Programming Language Statistics in the North West

Description	Rank 6 Months to 14 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	31	-17	£55,000	+10.00%	459 4.78%	244
Python	32	-17	£57,000	-12.30%	455 4.74%	216
JavaScript	65	-41	£50,000	-13.04%	216 2.25%	112
C#	70	-34	£60,000	+17.49%	201 2.09%	98
Java	77	-52	£70,000	+4.41%	187 1.95%	69
TypeScript	106	-45	£70,000	+3.70%	118 1.23%	64
PowerShell	149	-39	£55,000	+18.27%	68 0.71%	32
PHP	159	-46	£50,000	-4.76%	58 0.60%	16
R	183	-3	£30,500	-44.54%	34 0.35%	16
C++	188	-113	£57,500	+4.54%	29 0.30%	26
C	189	-24	£58,750	+1.82%	28 0.29%	17
Go	189	-112	£85,000	+9.67%	28 0.29%	7
Bash	192	-46	£51,250	-28.81%	25 0.26%	19
Bicep	200	-36	£65,000	-7.14%	17 0.18%	10
Kotlin	202	-21	£65,000	+13.04%	15 0.16%	4
VBA	203	-20	£45,000	-6.25%	14 0.15%	3
Data Analysis Expressions	203	-22	£56,250	+32.35%	14 0.15%	17
ABAP	205	-20	-	-	12 0.12%	2
T-SQL	206	-34	£60,000	+26.31%	11 0.11%	15
VB	206	-27	£40,000	-30.43%	11 0.11%	7
Embedded C	207	-18	£51,250	+28.12%	10 0.10%	5
Swift	208	-20	£73,750	+7.27%	9 0.094%
PL/SQL	210	-37	£26,500	-40.44%	7 0.073%	5
COBOL	211	-	£55,000	-	6 0.062%
MATLAB	211	-68	£49,900	-0.30%	6 0.062%	1
Embedded C++	212	-	£46,500	-	5 0.052%
Scala	213	-27	£90,000	+26.31%	4 0.042%	7
Ladder Logic	213	-	£47,500	-	4 0.042%	1
Delphi	214	-25	£60,000	+9.09%	3 0.031%	1
VBScript	214	-26	£26,500	-44.21%	3 0.031%	1
VB.NET	214	-27	£45,000	-18.18%	3 0.031%	2
Shell Script	214	-36	£60,000	+34.83%	3 0.031%	5
ANSI SQL	214	-	£72,500	-	3 0.031%