Programming Language Statistics in Reading

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 15 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	23	Down 3 places-3	£55,000	-18.51%	84 5.08%	61
SQL	41	Down 10 places-10	£55,000	-4.34%	54 3.26%	42
TypeScript	60	Down 13 places-13	£55,000	-10.20%	29 1.75%	3
C#	61	Down 17 places-17	£62,500	+38.88%	28 1.69%	15
C++	62	Down 15 places-15	£50,000	-9.09%	27 1.63%	17
JavaScript	62	Down 37 places-37	£50,000	-2.43%	27 1.63%	6
PowerShell	64	Down 19 places-19	£52,500	-8.69%	24 1.45%	24
Java	64	Down 53 places-53	£50,000	-13.04%	24 1.45%	19
C	73	New entry-	£55,000	-	15 0.91%	9
Kusto Query Language	73	New entry-	£52,500	-	15 0.91%	1
Ruby	74	Down 24 places-24	£100,000	+21.21%	14 0.85%	4
MATLAB	74	New entry-	-	-	14 0.85%	3
R	78	New entry-	-	-	10 0.60%	5
Bash	80	Down 30 places-30	£85,000	-	8 0.48%	9
PHP	80	Down 34 places-34	£75,000	+30.43%	8 0.48%
Rust	82	New entry-	£62,500	-	6 0.36%	2
Apex Code	83	Down 34 places-34	£55,000	-	5 0.30%
Data Analysis Expressions	83	Down 33 places-33	-	-	5 0.30%
Embedded C	84	New entry-	-	-	4 0.24%	1
Shell Script	84	Down 52 places-52	£85,000	-	4 0.24%	4
Groovy	86	Down 37 places-37	-	-	2 0.12%	1
T-SQL	87	New entry-	£45,000	-	1 0.061%	11
ABAP	87	Down 38 places-38	£125,000	+47.05%	1 0.061%
Search Processing Language	87	New entry-	£52,500	-	1 0.061%
Bicep	87	Down 37 places-37	-	-	1 0.061%