Programming Language Statistics in Oxford

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 30 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	9	Up 2 places+2	£60,000	-14.28%	77 10.19%	20
C#	19	Up 1 place+1	£65,000	+4.00%	48 6.35%	2
C++	25	New entry-	£65,000	-	36 4.76%	13
SQL	29	Down 18 places-18	£65,000	+4.00%	31 4.10%	5
TypeScript	39	Down 20 places-20	£57,500	-8.00%	20 2.65%	1
JavaScript	43	Down 26 places-26	£60,000	-	16 2.12%	1
PowerShell	45	Down 19 places-19	£47,166	-33.08%	14 1.85%	2
MATLAB	46	New entry-	£56,000	-	13 1.72%	5
ABAP	48	New entry-	£75,000	-	11 1.46%	1
C	52	Down 25 places-25	£60,000	+9.09%	7 0.93%	5
Java	52	Down 25 places-25	£80,000	-20.00%	7 0.93%	1
Bash	54	Down 28 places-28	£45,000	-56.09%	5 0.66%
Rust	55	New entry-	-	-	4 0.53%
SystemVerilog	55	New entry-	£80,000	-	4 0.53%	1
Apex Code	56	New entry-	£110,000	-	3 0.40%
Go	56	Down 28 places-28	£75,000	-40.00%	3 0.40%
Tcl	57	New entry-	£100,000	-	2 0.26%	1
Shell Script	57	New entry-	£65,000	-	2 0.26%