Programming Language Statistics in the UK excluding London

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 11 Nov 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
SQL	29	Down 13 places-13	£54,000	+13.68%	3,897 4.26%	2,230
Python	37	Down 8 places-8	£65,000	+8.33%	3,413 3.73%	3,427
C#	50	Up 21 places+21	£60,000	+9.09%	2,660 2.91%	1,036
Java	74	Up 18 places+18	£70,000	+7.69%	2,015 2.20%	1,145
JavaScript	83	Down 11 places-11	£56,000	+6.66%	1,737 1.90%	663
C++	109	Up 75 places+75	£65,000	+18.18%	1,364 1.49%	1,070
TypeScript	122	Up 47 places+47	£65,000	-	1,252 1.37%	775
PowerShell	176	Down 82 places-82	£52,500	-	953 1.04%	643
C	245	Down 7 places-7	£60,000	+9.09%	675 0.74%	797
Bash	336	Down 142 places-142	£60,000	-	437 0.48%	413
PHP	361	Down 98 places-98	£50,000	+19.04%	393 0.43%	226
Go	421	Down 5 places-5	£75,000	+11.11%	299 0.33%	292
MATLAB	447	Down 87 places-87	£56,000	-6.66%	262 0.29%	356
Rust	455	Down 9 places-9	£75,000	+7.14%	253 0.28%	218
Kotlin	489	Down 18 places-18	£70,000	+3.70%	213 0.23%	113
Ruby	507	Down 78 places-78	£55,000	-21.42%	193 0.21%	76
Bicep	530	Down 96 places-96	£65,500	+13.91%	168 0.18%	133
T-SQL	541	Down 191 places-191	£60,000	+26.31%	157 0.17%	115
Data Analysis Expressions	552	Down 129 places-129	£55,000	+0.91%	146 0.16%	95
Embedded C	555	Down 76 places-76	£57,500	+4.54%	143 0.16%	150
Shell Script	569	Down 125 places-125	£52,500	+15.91%	128 0.14%	121
Scala	578	Down 94 places-94	£67,500	-5.26%	119 0.13%	84
R	584	Down 263 places-263	£57,500	+88.52%	113 0.12%	157
Assembly Language	611	Down 96 places-96	£30,000	+7.14%	86 0.094%	97
PL/SQL	613	Down 228 places-228	£62,500	+22.54%	84 0.092%	66
Kusto Query Language	614	Down 125 places-125	£55,000	-12.00%	83 0.091%	46
Embedded C++	625	Down 130 places-130	£60,000	+29.03%	72 0.079%	74
VB.NET	633	Down 160 places-160	£45,000	+5.88%	64 0.070%	42
Ladder Logic	638	Down 139 places-139	£47,500	-13.63%	59 0.065%	27
ABAP	639	Down 143 places-143	£58,541	-14.84%	58 0.063%	51
Perl	645	Down 193 places-193	£32,250	-44.39%	52 0.057%	68
VBA	646	Down 216 places-216	£45,000	-	51 0.056%	49
Apex Code	648	Down 179 places-179	£65,000	+8.33%	49 0.054%	45
COBOL	648	Down 133 places-133	£65,000	-18.75%	49 0.054%	11
VB	649	Down 187 places-187	£40,000	-9.09%	48 0.053%	29
Ada	649	Down 146 places-146	£60,000	-11.76%	48 0.053%	32
RPG	654	Down 135 places-135	£65,000	-	43 0.047%	17
Groovy	656	Down 197 places-197	£75,000	+3.44%	41 0.045%	22
Delphi	658	Down 161 places-161	£67,500	+22.50%	39 0.043%	4
JCL	659	Down 141 places-141	£60,000	-20.00%	38 0.042%	6
Swift	662	Down 174 places-174	£60,000	-	35 0.038%	46
SystemVerilog	663	Down 149 places-149	£71,250	-5.00%	34 0.037%	148