Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 16 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	31	-12	£62,469	-3.89%	228 5.67%	129
SQL	34	-22	£60,000	+9.09%	201 5.00%	131
Java	48	-12	£70,000	+4.06%	138 3.43%	63
JavaScript	50	-32	£60,000	-4.00%	135 3.36%	68
C#	52	-13	£65,000	+8.33%	128 3.18%	56
TypeScript	69	-26	£70,000	+3.70%	90 2.24%	57
PHP	110	-18	£50,000	-9.09%	39 0.97%	12
PowerShell	117	-2	£57,500	-4.16%	32 0.80%	11
Go	132	-17	£90,000	+16.12%	17 0.42%	14
R	134	+9	£30,500	-44.54%	15 0.37%	12
C++	134	-24	£57,500	+2.22%	15 0.37%	24
Kotlin	135	+7	£65,000	+13.04%	14 0.35%	4
C	137	-12	£46,500	-19.13%	12 0.30%	13
Bicep	140	+3	£62,647	-7.19%	9 0.22%	3
Swift	142	+8	£77,500	+12.72%	7 0.17%	4
VBA	143	+5	£45,000	-16.27%	6 0.15%	2
Bash	143	-8	£43,750	-32.69%	6 0.15%	9
Embedded C	143	+8	£46,500	+16.25%	6 0.15%	3
Embedded C++	143	-	£46,500	-	6 0.15%	1
ANSI SQL	144	-	£67,500	-	5 0.12%
Data Analysis Expressions	144	+1	£57,500	+35.29%	5 0.12%	8
T-SQL	144	-1	£47,500	-5.00%	5 0.12%	8
PL/SQL	145	-12	£47,500	+6.74%	4 0.100%	2
Ladder Logic	145	-	£47,500	-	4 0.100%	2
Scala	145	+2	£82,500	+37.50%	4 0.100%	5
Erlang	146	+5	£60,000	-	3 0.075%
Delphi	146	+4	£60,000	+17.07%	3 0.075%	1
VB	146	0	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.075%	3
Rust	147	-3	£75,000	+36.36%	2 0.050%	4
VB.NET	148	+2	£41,500	-19.02%	1 0.025%	1
Shell Script	148	-13	£60,000	+34.83%	1 0.025%	1
MATLAB	148	-	-	-	1 0.025%	1
Ruby	148	-3	£75,000	+20.00%	1 0.025%	2
Groovy	148	-	£57,500	-	1 0.025%
SPARQL	148	-	£82,500	-	1 0.025%
Apex Code	148	0	£75,000	+27.11%	1 0.025%	3
SHACL	148	-	£82,500	-	1 0.025%
Kusto Query Language	148	0	£40,000	-20.00%	1 0.025%	1