Programming Language Statistics in the North of England

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 28 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	21	Down 1 place-1	£55,000	+10.00%	1,224 5.05%	213
Python	33	Down 19 places-19	£66,805	+11.34%	991 4.09%	250
Java	39	Down 4 places-4	£69,305	+4.61%	815 3.36%	98
C#	48	Up 26 places+26	£60,000	-	680 2.81%	115
JavaScript	66	Down 38 places-38	£55,000	+4.76%	523 2.16%	83
TypeScript	73	Up 26 places+26	£65,000	-	492 2.03%	71
PowerShell	154	Down 98 places-98	£50,000	-	243 1.00%	72
C++	221	Down 113 places-113	£69,305	+49.04%	142 0.59%	51
Bash	223	Down 144 places-144	£56,500	-5.83%	140 0.58%	36
PHP	242	Down 30 places-30	£50,000	+19.04%	121 0.50%	10
Kotlin	255	Up 11 places+11	£70,000	-6.66%	107 0.44%	9
Go	267	Down 143 places-143	£80,000	+18.51%	95 0.39%	17
C	287	Down 56 places-56	£55,000	+18.27%	73 0.30%	43
Scala	304	Down 38 places-38	£75,000	+7.14%	56 0.23%	12
Shell Script	307	Down 27 places-27	£42,500	+54.54%	53 0.22%	14
Rust	307	Down 179 places-179	£100,000	+33.33%	53 0.22%	2
Bicep	309	Down 40 places-40	£60,000	-14.28%	51 0.21%	23
Groovy	322	Down 37 places-37	£80,000	-	38 0.16%
T-SQL	324	Down 69 places-69	£50,000	-	36 0.15%	8
Data Analysis Expressions	325	Down 49 places-49	£55,000	+0.91%	35 0.14%	6
R	326	Down 96 places-96	£55,000	+80.32%	34 0.14%	22
PL/SQL	332	Down 60 places-60	£62,500	+92.30%	28 0.12%	6
Embedded C	336	Down 58 places-58	£57,500	+23.65%	24 0.099%	13
RPG	338	New entry-	£65,000	-	22 0.091%	2
Apex Code	339	Down 60 places-60	£65,000	-13.33%	21 0.087%	3
Ruby	339	Down 94 places-94	£55,000	-21.42%	21 0.087%	6
VB	340	Down 61 places-61	£40,000	+63.26%	20 0.083%	4
ABAP	346	Down 66 places-66	£60,000	-25.00%	14 0.058%
Swift	347	Down 69 places-69	£47,000	-27.69%	13 0.054%
Delphi	348	Down 70 places-70	£60,000	+32.59%	12 0.050%
VBScript	348	Down 68 places-68	£35,500	+33.96%	12 0.050%	1
VB.NET	348	Down 71 places-71	£45,000	+5.88%	12 0.050%
Assembly Language	349	New entry-	£30,000	-	11 0.045%	10