Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Mar 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	31	-11	£62,439	-3.94%	228 5.70%	133
SQL	34	-22	£60,000	+9.09%	201 5.02%	143
Java	52	-13	£70,000	+4.41%	139 3.47%	64
JavaScript	54	-36	£60,000	-4.00%	135 3.37%	67
C#	55	-13	£65,000	+8.33%	129 3.22%	57
TypeScript	72	-24	£70,000	+3.70%	90 2.25%	57
PHP	117	-27	£50,000	-9.09%	39 0.97%	11
PowerShell	124	-12	£57,500	-4.16%	32 0.80%	11
Go	139	-23	£90,000	+38.46%	17 0.42%	15
R	141	+1	£30,500	-44.54%	15 0.37%	13
C++	141	-33	£57,500	+2.22%	15 0.37%	22
Kotlin	142	-1	£65,000	+13.04%	14 0.35%	3
C	144	-21	£46,500	-19.13%	12 0.30%	11
Bicep	147	-5	£62,647	-7.19%	9 0.22%	4
Swift	149	0	£77,500	+12.72%	7 0.17%	3
VBA	150	-3	£45,000	-16.27%	6 0.15%	2
Bash	150	-16	£43,750	-32.69%	6 0.15%	8
Embedded C	150	0	£46,500	+16.25%	6 0.15%	3
Embedded C++	150	-	£46,500	-	6 0.15%	1
ANSI SQL	151	-	£67,500	-	5 0.12%
Data Analysis Expressions	151	-7	£57,500	+35.29%	5 0.12%	10
T-SQL	151	-9	£47,500	-5.00%	5 0.12%	8
PL/SQL	152	-20	£47,500	+6.74%	4 0.100%	2
Ladder Logic	152	-	£47,500	-	4 0.100%	2
Scala	152	-6	£82,500	+37.50%	4 0.100%	6
Erlang	153	-3	£60,000	-	3 0.075%
Delphi	153	-4	£60,000	+17.07%	3 0.075%	1
VB	153	-8	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.075%	3
Rust	154	-11	£75,000	+36.36%	2 0.050%	2
VB.NET	155	-6	£41,500	-19.02%	1 0.025%	1
Shell Script	155	-21	£60,000	+34.83%	1 0.025%	1
MATLAB	155	-	-	-	1 0.025%	1
Ruby	155	-11	£75,000	+20.00%	1 0.025%	2
Groovy	155	-	£57,500	-	1 0.025%	1
SPARQL	155	-	£82,500	-	1 0.025%
Apex Code	155	-8	£75,000	+27.11%	1 0.025%	2
SHACL	155	-	£82,500	-	1 0.025%
Kusto Query Language	155	-8	£40,000	-20.00%	1 0.025%	1