Programming Language Statistics in the UK excluding London

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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	26	Down 12 places-12	£55,000	+15.78%	4,023 4.48%	762
Python	36	Down 13 places-13	£65,000	+8.33%	3,338 3.72%	1,057
C#	44	Up 27 places+27	£60,000	+9.09%	2,744 3.06%	396
Java	75	Down 19 places-19	£70,000	+7.69%	1,952 2.18%	299
JavaScript	79	Down 35 places-35	£56,500	+7.61%	1,835 2.05%	263
TypeScript	115	Up 46 places+46	£65,000	-	1,298 1.45%	201
C++	116	Up 42 places+42	£65,000	+18.18%	1,297 1.45%	379
PowerShell	166	Down 81 places-81	£52,500	-	967 1.08%	307
C	256	Up 5 places+5	£60,000	+9.09%	613 0.68%	328
Bash	318	Down 126 places-126	£60,000	-	445 0.50%	149
PHP	339	Down 40 places-40	£50,000	+25.00%	411 0.46%	50
Go	423	Down 124 places-124	£75,000	+11.11%	293 0.33%	64
MATLAB	451	Down 80 places-80	£56,000	-6.66%	256 0.29%	115
Rust	468	Down 150 places-150	£75,000	+1.69%	234 0.26%	48
Kotlin	486	Up 17 places+17	£70,000	+3.70%	210 0.23%	28
Ruby	503	Down 47 places-47	£55,000	-21.42%	191 0.21%	23
Bicep	527	Down 65 places-65	£65,000	+8.33%	166 0.19%	76
T-SQL	545	Down 169 places-169	£58,750	+21.13%	148 0.17%	38
Data Analysis Expressions	547	Down 68 places-68	£55,000	-	146 0.16%	35
Embedded C	556	Down 42 places-42	£57,500	+4.54%	137 0.15%	72
Shell Script	570	Down 92 places-92	£51,359	+19.20%	122 0.14%	48
R	578	Down 221 places-221	£57,500	+75.57%	114 0.13%	74
Scala	579	Down 63 places-63	£67,500	-10.00%	113 0.13%	30
PL/SQL	597	Down 189 places-189	£63,076	+17.34%	95 0.11%	22
Kusto Query Language	617	Down 98 places-98	£55,000	-6.77%	75 0.084%	18
Assembly Language	620	Down 76 places-76	£30,000	+7.14%	72 0.080%	97
Embedded C++	620	Down 88 places-88	£60,000	+24.35%	72 0.080%	35
VB.NET	630	Down 128 places-128	£45,000	+5.88%	62 0.069%	12
ABAP	631	Down 108 places-108	£58,541	-9.93%	61 0.068%	9
Perl	635	Down 152 places-152	£37,500	-35.34%	57 0.064%	13
Ladder Logic	638	Down 106 places-106	£47,500	-13.63%	54 0.060%	16
VBA	643	Down 193 places-193	£45,000	+5.26%	49 0.055%	19
Apex Code	644	Down 136 places-136	£65,000	+4.00%	48 0.054%	17
COBOL	644	Down 98 places-98	£65,000	-18.75%	48 0.054%	4
VB	644	Down 150 places-150	£40,000	-9.09%	48 0.054%	21
Groovy	645	Down 159 places-159	£75,000	+3.44%	47 0.052%	3
RPG	645	Down 99 places-99	£61,250	-30.00%	47 0.052%	5
Ada	650	Down 118 places-118	£60,000	-11.76%	42 0.047%	15
Delphi	654	Down 119 places-119	£65,000	+18.18%	38 0.042%	3
JCL	656	Down 107 places-107	£60,000	-20.00%	36 0.040%	2
Swift	656	Down 137 places-137	£60,000	-	36 0.040%	6