Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 4 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	19	Down -7 places-7	£66,750	+2.69%	433 6.48%	210
SQL	24	Down -5 places-5	£55,000	-	387 5.80%	154
Java	36	Down -21 places-21	£70,000	-11.17%	250 3.74%	95
JavaScript	51	Down -35 places-35	£60,000	-7.69%	163 2.44%	83
C#	54	No change0	£55,000	-12.00%	156 2.34%	86
TypeScript	59	Down -17 places-17	£70,000	-1.75%	145 2.17%	96
PowerShell	118	Down -41 places-41	£55,000	+18.27%	65 0.97%	37
Go	129	Down -78 places-78	£80,000	+14.28%	54 0.81%	28
Bash	136	Down -35 places-35	£67,500	+12.50%	47 0.70%	42
PHP	137	Down -20 places-20	£45,000	-18.18%	46 0.69%	6
C++	144	Down -93 places-93	£58,250	+10.95%	39 0.58%	29
Scala	162	Down -2 places-2	£57,500	-28.12%	21 0.31%	6
Kotlin	162	Down -6 places-6	£67,500	-8.47%	21 0.31%	24
Bicep	164	Down -3 places-3	£65,000	+13.04%	19 0.28%	17
T-SQL	168	Down -15 places-15	£61,250	-12.50%	15 0.22%	8
Ruby	169	Down -7 places-7	£55,000	-5.17%	14 0.21%	3
Swift	169	Down -10 places-10	£71,500	+4.00%	14 0.21%	5
Apex Code	173	Down -12 places-12	£66,250	+12.28%	10 0.15%	2
C	173	Down -23 places-23	£57,500	+4.54%	10 0.15%	18
R	174	Down -19 places-19	£33,718	-53.49%	9 0.13%	14
VBA	174	Down -21 places-21	£45,000	+83.67%	9 0.13%	1
Data Analysis Expressions	177	Down -21 places-21	£41,250	-21.42%	6 0.090%	2
Groovy	177	Down -15 places-15	£90,000	+28.57%	6 0.090%	2
PL/SQL	178	Down -23 places-23	£72,500	+62.92%	5 0.075%
Delphi	179	Down -20 places-20	£60,000	-14.28%	4 0.060%
SOQL	179	New entry-	£75,000	-	4 0.060%
SOSL	180	New entry-	£75,000	-	3 0.045%