Programming Language Statistics in Merseyside

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 2 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	19	Down 1 place-1	£48,500	-6.73%	72 5.58%	22
Java	30	Up 16 places+16	£70,000	+38.61%	48 3.72%	1
Python	49	Down 23 places-23	£55,000	+37.50%	26 2.01%	25
TypeScript	57	Down 6 places-6	£75,000	+13.20%	18 1.39%	6
C#	57	Down 9 places-9	£60,000	-1.63%	18 1.39%	6
PowerShell	60	Down 8 places-8	£48,801	-2.39%	15 1.16%	5
JavaScript	63	Down 32 places-32	£75,000	+145.90%	12 0.93%	8
R	66	Down 13 places-13	£75,000	+145.90%	9 0.70%	3
Bicep	67	Down 5 places-5	£77,500	-	8 0.62%	1
PL/SQL	69	Down 8 places-8	£45,000	-11.33%	6 0.46%
Shell Script	69	New entry-	£30,000	-	6 0.46%	1
Apex Code	70	New entry-	£80,000	-	5 0.39%
C	71	Down 11 places-11	£36,500	-	4 0.31%	2
Data Analysis Expressions	71	Down 10 places-10	£55,000	-	4 0.31%	1
PHP	72	Down 15 places-15	£50,000	-9.09%	3 0.23%
DataWeave	72	New entry-	£67,500	-	3 0.23%
C++	73	Down 13 places-13	£30,000	-	2 0.15%	2
T-SQL	73	Down 12 places-12	£35,000	-17.64%	2 0.15%
RPG	74	New entry-	-	-	1 0.078%
Kusto Query Language	74	New entry-	£45,000	-	1 0.078%