Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Jan 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	28	-15	£57,500	+9.52%	181 6.30%	108
Python	31	-11	£60,000	-0.76%	159 5.54%	137
C#	36	+2	£65,000	+13.04%	127 4.42%	79
JavaScript	42	-19	£55,000	-3.93%	107 3.73%	76
Java	55	-9	£70,539	+12.86%	85 2.96%	67
TypeScript	68	-9	£70,000	+7.69%	68 2.37%	72
PowerShell	89	+18	£55,000	-8.33%	41 1.43%	18
PHP	98	-17	£50,000	-4.76%	32 1.11%	17
C	114	+9	£46,500	-27.05%	16 0.56%	24
C++	114	-18	£52,000	-15.78%	16 0.56%	36
R	116	+24	£30,500	-44.54%	14 0.49%	10
Go	119	-1	£82,500	+32.00%	11 0.38%	19
Bash	119	+9	£60,000	-12.40%	11 0.38%	7
Bicep	121	+22	£62,439	-7.49%	9 0.31%	7
Embedded C	122	+29	£46,500	+16.25%	8 0.28%	2
Embedded C++	122	-	£46,500	-	8 0.28%
ANSI SQL	123	-	£67,500	-	7 0.24%
Scala	124	+20	£80,000	+12.28%	6 0.21%	2
Rust	124	+19	£75,000	+36.36%	6 0.21%	5
Data Analysis Expressions	125	+19	£57,500	+21.05%	5 0.17%	2
VB	125	+24	£40,000	-	5 0.17%	1
VBA	125	+24	£63,000	+26.00%	5 0.17%	2
Swift	126	+22	£65,000	-2.25%	4 0.14%	3
Kotlin	126	+14	£57,500	-6.12%	4 0.14%	11
Erlang	127	+24	£60,000	-	3 0.10%
Delphi	127	+24	£60,000	+26.31%	3 0.10%	1
Ladder Logic	127	-	£47,500	-	3 0.10%	2
SystemVerilog	127	+13	£75,000	-	3 0.10%	2
Kusto Query Language	127	+21	£52,500	+4.35%	3 0.10%	1
Apex Code	127	+17	£75,000	+9.48%	3 0.10%	5
Shell Script	128	+11	£60,000	+30.43%	2 0.070%	3
T-SQL	128	0	£57,500	+21.05%	2 0.070%	2
PL/SQL	129	+7	£47,500	-8.21%	1 0.035%	3
VB.NET	129	+17	£41,500	-3.48%	1 0.035%	1
MATLAB	129	-	-	-	1 0.035%	5
Ruby	129	+10	£75,000	+15.38%	1 0.035%	3
Groovy	129	-	-	-	1 0.035%	2
SPARQL	129	-	£82,500	-	1 0.035%
SHACL	129	-	£82,500	-	1 0.035%