Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Description	Rank 6 Months to 5 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%	217 5.70%	139
SQL	33	-21	£57,687	+4.88%	197 5.17%	148
JavaScript	49	-27	£60,000	-2.04%	131 3.44%	77
C#	50	-7	£65,000	+8.33%	127 3.34%	67
Java	51	-15	£70,000	+6.03%	125 3.28%	69
TypeScript	67	-16	£70,000	+7.69%	88 2.31%	68
PHP	109	-19	£50,000	-4.76%	37 0.97%	13
PowerShell	113	-8	£55,000	-8.33%	33 0.87%	15
Go	130	-17	£95,000	+46.15%	16 0.42%	14
C++	131	-29	£57,500	-2.12%	15 0.39%	18
R	133	+4	£30,500	-45.77%	13 0.34%	12
Kotlin	134	+3	£65,000	+13.04%	12 0.32%	15
C	134	-14	£46,500	-22.50%	12 0.32%	9
Bash	136	-7	£52,500	-19.23%	10 0.26%	9
Bicep	136	+2	£62,573	-7.29%	10 0.26%	6
Embedded C	140	+6	£46,500	+16.25%	6 0.16%	3
Embedded C++	140	-	£46,500	-	6 0.16%	1
Swift	141	+4	£73,750	+7.27%	5 0.13%	8
ANSI SQL	141	-	£67,500	-	5 0.13%
Data Analysis Expressions	141	0	£57,500	+24.32%	5 0.13%	3
T-SQL	142	-4	£52,500	-4.54%	4 0.11%	6
VBA	142	+1	£45,000	-16.27%	4 0.11%	3
Scala	142	0	£82,500	+37.50%	4 0.11%	7
Ladder Logic	143	-	£47,500	-	3 0.079%	1
Rust	143	-4	£85,000	+54.54%	3 0.079%	1
Erlang	143	+3	£60,000	-	3 0.079%
VB	143	-2	£40,000	-30.43%	3 0.079%	3
Delphi	143	+3	£60,000	+26.31%	3 0.079%	1
Apex Code	144	-3	£75,000	+27.11%	2 0.053%	2
Groovy	144	-	£57,500	-	2 0.053%
PL/SQL	145	-15	£47,500	-5.00%	1 0.026%	3
VB.NET	145	+1	£41,500	-24.54%	1 0.026%	1
Shell Script	145	-12	£60,000	+30.43%	1 0.026%	2
MATLAB	145	-	-	-	1 0.026%
Ruby	145	-5	£75,000	+20.00%	1 0.026%	4
SPARQL	145	-	£82,500	-	1 0.026%
SHACL	145	-	£82,500	-	1 0.026%
Kusto Query Language	145	-2	£40,000	-20.00%	1 0.026%	2