Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	30	-11	£61,418	-5.51%	202 5.66%	139
SQL	31	-19	£57,500	+4.54%	191 5.35%	142
JavaScript	50	-28	£58,750	-2.08%	123 3.44%	77
C#	50	-10	£65,000	+8.33%	123 3.44%	74
Java	52	-15	£70,000	+7.69%	112 3.14%	56
TypeScript	70	-20	£70,000	+7.69%	78 2.18%	76
PHP	106	-17	£50,000	-4.76%	36 1.01%	17
PowerShell	109	0	£55,000	-8.33%	33 0.92%	21
Go	126	-11	£95,000	+46.15%	16 0.45%	17
C++	127	-24	£57,500	-8.00%	15 0.42%	26
R	128	+15	£30,500	-45.77%	14 0.39%	15
C	130	-3	£46,500	-31.11%	12 0.34%	10
Bicep	131	+13	£62,500	-7.40%	11 0.31%	5
Bash	132	+2	£52,500	-23.35%	10 0.28%	14
Kotlin	134	+8	£60,000	-2.04%	8 0.22%	12
Embedded C	136	+16	£46,500	+16.25%	6 0.17%	2
Embedded C++	136	-	£46,500	-	6 0.17%
ANSI SQL	137	-	£67,500	-	5 0.14%
Rust	137	+8	£85,000	+54.54%	5 0.14%	1
Scala	137	+10	£85,000	+54.54%	5 0.14%	6
T-SQL	138	+3	£52,500	-	4 0.11%	6
Data Analysis Expressions	138	+9	£57,500	+24.32%	4 0.11%	2
Apex Code	139	+7	£75,000	+17.64%	3 0.084%	1
Ladder Logic	139	-	£47,500	-	3 0.084%	1
Swift	139	+11	£71,250	+5.55%	3 0.084%	8
Erlang	139	+13	£60,000	-	3 0.084%	1
VBA	139	+10	£54,000	+0.46%	3 0.084%	8
VB	139	+6	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.084%	1
Delphi	139	+13	£60,000	+26.31%	3 0.084%	1
Groovy	140	-	£57,500	-	2 0.056%
PL/SQL	141	-5	£47,500	-20.83%	1 0.028%	6
VB.NET	141	+8	£41,500	-15.30%	1 0.028%
Shell Script	141	-1	£60,000	+30.43%	1 0.028%
MATLAB	141	-	-	-	1 0.028%	2
Ruby	141	+4	£75,000	+15.38%	1 0.028%	3
SPARQL	141	-	£82,500	-	1 0.028%	1
SHACL	141	-	£82,500	-	1 0.028%	1
Kusto Query Language	141	+8	£40,000	-20.00%	1 0.028%	3