Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	30	-11	£62,573	-3.73%	234 5.72%	140
SQL	34	-21	£60,000	+9.09%	203 4.96%	147
Java	49	-15	£70,000	+4.06%	146 3.57%	75
JavaScript	52	-33	£60,000	-4.00%	134 3.28%	77
C#	53	-12	£65,000	+8.33%	131 3.20%	51
TypeScript	70	-29	£70,000	+3.70%	89 2.18%	55
PHP	110	-21	£50,000	-9.09%	41 1.00%	7
PowerShell	120	-11	£55,000	-4.34%	31 0.76%	15
C++	133	-27	£57,500	+4.54%	18 0.44%	22
Go	134	-27	£90,000	+20.00%	17 0.42%	15
Kotlin	137	-1	£65,000	+26.82%	14 0.34%	5
R	137	-1	£30,500	-44.54%	14 0.34%	7
C	139	-21	£53,250	-7.39%	12 0.29%	10
Bicep	142	-5	£62,647	-5.43%	9 0.22%	4
Swift	144	-1	£77,500	+12.72%	7 0.17%	3
T-SQL	145	-9	£52,500	+5.00%	6 0.15%	8
VBA	145	-4	£45,000	-16.27%	6 0.15%	2
Bash	145	-17	£43,750	-39.22%	6 0.15%	17
Data Analysis Expressions	146	-8	£57,500	+35.29%	5 0.12%	14
Embedded C	146	-2	£46,500	+16.25%	5 0.12%	1
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 0.098%	2
Scala	147	-7	£82,500	+37.50%	4 0.098%	9
Ladder Logic	147	-	£47,500	-	4 0.098%	3
Delphi	148	-5	£60,000	+17.07%	3 0.073%	1
VB	148	-9	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.073%	2
Erlang	148	-4	£60,000	-	3 0.073%
Ruby	150	-11	£75,000	+25.00%	1 0.024%	2
VB.NET	150	-7	£41,500	-19.02%	1 0.024%	1
Rust	150	-12	£85,000	+54.54%	1 0.024%	3
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%	2
SPARQL	150	-	£82,500	-	1 0.024%
SHACL	150	-	£82,500	-	1 0.024%
Kusto Query Language	150	-9	£40,000	-20.00%	1 0.024%	1