Delphi	133	+17	£60,000	+26.31%	3 0.091%	2
Groovy	134	-	£57,500	-	2 0.061%	7
PL/SQL	135	-1	£47,500	-20.83%	1 0.031%	5
VB.NET	135	+11	£41,500	-3.48%	1 0.031%
Shell Script	135	+3	£60,000	+30.43%	1 0.031%
MATLAB	135	-	-	-	1 0.031%	3
Ruby	135	+4	£75,000	+15.38%	1 0.031%	1
SPARQL	135	-	£82,500	-	1 0.031%	1
SHACL	135	-	£82,500	-	1 0.031%	1