Programming Language Statistics in the North West

Description	Rank 6 Months to 24 Feb 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	32	-21	£53,750	+7.50%	350 4.65%	209
Python	33	-12	£50,000	-20.00%	344 4.57%	221
JavaScript	62	-34	£52,500	-8.69%	181 2.41%	111
C#	65	-30	£62,500	+20.90%	173 2.30%	110
Java	76	-23	£67,500	+3.84%	142 1.89%	80
TypeScript	104	-26	£70,000	+7.69%	93 1.24%	86
PowerShell	130	-22	£50,000	-4.76%	60 0.80%	34
PHP	144	-42	£50,000	-2.43%	46 0.61%	20
R	154	+24	£30,500	-46.95%	36 0.48%	28
Go	162	-8	£85,000	+30.76%	28 0.37%	20
Bash	163	-13	£50,000	-28.57%	27 0.36%	22
C	167	-14	£67,500	+16.71%	23 0.31%	16
C++	172	-41	£57,500	-0.34%	18 0.24%	41
Bicep	177	-13	£62,573	-10.60%	13 0.17%	7
Kotlin	179	+4	£60,000	-2.04%	11 0.15%	15
VBA	179	+6	£55,990	+16.64%	11 0.15%	10
PL/SQL	180	-4	£26,500	-49.52%	10 0.13%	6
Data Analysis Expressions	180	+7	£57,500	+35.29%	10 0.13%	5
T-SQL	181	-7	£57,500	+9.52%	9 0.12%	15
Embedded C	182	+11	£46,500	+16.25%	8 0.11%	5
MATLAB	183	-31	£57,000	+13.89%	7 0.093%	2
VBScript	183	-	£26,500	-	7 0.093%	1
ABAP	183	+7	-	-	7 0.093%	5
Embedded C++	184	-	£46,500	-	6 0.080%	1
Scala	184	+3	£75,000	+25.00%	6 0.080%	10
ANSI SQL	185	-	£67,500	-	5 0.067%
Rust	185	-1	£85,000	+49.12%	5 0.067%	2
VB	185	-6	£40,000	-30.43%	5 0.067%	3
Swift	186	+5	£65,000	-3.70%	4 0.053%	7
Delphi	187	+6	£60,000	+26.31%	3 0.040%	2
Erlang	187	+6	£60,000	-	3 0.040%	1
Shell Script	187	-8	£60,000	+30.43%	3 0.040%	1
Apex Code	187	0	£75,000	+17.64%	3 0.040%	3
Ladder Logic	187	-	£47,500	-	3 0.040%	1