Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 26 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	29	-10	£61,418	-5.51%	206 5.69%	94
SQL	32	-20	£57,500	+4.54%	192 5.30%	97
C#	47	-7	£65,000	+9.24%	124 3.43%	41
JavaScript	48	-27	£60,000	-	123 3.40%	59
Java	50	-14	£70,000	+7.69%	115 3.18%	57
TypeScript	67	-17	£70,000	+7.69%	82 2.27%	49
PHP	108	-24	£50,000	-4.76%	36 0.99%	10
PowerShell	111	-7	£55,000	-8.33%	33 0.91%	7
Go	128	-18	£95,000	+46.15%	16 0.44%	10
C++	129	-31	£57,500	-4.16%	15 0.41%	19
R	130	+7	£30,500	-45.77%	14 0.39%	6
C	132	-12	£46,500	-27.05%	12 0.33%	10
Bicep	133	+4	£62,500	-7.40%	11 0.30%	3
Kotlin	134	+2	£62,500	+2.04%	10 0.28%	12
Bash	135	-7	£50,000	-27.00%	9 0.25%	8
Embedded C	138	+8	£46,500	+16.25%	6 0.17%	2
Embedded C++	138	-	£46,500	-	6 0.17%	1
ANSI SQL	139	-	£67,500	-	5 0.14%
Rust	139	0	£85,000	+54.54%	5 0.14%	1
T-SQL	140	-4	£52,500	-	4 0.11%	5
Data Analysis Expressions	140	+1	£57,500	+24.32%	4 0.11%
Swift	140	+4	£73,750	+9.25%	4 0.11%	6
Scala	140	+1	£82,500	+50.00%	4 0.11%	9
Apex Code	141	-1	£75,000	+17.64%	3 0.083%	2
Ladder Logic	141	-	£47,500	-	3 0.083%	1
Erlang	141	+5	£60,000	-	3 0.083%	1
VBA	141	+2	£54,000	+0.46%	3 0.083%	5
VB	141	-1	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.083%	2
Delphi	141	+5	£60,000	+26.31%	3 0.083%
Groovy	142	-	£57,500	-	2 0.055%
PL/SQL	143	-12	£47,500	-20.83%	1 0.028%	7
VB.NET	143	+1	£41,500	-15.30%	1 0.028%	1
Shell Script	143	-9	£60,000	+30.43%	1 0.028%	1
MATLAB	143	-	-	-	1 0.028%	2
Ruby	143	-3	£75,000	+20.00%	1 0.028%	3
SPARQL	143	-	£82,500	-	1 0.028%
SHACL	143	-	£82,500	-	1 0.028%
Kusto Query Language	143	0	£40,000	-20.00%	1 0.028%