Programming Language Statistics in Manchester

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 19 Aug 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	21	Down -8 places-8	£66,750	+2.69%	439 6.32%	236
SQL	25	Down -9 places-9	£55,000	-	392 5.64%	210
Java	39	Down -24 places-24	£70,000	-	250 3.60%	121
JavaScript	52	Down -34 places-34	£60,000	-4.00%	174 2.51%	109
C#	63	Down -13 places-13	£55,000	-12.00%	154 2.22%	82
TypeScript	65	Down -23 places-23	£70,000	-3.44%	149 2.15%	86
PowerShell	126	Down -53 places-53	£55,000	+18.27%	73 1.05%	39
Go	141	Down -93 places-93	£80,000	+23.07%	58 0.84%	19
Bash	148	Down -51 places-51	£65,000	+8.33%	51 0.73%	33
PHP	154	Down -38 places-38	£45,000	-18.18%	45 0.65%	5
C++	158	Down -111 places-111	£59,500	+8.18%	41 0.59%	31
Kotlin	172	Down -19 places-19	£70,000	-5.08%	27 0.39%	18
Scala	178	Down -21 places-21	£57,500	-28.12%	21 0.30%	12
Bicep	180	Down -22 places-22	£65,000	+13.04%	19 0.27%	12
Ruby	184	Down -25 places-25	£55,000	-5.17%	15 0.22%	2
C	184	Down -38 places-38	£60,000	+9.09%	15 0.22%	21
T-SQL	185	Down -35 places-35	£75,000	+7.14%	14 0.20%	9
Swift	186	Down -32 places-32	£71,500	+7.92%	13 0.19%	4
R	187	Down -32 places-32	£33,718	-44.95%	12 0.17%	23
Apex Code	188	Down -29 places-29	£65,000	+10.16%	11 0.16%	8
VBA	190	Down -41 places-41	£45,000	+83.67%	9 0.13%	5
Data Analysis Expressions	193	Down -40 places-40	£41,250	-21.42%	6 0.086%	4
PL/SQL	193	Down -41 places-41	£65,000	+46.06%	6 0.086%	4
Groovy	193	Down -34 places-34	£90,000	+28.57%	6 0.086%	4
Delphi	195	Down -39 places-39	£60,000	-14.28%	4 0.058%
SOQL	195	New entry-	£75,000	-	4 0.058%	1
SOSL	196	New entry-	£75,000	-	3 0.043%
COBOL	197	New entry-	£55,000	-	2 0.029%
VB.NET	197	Down -39 places-39	£42,500	-8.10%	2 0.029%	2
ABAP	197	New entry-	-	-	2 0.029%	1
Rust	197	Down -117 places-117	£65,000	-13.33%	2 0.029%	3
Ladder Logic	197	New entry-	£60,000	-	2 0.029%	3