Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 12 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	29	-9	£65,000	-3.70%	284 5.93%	126
SQL	37	-24	£60,000	+9.09%	241 5.03%	126
Java	48	-17	£70,000	-9.67%	161 3.36%	48
JavaScript	50	-33	£60,000	-7.69%	138 2.88%	66
C#	54	-14	£65,000	+9.24%	125 2.61%	59
TypeScript	75	-39	£70,000	+3.70%	90 1.88%	41
PHP	112	-24	£50,000	-9.09%	49 1.02%	7
PowerShell	120	-18	£55,000	-	41 0.86%	15
C++	139	-25	£58,250	+3.55%	22 0.46%	20
Go	143	-33	£90,000	+16.12%	18 0.38%	4
Kotlin	147	-14	£65,000	+13.04%	14 0.29%	4
Bash	148	-24	£52,500	-28.56%	13 0.27%	14
R	148	-13	£30,500	-45.77%	13 0.27%	9
C	149	-22	£53,250	-3.18%	12 0.25%	12
Bicep	150	-14	£62,439	-5.75%	11 0.23%	4
VBA	152	-14	£45,000	-16.27%	9 0.19%	1
Swift	153	-13	£77,500	+12.72%	8 0.17%
T-SQL	155	-21	£52,500	+20.00%	6 0.13%	9
Data Analysis Expressions	155	-20	£47,500	+11.76%	6 0.13%	10
Embedded C	156	-15	£46,500	+16.25%	5 0.10%	4
Embedded C++	156	-	£46,500	-	5 0.10%
Ladder Logic	157	-	£47,500	-	4 0.084%	1
Delphi	158	-17	£60,000	+9.09%	3 0.063%	1
PL/SQL	158	-34	-	-	3 0.063%	2
VB	158	-22	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.063%	1
ANSI SQL	158	-	£72,500	-	3 0.063%
Scala	158	-20	£90,000	+26.31%	3 0.063%	3
COBOL	159	-	£55,000	-	2 0.042%
VB.NET	160	-20	£41,500	-19.02%	1 0.021%	1
SOQL	160	-	£67,500	-	1 0.021%	1
Shell Script	160	-28	£60,000	+34.83%	1 0.021%	2
MATLAB	160	-	-	-	1 0.021%	1
Groovy	160	-19	£57,500	-17.85%	1 0.021%	2
SPARQL	160	-	£82,500	-	1 0.021%
Apex Code	160	-21	£67,500	+14.40%	1 0.021%	3
SHACL	160	-	£82,500	-	1 0.021%