Programming Language Statistics

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Permanent Job Market Index
Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Oct 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	28	Down 15 places-15	£71,500	+2.02%	6,392 5.24%	1,599
SQL	29	Down 17 places-17	£60,000	+9.09%	6,284 5.15%	1,109
C#	50	Up 15 places+15	£60,000	-	3,491 2.86%	529
Java	57	Down 14 places-14	£70,000	-6.66%	3,287 2.69%	478
JavaScript	80	Down 38 places-38	£60,000	-	2,537 2.08%	380
TypeScript	114	Down 10 places-10	£67,500	-12.90%	1,926 1.58%	292
C++	139	Up 21 places+21	£67,500	+3.84%	1,601 1.31%	469
PowerShell	156	Down 65 places-65	£56,500	-1.73%	1,500 1.23%	402
Bash	298	Down 109 places-109	£65,000	-7.14%	734 0.60%	228
C	313	Down 13 places-13	£62,000	+12.72%	699 0.57%	398
Go	387	Down 119 places-119	£80,000	-11.11%	549 0.45%	97
PHP	400	Down 71 places-71	£50,000	+12.35%	519 0.43%	55
Rust	515	Down 156 places-156	£90,000	-14.28%	332 0.27%	63
Ruby	522	Up 18 places+18	£63,996	-8.57%	325 0.27%	30
Kotlin	527	Down 36 places-36	£70,000	-6.66%	318 0.26%	43
Bicep	558	Down 36 places-36	£75,000	+20.00%	285 0.23%	103
MATLAB	572	Down 105 places-105	£60,000	-	270 0.22%	136
R	577	Down 187 places-187	£70,000	+49.88%	265 0.22%	98
Scala	588	Down 51 places-51	£80,000	-5.88%	248 0.20%	58
Data Analysis Expressions	611	Down 83 places-83	£57,500	-	224 0.18%	45
T-SQL	611	Down 182 places-182	£60,250	+16.99%	224 0.18%	55
Shell Script	661	Down 121 places-121	£57,500	-	171 0.14%	70
PL/SQL	685	Down 202 places-202	£63,076	+5.12%	147 0.12%	44
Embedded C	685	Down 56 places-56	£57,500	+4.54%	147 0.12%	82
Apex Code	710	Down 136 places-136	£75,000	+7.14%	121 0.099%	28
Kusto Query Language	710	Down 87 places-87	£60,000	-7.69%	121 0.099%	25
VBA	720	Down 201 places-201	£57,500	+27.77%	111 0.091%	29
Perl	727	Down 153 places-153	£47,000	-27.69%	104 0.085%	18
VB.NET	750	Down 142 places-142	£47,250	+11.17%	81 0.066%	13
Embedded C++	750	Down 99 places-99	£61,250	+22.50%	81 0.066%	40
ABAP	753	Down 133 places-133	£60,000	-12.72%	78 0.064%	10
Assembly Language	756	Down 92 places-92	£30,000	+7.14%	75 0.061%	112
RPG	757	Down 103 places-103	£65,000	+11.58%	74 0.061%	14
Ladder Logic	760	Down 112 places-112	£47,500	-13.63%	71 0.058%	22
Swift	761	Down 157 places-157	£63,750	-1.92%	70 0.057%	16
Groovy	768	Down 183 places-183	£72,500	-	63 0.052%	12
SOQL	772	Down 130 places-130	£80,000	+33.33%	59 0.048%	8
COBOL	774	Down 112 places-112	£65,000	-16.66%	57 0.047%	8
VB	775	Down 166 places-166	£40,000	-9.09%	56 0.046%	22
Ada	783	Down 136 places-136	£60,000	-11.76%	48 0.039%	17
Delphi	793	Down 182 places-182	£65,000	+18.18%	38 0.031%	4
JCL	793	Down 136 places-136	£60,000	-31.42%	38 0.031%	6
SOSL	797	Down 144 places-144	£80,000	-17.94%	34 0.028%	4
SystemVerilog	797	Down 134 places-134	£71,250	-5.00%	34 0.028%	43
VBScript	809	Down 152 places-152	£38,000	+16.92%	22 0.018%	1