Programming Language Statistics in Wales

Permanent Job Market Index

Description	Rank 6 Months to 29 Apr 2026	Rank YoY Change	Median Salary	Median Salary YoY Change	Historical Absolute & Relative Jobs Vacancies	Live Jobs
Python	13	Up 10 places+10	£58,348	-10.23%	127 7.74%	44
SQL	18	Down -4 places-4	£40,500	-37.69%	98 5.97%	34
Java	49	Down -10 places-10	£65,000	+40.83%	42 2.56%	10
C#	66	Down -46 places-46	£41,750	-35.76%	25 1.52%	11
PowerShell	71	Down -15 places-15	£58,248	+15.22%	20 1.22%	9
JavaScript	73	Down -49 places-49	£45,000	-8.16%	18 1.10%	15
C++	74	Down -42 places-42	£44,000	-32.30%	17 1.04%	6
C	79	Down -42 places-42	£57,500	-11.53%	12 0.73%	3
TypeScript	81	Down -38 places-38	£61,250	-9.25%	10 0.61%	11
Apex Code	83	New entry-	£60,000	-	8 0.49%
PHP	86	Down -45 places-45	£35,000	+7.69%	5 0.30%	2
Bash	86	New entry-	£53,171	-	5 0.30%	4
R	86	Down -28 places-28	£39,511	-36.27%	5 0.30%	5
Embedded C	88	Down -28 places-28	£44,000	+24.82%	3 0.18%	1
MATLAB	88	Down -34 places-34	£55,000	-	3 0.18%
PL/SQL	89	Down -30 places-30	£52,500	-	2 0.12%
VB.NET	89	New entry-	£41,500	-	2 0.12%	2
Delphi	90	New entry-	£55,200	-	1 0.061%
Ada	90	Down -30 places-30	-	-	1 0.061%
Ruby	90	Down -34 places-34	£51,619	+5.63%	1 0.061%	1
Dart	90	New entry-	£71,500	-	1 0.061%
Rust	90	Down -31 places-31	-	-	1 0.061%	1
Ada 95	90	New entry-	-	-	1 0.061%
Kotlin	90	New entry-	£66,000	-	1 0.061%	1