Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 22 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	31	-12	£62,573	-3.73%	235 5.65%	146
SQL	37	-24	£60,000	+9.09%	205 4.93%	158
Java	50	-15	£70,000	+4.06%	149 3.58%	84
JavaScript	53	-35	£60,000	-4.00%	134 3.22%	78
C#	54	-11	£65,000	+8.33%	132 3.17%	53
TypeScript	69	-28	£70,000	+3.70%	89 2.14%	56
PHP	108	-18	£50,000	-9.09%	43 1.03%	9
PowerShell	120	-11	£55,000	-6.38%	31 0.75%	13
C++	132	-25	£57,500	+4.54%	19 0.46%	30
Go	134	-26	£90,000	+20.00%	17 0.41%	15
Kotlin	137	0	£65,000	+26.82%	14 0.34%	6
R	137	0	£30,500	-44.54%	14 0.34%	7
C	139	-20	£53,250	-7.39%	12 0.29%	17
Bicep	142	-4	£62,647	-5.43%	9 0.22%	4
VBA	144	-2	£45,000	-16.27%	7 0.17%	3
Swift	144	0	£77,500	+12.72%	7 0.17%	3
T-SQL	145	-8	£52,500	+5.00%	6 0.14%	8
Bash	145	-17	£43,750	-39.22%	6 0.14%	14
Data Analysis Expressions	146	-7	£57,500	+35.29%	5 0.12%	13
Embedded C	146	-1	£46,500	+16.25%	5 0.12%	3
Embedded C++	146	-	£46,500	-	5 0.12%	1
ANSI SQL	146	-	£67,500	-	5 0.12%
PL/SQL	147	-21	£47,500	+6.74%	4 0.096%	2
Scala	147	-6	£82,500	+37.50%	4 0.096%	9
Ladder Logic	147	-	£47,500	-	4 0.096%	3
Delphi	148	-4	£60,000	+17.07%	3 0.072%	1
VB	148	-8	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.072%	2
Erlang	148	-3	£60,000	-	3 0.072%
Ruby	150	-10	£75,000	+25.00%	1 0.024%	2
VB.NET	150	-6	£41,500	-19.02%	1 0.024%	1
Rust	150	-11	£85,000	+54.54%	1 0.024%	5
Shell Script	150	-22	£60,000	+34.83%	1 0.024%	3
MATLAB	150	-	-	-	1 0.024%	2
Groovy	150	-	£57,500	-	1 0.024%	3
SPARQL	150	-	£82,500	-	1 0.024%
SHACL	150	-	£82,500	-	1 0.024%
Kusto Query Language	150	-8	£40,000	-20.00%	1 0.024%	1