Programming Language Statistics in South Wales

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 20 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	24	Down 3 places-3	£55,000	-	124 5.62%	61
Python	40	Down 10 places-10	£63,500	-5.92%	74 3.36%	67
Java	61	Down 7 places-7	£66,000	+10.00%	45 2.04%	33
JavaScript	71	Down 36 places-36	£57,500	-4.16%	35 1.59%	14
TypeScript	73	Down 16 places-16	£57,500	+9.52%	33 1.50%	17
C#	75	Down 35 places-35	£53,171	+9.62%	31 1.41%	36
PowerShell	79	Down 32 places-32	£35,000	-36.36%	27 1.22%	16
Scala	97	Down 35 places-35	£63,500	-15.33%	9 0.41%	4
Bash	99	Down 39 places-39	£66,000	+10.00%	7 0.32%	15
Bicep	100	New entry-	£56,413	-	6 0.27%	8
C++	100	Down 58 places-58	£50,000	-4.76%	6 0.27%	11
PHP	100	Down 41 places-41	£45,000	-18.18%	6 0.27%	6
PL/SQL	102	Down 41 places-41	£38,500	-23.00%	4 0.18%	1
C	104	Down 58 places-58	£50,000	-4.76%	2 0.091%	21
VB.NET	104	Down 44 places-44	£57,500	+38.55%	2 0.091%	4
Embedded C	104	Down 42 places-42	£50,000	+11.11%	2 0.091%	2
Embedded C++	104	Down 42 places-42	£50,000	+11.11%	2 0.091%	1
Kotlin	104	Down 42 places-42	£66,000	-12.00%	2 0.091%	6
Shell Script	104	New entry-	-	-	2 0.091%	3
XAML	105	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%	2
Kusto Query Language	105	New entry-	£47,500	-	1 0.045%	3
Data Analysis Expressions	105	Down 43 places-43	-	-	1 0.045%
Google Apps Script	105	New entry-	-	-	1 0.045%